Just Fly Performance Podcast

By: Joel Smith Just-Fly-Sports.com
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  • The Just Fly Performance Podcast is dedicated to all aspects of athletic performance training, with an emphasis on speed and power development. Featured on the show are coaches and experts in the spectrum of sport performance, ranging from strength and conditioning, to track and field, to sport psychology. Hosted by Joel Smith, the Just Fly Performance Podcast brings you some of the best information on modern athletic performance available.
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  • 436: Julien Pineau on Skeletal Loading, Sandbags and the Art of Instinctive Training

    436: Julien Pineau on Skeletal Loading, Sandbags and the Art of Instinctive Training
    Nov 7 2024
    Today’s podcast features movement-focused strength coach Julien Pineau, founder of Strongfit. With a background in sports ranging from competitive swimming to MMA and strongman, Julien started coaching in 1993 and opened his strongman-focused gym in 2008. Known for his integration of all systems of the body, along with his eye for human movement, he’s worked with athletes across various disciplines, pursuing growth both inward and outward. It's easy to get overly accustomed to the typical training tools we are provided with. What is now the standard of physical training on the level of barbells, dumbells, machines, and heavy linear conditioning, however, is quite different than the physical demands on a human in our native environment. In so many ways, training with a sandbag is a great equalizer, as it brings online, so many of our instinctive human systems, and reminds us of our innate function. In today’s episode, Julien explores human instinct and body intelligence in training, covering sensory aspects (myotomes) of hands and feet, the role of anxiety/frustration, isometrics, the nervous system, the heart's intelligence, bone loading, grip strength, and more. This insightful discussion touches on essential training and performance concepts. Today’s episode is brought to you by TeamBuildr’s Gym Studio, Athletic Development Games, and the LILA Exogen Wearable Resistance Training Sleeves. Use the code “justfly25” for 25% off any Lila Exogen wearable resistance training, including the popular Exogen Calf Sleeves. For this offer, head to: Lilateam.com TeamBuildr is an online software for coaches and trainers. Use the code “JUSTFLY” for a free 30-day trial of the TeamBuildr software. For a Gym Studio 14-day free trial, head to gymstudio.com View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Main Points 2:00- The story of what led Julien to sandbag training 8:00- The role of frustration in training, and its role with awkward objects and difficult situations 13:00- The role of myotomes in using one’s hand in manual labor, squeezing, and sandbag training 17:00- Anxiety found in chronic training practice, and the role of using prolonged rest and frustration to force greater focus on the given sessions 22:30- What martial arts give a generalist from a training and psychological perspective 33:40- The value of sustained movements, such as a long isometric hold, and withholding value 38:30- Defining the somatic system of the body, along with the strength of the heart 43:00- The role of the heart’s strength and function in PTSD 49:00- Dynamics of loaded carries, isometrics, sandbags, and holistic function of the body (along with myotome function) 59:00- Isolation versus compound movements on the level of myotome function 1:01:45- Grip strength, pulling and deadlifting dynamics 1:04:00- Embodied aspects of training and the body, related to the intelligence of the heart 1:07:00- The relationship of the gut biome to one’s conscious thought 1:12:00- Bone Crushing Strength: Myotomes, foot training, grip, and overall body strength 1:21:45- Managing balance in the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the nervous system Quotes 7:10 "All the strong men back there were wrestlers; back then it was seen as the best way to get strong. It was less 1-rep max, more being able to move with stuff” 8:50 “I think anxiety is a chronic version of frustration” 12:55 “Frustration is created by your environment; you can change your envionrment or you can deal with it” 13:30: “A 200lb sandbag and a 200lb barbell are not the same thing” 17:25 “A lot of time is just ego lifting, they turn anything that is acute into a chronic state; you will notice those people that train 6 times a week, they are on the anxious side because they are turning everything into a chronic state” 18:20 “Anxious people go to Crossift more” 27:45 “If we take frustration and try to lower it,
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • 435: Jamie Smith (Strength Culture) on Isometric Exploration and Challenging Traditional Strength Paradigms

