Jay Dicharry and Tina Muir: Strength for Runners 2017/02/06 Encore Presentation
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🗓️ 27 January 2021
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Summary
Coach Tina interviews Jay Dicharry in 2017.
Jay is a renowned expert in biomechanics and physical therapy and is also the author of Anatomy for Runners. In this episode, he challenges us to reevaluate parts of our accepted, conventional training and running wisdom.
He does a great job of deconstructing clinically complex concepts into easily understandable ideas and examples. He breaks down things like Strength Training versus Power Training and the differences between joint limitation or blockage, shortened tissues, stiffness / sticky tissues, and dynamic mobility.
Our conversation covered a lot of ground and included many additional resources as noted by the links below. This may very well be an episode that you will want to listen to multiple times to explore these and evaluate what changes you may want to integrate into your own personal program.
Here are some of the topics we'll discuss today:
- How biomechanic training can help Pre-Hab or prevent injuries.
- Biomechanics fact vs. fiction and the ongoing critical evaluation of prior assumptions.
- How to leverage strength training to improve your running while reducing your volume.
- How to evaluate a potential strength coach or options if you don't have access to one.
- Risk / Reward balance of using different types of shoes for training / racing.
- Jay's Mobility / soft-tissue work philosophy.
- The difference between 'stretching' and 'dynamic mobility' and which you should do before a run.
Quotes by Jay:
"There's still the folks out there saying 'Running is going to kill you and you need to stop'."
"I don't like being the person paving the way; I like being the person helping people."
" 'What's the ONE thing to do?" and the reality is that life isn't that simple, right? If it was, then nobody would have problems."
"There is very good research out there to show that running does NOT make you strong. Running efficiency DOES improve when you improve the way that you carry yourself."
"At the end of the day, the runners who are serious find a way to get in the weight room. The runners I work with, the people I've introduced to this, I don't know any of them who have STOPPED doing this at all even from a novice up to an elite level."
"The goal is to build a running-specific plan to RUN better, not just to lift more weight in the gym."
"If it's not improving running economy and making your body more robust in terms of injury reduction, then you shouldn't be doing it."
"If you're a soccer player and you're more accurate in shooting goal with your right foot, that's fine, right? But, when you run both legs have to show up."
"I'm not looking to train a muscle; I'm looking to train a movement."
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Mentioned in this podcast:
Run To The Top podcast with Max Prokopy
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Christopher M. Powers, PhD, PT, FACSM, FAPTA
Irene Davis, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FACSM, FASB
2017 UVA Running Medicine Conference
Jack Daniels's Run Smart Project
Run To The Top podcast with Dr. Santos
Run To The Top podcast with Drew Watts
Saucony Stride Lab app for iOS
Steve Magness Amazon Author Page
Runner's World Article: How to Use a Lacrosse Ball for Recovery
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the run to the top podcast I'm your host |
| 0:09.4 | coach Claire Bartholick the planted runner what we do on the show is bring on the best experts in athletes in the sport of running |
| 0:18.0 | with the goal of helping you become a better runner each week. |
| 0:29.2 | From January 27th through February 17th of 2021, |
| 0:36.2 | we are going to be revisiting some of our most downloaded shows we've ever had here at the run to the top. |
| 0:37.8 | Former hosts Shinnade Hockey and Tina Muir are back and we're bringing you their top rated episodes of all time from way |
| 0:46.6 | back in 2017. |
| 0:49.9 | If you're a new listener to the show, it's a great way to catch up a little on what you've missed. |
| 0:54.8 | Or if you're a long-time listener, it's a perfect way to look back. |
| 0:59.4 | I'll be back with fresh episodes of the Run to the Top on February 24th. |
| 1:04.0 | Enjoy the show and have a great run today. |
| 1:07.0 | Hello, this is Tina Muir. |
| 1:10.0 | Thank you so much for being here with me today for the latest episode of the Run to the Top |
| 1:15.0 | podcast brought to you by Runners Connect. |
| 1:18.3 | So today we're going to talk to one of the world experts of our time. I'm so excited for this one and most of you |
| 1:25.5 | probably have heard of Jay DeSherry but if you haven't you probably should take |
| 1:29.5 | some time to look him up. So Jay has way too many accolades to his name to mention, but just trust me when I say he has a lot and he's changed the running world for the better in just so many ways. You're going to get so much from this interview. He breaks down a lot of the confusing parts of biomechanics. I don't know if you remember, but when we interviewed the gate guys, what they were saying was fascinating and so helpful but at the same time it was kind of terrifying. I don't know about you but I just it went so far over my head it was hard to understand. Not that there's anything against them but like they said they needed you to come in and see them rather than just listening to a podcast. |
| 2:07.0 | Well, Jay picks some of the important points of working on form and explains exactly how to figure out what's going on and how you can work on it. |
| 2:15.0 | So one warning though there is no quick fix here. |
| 2:18.0 | You have to be prepared to put in the time. |
| 2:20.0 | This is one you probably are going to want a piece of paper and maybe |
| 2:24.8 | listen to again so get ready with some notes. If you're ready after a quick |
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