MSC Performance Podcast

Luke and Steve talk GB basketball prep and how training and nutrition has looked and what the tournament holds when Steve arrives in Argentina next Friday.

This weeks episode is hosted by Mark and Luke, who introduce new full time Coach Jura Mucnjak to the MSC community. Jura talks us through his journey from starting out as an S&C coach, to joining us in a full-time capacity. We find out the motivations, precious experience, goals, and interests. We hope you enjoy the episode. Team MSC.

In this MSC Performance podcast, Luke Mark and Max discuss Max's favourite MSC memories and what the future looks like for him!

In todays episode, Luke and Max discuss how to train as a functional athlete, the many ways of training around a holiday and a confirmation of Max's leaving party!

In this episode of the MSC podcast, Mark and Luke have a chat about the overview of PAP (Post-activation potentiation) and its implication for strength sports, field sports and your everyday athlete.

In todays episode, Max and Ste catch up about all things MSC as well as a little discussion around there favourite type of gym trainer!

In todays episode, Mark, Luke and Max discuss the importance of strength training amongst endurance runners / endurance athletes and the appropriate training methods for these populations. Hope you enjoy!

Max and Luke discuss a variety of questions that have been asked during their work week. A few of the questions answered are: How to train around injuries, aggressive dieting vs non-aggressive, managing your microcycle to keep your high days high and low days low, Lukes opinion on SBD days, and optimal training vs compound training and why you should avoid black and white thinking.

In todays episode, Mark and Max have a debrief on the recent metcon games, and a fun chat about different varieties of training such as powerlifting, calisthenics, hyrox and many more!

In today's bite-sized episode, Ste and Kitti chats about the upcoming Metcon Games. Get yourself signed up as soon as possible, registration closes on the 2nd of April, at 2 pm!

In today's episode, Luke and Mark go through Luke's experience at British nationals and how his training will change moving forward. They also touch on some other subjects in and around the gym.

On today's episode, Kitti and Avital share their love for the Netflix series Physical 100, then talk about some literature published and their own experiences of being a female in strength & conditioning. Enjoy! *Correction: the athlete mentioned at 3:46 is a mountain rescuer, NOT an ice rescuer Please be sure to turn your volume down slightly at minute 4:08 as Kitti bursts out laughing.

In today's episode of the MSC Performance Podcast, we discuss multiple recovery strategies, including the main building blocks of nutrition and sleep, going into the intricacies of programming recovery into your training schedule, and other practices and supplements that can aid recovery, such as creatine or hot water immersion. We also briefly mention the differences between genders in terms of r...

For the first episode of 2023, Mark, Luke and Max discuss some interesting topics revolving around the famous Veganuary and Dry January. They have a little chat about there own anecdotal stories linked to these two subjects as well as diving into the research done on them. Training performance, protein consumption and generic likability are some of the variables the lads chat about. If any of you...

Todays episode is a chat between Mark and Luke, reviewing their current training regimes, upcoming competitions, and how they are planning to train around the Christmas period. Also discussed is advice on how others can train around Christmas based on their goals, as well as nutritional advice for anyone on a de-load week, or a taper-week! Should we adjust calories or not? Should we make any drast...

In this MSC Performance podcast, Max, Max and Mark have a great little chat about life in general, The subject of hypertrophy as well as how to approach training in the lead up to Christmas. If you don't mind plenty of off piste chat, this is the episode for you!

On today's episode Kitti invites Avital Prais, PhD researcher, lecturer, and MSC member for a conversation on the menstrual cycle and its impact on exercise performance. We discuss what the menstrual cycle is, what does the current research say on its effect on sports performance and what are their shortcomings, and Avital shares a bit about her research on the topic. We also explore the female ho...

Hey guys, in this weeks episode, Luke and Max are answering a members Q and A which involves a variety of topics such as, how to maximise your warm ups in the colder months, high reps low weight and its contribution to fat loss, and our favourite disney Films. As well as many other questions being covered. So tune in for some exciting discussions.

In this episode of the MSC Performance Podcast, Max and Kitti introduces you to Steve, our newest member of staff. Many of you know Steve as one of the PTs of MSC and today he shares snippets of his background in teaching, a life altering event that led him to become an S&C coach, his career in basketball, and much more. You don’t want to miss out on this one!

For a one-off special, we bring you the 2 Max, 1 Mic podcast! In this episode, we discuss varying topics such as favourite fitness heroes, overall sporting GOATs, and drugs within the sporting world. Many random stories also emerged. Hope you enjoy!

hey guys, in this weeks episode Mark and Luke discuss all things Powerlifting! Including Lukes recent trip to Istanbul to coach the British team in the Junior World Championships, the recent rule change in the Bench press, the growth potential of the sport, and then finishing up with a Q&A from our listeners! We hope you enjoy the episode, and as always, get in touch if you have any questions!...

In this episode of the podcast, Max and Mark discuss the new Weightlifting course that's starting next month, and also the MSC met con structure and how we go about designing our classes.

This weeks episode sees Mark and Luke reunited for their first podcast together as a duo for a while! The boys discuss the role S&C can play for athletic development as well as confidence for kids, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic goal setting, and finally the role of RPE in training and whether or not your actually training hard enough!! 0.o1 - 3.10 Intro 3.11 - 19.34 S&C for kids 19.35...

In this episode, coaches Luke and Max talk about their experiences with the commonwealth games, followed by discussing their coaching tools that they utilise to improve focus, reduce mental fatigue and improve training intent.

In today's episode of the MSC Performance Podcast, Kitti has a chat with the Physiotherapist of the Indian Weightlifting Team, Hariyali Barot, about her background in physiotherapy, her experience working with the Indian Weightlifting Team, their preparation for the Commonwealth Games and their time in Birmingham. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it!