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Emily Pappas holds a M.S. in Exercise Physiology from Temple University and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Drexel University. Through this education, Emily values her ability to coach athletes with a perspective that is grounded in biochemistry and human physiology. Outside of the classroom, Emily has experience coaching and programming at the Division I Collegiate Level working as the assista...

CJ Appenzeller is the head strength coach and owner at Appenzeller Training Systems in West Berlin, New Jersey, The Blue-Collar strength and speed facility for athletes to transform their mindset and athletic performance. He specializes in baseball and softball training for youth, high school, college and pro athletes. Links: Follow: @atsstrength https://www.youtube.com/user/appenzellertraining Fo...

Jim Rutter has competed in weightlifting since 2000 and coached since 2010, achieving the rank of International Coach for USA Weightlifting. He owns and serves as head coach for Philadelphia Barbell Club, which has produced over 20 National or International medalists since 2017. Links: Jim Rutter on Instagram https://www.thesportissteroids.com/ https://www.instagram.com/philadelphiabarbellclub

Nick is the founder of Effort Rx to best serve others as they work towards the healthiest, happiest version of themselves. While some people may be focused on athletic performance, others may be driven to follow a path of general good health. Whatever the goal, Nick believes progress is ultimately the result of quality effort.  The mission of Effort Rx is to help with that journey,...

Mark grew up with an “out of the box mentality”, a passion for entrepreneurship at a very young age, and a huge desire to help others. Since the age of 12 Mark has had a background in sponsored skateboarding, extreme sports, competitive running, later years molding into the world of Calisthenics, Obstacle Racing and Ninja Warrior. After college Mark was driven to start a business and fueled by the...

Wylie Belasik is the owner of Subversus Fitness has been the home of inclusive strength training and culture building and offers instruction in weightlifting, gymnastics, nutrition and CrossFit classes through group training. He is also the Founder of Philly-based non-profit, UliftU, which trains incarcerated and returned citizens for careers as fitness coaches. Connect with Wylie https://subversu...

Dana Watson is a Nutrition Coach, Owner and Founder of ThreeSixty Nutrition. It is an online, 1:1 coaching program committed to helping beginners to the avid gym-goers quit the on-and-off diets and transition to a lifestyle of healthier choices.  Follow Dana https://www.threesixtynutrition.com/ https://www.instagram.com/threesixty_nutrition/

Rob Robena is an Experienced Human Performance Director with a demonstrated history of working with baseball players from the youth ages to professional players. He is skilled in shoulder assessments, coaching, fitness training, athletics, and program design. Also an adjunct professor in undergraduate Exercise Science and DPT students in strength and conditioning. There are over 60 MLB and MILB pl...

Joe is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Licensed Massage Therapist. He played Division II Baseball at West Chester University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science in 2017. In 4+ years he has trained and coached a variety of clients ranging in age, fitness level, and sport. His experience includes one on one training, small group personal training, HII...

Jim Ferris is a Philadelphia based trainer whose clientele includes professional athletes, local teams, everyday fitness enthusiasts, and maybe a celebrity or two depending on who is in town. Jim is known for his work in the basketball community from training with the Philadelphia 76ers for many years and training several NBA players that live their offseason in the Philadelphia area. Jim’s expert...

Devin Gage is the owner of the hugely successful Gage Strength Training (GST). GST has grown into a thriving fitness facility and now Gage is expanding into more areas to conquer the fitness world. Learn more about GST at: https://gagestrengthtraining.com and follow at @GageStrengthTraining on social.

Welcome back. This is Dr. Jon Herting and after a 10-month hiatus, we are bringing back our podcast. We're going to make a couple of changes though. We used to be called Training Room Talk and, and we did for 121 episodes and over 10,000 listens. Now, I'm going to be the sole host to this point moving forward and we're going to kind of change it up a little bit to showcase the fitness professional...

In today's episode Dr. Max and Dr. Troy discuss a recent webinar from the sportsrehabeducation.com email list which discusses injury prediction/prevention paradigms and how they could benefit from modification. Enjoy!

In today's episode Dr. Max and Dr. Troy discuss some common challenges PT students may have when entering their clinical experiences, specifically as it relates to the clinical instructor relationship. Enjoy!

In today's episode Dr. Max and Dr. Troy discuss the process of applying to Physical Therapy school and share a bit about their own prior experiences with the application process through PTCAS. They share tips/tricks to make your process go smoothly and to increase the likelihood that your application stands out. Enjoy! Links & Social Media Rehab Integrated in Sports Education https://sportsreh...

In today's episode Dr. Max and Dr. Troy discuss how to go about making training decisions regarding training frequency and overall organization of training schedule. Upper/lower split? Bro split? Push/pull legs? Full body? Hopefully this shed some light on those details! Links & Social Media Rehab Integrated in Sports Education https://sportsrehabeducation.com/ Precision Performance Physical T...

In today's episode Dr. Max and Dr. Troy discuss the process of picking clinical affiliations/rotation sites while going through the DPT curriculum. Picking clinicals can be a stressful process for students, so Max and Troy share some advice regarding the process of picking sites, and what to do after you've been assigned a site. Enjoy!

In today's episode Dr. Troy and Dr. Max discuss their approach towards considering recovery strategies with their athletes/patients and which methods of recovery they focus on. Contrary to popular media, Max and Troy explore how to best return to the basics and focus on what they consider to be the building blocks of solid recovery. Enjoy!

In today's episode Dr. Troy and Dr. Max discuss how they approached studying for the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) and how their approaches differed. They also discussed the various resources current students may benefit from investigating. For more information, visit sportsrehabeducation.com https://thepthustle.com/npte-podcast/

In today's episode Dr. Max and Dr. Troy discuss how they have approached filtering through the vast amount of information that can be found throughout social media platforms specific to rehabilitation. With all the information available it can be hard for students and clinicians to develop an understanding of how to filter through this information but continue to stay up-to-date. For more informat...

Key Points Most athletes will likely be training with very basic, common exercises such as a barbell squat, deadlift variation, pushes, and pulls. These exercises may not always be the most “attractive”, but they serve to provide athletes with the physical qualities that they need to excel at their sport such as endurance, strength, movement capacity, etc. Many of the “fancy” exercises seen on soc...

Key Points Foundations Course Description The foundation course features 12-weeks of virtual, live presentations based on a progressive curriculum designed to cover all aspects of evidence-based athlete injury management. Permanent access to an ever-evolving shared folder will allow you to continue to learn and grow as a clinician even after completing the course. Finally, participants can look fo...

In today's episode we discuss the intricacies of motivation, self-efficacy, and discipline as related to behavior change with patients. As we know this is an important component of patient management, we discuss how to identify patients who might need a bit more "motivation" during the plan of care. Hope it helps!

In today's episode Max and Nisha discuss what they learned in the process of graduating from Physical Therapy school during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. As these barriers continue to persist in 2021, they attempt to share some insight on how current students may be able to navigate these barriers and make the most out of their start in the physical therapy profession. Hope it helps!

In today's episode we discuss the highly debated concept in the strength/conditioning & rehab circles of sport specificity. In a sea of social media posts glamorizing fancy gimmicks and "new" exercises which tout the power to make athletes better at their sports, how do we assess the validity of these claims? This episode helps to shed some light on this often misunderstood topic. Hope you enj...