The Physical Performance Show

Assoc Prof Patrick Weinrauch is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who exclusively manages hip joint disorders in adults. A significant proportion of Dr Weinrauch's private practice is dedicated to the management of active people with hip disorders who wish to maintain high activity levels and function in both sporting and lifestyle recreational pursuits. Associate Professor Weinrauch is a Fellow of the Royal...

Episode 180 of The Physical Performance show features Australian Distance Running Star, Milly Clark.    Milly's running career spans a decade plus and Milly ran her first official marathon in 2015 in Amsterdam where she qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games representing Australia, this has lead to her running in the recent Gold Coast Marathon to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic games with 2:28:08....

Clare Minahan is an Associate Professor and Accredited Exercise Physiologist residing at Griffith University Sport Physiology and Performance Centre on the Gold Coast. Clare is a Prolific Researcher and sought out expert when it comes to all considerations for the female athlete. Clare consults with the Queensland Academy of Sport, Swimming Australia, the Gold Coast Suns AFL Football Club and has...

Dr Trent Stellingwerff is an experienced researcher having published more than 40 peer reviewed scientific publications. Trent is currently on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance along with the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Trent has co-authored 6 book chapters focusing on the role that nutrition can play in su...

On this Expert Edition we take a deep dive into all things Foot orthosis or Orthotics. When it comes to foot orthosis it seems that everyone has an opinion, some people believe that everyone needs orthotics, others believe that no one needs orthotics. Some say that orthotics or orthosis weaken the foot, many maintained that orthosis re-align or reposition the skeleton and others believe that once...

Scott Douglas features in this weeks Interest Edition of the Physical Performance Show. Scott is a Veteran Running, Fitness and Health Journalist, former Senior Editor of Runner's World Magazine, Current Runner's World Online contributor and Best-Selling Author. Scott is the Author of 6 Fantastic Running Books including the Little Red Book of Running, Advanced Marathoning with Pete Pfitzinger, Meb...

Braden Currie's story starts with growing up on a farm in a small rural community in New Zealand. Braden had hard working parents who taught him that success in life requires relentless commitment through the good times and the bad. At school Braden didn't fit into the typical education system being diagnosed with dyslexia. Braden was often made to feel isolated and inferior to his classmates. It...

Chloe McLeod is an Advanced Sports Dietitian who sits on the Board for Sports Dietitians Australia. Chloe is the Author of the recipe book Anti-Inflammatory Eating, the Founder of the FODMAP Challenge, Co-Owner of Health Performance Collective and a Parramatta Eels Australia Rugby League Team Sports Dietitian. During this episode we cover all things Gut Health, FODMAPs, what they are and why they'...

Dr Jo Lukins has a PhD as well as 25 years of Clinical Psychology experience. Dr Jo is the founding Sports Psychologist for the Australian Rugby League Team North Queensland Cowboys and the Townsville Fire Basketball Team. Dr Jo regularly delivers programs in resilience and expert performance for the Australian Defence Force and has just recently released her first book titled "The Elite: Think li...

Dr Stephen Seiler is an American Sports Scientist who now resides in Norway. Stephen has been the past Dean of Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences at the University of Agder in Norway, a former Research and Senior Consultant for the Norwegian Olympic Federation and an Executive Board Member of Directus for the European College of Sports Science. Stephen is acclaimed worldwide amongst Coaches, Re...

Neil Meigh graduated as a mature age student in 2012 from Bond University on the Gold Coast with a Bachelor of Exercise Science and a Doctor of Physiotherapy. Neil was first introduced to Kettlebell Hardstyle Training towards the end of 2012 where he then went on to complete the RKC Instructor Training Course. Neil has been strength training since 1991, he is a Certified Personal Trainer and he ha...

On this episode of The Physical Performance Show, we feature Zane Robertson ahead of his debut marathon performance in the 2019 Gold Coast Marathon. Zane Robertson debuted with an impressive 2:08:19 just an average of 3:02 per kilometre to set a new New Zealand Marathon record. Zane took 3rd place in the 2019 edition of the Gold Coast Marathon and this added to his record list. Zane's other record...

