The Robbie Bourke Podcast

Episode 256: Bret Contreras - A discussion on hypertrophy

This episode's guest is Bret Contreras. You all know who Bret is!On this episode Bret and I discuss:
What's new since we last saw each other in February 2017?
I ask Bret about long-term hypertrophy development 
I ask Bret about quad development for a tall individual
Bret talks about his "Strong Lifts" program
I ask Bret about the mind-muscle connection
I ask Bret about the importance of both mechanical tension and volume.
I ask Bret if he ever takes a 1-2 week break from heavy lifting?
 
This was a great discussion with Bret and I hope you guys really enjoy it
Stay Strong,RB
Show Notes:
Website - bretcontreras.com
Facebook - Bret Contreras PhD
Twitter - @bretcontreras
Instagram - bretcontreras1
 
Books Mentioned:
Christian Thibaudeau's Guide to Hypertrophy
 
Research Mentioned:
Understanding effort in task performance
People and Resources Mentioned:
Chris Beardsley
Mel Siff
T-Nation
Christian Thibaudeau
Vince Gironda
Jay Culter
Dorian Yates
Tom Platz
Lee Priest 
Chris Cormier
James Steele
Dante Trudel
Dog Crap (DC) Training
Scott Stevenson 

Episode 255: Tom Clough - Head of Athletic Performance at Ulster Rugby

This episodes guest if Tom Clough.Tom is currently the Head of Athletic Performance at Ulster Rugby.On this episode Tom and I discuss:
Tom's background?
Why did Tom intern at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)?
How did Tom support himself financially during his internship at MBSC?
How did Tom deal with a year out of coaching when he got let go from Bradford Bulls?
Who have been Tom's biggest influences on him both professionally and Personally?
I ask Tom, what are the good and not so good things he currently see's within the physical preparation field, and what solutions would he offer to counteract the not so good things he currently see's
We discuss work-life balance and coaching burn-out
What is Tom's exact role at Ulster Rugby?
How does Tom create an interdisciplinary coaching staff at Ulster Rugby?
How does Tom create an environment for continually feedback?
How are final decisions made at Ulster Rugby?
How much information does Tom need to present to the Head coach on a daily basis?
How has Tom developed his communication and leadership skills?
What is a typical day and week like at Ulster Rugby for Tom currently?
What does Tom do for his own training currently?
How does Tom learn?
What are Tom's top and current book recommendations?
I ask Tom, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?
This was a great discussion with Tom and I hope you guys really enjoy it.
Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Facebook - Tom Clough
Twitter - @TCloughie
Instagram - s21tac
 
Podcasts Mentioned:
Episode 246: Keir Wenham-Flatt - The future of coaching education
Books Mentioned:
Green lights
Never split the difference 
Belonging 
 
People and Resources Mentioned:
Huddersfield Giants
Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)
Bradford Bulls
Kevin Till 
Ben Jones 
Eric Cressey
EXOS (formerly Athletes Performance)
Hull Kingston Rovers
Ulster Rugby
Mike Boyle
Francis Cummins
Jamie Peacock
Tim Sheens
Dan McFarland
Nick Winkelman 
Joel Smith 
Keir Wenham-Flatt
Jason Cowman
Matt Godfrey
Shane Carney
Mikey Kiely
Matt Maguire
Matt Daniels
Nathan Mill
Gary Vaynerchuk
 

Episode 254: Augustine Agyei - Lead Performance Coach at Landow Performance

This episodes guest is Augie Agyei. Augie is the performance coach director, NFL & NFL combine prep lead performance coach, and internship director at Landow Performance, CO, USA. Augie is certified through the NSCA as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and through Greg Roskopf’s Muscle Activation Techniques as a Muscle Activation Technique Specialist. His mix of experience and knowledge provides a well-rounded approach to the way he interacts and train his athletes. Under Loren, he has had opportunities to work and or assist with athletes in the NFL, MLB, professional MMA organizations, collegiate, and high school athletes from all sports as well. He has been assisting Loren with the Combine Prep for 3 years now.
On this episode Augie and I discuss:
Augie's background?
What did Augie learn from his time selling cell phone sells that he now applies to his coaching today
What is Augie's role at Landow Performance
Augie outlines the training system that is executed at Landow Performance
I ask Augie about data collection among some of the athletes at Landow Performance
We discuss program design
We discuss agility training 
Who have been Augies biggest influences on him as both a person and as a coach
What advice would Augie give to young coaches?
I ask Augie how does his learn?
Augie gives us his current and top book recommendations
I ask Augie, what are the good and not so good things he currently see's within the strength and conditioning field and what solutions would he offer to counteract the not so good things he currently see's?
I have Augie, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?
This was a great discussion with Augie and I hope you guys really enjoy it
Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Website - landowperformance.com
Facebook - Augustine Agyei
Twitter - @Persistence21
Instagram - persistence21
 
