The A.P.E show

Ep 28. Lockdown Training 2.0

What can you be doing to minimise things going wrong when you return to sport? How can you make sure your you dont fall away from the pack? Worried about doing too much or not enough? We cover this and more as Head coach Matt discusses how you can still train through lockdown intelligently and what to focus your energy on.  Matt chats about how and what aerobic exercise to include in your training. How to keep up strength work without equipment  As well as how you can increase your power and explosiveness through jumps training.  If you found this podcast useful and want some assistance in applying anything discussed in this podcast please contact us on our socials @athleteperformance_ed or email us info@athleteperformanceducation.com

Ep 27. Tokyo 2020 (21) with Track and Field Analyst Toby Plant

With Tokyo only days away we couldn't not provide some insights into our thoughts on the track and field events.  Fortunately we are joined by Track and Field analyst Toby Plant who provides incredible insight into what athletes to keep an eye on, who could break records and what Aussies are a chance for the ultimate glory.  We also dive into the topic of 'Mechanical Doping' and the super shoes.  What the Olympics means to us and what mark Tokyo 2020 will leave on history.  Enjoy and go the Aussies.

Ep 26. Derek Hansen Sports Performance Consultant

Wow how lucky are we to continue our coaching masters series with the wonderful Derek Hansen.  Derek is an International Sports performance consultant who has over 30 years of experience working in a range of collegiate, professional sport and Olympic settings.  Derek is a master of making the complex simple and applying training to athletes that actually makes a difference.  In this conversation we explore the work and relationship Derek had with the late great Charlie Francis.  We touch on how Derek starts the training process when it comes to speed development and explore some ideas about how this can be applied.  Derek also provides an incredible insight to his thoughts around injuries in modern day sports and what can or can't be done to influence this.  If you work with athletes that need to be fast or if you are an athlete that wants to get faster then you need this hour of wisdom.  For anyone interested in finding out more about Derek Hansen and his programs please check out the links below.  www.runningmechanics.com www.sprintcoach.com

Ep 25. Dr Michael Yessis All things Sports Performance

What can we say? What a pleasure it was to spend 1 hour chatting with one of the most influential figures in the Sports Performance space.  Doctor Michael Yessis is a world leader in sports performance. He is an author, Bio mechanist, Teacher,  Having worked in sports performance for over 50 years  Dr Yessis is well known for his work translating the soviet sports review and bringing this training information and research to the western world.  Dr Yessis has worked and continues to work with a range of world class athletes and programs and has worked with the LA rams/Raiders, USA volleyball team as well as a range of Olympic athletes.  Dr Yessis has written a range of texts that should be the staple of any strength and conditioning coach including  1x20, Soviet secretes to sports training, Explosive running, explosive plyometrics, kinesiology of exercise.  We discuss the history and influence of the Soviet sports era.  1 x 20 method and its application as well as the Docs thoughts on what matters most when improving performance in athletes.  This is a must listen.  To find out more about the Docs work you can check it out on https://doctoryessis.com/ We hope you enjoy this very special episode.

Ep 24 Are gyms a safe place during the COVID-19 era?

In this episode Jay and Matt dive deep, well as deep as the pool is on the current literature and research that looks at gyms and their ability to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. We look at some key research from NSW, America, the UK, Singapore and Norway which both supports and refutes our thoughts. We brake down the good, bad and ugly and try to shed some light on what the data and findings actually mean. In short... Are gyms safe? Well it depends. Can gyms be safe? Absolutely. Will i catch COVID if i go to the gym? highly unlikely like .00026% unlikely? Can training and being physically active reduce the impacts of COVID? Absolutely. Gyms are not the problem they are part of the solution. We need to improve our attitude to health and wellbeing across society, we need to educate ourselves more on the power of being physically active and seeking preventative actions. We need to take responsibility for our individual health. We hope you have enjoyed this passionate episode. please feel free to share it far and wide with anyone in the health and fitness industry References. (due to not all articles being public we have linked the main articles and literature we discussed in the podcast) South Korea outbreak - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392463/ Benefits of exercise on COVID-19 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11332-020-00673-z Two articles discussing the MXM data from American gyms - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-study-confirms-its-safe-to-work-out-at-the-gym-current-data-shows-no-evidence-of-covid-19-spread-in-gyms-301122664.html - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/study-gym-safety-covid/2020/09/19/72191b08-f858-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html Oslo study - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/it-s-safe-go-back-gym-if-there-s-little-covid-19-around-study-suggests Australian Fitness attendance data - https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/gyms-arent-covid-hotspots-industry-c-1236697 - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/16/covid-free-or-high-risk-environment-can-gyms-be-safe