More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete

Tim sits down with Ethan to make one final push and send this 4 episode project on physical prep for climbers. Tune in to learn about their recommendations for structuring a climbing training session, programming gym work that doesn’t interfere with climbing health, and what high-leverage injury management advice Tim’s gleaned from the prior two guests and Ethan’s learned from his clinical work with climbers. 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

Tim brings on his second guest for MTLP’s 4 episode arc on physical prep and injury management for rock climbers, Climbing Performance Coach Sarah Richardson. They talk about the need to follow your stoke to stay engaged with the discipline, structuring a proper training session, specific warm up activities, 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 episode 2 of MTLP’s 4 episode arc on physical prep and injury management for rock climbing, Tim hops on the mic with Dr. Evan Ingerson, climbing vagabond, PT entrepreneur, and owner of Rock Rehab. Tim picks Evan’s brain on what constitutes a proper movement assessment for climbing athletes, the need for motor variability in injury prevention, and what progression in a climbing rehab program ought to look like. Tune in for a spirited debate between two absolute climbing PT nerds! 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

Tim is joined by his business partner, co-owner of Ascend Rehab and Performance (and pretty damn good climber) Ethan, and they set the stage for MTLP’s 4 episode arc on physical prep and injury management for all disciplines of rock climbing. Tim and Ethan get into, each of their personal journeys into climbing, the basic disciplines of rock climbing- sport, trad, bouldering, lead, etc…, characteristics of good climbers- mobility probiel, force production, mindset, common mistakes climbers seem to make in their non-climbing training, other “donor” activities that improve climbing performance, and thinking through common climbing injuries. Enjoy listening and stay sendy! 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 this week's episode Tim and Michelle meetup in Colorado for a live recording. After years of being virtual, Michelle and Tim get together to talk about the lessons Michelle learned from a four-day ultra running training camp in the mountains, their current points of interest, coaching, and much more. In this episode they discuss, the validity in athletic experience for coaching, making a conscious decision about the use of data, why the closer you get to your goal the more the details should matter, coaching athletes to be less rigid, the value of widening your perspective, finding the expressive aesthetic in your movement practice, 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 smiles the whole way through this week’s episode about ALL THINGS TRAIL RUNNING. In this episode, Michelle tackles the final episode for the trail running series and discusses a few big points from our trail running coach guests Addison Smith and Anne Tisdell, she breaks down some training recommendations, competition variables, misconceptions, and additional resources. Michelle also provides advice for strength coaches and therapists who can use this information for their clients and patients.  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 welcome trail and ultrarunning expert Anne Tisdell to the podcast. She specializes in running and coaching athletes in distances beyond 100 miles. On today's episode we dive into, trail running as an adventure, terrain as a variable to prepare for, her top 5 preparation strategies, time as a greater priority than miles, preparing as a means to reduce risk, how being a good racer means being a good problem solver, gaining perspective on your reality and using it, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends…Season 4 is coming in HOT. 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 welcome trail running coach Addison Smith. Not only is he a part of an elite group of coaches at CTS, he also walks the walk in trail running, racing in the Golden Trail World Series and a vast number of 50k and 50 mile races. On today's episode we dive into variables that separate trail from road running, his top 5 preparation strategies, mindset training, and setting race expectations. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends…Season 4 is coming in HOT. 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

Get hyped for Trail Running…because Michelle is ready to dive into specific preparation. In this episode of the MTLP podcast, Michelle introduces trail running and discusses how it differs from conventional road running, training preparation strategies, unique variables, five specific workouts to focus on, weight room supplementation, and how to log or track an athlete's training.  Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends…Season 4 is coming in HOT. 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 and Tim bring their 4 laps around the track (wink, wink) to their exciting yet inevitable conclusion. They take what they’ve learned from the 2 guests over this arc- Jason Fitzgerald and Zac Cupples- as well as a combined 20 years of experience working with road racers to give YOU actionable insights you can apply to your clients and patients tomorrow. Happy listening and healthy running! 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 this next installment of Tim and Michelle’s series on road racing, Tim brings on Zac Cupples. Zac’s a wealth of knowledge when it comes to personal racing experience, managing chronic running injuries, and designing strength programs so runners can stay healthy and continue to train and compete. Along the way, they go into several tangents including the torso integration hypothesis/heat dissipation, arm swing angles, and jumping rope. Happy listening and happy running! 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

We have a special guest with us on the podcast discussing all things conventional road running! Jason Fitzgerald is a successful podcaster himself as he hosts The Strength Running Podcast where he discusses the role of strength training for runners…so naturally, we like Jason. Jason is not only an athlete himself but he also coaches runners who want to improve their performance. In this episode, we discuss Jason’s top preparation strategies including how to get people to run more, how to remove barriers to running more, and why he is adamant about strength training. Whether you have running clients, patients, or athletes you will get some big takeaways from this episode. 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

Welcome to the Season 4 episode series for Conventional Road Running! Tim and I are getting specific with all things road running preparation for traditional distances such as the 5k, 10k, 1/2 and full marathon. In this episode, we discuss biomechanical and energetic demands, how we define gait, Tim falls down a rabbit hole and does an impressive biomechanical deep dive into early, mid, and late stance mechanics at the foot and hip. We also discuss the impact of the swing leg and arm movement, running differences between wide vs. narrow structured individuals, the differences between road and trail running ground contacts, training considerations, and much more. Whether you have running clients, patients, or athletes you will get some big takeaways from this episode. 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 and Tim finally return to the recorder and dive into Season 4. In this episode, Michelle and Tim give some life updates, discuss the theme and format for Season 4, their initial thoughts about preparing for specific activities and sports, preparation vs. opposition work, variables to manage throughout a training season, and differences between beginners and intermediate athletes. Don’t miss the return of the MTLP pod, back for another epic season. 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 and Tim are hard at work recording episodes for Season 4, which they’re incredibly excited to bring you. However, in the interim, they hope you enjoy what’ll likely be their final “in-between-a-sode”. Throughout Season 3 proper, Tim’s spoken at length about his own journey through persistent pain, and back on Season 3 Episode 4 (Sam Leffer’s first guest appearance) the concept of being in pain versus suffering was introduced. Recording that back in early 2023, Tim didn’t think he fully grasped the significance of that distinction. Sitting as he records this in April of 2024, he couldn’t think of a more important distinction in his own life. Sharpening the mental tools that allow us to transcend the realm of suffering and associated mental landscapes- impatience, despair, and hostility- is vital to anyone looking to begin to thrive again within the context of their persistent pain. The tool that’s helped Tim the most in this regard is, hands down, meditation. So, Michelle and Tim brought Sam back so he and Tim could wax poetic about specific tactics and strategies, general frameworks, and consistent hang-ups folks have when starting a meditation practice. If you’d like to hear more about the specific application of these things to persistent pain, we’d very much recommend going back and listening to S3E4. Stay moving, stay mindful, and enjoy the episode. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance EBOOK: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ebook-keep-training-in-pain Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Over the past few years we’ve seen the rise of various internet health personalities- Attia, Huberman, and Rhonda Patrick all come to mind. In a lot of ways, we’re fans. Especially with the ever-declining standard of care for conventional insurance-based medicine in this country, it’s heartening to see so many folks attempting to take matters into their own hands. Never before has the national discourse actually centered around topics like protein consumption, light exposure, or strength training for longevity. However, these thought leaders have had to learn to play in the medium of the day- namely podcasts, IG content, and YouTube clips that reward sensationalism, quick fixes, and “hacks” over tried and true practices. Save the carnivore diet, nothing has gotten more play amongst the fitness intelligentsia of late than deliberate extreme temperature exposure, a la cold plunges and saunas. What’s the deal with these modalities? Are they a flash-in-the-pan fad or facets of an intelligently designed physical practice that will endure the test of time? For answers to these questions, and more, listen to Tim’s sit down with Sam Leffers, friend of the pod and mental health practitioner extraordinaire, as they dive deep on the research and practical utilization of this type of work. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance EBOOK: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ebook-keep-training-in-pain Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

While you are waiting for MTLP Season 4, Michelle sits down with her microphone and gives some insights into how she reflects on 2023 and plans for 2024. In this episode, Michelle lays out her struggles and successes in 2023, what will be new in 2024, the story behind Reframe Performance, MTLP Season 4 planning, running 100km in the Swiss Alps, and her annual planning strategies. I think you will find something useful, learn some things to avoid, and realize that we probably share the same struggles. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance EBOOK: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ebook-keep-training-in-pain Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Tim and Michelle countdown their Top 3 Takeaways from Season 3. In this episode we discuss strategies to build rapport, developing intuition within the body, compassionate presence, low tension as a default resting state, negative transfer of training, gen pop vs. performance training, Kintsugi, momentum vs. progression, practical vs. optimal, and reframing performance. Thank you for listening to Season 3! We will be back for Season 4 in a few weeks! Tim and Michelle hope you have enjoyed Season 3, as much as they have enjoyed recording it, and while you're thinking of it, go ahead and leave a 5-star review on the pod player of your choice. Doing so will let them continue to devote time to this show for many more seasons to come. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Reframe Performance EBOOK: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ebook-keep-training-in-pain Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Michelle sits down with Dr. Lisa Lewis, EdD, CADA-II, Licensed Psychologist who is known as the ‘psych coach for fitness pros’. Dr. Lewis works with a wide variety of clientele but her passion for wellness and fitness has fueled working with trainers and therapists, just like yourself. In this episode we discuss her personal experience with training and pain, what coaching skills trainers are lacking to help motivate their clients and facilitate change, client relationships, the capacity to tolerate client’s discomfort, compassionate presence, and working with “tough clients”. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Tim and Michelle answer all of your questions about pain and training in this week’s episode. We tackled your questions with all of our might to provide you answers about Tim’s hip pain status, Tim’s pain management strategies, what books we recommend related to Season 3’s theme, how to evolve your model, our thoughts about common three letter acronym systems, and our own struggling working with persistent pain clients. Michelle and Tim hope you enjoy the show as much as they enjoyed recording it, and, while you're thinking of it, go ahead and leave a 5-star review on the pod player of your choice. Doing so will let Michelle and Tim continue to devote time to this show for many more seasons to come. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Embarrassingly, Tim didn't create an Instagram account until early 2018. For the first 6 months of having that account, there were precisely two entities he followed - Zac Cupples and Resilient Rehab and Performance. If you listen to this podcast, there's a good chance you know of Zac. However, the Resilient boys (Trevor, Greg, and today's guest, Doug) have flown a little more under the radar; nevertheless, since 2015, they've quietly built a private PT empire spanning Manhattan, New Jersey, and Connecticut. If you scroll WAY back on Resilient's account, you can still see Doug sprinting in a field or Trevor goblet squatting a kettlebell so large it looks more 15th century cannonball and less weight training implement. Anyhow, these guys have some shared mentors with Michelle and Tim, and they very much respect Resilient’s base of knowledge when it comes to all things biomechanics and persistent pain management. Doug, specifically, has been through his own personal ringer with back issues so severe that, at one point, he could hardly walk more than a block at a time. Additionally, he's a badass backcountry skier, and his life before PT school was jumping out of airplanes to administer emergency medical care to military personnel in war-torn lands. Tim... managed the carts on a golf course. Tim wanted to talk with Doug about how personal experience has impacted Doug’s treatment style, popular misconceptions regarding persistent pain, and skewing strength and conditioning exercises towards higher reward and lower risk. They covered those and then some, also working in a discussion of "Goggins versus coddling", the necessity of treatment models to be both explanatory and predictive, and normalizing pain amongst practitioners. Michelle and Tim hope you enjoy the show as much as they enjoyed recording it, and, while you're thinking of it, go ahead and leave a 5-star review on the pod player of your choice. Doing so will let Michelle and Tim continue to devote time to this show for many more seasons to come. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Michelle sits down with Lucy Hendricks, owner of Enhancing Life Gym in Lexington, KY. A biomechanics nerd turned client relationship wizard, Lucy is a well-spoken teacher and guide for trainers working with persistent pain clients. Her ability to skillfully coach exercises and conquer the art of communication makes Lucy the perfect person to discuss bringing awareness to the human body, why it is so scary for trainers to work with people in pain, the art of communication, fighting beliefs around pain, the skill of reading people, first interactions, training model adjustments for people in persistent pain, and normalizing feedback. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Michelle sits down with the walking king himself, Dean Guedo. Dean is a former athlete and powerlifter turned nutrition coach and rucking enthusiast with a simple message: walk more, WAY more. In this episode we discuss, Dean’s personal fitness and pain journey, the searching process of fitness through life changes, high flux, why we need to move more, why going to the gym may not be enough, structured lifts vs. building capacity with moving, and why your step count may not be a bad obsession. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

There are a few voices in this industry that simply have a knack for being incredibly reasonable with their training approach and evolving their model gradually over time. Eric Cressey, Dan John, and Tony are all names that come to mind. So, when it comes to having thoughts about the day to day realities of training people experiencing persistent pain, it was assured Tony would have some fascinating things to say, in addition to a few off-the-cuff 90s movies references- he did NOT disappoint in either regard. In this episode, Tony and Tim get into the concepts of “training through” injury, delineating fitness versus rehab, Tony’s “trainable menu”, lowering pain sensitivity thresholds via lifestyle interventions, the red light/green light system, and a whole host of other topics. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Want to add a new tool to your toolbox? Join Michelle as she sits down with Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFRT) experts to talk physiology and implementation. Dr. Susie Lachowski, PhD, CSCS is the Founding Director and Assistant Professor of the Division of Exercise Science at American International College in Springfield, MA and Owner of Glass Training and Education. Susie is a leader within the industry on BFRT and certifies Exercise and Sports Medicine professionals in the BFRT modality across the country. Dr. Connor Sheridan is a physical therapist at Divergence PT and Wellness in Wellesley, MA and puts BFRT into action. In this episode, we discuss the physiology and implementation of BFRT, case studies and examples for its use, strategies for working with both performance and persistent pain clients, BFRT as a modality to train at low intensities with muscle growth, cardiovascular, and recovery benefits, how to prepare persistent clients for BFRT, specific training protocols, and much more. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Tim and Michelle countdown their TOP 3 exercise concepts to maximize adaptive upside in the context of persistent pain clients. How best can we create system changes and manage trade-offs in our training programs? Find out in this episode. In this episode, we discuss movement quality as an adaptation, what the upside is to alternating reps, progressing volume with timed sets, why medicine ball throws are awesome, why sleds are the most useful thing in the gym, and how walking is not conditioning. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends… Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Bill is a Physical Therapist and, together with Mike Robertson, founded Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training, known as IFAST, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over the past decade, IFAST has quietly become one of the predominant hubs of education in the industries of PT and S&C. Former Bill mentees include Zac Cupples, Mike Camporini, and what feels like 25% of medical and physical prep staff in the NBA and MLB. This past January, Tim had the pleasure of going out to Indy for 3 weeks to learn from Bill. This upcoming January, Tim will be heading back out for 3 months to continue his study as he and Bill attempt to improve Tim’s movement profile enough that he may be able to avoid hip surgery. Bill’s a fiercely independent thinker, and one of the most intellectually honest individuals on the planet. As such, his style of communication may not be FOR everyone. But, as you’ll hear from him, that’s kind of the point. In this episode Tim and Bill touch on Bill’s ability to continue training in the weight room despite middle age, numerous surgeries, and nagging pain, how he approaches restoring comfortable movement with his clients, and some uncommon considerations regarding total hip replacements. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends! Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ or @dr.michelleboland Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/ or @tim_richardt_dpt

