The Athletic Development Show
Join us as we dive deep on sports science, fitness, training, injury rehabilitation, sporting performance, nutrition, sports psychology and of course strength and conditioning coaching. Proudly brought to you by Ironedge.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 192
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2022
What we have learnt: EP.51-75
For episode 151 we are taking a look back at episodes 51-75, what we would change, what we are doing even more of
The Podcast is back!
Sorry we were gone for so long, but we are back, new episodes every week
Performance Testing Hacks
Testing is an essential part of tracking and monitoring athlete performance over time. In this episode we share some of our favourite hacks for improving your performance on testing day. Links to our…
The Ultimate Holiday Training Guide
Over the past 4 summers we have been gradually building more and more resources for athletes and coaches to help them stay match ready over the Christmas break. This year we have included three stren…
Psychology of lifting: What's the best way to count reps?
The psychology of training and motivation can be more subtle than you think. Simply changing the way you count your reps can change the mentality with which you approach your lifts and may drasticall…
Dr Stu McGill on pain science, the best core exercises, burpees, being nice to people
We are super excited to have special guest Dr Stu McGill on the show all the way from Canada.
Dr McGill is a world renowned scientist, author clinician and educator working heavily in back injury, co…
Our dietician breaks down the Game Changers
What happens when a vegetarian, a vegan and one of Australia's leading sports dieticians get together to discuss the Game Changers?
Learn more about the pros and cons of a plant based diet, the chall…
Velocity Based Training
To learn more about the online VBT course: https://www.coreadvantage.training/Velocity-based-training
With the release of our new online VBT course, Durham and Jacob dive into the strengths, weakness…
Make Haste, Slowly
After seeing a brilliant post from the guys at Athletes, we dive into the art and science of balancing urgency with diligence. In training, rehabilitation and life in general
Ben Walker on meditation, working in the AFLW and overcoming injuries
Ben Walker has gone onto put together the start of what is shaping into a brilliant career in S&C. After spending some time at Core Advantage as an intern & coach Ben is now a prac demonstrator and c…
Ice Hockey Strength and Conditioning
In this one we discuss what Durham has learnt and how he approaches the high performance for the Melbourne Ice womens ice hockey team. A unique sport, unique schedule and plenty to get right in terms…
Josh Keily, Core Advantage's most qualified coach
To continue on with our meet the coaches series, Josh joins Durham for a chat. In this episode they discuss Josh's favourite parts of the job, on his plant based, vegan diet and his journey to becomi…
Chris Radford on opening your own gym
Today's episode features guest S&C coach Chris Radford from the RAD centre in Ballarat. Chris and Durham discuss the growth and development of RAD, the importance of mentors and why a few cheeky bice…
Do Sprinters need to be “fit”?
Following on from EP.137 in this episode we cover all things energy system interplay, conditioning training for track athletes and different methods for developing your energy systems for the sport o…
Training for the 100m
Time to breakdown the 100m sprint. We train a number of athletes from sports that require sprinting and running, but the 100m sprinter is a unique athlete to work with. From neural flexibility and ha…
Pat Wilson - The art of coaching
Coach Pat Wilson joins us to talk about the art and skill of coaching, transitioning from athlete to coach and why he thinks a team of coaches would beat a team of athletes in a 4x100m relay
Are you on a Low Performance Program?
It breaks our hearts to see too many athletes drowning on suboptimal training plans. Too much work, too little rest, not enough variety, too much variety there are many ways to do it wrong, so in thi…
Core Training - The best and worst ways to build the mid section
It goes without saying that at Core Advantage we are passionate believers in a strong core as the foundation for performance, function and durability. So in this episode we dive into all things Core,…
Tennille Hay Balancing motherhood and working in high performance
In this podcast Durham chats with Tennille Hay, one of the pioneers of strength and conditioning in womens football about her career in strength and conditioning.
We cover:
Her time as the HPM ofCarl…
How neural fatigue kills performance
After the crushing loss by the Boomers to France for the Bronze medal at last weeks World Cup, Durham and Jacob needed some therapy in the form of a podcast.
In this episode we talk about what neural…