The Robbie Bourke Podcast
Performance, health, learning, creativity, mastery. Interviews and conversations with leaders in their respected fields.
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Saturday Jun 03, 2017
Saturday Jun 03, 2017
On this episode I am delighted to have Dr. Bryan Mann back on the podcast. Bryan was previously on the show back in episode 91. Bryan is the Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Missouri where he has worked since 2006. Bryan has many Powerlifting accolades to his name in Raw, Single Ply, and Multiple Ply lifting. Bryan is also a researcher and author, having written several research publications dealing with the training of Division 1 athletics, specifically Football. Bryan has written 3 books, Auto-Regulatory Progressive Resistance Exercise (APRE), Developing Explosive Athletes: The Use of Velocity Based Training in Athletes, and The Complete Guide to Powerlifting - which Bryan co-authored with Dan Austin. On the episode Bryan and I discussed Brians recent experience at Altis' ACP Mentorship week, muscle physiology of force production, and strategies for monitoring stress with athletes.
I hope you guys really enjoy the show.
Stay Strong,
RB
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Sunday May 07, 2017
Sunday May 07, 2017
On this episode I am delighted to have Pat Davidson back onto the podcast.Pat has a PhD in Exercise Physiology and has previously been a Professor of Exercise Science at Brooklyn College and Springfield College. Pat has an extensive background in Strongman Training, wrestling and Martial Arts. Pat is one of the most intelligent and well read individuals I have had the pleasure to interact with on the show. Pat is one of those rare individuals who realizes that its all connected. To put it simply - Pat "Gets it!" On this episode Pat and I discussed everything and anything to do with the brain. This has been an area which Pat has been researching indepthly lately.This was an outstanding episode with Pat and I know you guys will love it!Stay Strong,RB
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Sunday Apr 30, 2017
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
On this episode it's my pleasure to have James "The Thinker" Smith back on the podcast.James is a sought after sport and military consultant and owner of GlobalSportsConcepts.net.
On this episode James and I discuss topics centred around his latest book titled "The Governing Dynamics of Coaching - A Unified Field Theory of Sports Preparation"As always this was an excellent conversion with James and I hope you guys really enjoy it.Stay Strong,RB
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Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
This episodes guest is none other then Coach Dan Pfaff. Where do I even begin with Dan's Bio? The man is just a legend within the Track and Field and Sports Performance world. He has coached multiple Olympic (9), World (9), and National Medalists. Some of Coach Pfaffs most notable athletes have been/are: Donovan Bailey - 1996 Mens 100m Olympic Champion Canada's Mens 4x100 Rely Team - 1996 Olympic Champions Greg Rutherford - 2012 Mens Long Jump Olympic Champion, 2016 - Mens Long Jump Olympic Bronze, 2014 Mens Long Jump Commonwealth Champion, 2014 & 2016 mens Long Jump European Athletics Champion, and 2015 Mens Long Jump World Champion Dan is currently the Head coach at Altis, Phoenix, Arizona, in the USA. Previously Dan was one of the Head coaches for team GB for the London 2012 Olympics. On this episode Dan and I discussed many topics including:
- Dan's Background & Influences - The good and not so good that Dan see's with the entire sports performance Profession - Dan's Training Philosophy - where we discuss - assessment, program design, organization of the training process, the genesis of Dan's 3-Day Rollover, the importance of the microcycle set up - Dan's take on the Pedagogy of Coaching
- Dan's top advice and resources to all the listeners
- And much more This was an amazing episode guys. I hope you all enjoy it! Stay Strong, RB Show Sponsor: To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
Tuesday Jan 03, 2017
This episode see's a return of Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach David O'Sullivan. David was previously on the podcast back in May 2015 on Episode 72. David is currently the clinical director of Prosport Physiotherapy Huddersfield and founder and CEO of ProSport Academy, which is one of the top online Sports Rehabilitation Mentorship courses available. David has also previously served as the Head Physiotherapist of the Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Club , Leeds Rhinos and also serve as a head physio with Munster Rugby. For a more in depth look into David's backgroud - click here. On this episode David and I discussed: - Whats new with David since we last spoke
- Pre-Season Screening - Hamstring Injuries
- The biggest gaps not being filled by universities with regards to physiotherapy degrees
- ProSport Academy Mentorship
- Pain, the Brain and Performance - And more This was another whopper. Hope you guys enjoy the show. Stay Strong, RB Show Sponsor: To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
This episodes guest is none other than Dr. Mike Stone of East Tennessee State University.
Dr. Stone is currently the Exercise and Sports Science Laboratory Director in the Department of KLSS at ETSU. Prior to joining ETSU he was the Head of Sports Physiology for the USOC. From 1999 through 2001he was Chair of Sport at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Stone's service and research interests are primarily concerned with physiological and performance adaptations to strength/power training. Dr. Stone is also an adjunct professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth Australia, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, and at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine, (Physiology), School of Medicine, Johnson City, TN. Dr Stone has 140+publications in reviewed journals and has contributed chapters to several texts in the areas of bioenergetics, nutrition, and strength/power training.Additionally, he has co-authored two textbooks dealing with strength and conditioning. Dr. Stone was the 1991 NSCA Sports Scientist of the Year and was awarded the NSCA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He is a Fellow of the UKSCA and NSCA. He has coached several international and national level weightlifters (including one Olympian) and throwers in both the United States and Great Britain.
On the episode Dr. Stone and I discussed:
- Mikes Background and Influences
- The good and not so good things that Mike currently see's within Sport Science
- What excites Mike most about sport science currently
- We discuss Programming and Periodization
- The importance of Training Residuals
- The Transfer of Training
- Training Compatibility of physical qualities
- Fibre Type Transitions that can occur in Training
- The balance between training specificity and variation to attain optimal performance
- Hypertrophy effects on speed development
- Mikes thoughts on Frans Bosch’s work on strength training and motor learning
This was a beauty guys!
Enjoy!
Stay Strong,
RB
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Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
This episodes guest is David Joyce who is the Head of Integrated High Performance at the GWS Giants in the AFL in Australia. David is also the co-author with Dan Lewindon of two of the most popular sports performance and rehabilitation books to be publish in recent years - High Performance Training for Sports and Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation. On this episode David and I discuss:
- Davids Background and Influences
- The good and not so good things that David is currently seeing with the professions of Physical Preparation and sports rehabilitation
- We get into a deep discussion about the two chapters that David co-wrote with Dan Lewindon about injury risk profiling and the and David Butler on Pain and Performance - David also parts with his top advice to all the listeners This was an awesome episode with Joycie. Hope you guys enjoy it. Stay Strong, RB To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com Show Notes Giants AUP - Twitter Handle
Friday Nov 18, 2016
Friday Nov 18, 2016
Hey everyone welcome back to the third and final part to my interview with Pat Davidson. If you haven't listened to Parts 1 and 2 - click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2. On this Final Part of my interview with Pat we discuss:
- What Pat considers to the biggest mistakes that he has learned from so far in his career
- Pat's top advice to all coaches
- And so much more
Enjoy Part 3 guys. Stay Strong, RB Show Sponsor:
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