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The Robbie Bourke Podcast — 290 episodes
Episode 291: Dr. Valerie Giangrande - Circadian biology and eye health
Episode 290: Tim Kettering - energy systems development
Episode 289 - Donie Fox - Principles and practices for human movement and performance
Episode 288: Circadian disruption and metabolic syndrome (MetS)
Episode 287: Opposition analysis for hurling
Episode 286: Solo podcast - Jesus not nutrition!!
Episode 285: Solo Episode - Developing Player (Personized) Developmental Plans (PDPs)
Episode 284: Jason Hettler - Speed and agility coach IMG Academy
Episode 283: Nigel O'Hara - Kildare senior hurling coach
Episode 282: Peter Wright - speed development and RTP for team sports
Episode 281: Reflections of my first year in college
Episode 280: Update on my coaching journey
Episode 279: Tom Tombleson - England men's rugby - senior S&C coach
Episode 278: Rob Jacobs - Shares his training system
Episode 277: David Grey - Learnings from teaching, refinement of the model, and goals for 2024
Episode 276: Kevin Mulcahy - A coaching year in review - 2023
Episode 275: Iordan Krouchev - Influences and the evolution of his training and rehab model
Episode 274: Joel Smith - skill acquisition and influences
Episode 273: Andrew Sheaff - Constraint-led approach to swim coaching
Episode 272: Alex Effer - Compression - Expansion model - Part 2
Episode 271: Alex Effer - Compression - Expansion model - Part 1
Episode 270: Bill Hartman - Better questions lead to better answers
Episode 269: Stu McMillan
Episode 268: Joel Smith - Evolution of a training system
Episode 267: Rua Gilna - life, professional development, pain, movement, and PRI
Episode 266: Pat Davidson - Healing and growing from life’s traumas
Episode 265: Matt Tometz - Speed development and load-velocity profiling
Episode 264: Paul Kilgannon - The CRAVER Coaching Framework
Episode 263: Pete Burridge - building a speed development model in professional Rugby
Episode 262: David Grey - Models, business, and learning
Episode 261: Brendon Rearick - Communication, coaching longevity, fatherhood, and learning
Episode 260: Anthony Donskov - Coaching, training models, and learning
Episode 259: Tim Caron - Influences, training system, and strength deficit
Episode 258: Robert Jacobs - Charles Poliquin, Jack Kruse, and Coaching
Episode 257: Jim Kielbaso - President & CEO of the IYCA discusses long-term athletic development (LTAD)
Episode 256: Bret Contreras - A discussion on hypertrophy
Episode 255: Tom Clough - Head of Athletic Performance at Ulster Rugby
Episode 254: Augustine Agyei - Lead Performance Coach at Landow Performance
Episode 253 - Cal Dietz - current thoughts on enhancing human performance
Episode 252 - David Joyce - High Performance Training for Sports - Part Duex!
Episode 251: Pat Davidson - A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement - Part 3 - Foundational Principles continued
Episode 250: Pat Davidson - A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement - Part 2 - Foundational Principles
Episode 249: Michelle Boland - Critical thinking, training principles, and making life decisions
Episode 248: Derek Evely - Long term athlete development
Episode 247: Chris Korfist - current thoughts on enhancing human performance
Episode 246: Keir Wenham-Flatt - The future of coaching education
Episode 245: Pat Davidson - A Coaches Guide to Optimizing Movement - Part 1
Episode 244: Nick Ward - Education and development of a coach
Episode 243: Matt Wallden - Osteopathy, the Chek Institute, working in pro sport, and Vibram Five-fingers
Episode 242: Michael Mendizza - The life and work of Joseph Chilton Pearce
Episode 241: Christian Thibaudeau - Body recomposition
Episode 240: Cameron Josse - athlete performance coach with Indiana University Football
Episode 239: Tom Purvis - Founder of Resistance Training Specialist (RTS)
Episode 238: Jason Feairheller - Multi-Directional Power development
Episode 237: Greg Muller - Holistic high performance and recovery
Episode 236: Dave O'Sullivan - Modern trends in high performance reconditioning
Episode 235: Joel Smith - High performance training and the feet
Episode 234: Ryan Harrison - vision training to enhance performance
Episode 233: Greg Potter - Nutrition, stress, and sleep
Episode 232: Nick Winkelman - The Language of Coaching
Episode 231: Shawn Sherman and Dan Fichter - Square 1 system and optimizing performance
Episode 230: Pat Davidson - Life, Rethinking the Big Patterns 2.0, mastery, objective metrics for training, his new book, asking for feedback, body composition goals, learning and retention.
