More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete

In today’s episode, Michelle and Tim wrap up Season 6 by discussing rehab and training trends in 2026. The MTLP duo provide insights into the mistake of giving too much homework in physical therapy, why trainers need to give clients more fitness and quit trying to relieve their own boredom, why handstands should go out of style, questioning of value of matching adaptations in the weight room with a running program, what constitutes progress, why we all should include some low threshold strategies in the weight room, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

In today's episode, Tim brings back Dr. Craig Depperschmidt, PT to do a deep dive on their respective running models and how to leverage ‘em to make clients faster and healthier. In this episode they discuss, Tim's model of "Catch -> Fall + Bounce -> Shift + Spiral" and Craig’s Model of "Relax your back -> Push the world away ->Quicker, shorter steps”.  Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

In today’s episode, Michelle sits down with one of the most sought-after strength coaches in endurance sports, Erin Carson. In this episode they discuss how the weight room needs to counteract the demands of the high volume training and repetitive motions within endurance athletics, how traditional strength training may steer people in the wrong direction, how to develop trust with athletes, how you should consider neural loading with programming, how to teach athletes to be more connected to their bodies, why you should always invest in your education, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

In this episode of More Train, Less Pain, Tim answers listener questions about everything from knowing when to zoom in or out during treatment, to the complicated role of glutes in hip extension, over-cueing exercises, and making big decisions like total hip replacement. Along the way, he tackles the pressure of finding “concrete answers” for every patient, discusses the ethics of recommending care, and shares practical strategies for thoughtful, effective physical therapy. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

After a failed episode recording between Michelle and Tim, Michelle sits down to give her best summary - a review of the Boston Health & Performance Summit. In this episode, Michelle talks about her biggest takeaways - the importance of establishing a standard for running mechanics, objective measures are descriptive not predictive, and what makes runners different in the weight room. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

There can only be one! Unless it’s Tim *Shieff*, today’s guest and rope flow practitioner, innovator, and educator- together Tim squared gets into other Tim’s professional parkour background, journey through post-competitive ennui, brief foray into yoga, and using the rope to retrain effortless/fluid movement. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

On today’s episode Tim sits down with Toby Sola to discuss seeing/hearing/feeling your way to a flourishing existence, nociception versus anguish, and playing a crummy hand of cards in the best way possible. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… 2025 Boston Health & Performance Summit November 2nd:  https://www.reframeperformance.com/2025-bhps  Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

On today’s episode Tim sits down with Craig Depperschmidt to discuss how asymmetry is everything, why nuance matters, and why curiosity is the key to connection. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… 2025 Boston Health & Performance Summit November 2nd:  https://www.reframeperformance.com/2025-bhps  Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

On today’s episode Tim sits down with fellow physical therapist, Eric Oberst to discuss how compensatory muscle action affects functional leg length, restoring normal mechanics via foam rolling, and the unrelenting dedication to mastering one’s craft. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… 2025 Boston Health & Performance Summit November 2nd:  https://www.reframeperformance.com/2025-bhps  Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

On today’s episode Michelle and Tim discuss strength training for runners- both variables to consider and specific exercises for different types of runners. In this episode they discuss developing exercises with a turn component, exercises for the typical runner body structure, undoing specificity for elite athletes, off- vs. in-season adjustments, weekly frequency, equipment logistics, upper body vs. lower body volume, and double days. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… 2025 Boston Health & Performance Summit November 2nd:  https://www.reframeperformance.com/2025-bhps  Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

On today’s episode Michelle sits down with Darcie Murphy - an elite running and pro ultramarathon coach to discuss the mental components of endurance racing and how to prepare for the low points. In this episode we discuss racing vs finishing, athletes being coachable, the importance of having a spectrum of experiences and exposure to situations, fully committing to a race, mental tactics for facing discomfort, how to prepare for the highs and lows in endurance racing, honoring an athlete’s personality, and mental coaching when the physical isn't the limitation. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… 2025 Boston Health & Performance Summit November 2nd:  https://www.reframeperformance.com/2025-bhps  Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

On today’s episode Michelle and Tim kick off Season 6 with an in-depth look at injury prevention for runners. In this episode they discuss tendon length with loading, common running injuries, excessive specificity, management strategies, an inverse relationship between running volume and movement quality, the ability to tolerate workload, specific rehab exercises, cross-training to offset tendencies, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… 2025 Boston Health & Performance Summit November 2nd:  https://www.reframeperformance.com/2025-bhps  Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim:  ascendrehabandperformance.com or @ascend_rehab_and_performance

Tim’s joined by Danny “DAC” Cardona, powerlifting and mindset coach extraordinaire for a far-ranging discussion concerning what other movement disciplines can learn from powerlifting, powerlifting programming concepts, the role of accessory lifts in a strength program, teaching/learning movement and correcting “form”, the dark side of athletic identity and much, much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

On today’s episode Michelle and Tim sit down to discuss their top three themes and lessons from Season 5. In this episode they discuss certainty, the artistic analysis of running mechanics, running not having much to do with conditioning, the fallacy that more range of motion is better, “explore then exploit”, the skill of cueing, the value of the principle “structure dictates function”, and much more. Tim and Michelle will return in September 2025 for Season 6! Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

On today’s episode Michelle and Tim sit down to discuss specific exercises and cues that they use for runners. In this episode, expect to learn how the ‘hardware’ determines what is possible for the ‘software’ of running, why runners need to bounce instead of push, cues to improve running stride, why more ab training may be detrimental to running, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Michelle sits down with…herself and takes you through a summer program for a D1 Football athlete. In this episode, she discusses how to find a balance between preparing an athlete for a D1 Football S&C program, testing expectations, and pre-season while maintaining your own training principles. Michelle reviews injury history, program modifications, athlete goals, and outlines her exact phase one training program for an athlete entering into a D1 Football program.  Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Michelle sits down with one of our most popular guests of the podcast, Dr. Mike Camporini, DPT to talk about weight room training strategies for golfers. In this episode, Mike breaks down the three major phases of the golf swing from the feet to the hips and how trainers can use the information to cue and modify exercises. Michelle and Mike also discuss the spectrum of sport vs. individual specific exercise selection, medicine ball throws, working from the ground up, gut movement, practical training strategies for the recreational golfer, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

On today’s episode I help Tim out with a book review - Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor. In this episode expect to learn how nasal breathing can impact sleep, low and high intensity exercise, what practical strategies you can implement with yourself and your clientele to get an advantage, how mouth taping and nose strips can help, what gum to chew, and Tim’s overall thoughts about the book and his self-experimentation. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

In this episode, we count down Dr. Tim’s top 5 recommendations for optimizing post-operative recovery. From the efficacy (?) of icing and maintaining the right mindset to challenging outdated time-based protocols, we break down what truly helps speed healing. We also explore the tactical use of assistive devices (and what this has to do with Atomic Habits) and strategies for maintaining fitness during recovery. Whether you're recovering from surgery or supporting someone who is, these tips will help you navigate the journey with confidence. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

What can distance runners learn from sprinters? Speed expert Derek Hansen joins us to break it down. We dive into his 10x10 protocol for hamstring recovery, the power of “up” vs. “push” in sprinting, and the balance between individualized mechanics and a universal technical model. Plus, why all runners—yes, even distance runners—need to sprint. Don’t miss this one! Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance: https://www.reframeperformance.com/ Reframe Performance Free Guide- 6 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes Runners Make: https://www.reframeperformance.com/weight-training-runners-mistakes-guide Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt