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Doc and Jock Podcast

Doc and Jock brings together the expertise of a Physical Therapist and a Strength and Conditioning Coach. The goal is to provide a one stop resource to answer your training questions. Whether you’re rehabbing an injury, working your weaknesses, or wanting to look good naked Dr. Danny or Coach Joe can help.

Dr. Danny is a Mobility Wod Instructor, founder and practicing physical therapist at Athletes’ Potential. CrossFit athletes, executives, and weekend warriors search out Dr. Danny’s expertise to relieve pain, improvement movement, and to continue playing the games and sports they love.

Coach Joe is the founder of Joe’s Barbell, works with CrossFit Weightlifting, has multiple experiences in a variety of coaching platforms, is a former CrossFit Games athlete, and current national level Weightlifter. Athletes of all shape, size, and ability are welcome to #LIFTatJOES.

Together, Dr. Danny and Coach Joe develop, pull and share updated Strength and Conditioning information sure to simplify your training quandary. Listen, read, and follow because if you have a BODY, you’re an ATHLETE.

Latest Episodes:

The Tactical Athlete and Back Pain Apr 01, 2016

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Dr. Danny answers a listeners question regarding tactical athletes and pain management. The prescription in this case is a lot easier send than done. The key, according to Dr. Danny, regarding the tactical community is getting them to buy in to the maintenance program. One of the keys is using the chain of command to your advantage. Start with small leadership groups and let your ideas roll down hill. Start at the hip mobility and utilize distraction focusing on posterior, lateral, and anterior openers. The fact is within the tactical community strength will most likely not be the issue. Also, spend some time teaching them how to hip hinge focusing on spine flexion vs hip flexion - the deadlift. Picking stuff up is unavoidable. That said, teaching folks to do it right may save you a lot of time in the clinic. Lastly, Gut smashing, made popular by Jill Miller, is also key. Check out her interviews here and here. With many folks in the tactical community training and practicing a lot of sit ups for testing purposes a lot of hip flexor tightness and abdominal abnormalities and tone can arise. The final prescription is a little counter intuitive, especially in a competitive environment like the tactical community. You may want to cut down on volume. Also be sure to check out EP25 - Lower Back Fixes.

Jesse Itzler Talks Time Managment Mar 30, 2016

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Jesse Itzler only eats fruit until noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box," actually, he doesn't even have a box. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not running ultra marathons or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 3 boys live in Atlanta, Georgia.. Follow Jesse on twitter, instagram and facebook @the100mileman Episode at a Glance In episode 64 of the Doc and Jock Podcast entrepreneur, ultra runner and NBA co- owner Jeese Itzler joins the conversation with Doc Danny Matta and Coach Joe Szymanek. The guys shoot the shit on a variety of topics including: training, time management, living with a Navy SEAL and why every kid should run a marathon before 18.

Jesse Itzler Talks Time Managment Mar 30, 2016

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Jesse Itzler only eats fruit until noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box," actually, he doesn't even have a box. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not running ultra marathons or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 3 boys live in Atlanta, Georgia.. Follow Jesse on twitter, instagram and facebook @the100mileman Episode at a Glance In episode 64 of the Doc and Jock Podcast entrepreneur, ultra runner and NBA co- owner Jeese Itzler joins the conversation with Doc Danny Matta and Coach Joe Szymanek. The guys shoot the shit on a variety of topics including: training, time management, living with a Navy SEAL and why every kid should run a marathon before 18.