Episode 229: Derek Hansen - Creating a Sustainable Culture of Speed Within an Organization
Episode 228: Cal Dietz and Chris Korfist on RPR, injury, foot training, and periodization
Episode 227: Denis Logan - Embracing the journey from EXOS, to the NFL, to Pro Rugby
Episode 226: Brandon Marcello - The life of a high performance sports consultant
Episode 225: Leo Ryan - All Things Breathing
Episode 224: Paudie Roche - LTAD, coaching, and life!
Episode 223: Dan Baker PhD - LTAD and the coaching profession
Episode 222: Mike Potenza - Optimizing Adaptation and Performance
Episode 221: Pat Davidson - What more do I need to say!
Episode 220: Greg Schiable - A rehabilitation philosophy and system
Episode 219: Matt Maruca - Part 2 - Matt's health journey
Episode 218: Matt Maruca - Part 1 - Matt's health journey
Episode 217: Bill Hartman - What is optimal movement, the future of continuing education, and how to learn
Episode 216: Dr. Tommy Wood - Optimizing health and longevity
Episode 215: Chris Korfist, Cal Dietz, and JL Holdsworth - Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR)
Episode 214: Mladen Jovanović - HIIT training, unpredictability, and agile periodization
Episode 213: Maggie Downie - Movement as medicine
Episode 212: Greg Lehman - Pain Science
Episode 211: Derek Hansen - The life of a high performance sport consultant
Episode 210: Greg Potter - Circadian Rhythm masterclass
Episode 209: Dr. Ian Dunican - Sleep and Performance - Part 2 - sleep cycles, caffeine, and sleep disorders
Episode 208: Dr. Ian Dunican - Sleep and Performance - Part 1
Episode 207: Pat Davidson - Allostasis, sport vs health, humans and our animal instincts, and 2019 and beyond!
Episode 206: Nicole Rodriguez - Long Term Athletic Development and getting out of your comfort zone
Episode 205: Shawn Myszka (aka - The Movement Miyagi) - All things skill acquisition and movement mastery
Episode 204: Ian McKeown - Physical preparation for Aussies Rules and the importance of movement quality
Episode 203: Leanne Venier - Light therapy, overcoming adversity, and how to attain flow states
Episode 202: Scott Mendelson - Nutrition and training strategies to optimize health and body composition
Episode 201: Todd Bumgardner - Understanding human behavior and how to develop communication skills
Episode 200: Zac Cupples - Optimizing human performance, the importance of communication skills, and an awesome Ronald Reagan impression
Episode 199: Val Nasedkin - Learning, HRV, and Windows of Trainability
Episode 198: Elliott Richardson - Building a High Performance Program from the Ground up, MSc at St. Mary's University, and How to get more from less in the weight-room!
Episode 197: Tim DiFrancesco - Professional sports, coaching burn-out, happiness, and fulfillment
Episode 196: Mike Reinold & Kiefer Lammi from Champion Physical Therapy & Performance
Episode 195: Fergus Connolly - Developing a High Performance Environment
Episode 194: Dr. Jack Kruse - Light, water, magnetism, mitochondria, and getting your message out there
Episode 193: Evan Peikon - Training philosophy, training systems, periodization, energy system development,and much more!
Episode 192: Max Schmarzo - Biometrics, Sport Science, and Human Performance
Episode 191: Mike Guadango - Coaching, business, learning, and life lessons
Episode 190: Dr. Ben House - Optimizing Testosterone
Episode 189 - Pat Davidson - Intensive 1.0, Cells to Performance, and Wheeler Ranch Retreat
Episode 188: Brad Schoenfeld - All Things Hypertrophy
Episode 187: Dr. Andy Galpin - Life, Fibre Typing, and Sport Science
Episode 186: My Experience at Bill Hartman's Intensive 2.0!
