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Breaking the Summit: A Beartooth Performance Podcast
by Beartooth Performance
Welcome to the Beartooth Performance Podcast, your go-to source for all things fitness, nutrition, and strength training. We’re here to cut through the noise and debunk the myths surrounding health, while championing the future of our athletes. Join us for expert insights, inspiring stories, and lively conversations that are sure to bring both value and a smile to your face!
Episodes
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#26: You Can't Max Out Everything
What happens when you try to get stronger, faster, leaner, and more conditioned all at once? What happens when you try to get stronger, faster, leaner, and more conditioned all at once? Sometimes, doing more can actually hold you back. Progress isn't just about how hard you train. It's about...
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#25: Credentials Don’t Make You an Expert
What Actually Makes Someone an Expert? We live in a world where answers are everywhere. From nutrition plans and workout programs to physical therapy protocols and social media advice, it's easier than ever to find someone telling you exactly what to do. But having more information doesn't always...
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#24: Beyond No Pain, No Gain
What If Discomfort Is Giving You Information We often treat pain, hunger, fatigue, and stress as signals that something is wrong. But these sensations aren’t always commands to stop, eat, rest, or change course. They can be information that helps us understand what our bodies need. In this…
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#23: The Right Program for the Right Person
What If the Program Isn’t the Problem? We often assume that if something works for someone else, it should work for us too. But training, nutrition, recovery, and performance don’t happen in a vacuum. The same approach can produce completely different outcomes depending on the person. In this...
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#22: Are We Building Better Athletes or Just Better Numbers
Great athletes aren’t built by better test scores alone. They’re built when physical capacity, skill, decision making, nutrition, and freedom to solve problems all come together. In this episode, we explore what truly develops an athlete from the difference between being athletic and being a…
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#21: How Diet Culture Lies Sabotage Your Progress
True transformation begins when you make peace with what’s on your plate, instead of letting diet culture, guilt, or fear boss you around In this episode, Tiffany steps up for a solo discussion to pass along essential wisdom gathered over her 17 years working as a dietitian in weight management,...
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#20: The Missing Piece Behind Real Progress
Real progress starts with looking at the person behind the numbers, not just handing someone a plan and expecting it to work. In this episode, Dayne and Tiffany unpack why nutrition is far more complicated than calories, macros, or following a “clean” diet. They talk about what happens when the...
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#19: Why Your Coach Matters More Than Your Program
Today we're talking about why the relationship between coach and client matters more than any program or plan. In this episode, Dayne and Tiffany break down why anyone can copy a workout or a diet, but nobody can copy a relationship. They explain why "why don't they know what to do" is the wrong...
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#18: Answering Your Nutrition Questions.
Today we're answering questions about nutrition. And some of these answers you're not going to like. In this episode of the Beartooth Performance Podcast, Dayne and Tiffany tackle a stack of listener nutrition questions covering kids, teens, and adults. They dig into whether your athlete really...
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#17: Consistency is a Superpower
Today we're talking about how your habits effect your performance. In this episode, Dayne and Tiffany explain why consistency beats intensity in training, nutrition, and recovery. They note that while most people know what to do, impatience and social media fads tempt them into chasing shortcuts....
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#16: Your Athlete's Exhaustion Isn't A Badge of Honor.
Your athlete isn't exhausted because they're not tough enough. They're exhausted because the people around them aren't doing their jobs. In this episode of the Beartooth Performance Podcast, Dayne and Tiffany dig into one of the most common and most ignored problems in youth athletics: chronic...
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#15: Your Athlete's Conditioning Might Be Making Them Slower
Today we're talking about how your athlete's conditioning could actually be making them slower. In this episode of the Beartooth Performance Podcast, Dayne and Tiffany break down one of the most misunderstood topics in youth athletics: the difference between conditioning and true speed training.…
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#14: Why Youth Athletes See More Progress from Training Than Adults
In today's episode, Dayne and Tiffany wrap up their three-part series with the hardest pill for adults to swallow: why are we constantly beginners? Kids progress year after year, but adults stay stuck in an endless loop of starting, stopping, and restarting. Dayne and Tiffany break down why that...
