The Jackie Tann Podcast

Want to know how elite athletes are managing their recovery and sleep? Well you've come to the right episode, because today I chat with elite sport sleep coach, Nick Littlehales. Every month hundreds of elite athletes, players and organisations in world sport around the globe are using the R90 Technique to achieve more sustainable levels of human recovery performance.  Today we take a deep di...

If you are not including Neurocentric training in your program, then you are leaving talent on the table. Dr. Eric Cobb is the founder of Z-Health Performance Solutions and is one of the world's leading experts in harnessing the power of the neurology of movement to create extraordinary change in the human body. We cover everything from learning new movement patterns, to improving skills, to postu...

Back for the 3rd time on the show, I chat with my good friend Matt Jones about how to build a strong and resilient mindset so you can not only stay mentally healthy and strong, but thrive in life and athletic performance.  At age 15, Matt Jones broke his neck in an horrific BMX racing accident. He awoke in hospital with no memory of the crash or the weeks prior, at that point the doctors...

As a 14 month old baby, doctors told David Kuhne's parents that he would never run or play sports. By the age of 5 he was playing soccer, by age 11 he was playing Aussie rules football and at 26 ran his first marathon. David's recount of the North Pole marathon will have you in awe. Completing a marathon in minus thirty five degrees on unforgiving terrain is something David will happily do again!&...

Laetitia is a holistic business coach and a ‘soul+biz doula’. She is making ancient spiritual wisdom accessible and manageable to beginners and the practiced alike. We explore what Ayurveda is and why this ancient practice is so effective in bringing back health to those feeling lost. This holistic practice takes everything into consideration and the philosophies behind it help open your mind to t...

Emma Storey Gordon is a fitness coach, sports scientist and researcher and today we dive deep into exercise and mindset strategies to help you achieve your goals and bust a whole lotta myths about health that marketers have us believing! Emma has been helping clients not only achieve their goals, but help change their mindset around health and fitness for long term success. If you want to see resu...

The power of functional breathing is finally getting the international hype it deserves and Dean Gladstone shares the incredible benefits as to why it's so powerful. Dean has a wealth of knowledge from a wide range of modalities. Well known for being a Bondi lifeguard, he is also a qualified Yoga teacher, Wim Hof Instructor, Personal Trainer and Oxygen Advantage Instructor and has improved the liv...

Whether you're a seasoned trail runner or you're thinking about running your first trail event, this chat with Trail Running SA Chairwoman Claire Sims will have you respecting the runners, community and events even more.  Run an event with TRSA : https://trailrunningsa.com Instagram: @trailrunningsa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trailrunningsa Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/gro...

Joined by strength and conditioning coaches, Adam Murphy and Josh Smith, this episode dives deep into basic strength and conditioning foundations, what it means to train holistically and how to define success. We also take a deep dive into what it means to train female athletes to optimise performance, the differences between training males and females and the important conversations and education...

Matildas soccer star Katrina Gorry has always known she wanted to start a family but once upon a time starting a family and playing elite sport were completely exclusive of each other. Not today. Katrina talks us through her decision to undergo IVF to start a family, the plan to play in the 2023 FIFA World Cup, and her rise to representing Australia 78 times.  Having played her last game back...

Dave Marriott, an easy going and quietly spoken man of few words. Unless you're talking about running that is. In April this year, Dave completed the Hubert 100 mile, which for all the Aussies, is 160km. Dave tells his story of how one day in his 40s, he didn't look like that fit guy he thought he was, so took up running. Needless to say, it's something he's very good at. Running 100km events is n...

Be inspired by Simone's story or strength, resilience and determination. Simone's story is not your average running success story. In fact it's a story that starts at rock bottom. Simone's teenage years saw her in and out of hospital and mental institutions battling with eating disorders, depression, psychosis and suicide attempts. But don't underestimate her will to not only survive, but come out...