Glynis Nunn has had a long and distinguished sporting career which spans more than 30 years as an Athlete, Coach and Administrator. After Glynis's Dual Heptathlon Gold Medals at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games followed by the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Glynis was granted the Medal of The Order of Australia. Glynis is a qualified Secondary Physical Education and English Teacher and a Leve...

Kim Keedle is a Physiotherapist who graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from Melbourne University in 2012. Years later after working within an elite sport in the UK, Kim has offered a coveted position with the newly founded Haas Formula 1 Racing Team. From there Kim took up a position to be the Physiotherapist for Romain Grosjean, Haas F1 Team Driver and has now been on the F1 Racing Circui...

Jared Powell is a Gold Coast based Physiotherapist who is currently completing his PhD in shoulder pain at Bond University, where he is also a visiting lecturer and tutor. Shoulder pain is an enormous burn in society with half of the population experiencing shoulder pain in any given calendar year. It's the third most common complaint that general practitioners hear from their patients and for tho...

Ryan Sandes won the coveted 100m Western States Endurance Run in 2017. This was 5 years after Ryan incidentally made his debut in that event in 2012 where he finished runner up, prior to that the 2012 Western States Endurance Run debut.  Ryan has taken out the coveted titles of the Leadville Trail 100miler in 2011, had taken victory in the Sahara Desert Race in 2008, the Gobi March in 2008, he cam...

Meb Keflezighi is the only runner in history to have won a New York Marathon Title, Boston Marathon Title and Olympic Marathon Medal. In 2004, Meb won a Silver Medal in 2004 Athens Olympic Marathon as well as running at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Marathons. Meb featured in the 10,000m at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. He was the American Record Holder for the 10,000m, running an incredible 27:13 PB...

Joseph Coyne is an exercise physiologist, sports scientist and performance coach.  Joseph has been the Physical Preparation Coach for the Chinese Athletics Association, Jump and Sprint Athletes. He then went on to be the Performance Manager for the Chinese Olympic Committees National Sports Training Centre in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Joseph is currently completing a PhD at the UF...

Jules McConnel is a champion sky diver and has amassed an incredible 10,500 jumps in her career. Through her key professional years jumping up to 900 times per year. In 2012 Jules joined up with her jumping partner Michael Vaughan to set an Australasian record of 300 jumps in a day. Jules specialises in canopy formation jumping and has been many times over the Australian representative of the worl...

Hayden Wilde is a New Zealand Professional Triathlete chasing selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Hayden is a much loved figure throughout the Super League Triathlon series where I met him personally.  Recently in the World Triathlon series he has really stood out particularly with the season opener for the 2019 season in Abu Dhabi where Hayden led a great charge to lead the race 3 quarter...

Dr. Peter Malliaras is an Associate Professor at Monash University where Peter leads various research Tendinopathy projects and supervises PHD students. Peter is also a practicing clinician at Complete Sports Care in Hawthorne, Melbourne where he consults with patients who have had enduring persistent tendinopathy injuries along with elite athletes. Globally, Peter is respected as a leading Tendin...

Ryan Hall is a Dual US Marathon Olympian who has competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games finishing in 10th place and also in the 2012 London Games where Ryan was forced to retire early from the race for the first time in his career at approx. 10 miles. Ryan's best accolades are the outstanding US record he holds for the Half Marathon with a 59:43 in 2007 for the Houston Half Marathon, a record...

Katie's triathlon career has been on a winning streak recently. Katie was crowned the 2018-2019 Super League Triathlon Inaugural Champion where Katie dominated the competition across the multi-round racing. Katie started 2019 very strongly with a win in Abu Dhabi first round of the World Triathlon Series. In the 2018 World Triathlon Championship Series Katie finished a very close second to Vicki H...

Meagen Nay is an Australian Dual Olympic Swimming Team Member and also a Dual Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist. In 2010 Meagen picked up the 200m backstroke title as well as the 4x 200m Free Style Gold Medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Meagen's story to swimming stardom is really unlike many others. During this episode Meagen will share around the very highs of her career, the very lows of h...

James (Bobby) Tuttle first debuted for the St George Queensland Reds in a Super Rugby Australian League in 2016. Prior to that in 2015 Bobby had shown enormous promise by captaining Australia in the under 20's to the World Rugby Championships held in Italy. During this episode Bobby shares the highs, the lows and the learnings about his career to date. Bobby is in a very unique situation to share...