The Science of Performance with Dan Feeney

https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2022.11288 - the missing link in running injury research is non-running stress. It seems DashLX is one solution to start acquiring more of what consumers are doing, why, and that has great implications for research but also for brands to better understand their consumers.  Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospect...

The Physiology of Peak Performance with Olympian & PhD Shalaya Kipp Currently Post Doc Mayo Clinic with Michael Joyner PhD - University of British Columbia, Masters & Undergrad at CU Boulder. 2012 Olympian in steeplechase. Worked on the 4% study in conjunction with the breaking 2 project. Now works with Mike Joyner who made a famous prediction of when 2 hours would be broken in the maratho...

Season 2 Episode 4: Ski Boots! Engineering Revolutionary Products with James O’Connell – Specialized, formerly K2 Engineer; Medic and Paratrooper, Texas A&M How to measure ski boot performance and biomechanics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967377/ Ski boot biomechanics part 2 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-013-0132-z Ski boot BOA study: https://www.frontiersin...

Episode 3: How do your biomechanics affect your performance and injury risk? With Allison Gruber – Associate Professor University of Indiana. PhD UMass Amherst and Masters East Carolina. Has worked deeply on the entire spectrum of running mechanics. from the mechanics and energetics of footfall patterns in running Impact causes injury hypothesis –  Claire Milner impact shock in running Real w...

Doctor of Physical Therapy for 10+ years Aspects of the shoes he tests: Insoles – can increase perception of comfort, plantar pressures change Impact testing to compliment human-based footwear testing Traction testing – how do you test? Is it indicative of real world where humans move in variable ways. Slipping vs. Sticking Do Pro Athletes need custom shoes   Heeluxe’s biggest failures  ...

Season 2/Episode 1: What can you do to stay resilient and how can shoes improve performance with Jay Dicharry – Physical Therapist, Oregon State University-Cascades, MOBO, Founder, author of Running Rewired Kinematics and Kinetics of Gait: From Lab to Clinic – We can measure things very precisely in the laboratory from the forces in 3 dimensions at 2kHz to the kinematics at 200 Hz. How has he tran...

Jesse Frank did his masters & undergrad at CU Boulder with Roger Kram where he did a variety of projects from trying to build a mobile, gravity reducing cart, to studying how various bike seats affect cycling comfort, and was a coauthor on the Nike 4% study. Over the previous 5 years, Jesse worked at Specialized where he had experience in the wind tunnel, studying how different bike fits could...

Keely – Recent winner of Black Canyon 100k, Freetrail Lead of Performance Coaching Team, plan to be a Medical Doctor, former biomechanics researcher and current nutrition researcher.  Kate – PhD movement science at VCU, D1 runner and All American at West Virginia, 2nd NCAA 10K. Grew up playing all sorts of sports, always interested in performance. Published 23 articles or abstracts on the bio...

Welcome James, Spragg. James is a coach at intercept performance consultancy. James is also finishing his PhD univ of capetown in exercise physiology where he studied the mechanisms responsible for deterioration in performance during grand tour cycling stage races. James also coaches a number of sky runners and ski mountaineers. Our conversation will cover a variety of performance topics surroundi...

Dave Dombrow and Kevin Fallon are co-founders of Speedland and have created some of the most innovative shoes on the market. This company refuses to cut corners and design products with performance first in mind. They also both have a fascinating background working for Nike, Under Armor, and Puma.  These guys have both appeared on numerous podcasts and my goal here is to interview them in a s...

Eric Honert – PhD Vanderbilt University studying Ankle & Foot biomechanics, Post-Doctoral fellowship with Benno Nigg at Univ of Calgary. D1 Tennis Player, Manager biomechanics BOA  Emily Matijevich – PhD Vanderbilt University Evaluation and Design of Non-Invasive, Wearable Musculoskeletal Monitoring Tools for Research, Occupational and Sport Applications, post doc Benno Nigg, currently Di...

Intro: Wouter was the lead author on the landmark article behind the Nike 4% shoe. Also has published theoretical reviews of how a sub 2 hour marathon would be possible and tries to understand which aspects of footwear lead to improved performance. He is also a great runner with some incredible range… Wouter ran a 48.69 400 m and 1:52 800 m in 2007 and has run 2:30 in the marathon and a 5:58 50 mi...

Welcome to "The Science of Performance," hosted by the trailblazing Dan Feeney, BOA Sr. Director of Partner Product Design and Innovation and supported by the Freetrail Network, this captivating podcast takes you on a journey into peak performance in trail running. This venture traces back to a live podcast session where Dan teamed up with Professional Ultra Trail Runner, Dylan Bowman, to dissect...