Simone's story is not your average running success story. In fact it's a story that starts at rock bottom. Simone's teenage years saw her in and out of hospital and mental institutions battling with eating disorders, depression, psychosis and suicide attempts. But don't underestimate her will to not only survive, but come out of this stronger, happier and more determined than ever to help herself...

It's easy to think Crossfit training is only for the muscularly chiseled athlete who can handstand walk to work... But you would be wrong. Whilst these impressive movements can be apart of a Crossfit workout, the beauty of Crossfit training is that it is for every person, of every age, and every level of fitness. Nathan takes us through the misconceptions of Crossfit, how to motivate yourself and...

Learn how to get out of pain and improve your performance with Caitlin Hogan. Caitlin is a 3 x national weight lifting champion and 2 x Pan Am Silver Medalist. Her love for sport, human movement and sports performance has her helping others build bullet proof foundations through the evidence based system of FRC and Kinstretch. Caitlin has a special skill of making the confusing and intricate sound...

Gary Ward is the "foot guy" for good reason. He has helped people get out of chronic pain and back to what they love doing. We chat about foot postures and how something so far away from the feet can have an impact on how you move, walk and run and most importantly, he talks about how you can correct that. A knowledge dense episode for all the anatomy geeks out there and of course for everyone who...

She had never kayaked in her life, but decided she was going to solo kayak the 400km Clarence River. Unassisted. And she did.  A 2 year preparation, in May 2017 she was the first person to solo kayak the Clarence River. Some stretches of the  river said to be "un-passable".   We talk about the preparation and what it took to become not only physically and mentally fit but how to be...

I decided to start season 2 with my story. Who the heck am I?! (I still ask this question) Why am I doing this and how on earth did I get here. I've pretty much been self employed and run a business my entire career. It's a tough gig... and it got real tough. Whilst we all like to put on a brave face and weather the storm, the reality is, something's gotta give. And it did for me and I'm slowly le...

Alyssa Chang is a brain based health and movement coach helping clients get out of pain and discomfort. She teaches you what your body is trying to communicate with you and what those signs and symptoms look and feel like. If you thought you knew everything there was to know about your body, I dare say you are going to learn so much more and discover even MORE ways to enhance your performance and...

An injury and change in perspective was all it took for Steve McKenna to once again, take up his love for running and try his luck at triathlons. In the short span of 12 months, Steve gained his long course pro license and was talent scouted by the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) to race and train with the Australian high performance short course team. He has been awarded SA triathlete of the...

Mindy is a Registered Psychologist with extensive experience in performance enhancement within organisations and on the sporting field.  Having represented Australia in indoor hockey, and enjoying a career as a high performance athlete, Mindy has unique insights into the demands of elite sport and the immense pressure to perform.   We talk about how to manage the highs and lows of s...

Chris has been a recreational runner for almost 30 years and with PBs like 2 hours 42 for a marathon and 1 hour 16 for a half marathon, he's sharing his passion and wisdom for running with his community.  We discuss how to keep quiet the little voice in your head that tells you to sleep in, how to build your engine, technique tips, how train for that precious PB and most importantly, for thos...

Ange's positivity  in herself, her health, life and business would make you think she won the lottery.  But in her early 30's she was diagnosed with 2 chronic conditions, Hashimoto’s Disease (when your immune system attacks your thyroid and it stops producing hormones) and Fibromyalgia (a condition that causes pain in the muscles and bone...

"The essence of pushing to your limits in endurance sports is learning to override that instinct so that you can hold your finger a little closer to the flame - and keep it there, not for seconds but for minutes, even hours."   Alex Hutchinson, author of Endure, talks to us about the limits of human endurance, what tests us physiologically and psychologically and how to achieve our full poten...

If you could experience the highest level of performance and joy, would you want to learn how to achieve it?  Ok, pretty obvious answer. We all would. And you can, when you get into Flow.  Psychologist and Flow expert Dr Sue Jackson, shares with us what Flow is, how to get into it and what we can work on to enhance our state of Flow. Dr Sue Jackson is a sport and exercise psychologist wi...