Today on the podcast, I’m very excited to be joined by Lindsey Stancil, a high-level coach in the Pennsylvania area. Owner of X-Cel Gymnastics and the Head Coach of the Xquisite competitive team. She’s been professional and grateful enough to share some alternative points of view on some pretty controversial and complex topics. Being a […]
Today on the podcast I am super grateful to be joined by accomplished and noted USA Elite MAG Gymnast John Orozco. He trained in Colorado Springs for most of his career, winning 3 medals at various world championships and representing the USA at the 2012 London Olympics. Unfortunately, John suffered multiple injuries as a gymnast […]
Today on the podcast I geek out with Duke faculty member and researcher, educator, and mentor in the physical therapy world, Mike Reiman. Co-writer of the only textbook on functional testing, Functional Testing in Human Performance. He has also written about orthopedic examination/intervention and training for strength, power, and endurance. One of the areas that […]
Why The Human Matters More Than The Gymnast Today on the podcast, I had a great chat with a former gymnast, and coach Rebecca Smith who asked me to come on an Instagram Live and talk about, creating cultures where people can feel progression towards high-level goals and also feel safe. A recovering perfectionist she […]
Sarah Korngold Discusses Developing Elite Level Gymnastics, Putting The Athlete First, and Building Cultures In this week’s podcast, I was excited to chat with another member of the phenomenal Ascend Gymnastics Coaching Team, who works alongside Cale Robinson and Brett Wargo which we recently interviewed on the podcast. With high-level success with Elite and NCAA, […]
How do you build a strength and conditioning program for gymnasts from scratch? Where do you start? What exercises? How many times per week? What about when your group is a bunch of mixed levels and abilities? What if you don’t have all the space, equipment, and coaching staff you need? It can be seriously […]
Jordan Syatt is one of the most influential strengths and nutrition coaches working in the field today. He owns a massively successful online business Syatt Fitness, was famously known for being Gary Vaynerchuk’s personal trainer/strength/nutrition coach, and was a highly successful athlete himself holding 5 world records in powerlifting. He also has an incredibly popular […]
Gymnastics culture is going through a massive amount of change. The last 2-3 years have seen the most change in our sport following abuse scandals, the Athlete A film, the #GymnastAlliance movement, and notable people in the gymnastics community being charged for crimes. I am fortunate to have known and work with many gymnasts and […]
Safe Sport is becoming a much more well-known and talked about organization within gymnastics. Gymnastics Canada recently asked me to be a part of a webinar panel for their entire coaching population to discuss some important issues related to where the future of gymnastics is going. I think it’s really hard right now to navigate […]
Gymnastics requires a crazy amount of repetition, time, effort, and work to safely reach high levels of gymnastics. But often times, there is a tug of war between wanting to stay up to pace with an athlete’s talent/dedication through training intensity, and not overloading them physically or mentally. I’m really happy that the podcast has […]