Wrist Fixes Mar 25, 2016

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As a Weightlifter the front rack plays a crucial role in my own performance. Without solid positioning your clean will surely suffer, the jerk will be compromised, and training your front squat can be torture. Its also my experience that the more surface area of our hand that you can get under the bar in the front rack the better. In a perfect scenario you should be able to maintain a solid hook grip with the bar in your front rack and rep out your front squats. There are a lot of great coaches and weekend courses that teach a relaxed open palm front rack and I do believe it does have a place in training but is not optimal for supporting max loads and eventually going overhead for the jerk. It is my (Coach Joe) personal experience that most front rack issues aren't due to wrist and forearm issues. For some quick fixes that don't involve the wrist check out these two videos ( Front Rack Opener and Elbow Distraction). In fact its my experience that most mobility restriction do not take place where pain is resinating. A quick way to find out if that is the case regarding your wrist and the front rack is to perform a push up. If you can perform a proper push up pain free you most likely have the wrist mobility to hold and maintain a proper front rack. If you can not bottom out a push up pain free then yes you may need to mobilize it. If this is the case there are 3 routes you can go - probably more. The first and most simple is to stretch the wrist using a PVC pipe. Start the stretch by hold the pipe with your left hand, palm down, and the pipe parallel with the floor (if the pipe were clock hands it would resemble 9:15). From this position rotate the pipe clock wise to 6:00 pm then take you right hand and bring the pipe across your waste line. From here you can use you right hand to exaggerate the stretch on the left wrist. Search and destroy in this position for 2 minutes. Repeat with the right arm, but rotate the pipe counter clock wise. Second, Distract the wrist. You can do this with a band, as shown by Dr. Danny here. Distracting joints is always a good idea pre workout as it generally yield the highest returns in terms of increasing rage of motion. Smarter people than me, like Dr. Danny and Kelly Starret have said that accumulating 2 plus minutes on a particular joint is crucial to cause a change. I trust their brain and so should you. When people tell me distraction techniques don't work I generally ask them to show me exactly what they are doing. IN many cases they don't have enough band tension, aren't mobilizing in a position that resembles their sport, and do not spend the proper amount of time stretching. Dr. Danny covers one distraction method in the video above. I would also suggest distracting from different plank Third you can attack the wrist with the voodoo band. This would be highly recommended if your lack of mobility is also associated with pain. Its my experience the voodoo band is a great quick fix regarding pain management. I wrap my wrist with as much tension as tolerable then work through a series of push ups with my fingers pointed in 12, 3, 9 and 6 o'clock positions. I will also hold a plank and with straight arms circle my wrists with my shoulders. Once you get range back it is also important to strength the wrist. The worst feeling in the world as an athlete is to be sidelined by a bad finger or something pretty trivial like a wrist. Interestingly enough in a conversation with Cheryl Haworth she did site wrist injuries as a pretty common accordance in her own career and the repetitive nature of Weightlifting also lends itself that situation. The fact is the wrist is not a huge joint and can only bare so much of burden. With that in mind, weekly, I try and get some wrist specific strength work in. Barbell wrist curls, hand stand walks, planks,

Wrist Fixes Mar 25, 2016

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As a Weightlifter the front rack plays a crucial role in my own performance. Without solid positioning your clean will surely suffer, the jerk will be compromised, and training your front squat can be torture. Its also my experience that the more surface area of our hand that you can get under the bar in the front rack the better. In a perfect scenario you should be able to maintain a solid hook grip with the bar in your front rack and rep out your front squats. There are a lot of great coaches and weekend courses that teach a relaxed open palm front rack and I do believe it does have a place in training but is not optimal for supporting max loads and eventually going overhead for the jerk. It is my (Coach Joe) personal experience that most front rack issues aren't due to wrist and forearm issues. For some quick fixes that don't involve the wrist check out these two videos ( Front Rack Opener and Elbow Distraction). In fact its my experience that most mobility restriction do not take place where pain is resinating. A quick way to find out if that is the case regarding your wrist and the front rack is to perform a push up. If you can perform a proper push up pain free you most likely have the wrist mobility to hold and maintain a proper front rack. If you can not bottom out a push up pain free then yes you may need to mobilize it. If this is the case there are 3 routes you can go - probably more. The first and most simple is to stretch the wrist using a PVC pipe. Start the stretch by hold the pipe with your left hand, palm down, and the pipe parallel with the floor (if the pipe were clock hands it would resemble 9:15). From this position rotate the pipe clock wise to 6:00 pm then take you right hand and bring the pipe across your waste line. From here you can use you right hand to exaggerate the stretch on the left wrist. Search and destroy in this position for 2 minutes. Repeat with the right arm, but rotate the pipe counter clock wise. Second, Distract the wrist. You can do this with a band, as shown by Dr. Danny here. Distracting joints is always a good idea pre workout as it generally yield the highest returns in terms of increasing rage of motion. Smarter people than me, like Dr. Danny and Kelly Starret have said that accumulating 2 plus minutes on a particular joint is crucial to cause a change. I trust their brain and so should you. When people tell me distraction techniques don't work I generally ask them to show me exactly what they are doing. IN many cases they don't have enough band tension, aren't mobilizing in a position that resembles their sport, and do not spend the proper amount of time stretching. Dr. Danny covers one distraction method in the video above. I would also suggest distracting from different plank Third you can attack the wrist with the voodoo band. This would be highly recommended if your lack of mobility is also associated with pain. Its my experience the voodoo band is a great quick fix regarding pain management. I wrap my wrist with as much tension as tolerable then work through a series of push ups with my fingers pointed in 12, 3, 9 and 6 o'clock positions. I will also hold a plank and with straight arms circle my wrists with my shoulders. Once you get range back it is also important to strength the wrist. The worst feeling in the world as an athlete is to be sidelined by a bad finger or something pretty trivial like a wrist. Interestingly enough in a conversation with Cheryl Haworth she did site wrist injuries as a pretty common accordance in her own career and the repetitive nature of Weightlifting also lends itself that situation. The fact is the wrist is not a huge joint and can only bare so much of burden. With that in mind, weekly, I try and get some wrist specific strength work in. Barbell wrist curls, hand stand walks, planks,

