Inner Athlete Podcast
The Inner Athlete Podcast is were we discuss all things youth athlete development and youth mentoring for parents, coaches, and youth athletes. Each week Trent and the team present new topics. We discuss areas on how we can best support youth athletes in terms of their physical preparation for competition, developing habits to create long-term success, return to training from injury, overcoming physical, delving deeper into the preparation of some of our athletes, and much more... Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with the release of weekly episodes.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 122
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep. 82 - How Young Athletes Can Achieve Success At The U.S Collegiate Level - Part 2
Trent speaks with mentor and close friend, Kevin Schultz. Kevin is the Director of Olympic Strength and Conditioning at the University of Wisconsin. overseeing 22 sports. He is also the strength and…
Ep. 81 - How Young Athletes Can Achieve Success At The U.S. Collegiate Level
Trent speaks with mentor and close friend, Kevin Schultz. Kevin is the Director of Olympic Strength and Conditioning at the University of Wisconsin. overseeing 22 sports. He is also the strength and…
Ep 80 - Concussions: Are They Harming our Youth Athletes? Part 2
Head Coach Trent is rejoined with Australian concussion expert, Prof. Alan Pearce, who has published numerous research articles on concussion and its impacts on sporting athletes.
Dr. Alan has pionee…
Ep. 79 - Concussions: Are They Harming our Youth Athletes?
Head Coach Trent is rejoined with Australian concussion expert, Prof. Alan Pearce, who has published numerous research articles on concussion and its impacts on sporting athletes.
With decades worth o…
Ep. 78 - The Secret Formula to Successful Strength and Conditioning Training Programs for Youth Athletes Pt. 2
In this week's episode, David is joined with Nathan Palenkas. Nathan is the Head of Education at Inner Athlete and also teaches Strength and Conditioning at Richmond Institute.
Nathan has experience …
Ep. 77 - The Secret Formula to Successful Strength and Conditioning Training Programs for Youth Athletes Pt. 1
In this week's episode, David is joined with Nathan Palenkas. Nathan is the Head of Education at Inner Athlete and also teaches Strength and Conditioning at Richmond Institute.
Nathan has experience …
Ep. 76 - The Four Steps to Creating Strength and Conditioning Programs For Youth Athletes
In this week's episode, David is joined with Nathan Palenkas. Nathan is the Head of Education at Inner Athlete and also teaches Strength and Conditioning at Richmond Institute.
Nathan has experience …
Ep. 75 - Navigating Body Image, Food-Shaming and Nutritional Options for Youth Athletes
In this week's episode, Head Coach, Trent Pirihi, is rejoined with Stephanie Thompson, who is an accredited Dietician to talk more about how youth athletes can optimise their nutrition to boost their…
Ep. 74 - Optimising Nutrition For Youth Athletes
In this week's episode, Head Coach, Trent Pirihi, is joined with Dietician, Stephanie Thompson. Stephanie has a background in fitness, growing up playing multiple sports, pursuing education within ex…
Ep. 73 - Maximising Swimming Training for Youth Swimmers
In this episode, Head Coach, Trent Pirihi is joined with Senior Coach of Melbourne Swimming Club, Liam Pope. Liam has a wealth of experience in swimming, coaching at both club and school level with h…
Ep. 72 - How To Get Faster Times In Swimming
In this episode, Head Coach, Trent Pirihi is joined with Senior Coach of Melbourne Swimming Club, Liam Pope. Liam has a wealth of experience in swimming, coaching at both club and school level with h…
Ep. 71 - Best Recovery Tips For Youth Athletes
In this episode, Head Coach Trent chats with strength and conditioning coach, Kosta Drak. Kosta has been in the industry for over 10 years and has trained many successful soccer, AFL and combat athle…
Ep. 70 - How To Help Youth Athletes Reach Their Athletic Potential
This week, Head Coach Trent Pirihi is joined with Kosta Drak. Kosta has been in the industry for over 10 years and has trained many successful soccer, AFL and combat athletes.
They discuss the evolut…
Ep. 69 - Developing Fast and Explosive Youth Athletes
In this week's episode, Head Coach Trent speaks with Coach Jack Courtie around all things speed development for youth athletes looking to improve their running technique, agility and power.
Coach Jac…
Ep. 68 - How To Succeed As a Junior Female Soccer Athlete
In this episode of the Inner Athlete Podcast, Trent is joined with junior football athlete, Gracie Clarkson. Gracie is a part of Football Victoria's Emerging Matilda's program and has competed in hig…
Ep. 67 - How Can I Put Size On As A Lean Footballer?
In this episode, Head Coach, Trent is joined with Inner Athlete's newest coach, Jack Courtie. Jack comes with experience in AFL, Basketball, Rugby and Swimming.
Jack grew up as a tall, lanky, lean fo…
Ep. 66 - Developing The 'Complete' Athlete
In this week's episode, Trent is joined with Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball team, Casey Callison. Both Trent and Casey interned at the University of Wi…
Ep. 65 - Amateur to Pro: Success Tips for Youth Athletes
In this episode, Head Coach, Trent is joined with Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball team, Casey Callison. Both Trent and Casey interned at the University …
Ep. 64 - How Parents Can Boost Their Child's Basketball Performance
In this episode, Head Coach, Trent is joined with Basketball Mentors Head Coach, Cal Charge to talk all things basketball development. Trent and Cal discuss how strength and conditioning training enh…
Ep. 63 - The Origin Story of Inner Athlete Pt. 2
In this episode, Head Coach Trent shares insights from his internship at the University of Wisconsin, focusing on training youth athletes, strength and conditioning, and injury prevention. Discover h…