    435: Jamie Smith (Strength Culture) on Isometric Exploration and Challenging Traditional Strength Paradigms
    Oct 31 2024
    Today’s podcast features coach and educator, Jamie Smith. Jamie is the owner of Melbourne Strength Culture and has over a decade working in high-performance training. He has a variety of experiences in high-level strength and conditioning in both Australia and the United States and is heavily involved in the development and education for strength coaches. Jamie has a deep understanding of current biomechanical models and training frameworks, along with integration of “Bio Psycho Social” concepts for a complete training experience. Most methods focus on frameworks, technical models, sets, reps, and percentages. However, there’s little emphasis on the athlete’s subjective experience, which influences their results, learning, and enjoyment. In this episode, Jamie discusses building awareness and encouraging movement exploration to enhance athleticism. He emphasizes giving athletes ownership of their bodies and expands on the “bottom-up” training concepts from his last appearance, including the key “dials” of athlete experience. The show wraps up with his critique of conventional ideas of stability in athletic movement. This episode offers deep insights into human performance. Today’s episode is brought to you by TeamBuildr’s Gym Studio and Athletic Development Games. Use the code “justfly25” for 25% off any Lila Exogen wearable resistance training, including the popular Exogen Calf Sleeves. For this offer, head to: Lilateam.com TeamBuildr is an online software for coaches and trainers. Use the code “JUSTFLY” for a free 30-day trial of the TeamBuildr software. For a Gym Studio 14-day free trial, head to gymstudio.com View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Main Points 10:37- Awareness Development for Clients and Athletes 19:13- Individualized Approach to Training Progression and Optimization 24:58- Enhancing Athlete Experience through Self-Awareness Training 32:05- Key “Dials” of Training That Modulate Athlete Experience 51:11- Load Management for Injury Prevention and Performance 54:35- Enhancing Training Through Movement Exploration and Sensory Engagement 1:15:30- Reevaluating The Concept of “Stability” in Strength Training and Human Performance 1:32:24- Evolution of Movement Strategies through Tensegrity Quotes "There is no optimized weight selection, rep range, set prescription, total amount of jumps. Like any of these objective things are just ways that we as coaches have tried to create a structure that we feel confident that we're doing the right job in and moving in the right direction." Jamie Smith "Everybody argues about the external load, everybody argues about how much volume, everybody argues about proximity to failure... However, once you actually deal with an athlete, it's the individual response to the training that actually matters and you have to be reactive to the individual response which is the psychological impact as well." - Jamie Smith “Just get them with the bar, put the bar on their chest and just move. Feel their scaps. Feel. All right, well, hang on. Maybe tuck the elbow, Change your head position, change your rib cage position." “All of a sudden they'll find a position. It's like, oh, I feel strong there. And that thing's gone. All right, let's do some reps there. Can you hold that shape? Can you feel that shape? Yeah, I can do it. And then all of a sudden it just becomes like a better painting of how they're moving rather than the coach coming in and just being like, your shoulder hurts because of X, Y and Z and you're missing this” - Jamie Smith “So, like, those explorations are huge. Go to the position you want to explore and just play around with stuff. Play around with foot pressure, shin position, hip position, pelvis, rib cage, whatever the exercise is.” - Jamie Smith “You start very isolated, you start quite a little slower, maybe on the ground and feeling certain things and then start to build them up and add speed,
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  • 434: Chris Kelly on Airway Dynamics and Force Production in Athletic Movement

    434: Chris Kelly on Airway Dynamics and Force Production in Athletic Movement
    Oct 24 2024
    Today’s podcast features Chris Kelly, the owner of Fitness Rehab and The Musical Athlete. He has extensive education in biomechanics and human performance systems. Chris balances health and performance while teaching clients to understand their bodies and manage movement efficiently. As a teacher, he has trained hundreds of professionals in topics like breathing mechanics, movement assessment, and exercise application. Many training conversations relate to what happens from the ground upwards, but not often do we discuss what occurs from the head, downwards in athletic movement. What happens at the level of the head, is also a mirror for what is happening in the chest, and hips, so knowing this area helps paint a greater picture of the total athlete. On today’s podcast, Chris covers aspects of airway, head, and neck as they pertain to sprinting and human movement, along with compensatory strategies that can power movement under conditions of fatigue. He also talks about the nature of reciprocal movement in force absorption, oscillatory training principles, and air-pressure-based principles of movement and performance. This show offers a unique and helpful lens by which to greater understand the big picture of athleticism and training methodology. Today’s episode is brought to you by TeamBuildr’s Gym Studio and Athletic Development Games. Use the code “justfly25” for 25% off any Lila Exogen wearable resistance training, including the popular Exogen Calf Sleeves. For this offer, head to: Lilateam.com TeamBuildr is an online software for coaches and trainers. Use the code “JUSTFLY” for a free 30-day trial of the TeamBuildr software. For a Gym Studio 14-day free trial, head to gymstudio.com View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Main Points 2:40- Quincy Hall Movement Profile En Route to 400m Gold 17:37- Facial Tension's Influence on Movement Optimization 19:35- The Nature of Reciprocal Motions and “Delay Strategies” in Athletic Movement 31:24- Enhancing Athlete Performance through Motor Control Training 44:24- Interconnectedness of Fatigue and Top-Down Effects on Performance Outcomes 46:42- Facial Tension's Influence on Athletic Performance 51:16- Enhancing Performance Through Airway Control and Vocal Techniques 1:17:43- Rhythmic Training Techniques 1:22:44- Exploration of Air Pressure and Tonality for Athletic Movements Quotes (11:18) “So pelvis is going to start to face the ground. Thorax is going to start to face the ground. And in the case of a narrow, like a Quincy Hall or something like that, you also see maybe a suboccipital strategy where the head goes forward and you start to get a cranium that actually starts to face the ground as well” (19:25) “When we have a calcaneus that hits the ground and begins to evert before the whole foot dumps in, that creates a slight delay that allows for the propagation of energy through a distribution of energy through more, you know, through more joint systems” (21:03) "When I talk about delay strategies, I want to see that I can delay the absorption of energy. So, number one, I can do it at all and I can control what's happening to me. And number two, I can then utilize that energy in a way that is going to be purposeful and a skilled task as opposed to just having to refrigerator turn my whole body." - Chris Kelly (22:00) “(Messi) has very good control and It's very easy for him to, you know, to move in that way and maintain relative motions, whereas, like, you know, somebody that's a force producer like me or, you know, heavy weightlifter or something… I'm a fullback. Like, I'm going to knock you over. I'm going to outrun you” (37:00) “We were talking about things that were more expansive in nature, like finding a heel or reaching, this is training more yielding properties of the connective tissue versus your Weck deadlift or your, you know, your activities where maybe your heel is off the ground or something.
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    1 hr and 32 mins

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