Wild Physio Podcast

Today I welcome Dan Minnicks who is a Sports Performance Coach from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He works with a wide range of athletes from youth to the professional level as well as Adult National Figure Skaters, competitive endurance athletes, SWAT, and members of the United States Military, including the Army, Navy, and Naval Special Warfare. We discuss sprint training, plyometrics, why genetics matter, sport specialisation and much more.

Today I welcome Clint Hill who is a ASCA Level 3 Elite Strength & Conditioning Coach, has a Masters in Strength & Conditioning from Edith Cowan University and he is currently involved in high performance coaching, lecturing and mentoring S&C's and personal trainers. We discuss COVID, the health of the fitness industry, his knee injury from walking his dog, why getting injured makes you a better coach, what type of Physio he refers to and much more.

Today I welcome Ellie Pashley who is a Physio and 2021 Olympic hopeful after achieving a qualifying time in both the 10,000m and marathon. We discuss running volume, training mistakes, the importance of speed/sprint work, how being a Physio has helped her running career, how to find the running flow, her career and much more.

Today I welcome Ellie Brush who is a Physio and professional athlete who code hops from Football (Soccer) to AFLW. She has represented the Matilda's, won 2 championships in the W-League with Canberra United and was 2nd runner up (3rd haha) in the best and fairest for the GWS Giants in AFLW in 2019. We discuss her sporting career, how to cope with injuries and pain, why children shouldn't sport specialise, women's sport and the equal pay movement, life after sport and much more.

Today I welcome Matt Suckling who is an AFL footballer who has played 173 games for Hawthorn & Western Bulldogs including 3 grand finals and 2 premierships. We discuss his career, his injuries, dealing with injuries, mental strength, life after football, being a leader and much more.

Today I discuss supplements including protein, creatine, caffeine, fish oil, vitamin D3, magnesium, zinc, beta-alanine, citrulline malate, BCAAs, pre-workouts, multi-vitamins and melatonin.

Today I discuss passive treatments including stretching, cupping, acupuncture, massage, mobilisations and manipulations. I discuss why they should NOT be a focus of rehabilitation and much more.

Today I discuss advanced weight lifting techniques, how many sets per week, per muscle group is needed for hypertrophy, how quickly can you lose muscle and strength, how much volume is needed to maintain muscle mass and much more.

Today I discuss training intensity (RIR/RPE), volume tweaks, progressive overload, creative options at home, advanced weight lifting techniques and much more.

Today I discuss training from home, hypertrophy, progressive overload, volume, the fundamental movement patterns, goals and much more.