Brian Mackenzie Talks Training Mar 23, 2016

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WHEW! Episode 61 is another doozie. Running guru, strength & conditioning coach and just general badass Brian MacKenzie joins the conversation with Doc Danny Matta and Coach Joe Szymanek. Brian fills the fellas in on what started him into the strength and conditioning world and what eventually led him to starting CrossFit Endurance. The dialogue morphs from there into a bigger conversation about CrossFit, and if it’s healthy and furthermore if spending your whole life in a gym is healthy. Which brings us to a rundown on Brian’s latest life work with Laird Hamilton, Whim Hoff and Gabby Reese called XPT Life. If you are an athlete (and you all are because you all have a body) then this is a must listen. It will challenge what you think about, what you believe and what the hell your purpose is in a totally awesome and exciting way.

Brian Mackenzie Talks Training Mar 23, 2016

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WHEW! Episode 61 is another doozie. Running guru, strength & conditioning coach and just general badass Brian MacKenzie joins the conversation with Doc Danny Matta and Coach Joe Szymanek. Brian fills the fellas in on what started him into the strength and conditioning world and what eventually led him to starting CrossFit Endurance. The dialogue morphs from there into a bigger conversation about CrossFit, and if it’s healthy and furthermore if spending your whole life in a gym is healthy. Which brings us to a rundown on Brian’s latest life work with Laird Hamilton, Whim Hoff and Gabby Reese called XPT Life. If you are an athlete (and you all are because you all have a body) then this is a must listen. It will challenge what you think about, what you believe and what the hell your purpose is in a totally awesome and exciting way.

Is Squatting Everyday Good? Mar 18, 2016

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Dr. Danny tackles a question left to Doc and Jock via an iTunes review. Blake asks: "I am following a strength plan around squatting with a barbell every day. What do you guys think about the bodies ability to adapt to something like this? Also, what are the biggest areas I should focus on with my mobility?" The short of it is that it depends. how much time are you willing to put into recovering between sessions, is your movement good, and what are your goals as an athlete. Regarding mobility, without managing your individual needs, hips, ankles, and thoracic spine are great place for most people to start.

Is Squatting Everyday Good? Mar 18, 2016

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Dr. Danny tackles a question left to Doc and Jock via an iTunes review. Blake asks: "I am following a strength plan around squatting with a barbell every day. What do you guys think about the bodies ability to adapt to something like this? Also, what are the biggest areas I should focus on with my mobility?" The short of it is that it depends. how much time are you willing to put into recovering between sessions, is your movement good, and what are your goals as an athlete. Regarding mobility, without managing your individual needs, hips, ankles, and thoracic spine are great place for most people to start.

When It Comes to Weightlifting, Simple is Better Mar 16, 2016

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In Episode 60 the Doc (Danny Matta) turns the bright lights of truth around on his partner Coach Jock (Joe Szymanek). Joe shares divulges ideals, philosophies and programming methods for Olympic Weightlifting.

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