Books Mentioned:
Make it stick
Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great
People and Resources Mentioned:
Loren Landow
ALTIS
Dan Pfaff
Fergus Connolly
Brett Bartholomew 
Deci & Ryan - Self determination theory
Eric Telly
Amber Felchle
Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)
Shawn Myszka
Rob Gray 
Marco Candido
Mike Guadango
Charlie Francis 
Jim Kwik
Jim Kwik’s FAST Method Will Help You Learn Faster
Jesus 
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Jacque Fresco
Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride
Nelson Mandela
Maya Angelou
Michael Jordan
Adolf Hitler
Michael Jackson

Episode 253 - Cal Dietz - current thoughts on enhancing human performance

He's back!Cal has been an Olympic Sport Strength and Conditioning coach for numerous sports at the University of Minnesota since 2000. During his tenure, Dietz has trained athletes that have achieved 400+ All-American honors, Teams that have won 33 Big Ten/WCHA championships teams and 10 NCAA Team Champions. He has consulted with Olympic and World Champions in various sports and professional athletes in the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, MMA and Professional Boxing.
On this episode Cal and I discuss:
How was Cal's Covid experience?
Whats new with Cal regarding his current thoughts on human performance
Cal discusses the GOAT drill
I ask Cal about the role of neurotransmitters in learning from the GOAT
I ask Cal about his assessment process with his athletes
I ask Cal how does he differentiate's between a technical issue or a capacity limitation?
Cal discusses the importance of training the feet for force transfer 
I ask Cal - how does he learn?
This was a great discussion with Cal and I hope you guys really enjoy it
Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Website - www.xlathlete.com
Facebook - Cal Dietz
Twitter - @XLATHLETE
Instagram - cal.dietz
 
Podcast's Mentioned:
Mike and Brooker Show - Episode 21 Cal Dietz
Mike and Brooker Show - #46 Cal Dietz returns
 
Videos Mentioned:
The Goat Performance Drill Part 1 - Raise Your Performance Ceiling
The Goat Performance Drill - Part 2 - Advanced 3 Ring Method
The Goat Drill One - Example
The Goat Drill Front View
Functional Transfer Complex in the Structure of workout
Straight Leg Prime times 
 
Books Mentioned:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope
 
People and Resources Mentioned:
Dan Fichter
Perry Nickelston 
Chris Korfist
Albert Einstein
Deion Sanders
Dan Pfaff
Al Vermeil
performancemadesimple.com
Mark Manson
 

Episode 252 - David Joyce - High Performance Training for Sports - Part Duex!

This episode's guest is David Joyce. David is the High Performance Leader and Strategy Specialist at Synapsing—a sports-strategy and decision-making consultancy.
For more than two decades in his career in elite performance, David has trained, rehabilitated, and maintained multiple world champions, Olympians, and more than 100 national champions. He was the Head of Athletic Performance of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League. He is also the first athletic performance coach in history to work with team China after working with another national Olympic team.
On this episode Joycey and I discuss:
What's new with Joycey?
Why did Joycey get into consultancy work?
I ask Joycey if would ever considered returning to a full-time role with a sports organisation?
Why did he and Daniel decided to produce the 2nd edition of High Performance Training for Sports?
I ask Joycey on the structure the book, the contributors, and the topics covered within the book
I ask Joycey for his main take away's from this edition of the book
We discuss the chapter structure within the book
I ask Joycey if he and Daniel will produce a 2nd edition of Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation?
We discuss the timeline involved in the process for producing the 2nd edition of HPTS
I ask Joycey if Covid was a vice or a virtue in the production of HPTS
Joycey shares what a day in his life is currently like
I ask Joycey about parenthood
I ask Joycey how he learns?
I ask Joycey for his current and top book recommendations?
I ask Joycey if he meditates?
I ask Joycey, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead of alive, who would he invite and why?
Joycey shares with us the current services he provides and where he can be contact.
This was a great discussion with Joycey and I hope you guys really enjoy it
Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Facebook - David Joyce
Twitter - @DavidGJoyce
 
Podcast's Mentioned:
The Armchair Expert Podcast
 
Books Mentioned:
High Performance Training for Sports 2nd Edition
Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation: Integrating Medicine and Science for Performance Solutions 1st Edition
Radical Uncertainty
Atomic Habits
Honeybee
The Good Ancestor 
 
