4.6 • 634 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Max Shank is a trainer and coach who has a passion to not just get people stronger but to help them move better, become more flexible, have more fun training and improve all aspects of their life.
Aside from being able to do a host of incredible gymnastic feats, Max has excelled at a range of sports from Highland Games, to wakeboarding, to tennis, all the way to jiu jitsu. In this episode you’ll learn about Ultimate Athleticism and Max’s philosophy to training and why fun is an often forgotten element of a successful training plan.
Max explains his 5 minute flow and why it’s a great way to start the day, why the handstand is a great exercise and how you can learn to do one, ways to gauge your own strength, other fun exercises you can try that are a bit different, how to minimise injury and prevent boredom with training and why juggling, yes juggling can be a great addition to a training programme.
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0:44.7 | interesting guest to talk to you about ultimate athleticism. Now, ultimate athleticism is what |
0:52.7 | Max Schenck calls his approach to training and movement. |
0:59.2 | So Max is a US-based coach, but he has excelled at a range of sports, |
1:05.5 | and he can do some crazy gymnastics skills, like ridiculous handstands and balances, and you should see some of the |
1:12.9 | videos he posts. It's incredible. But he incorporates this type of movement into his training |
1:18.7 | and the training plans of his clients. So there's really something a bit different to the norm. |
1:25.5 | In this episode, Max is going to be talking about his famous five-minute |
1:28.9 | flow and why it's a great way that you can start your day. We're looking at about the handstand and how |
1:34.5 | you can incorporate into your training, why it's so good. If you've never been able to do a handstand, |
1:39.2 | Max gives you some top tips on how you can start, looking at different ways to gauge your own strength. |
1:44.6 | Other fun exercises that you can try out using bits of equipment down the play park, |
1:50.0 | how you can minimize injury, prevent boring with training, and even why juggling is one of |
1:56.6 | his favorite ways to improve hand-eye coordination and is something he often sets his clients a task |
2:02.9 | of learn to juggle or I'll show you how to juggle and they do it as part of their training. So yeah, |
2:07.8 | different episode, very unique approach to training, very interesting. I certainly enjoyed talking |
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