Tim and Michelle reunite for a mid-point check-in for season 3. In this episode we talk about, our current training status, monitoring movement KPIs, connecting with the body on a more frequent basis, reframing pain as information, pushing into and pulling away from exercise during times of psychological stress, the value of just listening, engaging physically with life, and much, much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends! Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Both Tim and Michelle would never miss an opportunity to spend time with Dr. Seth Oberst. Seth is a hidden gem who doesn’t do much posting on social media but has an incredible reputation both personally and professionally as a physical therapist. In this episode, we discuss regulating tactics, the illusion of infinite progression, developing a sustainable movement practice, being a guide to your client’s process, projecting uncertainty, tactical urgency, phases of the learning process, and when to bail if an approach isn’t working.  Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends! Strategy Course Group Classroom & to Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Michelle sits down with Mike Boyle, co-founder of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning…like you didn’t know that already. In this episode, we talk about why assault bikes are awesome (duh), training adults while managing pain, exercise selection with an adaptive upside, the “orthopedic cost” of some exercises, how to keep people training while dealing with an injury, creating hospitality in your business, and much, much more.  Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends! Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Today’s guest is friend of the podcast David Grey. David last visited Michelle and Tim back in February of 2022, where they discussed feet “out” during running, the merits of sensorimotor training, and the hilariousness of dachshunds or, as David calls them, sausage dogs. Hopefully you started following David thereafter, because he has simply blown up since then. Numerous product launches, delivering seminars, and growing his Instagram following to a staggering 135,000 as of this recording. If you’ve consumed any of his content, you hopefully understand why. In Michelle and Tim’s estimation, there is no one currently in the industry doing a better job of breaking down posture, gait, respiration, and movement in a way that’s possible to understand without becoming derivative or algorithmic. David is a thought leader in our field, which is why they were stoked to get him on to discuss various topics, such as, the utility (or lack thereof) of movement KPIs, negative transfer of barbell training, leading versus lagging measures of pain and performance, his work with an Olympic endurance athlete, biomechanical determinism versus nihilism, and much, much more. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends! Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Michelle sits down with Dan Sanzo in a context-driven conversation to discuss working together and the consequences that come with high performance. Michelle sought out Dan’s help with her ultra running ‘performance induced discomfort consequences’ (that is copyrighted my friends) and you can hear all about their teamwork and training strategies! Dan Sanzo lays out his biomechanical lens as he dives into his assessment and interventions during each session with Michelle. They discuss the management of movement restrictions and reducing performance barriers to allow Michelle to run marathons, 50 milers, and upcoming 100 mile races. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Tim sits down with Sam Leffers, a licensed mental health counseling associate based in Indianapolis, IN who helps clients with a broad variety of psychological ailments, including those suffering from anxiety or depression related to chronic pain. Additionally, he’s a runner who “walks the walk” in managing training, life, and his movement practice in the setting of fairly persistent left Achilles issues. Although not a household name in our industry, Sam is a wealth of knowledge- acquired both personally and professionally- and together Tim and Sam dive into topics such as, why “tension” is the root of suffering, physical pain versus suffering, “fixing” someone versus establishing a therapeutic alliance, acceptance strategies, meditation and stimulus/response unpairing, and learning to appreciate and, dare I say “love”, your idiosyncratic movement and psychological compensations. Listen, subscribe, and tell your friends... Contact Sam: https://www.samleffers.com  Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Michelle sits down with Justin Rabinowitz to discuss learning from failures, setting expectations with clients and patients, and the importance of messaging. Rehab Chiropractor, published author, and entrepreneur, Justin Rabinowitz, is an encyclopedia for fitness and rehab professionals, teaching us all how to build world-class clinical excellence and business skills. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

In this second episode, Tim sits down with Jon Pope, founder of Building the Elite, a company with the sole focus of preparing military and tactical athletes for selection programs using the most up-to-date and effective training strategies possible. At first glance, this may seem like an odd conversation to have nested in a season that’s about chronic and persistent pain. However, the intent for having Jon on was to show just how much connective tissue exists between the strategies that tactical athletes employ to get through grueling physical tasks and the strategies athletes in chronic pain can leverage to get through life, training, and continue to push the boundaries of their fitness and physical existence. They discuss mindfulness, segmenting, compartmentalizing, self-talk, and learned optimism all in a quest to leave YOU with an improved understanding of what military preparation has to offer athletes of all types. Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Michelle and Tim are back! After a long and eventful hiatus, the dynamic duo return. And this time, they’re on a very specific, season-long quest. A quest to learn (and teach) all they can about maintaining- and even improving- fitness in the context of chronic/persistent pain. During this first episode, they delve into the “why” behind this season’s motif, common misconceptions about chronic/persistent pain, and some actionable insights into treating, training, and managing clients that have musculoskeletal pain that simply refuses to abate. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Contact Michelle: https://www.michelleboland-training.com/ Contact Tim: https://www.timrichardt.com/

