Mike Young is a world-renowned expert in the field of speed development and conditioning for sport. Mike has over 20 years of experience coaching dozens of NBA, MLB and NFL players, consulting for Real Madrid, Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC and serving as the Director of Performance for the Carolina Railhawks (NASL) & the Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS).

Durham and Mike chat about how Mike started and built Athletic Lab, what to look for in a training facility, how to empower your team, building scalable systems, and how important fundamentals are.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Athletic Lab Sports Performance
• Athletic Lab Coaching Academy
• LTAD Network
• Mike on Twitter
• Mike on Instagram

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

Dr Dom Condo joins us to talk about kicking lockdown addictions, building muscle whilst losing weight, refeed and cheat days, how to improve tendon and bone health, and supporting your immune system.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Dom on Instagram
• Dom's website

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

Maddi Boyer is a physiotherapist at Fortitude Health Co, who has expertise in S&C and clinical pilates, and is also a former Australian water skier. Durham and Maddi talk about her career in water skiing, the benefits of pilates, the future of the physiotherapy space, and starting Fortitude Health Co.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Fortitude Health Co
• Maddi on IG

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

Harley Gray is a myotherapist and powerlifting coach who specialises in S&C, rehabilitation and nutrition. Harley and Durham chat about being a Quake world champion, the myotherapy industry and research, spinal flexion under load, exposing yourself to maximal loads, and advice for young coaches.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Harley on Instagram
• Harley's website, SET Health
• Ben Patrick - Knees over toes guy
• Greg Lehman and Andrew Lock debate lifting technique

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

This episode is a little different. Durham was recently on the Marcus Cope Fitness Podcast to chat about some of his learnings and his experience entering into the athletic development industry.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Marcus Cope Fitness Podcast
• Marcus Cope Fitness Website
• Marcus on Instagram

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

Durham chats about the biases towards confrontation and extreme positions and its impact on S&C, the differences between what makes an exercise good or bad, and our top movements we love at Core Advantage.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Core Advantage on Instagram

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

Bree Filippone is a Personal Trainer & Exercise Scientist with years of industry experience in exercise rehabilitation, and sports performance. Bree has founded The HIIT Project, The Finishr and is also a coach at Life Hub. Bree focuses her expertise in coaching general pop to become better movers in and out of the gym.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• Bree on Instagram
• The HIIT Project
• The Finishr
• James Clear
• Change Maker by Dr. John Berardi
• Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.

Jacob Tober is back and joins us to chat about all things Velocity Based Training! We cover some of the key concepts in VBT, how you can easily implement VBT in your training, and our new velocity based training app, Metric.

Notes mentioned in this episode of The Athletic Development Show:

• 00:00 - Introduction and Jacob's deep dive on VBT
• 03:29 - What is Velocity Based Training?
• 06:55 - The benefits of Velocity Based Training
• 08:01 - Why Velocity Based Training works even better with Reps in Reserve (RIR)
• 16:26 - Autoregulation, fatigue, velocity loss and proximity to failure
• 18:53 - Mean and peak velocity
• 29:23 - The easiest thing to implement for coaches and athletes - contextual velocity
• 32:34 - Intent to move
• 37:50 - Velocity based training speed zones, and why they're overused
• 41:03 - Existing Velocity based training devices
• 48:40 - Using Metric for your Velocity Based Training
• 51:01 - How the Metric is different to existing Velocity based training device

Metric is an app that revolutionises tracking Velocity, ROM, Power and Fatigue. No strings. No hardware. Just your smartphone camera. Learn more about Metric and join the waitlist.

You can also catch a few teasers of Metric in action on Instagram.

Learn more about Velocity Based Training with Jacob Tober on the VBTCoach website or on Instagram.

Core Advantage is one of the most respected athletic performance providers in Australia, specialising in athletic development strength and conditioning programs, athletic testing, online CEC education courses. Find out more at the Core Advantage website or on Instagram.

IronEdge is a proud partner of Core Advantage. You can learn more about their equipment at the IronEdge website.