Running technique for Elites with Matt Pendola
06/17/21 • 57 min
Matt Pendola has several professional qualifications including a running coach, S&C coach, licensed manual therapist & wellness coach and works with several Olympic athletes. He has also personally achieved a tonne of impressive running achievements including winning the Elite Spartan World Championships Masters Division (2015) & Qualified for Duathlon World Championships 3x.
Today, Brodie talks with Matt about his training philosophy & his thoughts on running technique. Matt talks about the conditioning process know as 'stacking' designed to build a running foundation for breathing, core control, posture and muscle activation.
We then have a discussion around running technique. Is it required? When is it required? Under what circumstances may Matt change someone's running technique. To finish off, Matt enlightens us with his best training tip to help your running performance.
Click here to find Matt's new relative run readiness online project!
Find Matt here on instagram and also the podcast!
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Matt Pendola has several professional qualifications including a running coach, S&C coach, licensed manual therapist & wellness coach and works with several Olympic athletes. He has also personally achieved a tonne of impressive running achievements including winning the Elite Spartan World Championships Masters Division (2015) & Qualified for Duathlon World Championships 3x.
Today, Brodie talks with Matt about his training philosophy & his thoughts on running technique. Matt talks about the conditioning process know as 'stacking' designed to build a running foundation for breathing, core control, posture and muscle activation.
We then have a discussion around running technique. Is it required? When is it required? Under what circumstances may Matt change someone's running technique. To finish off, Matt enlightens us with his best training tip to help your running performance.
Click here to find Matt's new relative run readiness online project!
Find Matt here on instagram and also the podcast!
(Apple users: Click 'Episode Website' for links to..)
Become a Patron! Choose your Tier Here
Run Smarter YouTube Channel
Book a FREE Injury chat with Brodie
Previous Episode
The Psychology of distance running
Brodie starts part 1 of 3 reviewing a new book titled: The science & practice of middle and long distance running. We break down chapter 5 titled the psychology of distance running before interviewing the editor next month.
This episode covers the evidence surrounding the use of psychological strategies to help running performance. The psychological effects on performance can be explained by how we think, how we feel and subsequently, how we behave.
This content divides into two areas, Psychological factors and psychological strategies.
With factors, Brodie discusses self-belief, motivation & emotional state along with examples and sub-categories. With psychological strategies, we include self-talk, imagery, goal setting and attention to focus.
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Next Episode
Strength testing for Runners
Brodie continues to review the book titled 'The science and practice of middle and long distance running' with chapter seven called movement screening and physical capacity assessments (Chapter contributors: Louis Howe and Paul Read).
Brodie starts with describing the book's movement screening protocol and examples for each. Next, we continue assessing the runner with physical capacity assessments. This delves into 3 main type of strength including Maximal strength, Explosive strength & Reactive Strength. Brodie talks about examples for each type of assessment with or without expensive equipment along with normative values for some strength tests.
Lastly, this chapter includes 'Tissue capacity' including testing like calf raises, bridges and side planks. These are longer duration assessments but can still provide valuable information for strengths and deficits within a runner.
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