Episode 185: Alex Viada - Hybrid (Concurrent) Training Masterclass
Episode 184: Pat Davidson - Whats New? MASS 3, Reckoning 2, and Costa Rica Retreat
Episode 183: Ryan Banta - Lessons Learned from Track and Field Legends
Episode 182: James Smith - Culture, Coaching Competence, and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Episode 181: Charlie Weingroff - T=R3, Snow Globe Models, The Essentially Components for Successful Performance, and the Four Windows of Performance
Episode 180: Aaron Davis - Bioenergetics Masterclass
Episode 179: Dan John - Life Lessons from the Hotel Room
Episode 178: James Smith - Long Term Athlete (Sports) Development
Episode 177: Pat Davidson - PRI Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium, Philip Beach, Polyvagal Theory, FRC, and The Reckoning 2
Episode 176: Pat Davidson - MASS 2 - Judgement Day - Part 5
Episode 175: James Smith - Moral Character and its Importance in Sports Preparation and Performance
Episode 174: James Smith - The After Action Review (AAR) and its use in Sport Preparation
Episode 173: James Smith - Response to Jamie Hamilton's article - Decoding James Smith's Message
Episode 172: Matt Van Dyke and Max Schmarzo - Isometrics for Performance
Episode 171: Dominic Munnelly - How to live, train, and find purpose
Episode 170: Pat Davidson - MASS 2 - Judgement Day - Part 4
Episode 169: James Smith - Desegregating Sports Preparation, and Psychological Preparation revisited
Episode 168: Jason Hettler - Strength, Power, and Speed Development for Elite Track and Sport Athletes
Episode 167: Mike Tuchscherer - Overcoming the limiting factors of maximum strength development, the Bondarchuk system for powerlifting, and much more!
Episode 166: Pat Davidson - MASS 2 - Judgement Day - Part 3
Episode 165: Paul Comfort - Research, Sport Science, and Olympic Lifting Variations for Sports Performance
Episode 164: Ben Esgro - Training, nutrition, education and life!
Episode 163: James Smith - Sports Preparatory Engineering
Episode 162: Dan Fichter - The Ultimate Sports Performance Innovator!
Episode 161: Jonas Dodoo - All Things Speed Development
Episode 160: Pat Davidson - MASS 2 - Judgement Day - Part 2
Episode 159: James Smith - Are Mentors Necessary?
Episode 158: Performance Therapy and Rehabilitation Strategies for Powerlifting and Bodybuilding
Episode 157: Kevin Cann - All Things Sheiko
Episode 156: James Smith - The Importance of Grammar and Communication
Episode 155: Devan McConnell - Physical Preparation and Sport Science for Elite Ice Hockey Performance
Episode 154: Pat Davidson - MASS 2 - Judgement Day - Part 1
Episode 153: Phil Wagner - Sparta Science
Episode 152: Nick Littlehales - All Things Sleep and Performance
Episode 151: Fergus Connolly - Game Changer
Episode 150: James Smith - Dynamic Correspondence and Training Transfer
Episode 149: Nick Shaw - Renaissance Periodization
Episode 148: Nick Nilsson - "The Mad Scientist of Muscle"
Episode 147: Zach Even-Esh - Building Mind-Set and Monsters!
Episode 146: Mladen Jovanovic - Training Philosophy, Periodization, Uncertainty in Planning, VBT and so Much More!
Episode 145: Dr. Michael Yessis - Soviet Sports Training System, Special Strength Training, and 1x20
Episode 144: Wil Fleming - Total Athletic Development
Episode 143: Adam Feit and Bobby Smith of RYPT - All Things Athletic Development
Episode 142: Eric Helms - Nutritional Hierarchy Part 3 or 3
Episode 141: Jim Kielbaso - Work-Life Balance, Long Term Athlete Development, and the IYCA
Episode 140: James Smith - How to develop your Critical Thinking Skills
Episode 139: Jeff Moyer - All Things Motor Learning
Episode 138: Dr. Ken Kinakin - Rehabilitation, SWIS, and Playing Full Out!!
Episode 137: Jeff Moyer - Biomechanics, Special Strength Training, and Training Transfer
Episode 136: Jas Randhawa and Iordan Krouchev -All Things Performance Therapy
Episode 135: Yosef Johnson - Thoughts on Maximum Strength Training for athletes, Special Strength Training, and LTAD
Episode 134: Gary Schofield of Greater Atlanta Christian School
Episode 133: Don Chu - All Things Plyometrics
Episode 132: Mike Young of Athletic Lab
Episode 131: Max Aita of Juggernaut Training Systems - All Things Weightlifting
Episode 130: James Smith - Critical Thinking
Episode 129: Dr. Perry Nickelston - Chronic Pain Treatment and Regaining your Health
Episode 128: Cameron Josse of DeFranco's Training Systems
Episode 127: Charlie Weingroff - What's new, T=R3
Episode 126: Christian Thibaudeau - Strength Development & Neurological Profiling
Episode 125: Loren Landow of Landow Performance - Coaching Pedagogy, Building Trust and Coaching Multi-Directional Speed
Episode 124: Chris Korfist of Slow Guy Speed School on DB Hammer and his Training System
Episode 123: Chris Barnard of Overtime Athletes
Episode 122: Dr. Jas Randhawa - Lead Performance Therapist at Altis
Episode 121: James Smith - All Things Mental Preparation
Episode 120: Dr. Liam Hennessy of Setanta College
Episode 119: Dr. Ben House - Take Control for your Health, Wellness and Happiness
Episode 118: Dr. Gregory Haff on Training Residuals, Fatigue, Cluster Training, The Interference Effect, and More
Episode 117: Bob Takano - Programming for Olympic Weightlifting
Episode 116: Michael McEvoy from Metabolic Healing discusses All Things Health & Wellness
Episode 115: Eric Helms - Nutritional Hierarchy - Part 2 of 3
Episode 114: Eric Helms - Nutritional Hierarchy - Part 1 of 3
Episode 113: Mike Tuchscherer - Speaks on Training Volume, Psychological Profiling,& Stress & Fatigue Management
Episode 112: Dr. Bryan Mann on Altis, Muscle Physiology & Force, & Stress Monitoring for Athletes
Episode 111: Pat Davidson - All about the Brain!
Episode 110: James "The Thinker" Smith - The Governing Dynamics of Coaching
Episode 109: Interview with Dan Pfaff - Training Theory, Pedagogy, and being a Generalist
Episode 108: Interview with David O'Sulliavn
Episode 107: Interview with Mike Stone - The Godfather of Sport Science!
Episode 106: Interview with David Joyce - Injury Risk Profiling and Pain and Performance
Episode 105: Interview with Pat Davidson - Part 3 - Biggest Lessons Learned,Top Advice and More
Episode 104: Interview with Pat Davidson - Part 2 - ESD & Mass
Episode 103: Interview with Pat Davidson - Part 1 - Background, Influences, Training Philosophy, LTAD
Episode 102: Interview with Paul Chek - Child Development
Episode 101: Interview with Eric Helms - Hierarchy of Strength and Hypertrophy Training
Episode 100: Interview with Frans Bosch - Strength Training and Coordination
Episode 99: Interview with Dr. Gregory Haff - Periodization
Episode 98: Interview with Daniel Martinez - Sport Science and Studying at Edith Cowan University
Episode 97: Interview with Eoin Lacey - Integrating Functional Medicine within Personal Training
Episode 96: Interview with Vern Gambetta
Episode 95: Interview with Charlie Weingroff - Whats New and thoughts on FRC and PRI
Episode 94: Interview with John Kiely - Programming, Periodization, Cognitive Bias, and Experts vs Masters
Episode 93: Interview with Bret Contreras - Bret's PhD Research, The 2x4 ebook, and Whats Next?
