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**Science for Sport Podcast**

Discover the Secrets Behind Elite Performance. Join us on the Science for Sport Podcast, where every episode dives into the cutting-edge world of sports science and the untold stories behind the best athletes and teams on the planet. Hosted by Richard Graves, we bring you exclusive insights from elite athletes, world-class coaches, and leading sports scientists who are shaping the future of global sport. This isn’t just another sports podcast—this is your backstage pass to: – The science powering record-breaking performances. – The trends, challenges, and breakthroughs redefining the game. – Mastering the balance of art and science in coaching. Whether you’re a sports scientist, coach, physio, nutritionist, teacher, or just a passionate sports fan, this is your chance to learn from the pros and stay ahead of the curve. Tune in every Monday and uncover what it takes to make the best, better.

Latest Episodes:

157: Are Cool-Downs A Waste Of Your Precious Time? Apr 03, 2023

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In episode 157, Bas van Hooren, Ph.D candidate at Maastricht University , joins us.

Specifically Bas will be looking at:

Why cool-downs are performed
Does science back up the use of cool-downs?
How best to recover from training sessions

About Bas:

"I have done a bachelor in applied sport sciences at Fontys University and a master Human Movement Sciences at Maastricht University. I'm currently persuing my PhD proposal at Maastricht University. Because of my background in applied sport sciences and my experience as an athlete and strength and conditioning specialist I developed a good understanding of practical issues. According to others I can therefore translate theoretical concepts very well into practical applications. Although some of my peer-reviewed publications include fundamental topics, I make sure to always discuss the practical applications of the findings.."

Social Media:
Twitter: @BasVanHooren
LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/basvanhooren

Website: https://www.basvanhooren.com/about-me/

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Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery
Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In
Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese
Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More
Improve Your Athletes' Performance
Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes
Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research

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156: Sam Warburton's Lessons In Physical Performance For Rugby Mar 27, 2023

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In episode 156, Sam Warburton, Former Cardiff, Wales and British & Irish Lions Captain, joins us.

Specifically Sam will be looking at:

How Sport Science helped his career
How his mentality surrounding sport performance
His top tech picks for rugby players
How he trained to perform even after a career of knocks

About Sam:

"Sam Warburton OBE. Former professional rugby player and captain for Cardiff, Wales and the British & Irish Lions. Broadcaster for BT Sport & BBC Sport, columnist for The Times Newspaper and founder of SW7 Academy. Brand Ambassador and investor for PAS Nutrition & Hytro. Canterbury & Breitling Ambassador."

Social Media:
Twitter: @samwarburton_

Instagram: @samwarbs, @sw7academy

Links:
www.sw7academy.com
www.Hytro.com

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155: How To Design A World-Class Performance Gym From Scratch Mar 20, 2023

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In episode 155, Adam Parr, Head of Performance at Charlotte FC, joins us.

Specifically Adam will be looking at:

How to build a performance team
How to plan a performance gym
How the gym will help his players perform optimally

About Adam:

"Adam C. Parr is currently the Head of Performance for Charlotte FC, in Major League Soccer (MLS). Before joining Charlotte FC for their inaugural season in 2022, he recently had been the Head of Strength & Conditioning for Minnesota United FC for 2 seasons, as well as the Head of S&C and Data Analytics at Reno 1868 FC for 2 seasons. Before getting back into the professional team setting again in 2018, he previously owned his own fitness & performance company in Beverly Hills for 6 years where he worked with professional, college & youth athletes, along with celebrities and general population. Along with an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from San Diego State Universities, Adam also has a Master of High Performance Sport from Australian Catholic University"

Social Media:
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-LindedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcparr/

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154: How To Improve Mental Performance While Avoiding Burnout and Overtraining Mar 13, 2023

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In episode 154, Sun Sachs, CEO at Rewire, joins us.

Specifically Sun will be looking at:

Difference between mental health and mental performance
How athletes can improve their mental performance
How this helps to avoid overtraining and burnout

About Sun:

"Sun Sachs is the founder and CEO of Rewire Fitness, the first mental fitness platform that helps athletes reach their full potential and avoid burnout by providing tools that improve mindset, readiness and resilience. He is also a 20 year veteran in software development and a life-long endurance athlete for the past 35+ years in competitive cycling, triathlon and adventure races."

Website: https://rewirefitness.app
Instagram: https://instagram.com/rewirefitness
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-fitness/

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153: Gym-Based Activation Sessions: Football's Best Kept Secret For Improving On-Field Performance Mar 06, 2023

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In episode 153, Terry Peters, Performance Coach, joins us.

Specifically Terry will be looking at:

Why footballers should train in the gym
How the gym impacts field based performance
How to use activation sessions to improve football performance

About Terry:

"I worked with the Olympic Committee in Holland, I worked with a variety of sports including Table Tennis, Track Cycling and Volleyball, and I realised I would prefer to work in an environment where I would get to work every day with the same athletes, to get a become more process oriented, rather than being focused on tasks. Then Vitesse Arnhem was at the same location as the Olympic Committee, so I moved there for around 7 years, and met some really good coaches over there. One of them took me to Dubai to work with a team there as a Strength & Conditioning coach, and then I came back to work with Heerenveen in the same role. Then Peter Bosz, who I worked with at Vitesse called me, and asked whether I wanted to come and work at Bayer Leverkusen. I worked at Bayer 04 Leverkusen for 2 seasons before moving for just over a season to Olympique Lyon. Currently i’ve my got own company, TP Performance Coaching, and recently did consultancy work for Jumbo-Visma Roadcycling and a Premier League team. I'm currently waiting for the next big project."