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#13: Hydrate. Hydrate. Hydrate.
In today's episode, Tiffany (your resident sports dietitian) goes solo to break down one of the most overlooked performance factors: hydration. From how water actually works in the body to the hidden costs of energy drinks on young athletes, this episode is packed with practical guidance you can...
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#12: A Deep Dive On Recovery
In today's episode, we're focusing on recovery. Real improvement happens after training sessions through sleep, nutrition, hydration, and stress management. Without those, people plateau, program-hop, underperform, and get injured. Today we're giving you the tools you need to recover properly.…
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#11: The Return to Play System Is Broken
Today we're talking about injury rehab and return to play. We cover everything from post-surgery rehab timelines to individualized programming and movement quality standards. For all our listeners that like to get into the weeds with performance, this one is for you. Key Moments and Highlights: -...
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#10: Why Your Performance Is Declining In-Season
Today we're a talking about why many athletes decline during spring and summer seasons and how better in-season strength training, speed work, recovery, and nutrition can prevent it. Key Insights and Highlights: - Decline and becoming injury-prone isn't normal - Don't cut speed work & strength...
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#9: Managing Burnout
Today we're drilling into the specifics of female athletic performance. Female and male athletes have different needs and growth curves when it comes to performance. Today we're swimming in the deep end and getting into all the details. Key Moments & Insights: - Unique nutrition and performance...
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#8: Is Your Athlete’s Training Failing Them?
Today we're talking to parents about how to “audit” whether their child’s busy sports schedule is actually driving development. Highlights and Key Concepts: Do more practices, games, and private lessons create progress? Training should measurably beat the baseline progress from maturation…
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#7: Motivation Is Overrated
Today we're talking about why motivation is overrated, why discipline and consistency are better drivers for long-term progress in training and nutrition. Key Moments and Highlights: - Motivation is emotional and inconsistent - Overcorrecting - Becoming a "disciplined eater" - Avoiding…
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#6: What Does It Take To Create Effective Dieticians?
Today we welcome our first guest, dietetic intern and former MSU volleyball athlete Shayla Webber to the show! In this episode, we explore the education and certification pathways to becoming a registered dietician. Tiffany and Shayla share their stories about how they both ended up in the field,...
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#5: Training Without Proper Nutrition is a Dead End
Welcome back to the Beartooth Performance Podcast! Today we discuss why training without proper nutrition leads to plateaus, fatigue, injuries, and under recovery. Throughout the conversation, we also weave in the impact that diet culture, supplementation, and social pressures have on peoples'...
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#4: Cutting Through The Noise of Fitness & Nutrition
Today we're relaunching the Beartooth Podcast with your co-hosts Dayne Dyer and Tiffany Ricci. In this episode we get to introduce Tiffany and her approach + background in nutrition, and then we deep dive into the behavioral side of nutrition and the foundations of long-term athletic performance....
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The Strength-Speed Equation
Are strength and speed really separate qualities, or should they be trained together. In this episode we break down the truth about developing both. We will explore how force production, velocity, and movement mechanics are all interconnected, and why traditional training methods that separate...
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Youth Strength Training: More Important Than Their Sport?
In this episode, we dive into the real impact of youth strength and conditioning on long-term athletic development. In some cases, prioritizing structured training may be even more beneficial than simply playing more games or tournaments. The data backs it up—we’re just following the science.
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Intro - Breaking the Summit
Welcome to the second edition of the Beartooth Podcast, Breaking the Summit where we discuss all things fitness, nutrition, and strength training. We’re here to cut through the noise and debunk the myths surrounding health, while championing the future of our athletes. Join us for expert…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Beartooth Performance Podcast, your go-to source for all things fitness, nutrition, and strength training. We’re here to cut through the noise and debunk the myths surrounding health, while championing the future of our athletes. Join us for expert insights, inspiring stories, and lively conversations that are sure to bring both value and a smile to your face!
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