Episode 92: Interview with Bill Hartman - Principles of Rehabilitation, & Training, PRI, and much more
Episode 91: Interview with Bryan Mann - Auto-Regulatory Progressive Resistance Exericise (APRE), Velocity Based Training (VBT), and More
Episode 90: Interview with Danny Lennon - Principles of Nutrition and Critical Thinking
Episode 89: Interview with James Smith - Applied Sprinting Manual - Part 3
Episode 88: Interview with James Smith - Applied Sprinting Manual - Part 2
Episode 87: Interview with James Smith - Applied Sprinting Manual - Part 1
Episode 86: Interview with Yosef Johnson of Ultimate Athlete Concepts
Episode 85: Interview with Matt Jordan - The Science of Strength and a Discussion on Periodization
Episode 84: Interview with Derek Evely - All Things Bondarchuk - Part 2
Episode 83: Interview with Derek Evely - All Things Bondarchuk - Part 1
Episode 82: Interview with Carl Valle - Monitoring and Technology in Sport
Episode 81: Interview with Greg Nuckols - The Art and Science of Lifting and the Bulgarian Method
Episode 80: Interview with Dr. Mike Israetel - The Scientific Principles of Strength Training
Episode 79: Interview with Jay DeMayo
Episode 78: Interview with Ryan Williams - Physical Preparation for American Football
Episode 77: Interview with Derek Hansen - Speed Development
Episode 76: Interview with Denis Logan from EXOS - All about Strength Development
Episode 75: Interview with Dan Pardi - All about Sleep
Episode 74: Interview with Lee Taft
Episode 73: Interview with Rob Taylor
Episode 72: Interview with David O'Sullivan
Episode 71: Interview with Greg Robins
Episode 70: Interview with Kelly Starrett
Episode 69: Interview with James Hanley
Episode 68: Interview with Bill Wolcott
Episode 67: Interview with Martin Bingisser
Episode 66: Interview with James Fitzgerald
Episode 65: Interview with Greg Everett
Episode 64: Interview with Rob Panariello
Episode 63: Interview with Dr. Quinn Henoch
Episode 62: Interview with Christian Thibaudeau
Episode 61: Interview with Kevin Larrabee
Episode 60: Interview with Joe Bonyai
Episode 59: Ultimate Performance Seminar Series
Episode 58: Interview with Cal Dietz
Episode 57: Interview with Mike Tuchscherer
Episode 56: Interview with Brian St. Pierre
Episode 55: Interview with Buddy Morris
Episose 54: Interview with Brett Bartholomew
Episode 53: An Interview with Brett Jones - FMS
Episode 52: An Interview with Dan Baker
Episode 51: Performance Testing
Episode 50: An Interview with Ameer Rosic
Episode 49: An Interview with Keir Wenham-Flatt
Episode 48: An Interview with Jim Wendler
Episode 47: An Interview with James Smith (aka. "The Thinker")
Episode 46: Energy System Development Discussion
Episode 45: An Interview with Eric Cressey
Episode 44: An Interview with Chad Wesley Smith
Episode 43: Warm Up and Body Composition Templates
Episode 42: Work Capacity Templates
Episode 41: Interview with Mike Boyle
Episode 40: Interview with TS Wiley
Episode 39: Program Design, Periodization, and the Athletic Development Hierarchy
Episode 38: Functional Medicine
Episode 37: Athletic Development Hierarchy and Performance Testing
Episode 36: My take on the Essentials for a Happy, Healthy and Fulfilled Life
Episode 35: An Interview with Mike Robertson
Episode 34: An Interview with Gray Cook
Episode 33: An Interview with Al Vermeil
Episode 32: An Interview with Nick Winkelman
Episode 31: An Interview with Aisling Fitzgibbon (a.k.a. The Girl Against Fluoride)
Episode 30: An Interview with Bret Contreras
Episode 29: An Interview with Reed Davis
Episode 28: An Interview with Nicole Rodriguez
Episode 27: An Interview with Vern Gambetta
Episode 26: An Interview with Kevin Cann
Episode 25: An Interview with Karl Safran
Episode 24: An Interview with Jane Bennett
Episode 23: An Interview with Louie Simmons
Episode 22: An Interview with Dr. Stuart McGill
Episode 21: An Interview with Josh Rubin
Episode 20: An Interview with Brian Grasso
Episode 19: An Interview with Lee Taft
Episode 18: An Interview with Brad Pilon
Episode 17: An Interview with Charlie Weingroff
Episode 16: An Interview with David Tenney
Episode 15: An Interview with Elliott Hulse
Episode 14: An Interview with The Venus Project
Episode 12: An Interview with Dr. Jack Kruse
Episode 11: An Interview with Mike Mahler
Episode 10: An Interview with Nora Gedgaudas
Episode 9: An Interview with Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride
Episode 8: An Interview with Dr. Joan Mattews Larson
Episode 7: An Interview with Dr. Tom O'Bryan
Episode 6: An Interview with Paul Chek
Episode 5: An Interview with Dan John
Episode 4: An Interview with Joel Jamieson
Episode 3: An Interview with Elisabeth Ryan
Episode 2: An Interview with Sean Croxton
Episode 1: An Interview with Patrick Ward