People and Resources Mentioned:
Daniel Lewindon
Brett Bartholomew
Nick Winkelman
Sam Robertson 
Jacqueline Tran
Matt Jordan
Martin Buchheit
Paul Laursen
John Kiely
Shona L. Halson
Lorena Torres-Ronda
Rett Larson
Stu McMillan
Jean-Benoit Morin
Darcy Norman
Keir Wenham-Flatt
Jas Randhawa
ALTIS
Mark Kilgannon
Woody Guthrie
Adolf Hilter
Barack Obama
Dax Sheppard
 

Episode 251: Pat Davidson - A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement - Part 3 - Foundational Principles continued

In Part 3 Pat summarizes the first 3 of his foundational principles for optimizing movement and then goes onto discusses his final 3 foundation principles - Jacksonian dissolution, unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence, and the ability to climb up and down the evolutionary ladder
This was a great discussion with Pat and I hope you guys really enjoy it.Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Website - patdavidson.net
Facebook - Pat Davidson
Twitter - @pat_davidson_
Instagram - dr.patdavidson
 
Books Mentioned:
A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement
 
People and Resources Mentioned:
Bill Burr
Connor Ryan

Episode 250: Pat Davidson - A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement - Part 2 - Foundational Principles

In Part 2 Pat discusses:
Pat shares with us the content that is covered in his "Rethinking the Big Patterns 2.0" course. 
His current track and field training program
Pat's cover's the first three (of six) foundational principles from his book "A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement"
This was a great discussion with Pat and I hope you guys really enjoy it.Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Website - patdavidson.net
Facebook - Pat Davidson
Twitter - @pat_davidson_
Instagram - dr.patdavidson
 
Books Mentioned:
A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement
How Much Should I Train
 
People and Resources Mentioned:
Bill Hartman 
Bill Hartman's Intensive
Iordan Krouchev
Connor Ryan
Derek Hansen
Postural Restoration Institute (PRI)
Athletic Weapon
Al Vermeil
Bill Walsh
San Francisco 49ers
Renaissance Periodization diet app
Jordan Shallow
IFAST
Mike Boyle
Applications of Systematic Exercise Prescription Seminar
 

Episode 249: Michelle Boland - Critical thinking, training principles, and making life decisions

This episode's guest is Michelle Boland from Michelle Boland Training (MBT).
Michelle grew up in central Massachusetts where her interest for athletics and playing sports began. Michelle played soccer, basketball, and ran track at the collegiate level while studying Nutrition. After reflecting on her life passion for athletics and sports performance training, she decided to pursue a higher education degree in strength and conditioning (M.S.) and exercise physiology (PhD) at Springfield College (MA).
Michelle has had several years of professional experience as a strength and conditioning coach at a Division 1 institution working with a nationally ranked top 5 Women’s Ice Hockey team, a nationally ranked top 10 Men’s Ice Hockey team, and other teams including Field Hockey, Women’s Soccer, and Men’s Basketball. Michelle then created her own company, Michelle Boland Training, in order to support others in achieving their performance and fitness goals to the best of her abilities.
On this episode Michelle and I discuss:
Michelle's background
I ask Michelle about her "Strategy" course
I ask Michelle about her biggest influences
I ask Michelle about her training system
I ask Michelle how she has evolved as a coach and person
I ask Michelle about her decision making process throughout her coaching career and life
I ask Michelle if she could share with us any resources that could help people in their decision making processes
Michelle and I discuss core values and fulfillment 
I ask Michelle how she learns?
I ask Michelle, if she could invite 5 people to dinner, dead of alive, who would she invite and why?
This was a great discussion with Michelle and I hope you guys really enjoy it.Stay Strong,RB
 
Show Notes:
Website - michelleboland-training.com
Facebook - Michelle Boland
Twitter - @mboland18
Instagram - dr.michelleboland
 
Podcast's Mentioned:
Physical Preparation Podcast - Building a Principles-Based Approach to Training with Michelle Boland
 
Books Mentioned:
Status Anxiety
Make it Stick
 
People and Resources Mentioned:
Bill Hartman 
The Intensive
Dan Sanzo
Pat Davidson
Springfield College, MA, USA
North Eastern University, MA, USA
Postural Restoration Institute (PRI)
Robert Sapolsky
Daniel Kahneman 
St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London
Brett Bartholomew
Dan Boothby
Zac Cupples
Ben House
Doug Kechijian
Lucy Hendricks
Frans Bosch
Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)
Mike Boyle
Dave Tenney
Joel Jamieson
Araon Davis
James Fitzgerald
Cal Dietz
Dunning–Kruger effect
Tri-Phasic Training
French Contrast Training
Fergus Connolly
Lee Taft
Justin Moore
Mike Robertson
Jim Kwik
Mary-Beth Cooper
Jordan Peterson
Ben House