s3/e05 Plyometrics 101 with Dr. Matt Casturo, DPT, CSCS (@themovementsystem)
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🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
PLYOMETRICS! What place do they have in an endurance runner's training? Dr. Matt Casturo, DPT, CSCS (@themovementsystem) joins the show to introduce us to plyometrics for endurance runners!
- What are plyometrics?
- "Sport-specific" training vs "general fitness training"
- Muscle fiber types and "explosive" power
- The Stretch-Shortening Cycle
- Tendons!
- WHY an endurance runner might want to include plyo
- How to SAFELY introduce plyo into your training
- and more!
The Movement System was created by Matt Casturo, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, to improve your understanding of human movement and make the world stronger. Matt received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from The Ohio State University in 2021, and his Bachelors in Exercise Science from The Ohio State University in 2017.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explained podcast. I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:07.3 | When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. |
| 0:14.2 | And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:18.6 | If you're a new runner or you or even doing this for a long time, |
| 0:21.1 | there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. My guest this week is |
| 0:26.6 | physical therapist, Dr. Matt Kostero, founder of the movement system. Matt is here to teach us all |
| 0:31.9 | about pliometrics for endurance runners, a little bit of plio 101. If you are familiar with Plyo or you're newly introduced |
| 0:39.3 | to Pliotr or you think that all Pliometrics involve doing like crazy box jumps at the gym, |
| 0:44.5 | no, we're going to talk about what Pliometrics are, if, how, when, you should include them |
| 0:48.8 | in your training and what benefit you are getting from them. So please welcome my guest, Dr. MacGisturo. |
| 0:55.9 | Dr. MacGisturo, welcome to the show. I'm excited to have you here. Thanks. Glad to be here. |
| 1:00.8 | So before we get started, let's introduce our listeners to you. Tell us about yourself. What's |
| 1:06.3 | your athletic background and how did you become the guy behind the movement system? Yeah, good question. |
| 1:11.6 | So I guess I got into fitness actually through running initially and that was largely |
| 1:18.1 | to condition for other sports like soccer. |
| 1:21.5 | So my two sports, at least in high school, were soccer and cross country. |
| 1:25.5 | And I ran, you know, competitively through college, but not at college, more just like |
| 1:32.9 | recreational triathlons. |
| 1:34.2 | But I tried to stay competitive. |
| 1:35.6 | And I just, like, enjoy being a competitive person. |
| 1:38.0 | So I even took my intramural sports at college seriously and wanted to be well-conditioned |
| 1:42.0 | for that. |
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