Tim and Michelle pop open the champagne and celebrate the completion of Season 2 by summarizing their biggest takeaways! Season 2 guests dropped off some knowledge bombs, and today we are turning them into actionable implementation strategies. Topics discussed today include, the dichotomy of perspective, the importance of having a biomechanical model, “adaptation” training versus “learning” training, inhibition before facilitation, and much, much more.  Thank you all for listening to Season 2 and if you loved it, you are going to dig this episode! Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Connect with Michelle & Tim: Instagram @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP wants to give a HUGE THANK YOU to our Season 2 sponsor, ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/

Michelle & Tim cleared their schedule and summoned Seth out of the sauna to chat about the ultimate coaching and therapy tools. We dive into attuning, the perception of biomechanics, self obstruction, manual inputs, practical application, and the benefits of being predictable. If you enjoyed it, it’d mean the world to Tim and Michelle if you can subscribe, review, or share what they’re doing here. Links of Interest: https://sethoberst.com/about/ Instagram @sethoberst Related Content: Tim Ferris episode #492 with Richard Schwartz Connect with Michelle & Tim: Instagram @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP is sponsored by ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/

We have all heard the phrases, “just get stronger”, “conditioning will kill your gains”, “breathing is the only thing that matters”, “machines are the only way to lift”, “you have to get neutral before you lift”. Where do these extreme viewpoints come from and how do they influence the Physical Therapy and Fitness industry? Join Michelle and Tim as they dive into the Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis Model of how we get HOOKED on a new industry opinion.  Show Notes:  David Grey Mike Boyle Joel Smith Pat Davidson Erik Huddleston Postural Restoration Institute Mike Camporini Eric Schmidt  David Grey Episode #2 with Joel Smith Connect with Michelle & Tim: Instagram @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP is sponsored by ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/

If you think that all movement needs to be improved via laying-on-the-ground positional breathing drills, think again. There are myriad ways to improve a client’s movement to improve fitness outcomes while sidestepping pain, and our guest today is an expert in ‘em all. Join Michelle and Tim as they sit down with Lance Goyke, remote trainer, site developer, and content marketer extraordinaire! They discuss the absolute joy that training Tim was (for both Lance and Michelle), how to approach training and fitness when dealing with chronic and persistent pain, improving position and movement with local muscular endurance and systemic conditioning work, and navigating the thorny world of developing an online presence as an up-and-coming trainer.  Lance is a truly unique mind when it comes to bridging the seemingly disparate gaps between anatomy, biomechanics, psychology, marketing, and technology. Enjoy the episode! Show Notes: LanceGoyke.com TheMovementSeminar.com Michelle’s Jefferson DB IG Post ZacCupples.com Mastering.Fitness Email Lance at [email protected] Connect with Michelle & Tim: Instagram @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP is sponsored by ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/

Caving to listener pressure, Michelle and Tim sit down to talk AGAIN about PRI, this time with a focus on the practical, day-to-day applications, both in the weight room and PT clinic. They chat about the relative utility of an asymmetrical movement lens, minor tweaks to common weight room exercises to improve both range of motion and fitness outcomes, whether or not a FULL exhalation is desired during resets, the “stack”, and oh-so-much more! If you’re a trainer or physio either interested in PRI, or you’ve been exposed to some material and want to get further insight into how to apply it, this is the episode for YOU! If you haven’t listened to their Season 1 episode titled “What PRI Got Right”, start there FIRST, as that episode presents some foundational information that is built upon in this one.  A *disclaimer*; neither Tim or Michelle are affiliated with, or representatives of the Postural Restoration Institute in any way, shape, or form. They do not teach for, nor are they accredited by, the Institute. The information and opinions they share in this episode is theirs and theirs alone, and should not be taken as the position of the Institute. Listen, Subscribe, Share, & 5 Star Review...  Show Notes: PRI, PRI’s 3 Foundational Courses,  Old PRI Episode, S1E4, “What PRI got Right” Asymmetrical split stance med ball exercise  Front foot elevated reverse lunge w/ slight left shift  Donna Behr, Michelle’s neighbor/PRC Connect with Michelle & Tim: Instagram @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP is sponsored by ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/

