The SHIFT Show

This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Nick Ruddock. Nick is a high-performance consultant who has worked with over 22 nations around the world from club level all the way up to the Olympic level. He will be presenting on Day 2 of the symposium, giving 2 lectures, one on Font and Back Handsprings to Layouts and a second discussing everything yo...

Today on the podcast is part two of the lectures I was asked to present by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, to all of the NCAA coaches on strength conditioning for gymnasts.   Part two is focused on the exact weightlifting exercises you should be doing with your gymnasts, balanced and blended with the traditional model of gymnastic specific conditioning of shaping, core work, ro...

This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Dr. Mike Reinold DPT, ATC, SCS, OCS, CSCS. My friend, mentor, and Co-Founder of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Mike is a physical therapist, athletic trainer, strength and conditioning coach, and performance enhancement specialist and has worked for prestigious organizations such as The Boston...

Today on the podcast I was asked by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, to give lectures to all of the NCAA coaches on strength conditioning for gymnasts. A blended model, which is gymnastic specific, rope climbs and handstands, balanced with weight training and proper exercises is the most effective way to build explosive power in gymnasts.  Reducing injury risk and increasing per...

This week's mini-podcast episode is another of the 2022 Shift Symposium guest speakers, Diwesh Poudyal. My good friend and co-worker from Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. Diwesh is Head of Strength and Conditioning and Director of Fitness. He will be presenting on Day 3 of the symposium, discussing everything you need to know about Plyometrics.   Early bird tickets are still availab...

Today’s podcast is a great one, I sit down and have an incredible discussion with Kim Shore, who was part of Gymnastics Canada’s Safe Sport which I did a series of webinars for on gymnastics culture.   We have talked a lot behind the scenes on this subject and I wanted to get Kim on the podcast to have an in-depth discussion about the reasons why some coaches or gyms become toxic, examples of peop...

This week's mini-podcast episode is with one of the Shift Symposium guest speakers, Cale Robinson former NNCA athlete and now Ascend Gymnastics Coach. He will be presenting on Day 2 of the symposium, discussing what you need to know about Yurchenko's and Tsuks.   Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full inform...

If you've ever had questions about back pain or injuries in gymnastics, this podcast is for you.   Lower back pain is something so many gymnasts struggle with. Depending on the research study you read, between 71% - 96.6% of all the injuries reported are to the lower back. Most literature puts lower back pain as the second or third most common injury in gymnastics, just behind ankle sprains a...

In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave explains everything you need to know about the 2022 Shift Symposium. Early bird tickets are available now till April, so you need to act fast if you want to save $50-$100. Tickets and full information can be found online at: www.shiftmovementscience.com/2022shiftsymposium   We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shi...

Today on the podcast is my good friend and crowd favorite Eva Shute Director of Gymnastics Operations who provides awesome information to help parents wrap their heads around competitive gymnastics.   We share ideas and things we have done in our gym that have been extremely successful to help build better parent communication relationships and when someone's really having a tough time or the...

In this week's mini-podcast episode is all about advice for gymnasts, coaches, and parents on overcoming fears, mental blocks, and competition preparation.   Coming from not one but three gymnastics experts; Ascend Gymnastics Team Coaches Sarah Korngold and Cale Robinson and licensed Mental Health and Nationally Certified Counsellor Rebecca Grady.   We appreciate you listening! To learn more...

Recently we started doing a monthly Office Hours, which is essentially a free Zoom meeting for Shift HQ members to ask questions, talk about various problems they’re dealing with and also discuss current trends happening inside the sport.    We hosted the first one last week, and it went very well and so I wanted to share it with everyone because the conversations were fantastic and if you're...

In gymnasts, the knee joint has the highest rate of "severe" injuries . Unfortunately, this refers to injuries tending to cause the most tissue damage and pain when they occur. Alongside this, knee injuries also tend to create the most missed time from training and competition .  Lastly, as long-term studies have suggested , there is a concerning trend for athletes who suffer injuries li...

In this weeks mini podcast episode Dave is joined by #GymnastAlliance founder Jennifer Pinches and her co-founder for Gymnast4Change Claire Heafford. They discuss the harsh reality of Gymnastics Culture change including the impact of Athlete A, and how we can move forward. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/ To learn about SHIFT&apo...

Today on the podcast, is a lecture that I gave to all of the College Gymnastics Coaches last year when our research paper on Achilles studies, Achilles tears, and NCAA gymnastics was being published.     I wasn't able to share this as a podcast because we had not yet published our paper, but now that it's out, and many people have read it and have talked about it, I can share this lectur...

In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave sits down with Dr. Emily Sweeney to discuss why youth concussions in all sports, but particularly gymnastics, are a huge 'elephant in the room' issue that we need to do a better job at addressing.   We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/ To learn about SHIFT's courses, check...

Today on the podcast, is an interview I was asked to do with Temple Landry, who was an Elite Gymnast from Twin City Twisters in Minnesota and is heading to Stanford in a few years to compete. She approached me with a project she is doing for her English class and was interested in finding out more about the differences in the approaches to overtraining in gymnastics. It ended up being a really awe...

This week's mini-podcast episode features Dr. Ellen Casey who is the Sports Medicine Physician for the US Women’s Senior National Team and frequent flyer on the podcast Nick Ruddock.     Ellen, Nick, and Dave tackle an open, honest, candid conversation about puberty, growth, and how we can better help younger athletes during this time. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, h...

Ankle and foot injuries are one of the most common problems gymnasts face. Depending on the study you read, up to 50% of all lower-body injuries in gymnastics occur at the ankle and foot. When you look at the sport, it makes sense. It is full of high impact forces, high repetitions, young athletes going through puberty, and has many cultural issues that might make it challenging to keep the ankle...

In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave interviews the legendary Aimee Boorman, coach of Simone Biles, and many other great gymnasts.     Aimee is an amazing human but she is also an amazing example of the success and benefits that can happen with positive coaching, which is the big change we are seeing now in our sport. We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - htt...

This week's podcast is actually a lecture that went out in my online membership group The Hero Lab. Lots of members wanted to learn more about how to start working with other professionals. Such as medical providers wanting to start working with a gym or strength coaches wanting to get in with some gymnastics clubs in the area. Coaches want to know the factors or qualities they should look fo...

In this week's mini-podcast episode Dave chats to Scott Willgrass one of the strength and conditioning coaches working with Gymnastics Canada and Ellie Black. He is one of many who is pushing the narrative of changing how we approach strength and conditioning in the sport of gymnastics. He dives into common problems he faced, what Ellie’s training looks like and what he thinks performance-wis...

Today on the podcast I’m joined again by former trampolinist and US Junior National Team Coordinator Steve Gluckstein. In his previous episode discussed the benefits of weightlifting and strength training for gymnasts and his experiences as an Olympic level trampoline coach. I wanted him back on to talk more specifically about the Trampoline and TNT disciplines, as lots of people requested advice...

In this mini-podcast episode, Dave sits down with the Director of Gymnastics Operations, Eva Shute, to discuss exactly how she changed her gymnastics facilities culture. She talk’s about motivating gymnasts in a positive way, managing parents, running efficient practices, and the personal development issues they needed to address to help the gym change its culture. We appreciate you listening! To...

In today’s episode, I’m super pumped to have my buddy and expert strength and conditioning coach Dan Lonsdale back on to dive into exactly how coaches can go about working with great strength conditioning coaches, as this is something that has officially become part of the gymnastic culture.     But it can be really hard to find a great strength conditioning coach who understands the sport of gymn...