Matt Walsh | Strength & Movement Training for Trail Runners
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Matt Walsh is a Physical Therapist based in Portland, OR. He is also a member of the Freetrail Experts, providing strength and movement training services to runners of all levels. This is his second appearance on the show. In this episode, we discuss what makes Matt's approach unique, why he enjoys working with trail runners, his thoughts on lifting heavy, flexibility, form, efficiency, practical examples in working with Keely Henninger and Tyler Green, and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey fam, welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I am your host Dylan Bowman here today with Matt Walsh, the strength and movement |
| 0:22.5 | guru from Portland, Oregon, who single-handedly saved my career back in 2019 after I broke my left |
| 0:29.3 | ankle. Without exaggeration, Matt is one of the most brilliant minds that I've encountered in my time |
| 0:34.9 | in the sport, and his guidance has been massively helpful for me in |
| 0:38.9 | recent years, both in recovery from that injury, but also in generally improving my strength, |
| 0:45.0 | movement, efficiency, and form as a trail runner. This is Matt's second appearance on the podcast. |
| 0:51.4 | The last time was almost three years ago now. It's hard to believe. |
| 0:55.6 | He was one of the first guests on the show way back in the day. So if you're newer to free |
| 0:59.7 | trail, I'd encourage you to go back and listen to our first conversation when you have time. |
| 1:03.6 | That was a very popular early episode. And I'm glad Matt would return for another deep |
| 1:09.8 | conversation on all things, strength and movement. |
| 1:13.1 | We are also very proud to have Matt on board for the free trail experts crew. |
| 1:17.4 | So if you're in the market for some help with your strength program, |
| 1:20.9 | or you're inspired by Matt's insights in today's conversation, |
| 1:24.8 | you can connect with him and learn more about his services |
| 1:28.1 | through free trail experts. And I have a link to his page here in the show notes. Topics we |
| 1:33.5 | discuss, what makes Matt's approach unique, strength periodization throughout a trail running |
| 1:39.1 | season, lifting heavy, flexibility, improving form and efficiency, the value of novelty and continually |
| 1:46.7 | progressing a program, and a lot more. It's a great conversation, and I hope you all really |
| 1:51.9 | enjoy it. A quick reminder, this is now Gorge Waterfalls Race Week, the premier Pacific Northwest |
| 1:59.4 | event that Free Trail owns in partnership with daybreak racing. |
| 2:03.0 | It's happening over three days, Friday to Sunday, 30K, 100K, 50K, in that order. |
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