Lee Taft gives us all a lesson in the art of coaching. Sure, we dive into multi-directional speed training, principles, and misconceptions, but man-oh-man is Lee dropping dimes about coaching. Get ready, to get better, as we chat about being patient with results, making sure your clients understand intent, adding context for learning, allowing the learning process to take place, and making sure you know how your clients like information delivered to them.  Coaches, you are going to dig this episode! Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Related Content: Eric Schmitt Episode Season 1 Discussing Machine Use  Lee Taft on the Biggest Coaching Mistakes in Speed Training  Lee Taft’s Speed Insiders Connect with Lee Taft: Lee Taft Official Website Basketball Speed Specialist Certification Instagram @leetaft Email: [email protected] Connect with Michelle & Tim: Instagram @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP is sponsored by ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/

Warn your dog, double-reserve the stairmaster, or intentionally drive into traffic because this is a good one that you are NOT gonna want to stop listening to. Tim chats with Mr. Movement Debriefer, old school course reviewer, El Z Mas Gigantico, Big Z, Zac Cupples himself on topics such as; Is Zac Old Kanye or New Kanye? Would Tim make a good hype man? Zac’s alternate profession.   The evolution of Zac’s practice and interests over the past year. Managing the dreaded “Swayback” posture. Increasing degrees of freedom and appreciating “effortless” movement as a rehabilitation strategy. Ranges of motion, movement skills, or workload? Using client goals to drive long term programming decisions. Structured mobility drills versus unstructured play for ROM improvement. The value of cultivating non-lifting, non-running movement practices. Balancing training alone versus leveraging social interaction during team and group training. Zac’s ninja training and solo wall ball. Zac and Tim’s “low hanging fruits” in injury prevention for athletes. Zac’s treatment philosophy in 2 sentences. Which 25% of how we currently practice might be incorrect? Rapid Fire and Listener Q&A. Whether you’re looking to gain a deeper understanding of biomechanics, attempt to contextualize breathing drills within a training program, or simply find out how Zac keeps his head so shiny, this episode has something for YOU! If you enjoyed it, it’d mean the world to Tim and Michelle if you can subscribe, review, or share what they’re doing here. Show Notes  Zac’s Kettlebell Arm Bar for Shoulder Mobility The Darkside of the Movement Profession (Tim interviewing Zac Round 1) Zac’s current facility- Elevate Sports and Performance in LV ZacCupples.com Anterior Pelvic Tilt versus Swayback- What’s the Difference? Spikeball Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt MTLP is sponsored by ANCORE. Use code MTLP at checkout and save 10% off the ANCORE PRO https://ancoretraining.com/  

We all have clients and athletes that are dealing with some nagging movement issues, so join us in exploring some CORE solutions. Dr. Sarah Duvall joins MTLP to chat about EXERCISE considerations and assessing the whole body to find a SOLUTION. Get ready to improve your coaching tool box with pelvic floor, pressure management, and CORE EXERCISE SOLUTIONS! Physical Therapists and Coaches, you are going to dig this episode! Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Related Content: Postural Restoration Institute, Gary Gray: Functional Training, Stuart McGill: Core Training and Low Back Pain, Shirley Sahrmann: Approach to Movement Impairments Connect with Dr. Sarah Duvall: Core Exercise Solutions Website: https://www.coreexercisesolutions.com/ Free Educational Courses: https://www.coreexercisesolutions.com/free-courses/ Blog: https://www.coreexercisesolutions.com/articles/ Instagram @drsarahduvall Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt

Tim sits down with Mr. Elastic himself, the Usain Bolt of the fitness podcasting world, Just Fly Sports Performance’s Joel Smith, for some free flowing discussion pertaining to play, structure, jump training, learning, and engagement. If you’re a trainer or therapist looking to find out the answers to these questions… How do Joel and Tim approach toe’d out feet in athletes from a health and performance perspective? What’re the “use cases” of barefoot training and orthotics, respectively? What’re the easiest ways to integrate plyometric and jump training into the programming of a general population client? Where does “play” fit in in the context of an athlete’s training session or training week? Can there be such a thing as “too much” structure in training? What do machine learning and human motor learning have in common? What do the terms “ancestral” and “transhumanistic” have anything to do with the world of physical preparation? What KPIs do Joel and Tim care about MOST in ensuring long term client success? …then give this episode of the More Train, Less Pain podcast a listen! Related Content: @justflysports https://www.just-fly-sports.com/ Speed Strength Elastic Essentials The Reactive Strength Index Adarian Barr, Rafe Kelley

Ninja rolling, kickstand deadlifts, bunny hops, and reverse skips- Oh My! In this episode, Michelle gets into the real nitty gritty with her coach, Dr. Mike Camporini. Campo answers questions about programming for Michelle and dives into very specific detail about exercise selection. They discuss highlighting adaptations, how to provide intense exercise while considering movement qualities, the complexity of pain and/or limitations, how to be patient with your results, and what gaining a wide range of exercise options means. This episode is all about exercise selection, technique, and intent. You are going to dig this episode! Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Related Content: Justin Moore @jmsb_strengthtraining Connect with Campo: Instagram @campo_dpt, Email [email protected] Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt

Join David Grey and Tim as they hop on the magic biomechanical school bus of learning to attempt to parse out exactly how important straight feet are with running, the silliness of the “knees out” cue with squatting, integrating floor-based respiration drills with serious weight room s^%t, and a deep dive into the Standard Irish diet. Show notes 0:00 Portugal Holidays, wiener dogs, and the angry doge 2:55 Does foot turn out give you diabetes? 12:30 Remote client assessment and the prioritization of treatment strategies 22:00 “Straight feet” is “knees out” and “knees out” is “straight feet” 30:00 Integrating strength/power drills with sensorimotor activities 40:00 Comprehensive program design 47:30 The tradeoff of weight room strength 51:00 NOT plugging lower body basics 59:36 The secrets of IG marketing for rehab pros 65:00 Just kidding, it’s consistency 66:45 The Irish food pyramid David Grey IG @davidgreyrehab David Grey website https://davidgreyrehab.com/ Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt

We are BACK! Season 2 kicks off with Michelle and Tim running through some random topics such as huge life changes since Season 1 ended, new interests, thoughts on micro dosing, and all things to get you training more in less pain. Listen, download, subscribe, and tell your friends... Related Content: Dr. Mike Camporini, Eric Schmitt, Quadrant System by Daniel Bove, Cory Schlesinger, & Joel Smith Just Fly Performance Podcast Episode #280. Connect with Michelle & Tim: @dr.michelleboland @tim_richardt_dpt

Shed a tear and drink a tequila along with Michelle and Tim as they bid farewell to Season One of More Train, Less Pain. They’ll each count down their Top 3 “Throughlines and Takeaways” from the incredible guests they’ve been joined by thus far, as well as inject the usual degree of nonsense in the form of “Season One Superlatives”. What habits, tactics, and thought-processes got repeated over and over by multiple leaders in the fields of S&C and PT? What topics were most impactful to Michelle and Tim’s respective practices? What Season One guest would they LEAST like to face in an impromptu, back-alley powerlifting meet? All these questions (and MORE) answered on the FINAL episode of Season 1 of More Train, Less Pain; Engineering the Adaptable Athlete.

Get ready for some MUCH anticipated Q&A. Fine listeners from all over the world have submitted excellent Q’s. Michelle and Tim do their damndest to A ‘em. On this episode they’ll tackle such topics as; K-tape Overdoing fitness Making rehab fun (again!) Over-complicating strength and conditioning The SFMA Managing contradictory treatment models Desert island exercise(s) How to MENTOR Michelle’s bench press numbers If you’ve liked Season 1 of More Train, Less Pain thus far, you’ll LOVE this episode. Tune in next week for the SEASON ONE FINALE, which will be the premier of both “Boozy Podcasting” AND “Season Superlatives”.