On Coaching with Magness & Marcus
Steve Magness and Jon Marcus team up to bring you an insider's view on coaching. Taking you inside the thoughts and conversations that usually occur behind the scenes. They bring a diverse background having both worked with athletes at the collegiate and professional level. They hope to bring a mixture of science, old-fashioned wisdom, and a touch of philosophy to help understand the process of coaching and maximizing endurance performance. For more information visit www.ScienceOfRunning.com
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 282
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Episode 41- State of the Sport with Mario Fraioli
In episode 41, we bring in Mario Fraioli to discuss the state of the sport. We start with a different kind of Olympic overview, one which takes a deep dive on the problems that arose and the potentia…
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Episode 40- The Businessification of Athletics and the Need for Certainty
What’s the point of sport? In this episode, Jon and I make the case that it’s about education and learning. The culture of coaches used to be educators. They came from a background of using athletics…
Fri 02 Sep 2016
Episode 39 – What defines success for a coach?
What defines success for a coach? Is it wins and losses? Championships won? Leading athletes to new personal bests? Having one athlete win an Olympic medal while destroying 20 of them? These are the…
Wed 24 Aug 2016
Episode 38-The Science of the Unscience of Running:
Humans have a need for explanations. When faced with uncertainty we rely on closure. The world of running is no different. When something goes wrong, as athletes and coaches we go into a panicked sea…
Wed 03 Aug 2016
Episode 37- Interview with Vern Gambetta: Coaches Education
In this episode, we are joined by performance coach extraordinaire Vern Gambetta. Using the performances at the recent Olympic Trials as a backdrop we take on coaches education. Where have we gone ri…
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Episode 36- Innovation & Getting Stuck: An interview with Mike Smith
In this episode, we have a special guest, the director of Track and Field at Georgetown, Mike Smith. In an in-person conversation at the Olympic Trials we discuss innovation within coaching. With the…
Mon 18 Jul 2016
Episode 35 – Emotional Control & Picking Up the Pieces- The Olympic Trials
Coming at you in-person from the Olympic Trials, we dish on the high pressure environment that is attempting to make the US Olympic team. Jon and I take a look at the 7/8 of the field that leaves dis…
Mon 04 Jul 2016
Episode 34-Toughness, Grit, and Resilience
In this episode of the Magness and Marcus Podcast we discuss a quality that all runners aspire to and all coaches try to engender. The ability to dig down, fight your way through adversity, bounce ba…
Wed 08 Jun 2016
Episode 33: False Positives and Inaccurate Negatives
In this episode of the Magness and Marcus Podcast we discuss False Positive and Inaccurate Negatives. What are they? A false positive is when we have a great race or great series of workouts that doe…
Fri 06 May 2016
Episode 32- Running Mechanics and a Scientific Approach to Training
Running form is one of the hot button topics in the world of distance coaches. We debate, often with speed/power coaches, on where they fit into the program. How important are mechanics for a distanc…
Wed 27 Apr 2016
Episode 31- Developing Team Culture: Are you Athlete or Coach centered?
In this episode of the Magness & Marcus Podcast, we talk about building Culture. While we are trained as coaches to emphasize the physiology and doc us on workout design, what separates programs that…
Sat 16 Apr 2016
What can we learn from action sports?- An Interview with Brad Stulberg
In this episode, we’re coming to you in-person from Palo Alto, California. In the day after the Stanford Invite, Jon and I invite a special guest onto the podcast. Brad Stulberg is an expert in human…
Sun 03 Apr 2016
An Interview with Danny Mackey, Head Coach of the Brooks Beasts
We have a special guest for this weeks episode, head coach of the Brooks Beasts Danny Mackey. Danny has numerous accolades, including coaching 800m runners Cas Loxsom and Nick Simmonds to spots on la…
Tue 29 Mar 2016
Episode 28- The Psychology of the Big Breakthrough
The breakthrough is what we are all after. It’s what we spend months training for, visualizing, and dreaming about. But what’s the best way to get there, and how do we capitalize on it once we do. In…
Mon 21 Mar 2016
Episode 27- Training for the 800
We’re back with a new podcast for 2016! This time we jump straight into what you guys have asked for, specifics on training. For this episode, we divert away from the bigger picture and discuss train…
Wed 17 Feb 2016
Episode 26- On BS- Our rant against crazy ideas, gurus, and other BS in coaching.
For our last podcast episode of 2015, it’s time to go on a few rants, call some ideas out, and create a little bit of controversy in our own little world of coaching. We’re going to cover bullshit. W…
Fri 01 Jan 2016
Episode 25- Part 2-Why we are horrible coaches
In part two of Why we are horrible coaches, we continue down the path of bashing our own ability to coach. Starting with trap coaches fall into when they coach someone fast when they’re young- they n…
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Episode 24- Why we are horrible coaches- Part 1
In this episode, Jon and I are coming at you together from Houston, Texas. In a rare podcast where we are actually face to face, we discuss why we are horrible coaches. Yes, we’re giving the trolls w…
Sun 06 Dec 2015
Episode 23- Accountability and Ownership-
In Episode 23 of the Magness & Marcus show, we talk about the importance of accountability and ownership. When success or failure comes, how you frame these outcomes can change not only each individu…
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Episode 22- Outliers and the average- Who do we pay attention to?
In this episode of the Magness and Marcus podcast, we take on the concept of outliers and averages. Research and coaching practices tend to focus on a select demographic, whether that’s the WEIRD (We…
Tue 20 Oct 2015
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