Instagram: @terry_pe86
LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/terry-peters-a60b0026

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152: Optimising Youth Speed Training: They're Not Just Small Adults Feb 27, 2023

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In episode 152, Matt Tometz, Performance Coach, joins us.

Specifically Matt will be looking at:

Why youth athletes need speed
Physiological adaptations in youth athletes
Speed training in youth vs adults
What training with Matt looks like

*About Matt

"Matt Tometz is a Sports Performance Coach/Sports Science Coordinator at TCBoost Sports Performance. With a speed development as his coaching expertise and fascination for data, it’s his daily challenge to combine the art of coaching with the science of data for his athletes of all ages and sports to get them faster. Outside the facility, Matt creates educational content for coaches and professionals, including his YouTube channel and his podcast “The Talking Shop Podcast.” Find him on Instagram and Twitter @CoachBigToe."

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/matttometz
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetalkingshoppodcast
Instagram: @CoachBigToe
Twitter: @CoachBigToe

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151: How Elite-Level Sprinters Train, And What Every Athlete Can Learn From Them. Feb 20, 2023

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In episode 151, Michael Carolan, Performance Coach, joins us.

Specifically Michael will be looking at:

The physical prerequisites for sprinting
Periodisation towards a major tournament
Gym based exercises
Combining physical and technical coaching

*About Michael

"Mike is a Performance Coach and University Lecturer, dual accredited in Sport Rehabilitation and S&C. He is program lead on the Sport Rehab undergraduate program at the University of Salford overseeing teaching, clinics and research for the team. Future research includes PhD theme planning across sprinting biomechanics, hamstring injury, weightlifting EMG, dance injury prevention. He is also Lead Performance Coach for Andrew Robertson, 2017, 2020 and 2021 UK 60m Indoor Champion and has also worked with England and GB Basketball and currently consults in Track and Field, Rugby, Basketball and with the British Military."

Instagram: @mc_sportsrehab https://www.instagram.com/mc_sportsrehab/
Linkedin: Michael Carolan https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-c-72827442/

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150: How Elite Football Teams Use Data To Optimise Performance Feb 13, 2023

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In episode 150, Firdaus Massar, Exercise Physiologist, joins us.

Specifically Firdaus will be looking at:

Limiting factors in football performance
Data clubs look at
How to use data to improve performance

*About Firdaus

"My namer is Firdaus Maasar, I am Malaysian. I spent around 7 years in the UK, doing my postgraduate study, including a masters and a PhD at Liverpool John Moores University, during that time I also provided Sport Science Support for Championship and Premier League football teams. After that I spent two years at Aspire Academy in Doha as a football physiologist, and most recently I worked at Lion City Sailors in Singapore."

Social media: @Firdausmaasar

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149: How Data-Driven Recovery Can Take Your Performance To The Next Level Feb 06, 2023

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In episode 149 Joel Jamieson, S&C Coach, joins us.

Specifically Joel will be looking at:

When to apply extra recovery methods
KPIs to consider for recovery
How to use heart rate variability to improve recovery

*About Joel

"Joel is a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy SEALS, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA, and more."

Social media: @coachjoeljamieson

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148: How Speciality Bars Help Create World-Record Strength Levels Jan 30, 2023

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In episode 148, Chris Duffin, , joins us.

Specifically Chris will be looking at:

What speciality bars are
How they improve strength and performance
Chris' favourite bars

*About Chris

"Using his engineering degree and MBA, he spent nearly 20 years becoming a sought-after turnaround expert in the aerospace, automotive, and industrial equipment manufacturing sectors. But most people know him for his work after moving on from that career, founding his own Education and Manufacturing companies focused on biomechanics, human movement, and personal development. As an award-winning expert in these fields, he holds patents and has been recognized for scientific innovation, and is a desired keynote speaker.

In the sports performance world, Chris’s work is everywhere. His game-changing products are used in nearly every professional sports team in North America, all the big-name colleges and a thousand others, all military branches (white house included), and so many more. His concepts have changed the landscape of strength training in improving performance and the systemized approaches to assessing and correcting human movement dysfunctions.

With extremes again, Chris is not just a recognized thought leader but has held numerous all-time world records and become one of the strongest pound-for-pound powerlifters in the world. He holds the Guinness World Record for the heaviest sumo deadlift of all time, with 1001 pounds for almost three repetitions. He also completed the same feat with a 1001lbs squat making him the only human in history to have Squatted and Deadlifted 1000+lbs for reps. He used these feats of strength to raise money and awareness for charities related to his upbringing."

Social media: @mad_scientist_duffin

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