The Robbie Bourke Podcast

This episode sees the return of Jason Hettler to the podcast. Jason is the Speed and Agility Coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Prior to this he was the Performance and Innovation Manager at ALTIS in Phoenix, Arizona where his role included leading a group of sprinters, consulting with various professional sporting organizations, creating and editing education content, internship coordination, and media/marketing.

This episode's guest is Nigel O'Hara who is currently the Kildare senior hurling coach and formely the hurling coach to the Na Fianna senior hurlers who won their first ever Dublin senior hurling title last season (2023). 

On this episode we discuss:

• Nigel's background
• Would Nigel ever considering completling a UFEA soccer course
• Who have been Nigel's biggest coaching influence 
• I ask Nigel what is his coaching philosophy and...

This episode's guest is Peter Wright of Petey Performance. 

Peter is a Strength & Conditioning/ Performance coach currently in based in Ireland. He has worked with elite athletes in a variety of sports throughout the world, specifically international representatives in rugby, soccer, athletics, boxing, basketball, tennis, golf, cricket and sailing, as well as many intercounty GAA hurlers and footballers. You can see Peter'...

This episode's guest is Tom Tombleson. Tom is the senior strength and conditioning for the England men's rugby team.  I first met Tom back in 2017 at an Appentice Coach Programme (ACP) hosted by ALTIS, during my internship with ALTIS.  I instantly knew Tom was a person I could connect with on many levels from the interactions and conversations we shared during our time together at ALTIS.  On this episode we discuss:

This episode see's the return of Rob Jacobs from Outlaw Strength.

As an international Lecturer/Coach and Published author, Rob has spent the last 21 years as a strength and conditioning coach.  Coaching professional athletes, physique and bikini competitors, strongman competitors, title holders and World Champions in Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Judoka's for Team USA.

Rob has worked with a diverse range of athlet...

This episode see's the reture on David Grey. David is the CEO of David Grey Rehab.

Originally an athlete himself, he was plagued with pain and injuries, and became very frustrated with the traditional “solutions” that were being offered. 

Deciding to take matters into his own hands, David spent over 10 years travelling the world, learning from some of the best minds in the industry.

It became very clear to him that the tradition...

This episodes guest is Kevin Mulcahy. Kevin is a passionate and experienced coach who has worked with various sports teams, athletes, professionals, and clubs across three continents for over 30 years. He is the owner-operator coach of the Design the Game Project, a platform that shares coaching insights and research to a progressive and learning-led audience.

Kevin also runs TMC Performance, a bespoke S&C/PT business that c...

This episode's guest is Iordan Krochev from Core Excellence.

Since completing his Master's in Physiotherapy at the University of Montreal, Iordan has always been fascinated by human performance and health. He occupies multiple roles, including his work as a performance physiotherapist with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and a physiotherapist at the CoreXcellence Center.

Iordan specializes in return to play as well as in injury manag...

This episode see's the return of Joel Smith from Just Fly Sports.  Joel Smith, MS, CSCS is a NCAA Division I Strength Coach working in the PAC12 conference.  He has been a track and field jumper and javelin thrower, track coach, strength coach, personal trainer, researcher, writer and lecturer in his 8 years in the professional field.  His degrees in exercise science have been earned from Cedarville University in 2006 (BA) and W...

This episodes guest is Andrew Sheaff.

Andrew has been helping people improve their swimming for over 20 years. He’s worked with everyone from children learning to swim to Olympic medalists to masters triathletes and swimmers. He specialises in helping triathletes improve their swimming skills through online coaching. He is also the author of 'A Constraints-Led Approach to Swim Coaching'. 

On this episode Andrew and I discuss:

This episode is Part 2 with Alex Effer of Resilient Training and Rehabilitation on the compression-expansion model.

Part 1 can be found here.

On this episode Alex and I discuss:

• How Alex's has refined his mentorship program
• We discuss wide and narrow archetypes, their respiration bias, their compensation strategies, and the action of their pelvic diaphragm 
• We discuss squatting and hinging and the archetypes
• Pelvic...

This episode's guest is Alex Effer of Resilient Training and Rehabilitation. 

Alex earned his Bachelors of Kinesiology from the University of Toronto, obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Exercise Science for Health and Performance from Niagara College and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and EXOS Performance Specialist.

Alex continuously improves his education ...

This episode Bill Hartman returns! On this episode Bill and I discuss:

• The refinement of Bill's teaching of his model 
• What concept from the model has Bill found hardest to teach others
• How would Bill present his model to a class of undergraduate physical therapists, if requested?
• The genesis of Bill's model
• We discuss the RECONstruct program that Bill and Chris Wicus have released together
• What Bill suggests to his patients...