Podcast #59: Restoring Knee Mechanics in Patellar Tendinopathy with Alex Effer

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restoring-knee-mechanics-in-patellar-tendinopathy-with/id1462537296?i=1000549312741 “It’s not a hinge joint that people think it is. It’s a rotation joint. The bones don’t connect to each other. They’re not touching. So it can’t be a hinge.” “If I want to bend my knee, I need a tibia that is gonna turn inward…. relative to a femur that is going to…

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Podcast #58: Patellar Tendon Rehab with Enda King

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-58-patellar-tendon-rehab-with-enda-king/id1462537296?i=1000548505449 “The diagnosis of Patellar tendinopathy should be very easy… a lot of the difficulty comes as a combination diagnosis.” Differential diagnosis: “For the most part, it really shouldn’t matter… a lot of the times, you’re looking for the same strength gains, change in motor control and coordination.” “The principles of why the anterior knee…

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Podcast #57: Get Out of the Athletes’ Way with Alex Richard

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 “If they really want to become a better basketball player, I want to push them towards the court more.” “To be a good strength coach for basketball, you don’t really need to do a whole lot.” “A lot of division 3 try hards become strength coaches… we really only relate well and get along…

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Podcast #56: Patellofemoral Pain and Hoffa’s Fat Pad with Claire Robertson

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 Patellofemoral Pain From sitting: “A tendon will classically feel stiff”. Patellofemoral won’t. PFP and PT: “I think they do coexist because the risk factors are very similar (load, biomechanics, footwear, flexibility).” The change in load that causes PFP: “Running is probably the number one thing.” “The patellofemoral joint can refer to anywhere around the…

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Podcast #55: Quitting College Strength & Conditioning with Austin Jochum

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 “The less you know, the more confident you are.” “Sport will take care of it [tactical/technical ability] if your sport practice is good but most football sport practice is not good.” “The higher level athlete you have, the easier they are to coach because they pick things up quicker.” “We’re just out-recruiting people, we’re…

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Podcast #54: Compensations, Isometrics, and Perception with Jarod Burton

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 “If you don’t have awareness of where your limb is in relation to space, then your body is going to get protective over it.” “My whole goal was to create awareness of areas that they didn’t have awareness. And just by getting that awareness to areas, that decreased their pain.” “If you’re lateral quad…

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Podcast #53: Athletic Performance – Taking out the Trash with Will Ratelle

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 “I was dumb. I was an unintelligent football player… if you go back and look at my Pro Day numbers, I’d be at the top for my position in 40, vertical jump, bench press, the L-Cone, the pro agility… but I was not very smart.” Hypertrophy: “How often are you able to train close…

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Podcast #52: Dunk Wisdom with Anthony Height

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 “I’ll do upper body… legs, I don’t really touch them.” Sports as a kid: “I played pretty much anything I could play.” “I wouldn’t even say jumping is my best, I think running is my best athletic thing.” “I got my first dunk in 6th grade on accident.” Jump ability: “I think a mixture…

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Podcast #51: Strength & Conditioning – Problems & Solutions with Max Schmarzo

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 “Strength coaches always complain the sport coaches don’t understand strength and conditioning. Do sport coaches get to complain that you don’t know the sport?” “It’s not KPIs, it’s rate limiting factors… what is something that might guarantee failure. It won’t guarantee success.” “It’s not availability is the best ability. It’s being good at your…

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Podcast #50: Good Drill with Bobby Whyte

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacked-athlete-podcast/id1462537296 Getting the rust off… “It’s not rust” “The more novice the athlete is, the more they’ll get out of pre-meditated stuff.” Working isolated skills: “Basketball players develop habits… not good players develop a lot of bad habits.” Working with China basketball: “If I can just cut down the amount of load, I think that…

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