Benchmark Canterbury
Trying to find the solutions behind optimised human movement and holistic health. Speaking to industry leaders from various disciplines and ideologies around human movement, health and performance. Exploring various topics and providing impactful takeaways that you can use to improve your training and lifestyle.
Episodes
Why is there a growing need to use supplements to help our health? Is the supplement industry helping you find optimise your health and performance?
0:00 Start
2:00 The decline of agriculture and the lack of nutrition
15:20 Australian soil and lack of nutrients
19:57 The upside and downside of milk
23:30 Grain feed vs grass feed
29:30 Restrictive dieting
32:30 The supplement industry $$$
35...
We're joined by Dr Paula Basilio from my Back relief to talk all things back pain.
0:30 Intro
2:25 Back pain 60%
3:20 Blue zones
10:10 The 3 stressors
13:30 Paula’s examination for back pain
21:10 Ideal posture ?
28:50 Pain and adjustments
41:35 Chronic back pain
Paula's Socials
https://www.instagram.com/mybackrelief/
Book to see Paula
https://www.myback...
Today we're joined by Tim Davies an education focused lecturer at Sydney university.
We're discussing what is advanced training ? as well as some of our favourite advanced methods to use.
0:00 Intro/ Start
0:40 What is advanced Training
5:15 Tim’s powerlifting history
13:20 What is intensity in strength training
19:20 Advanced training method VBT
29:30 Downsides of VBT
39:20 Mind ...
Did you know a training plateu is when you fail to make progress for 2 or more weeks.
what is holding us back and how to we fix it ?
0:10 intro
1:30 #1 listening to dumb shittttttttt.
11:30 #2 Nutrition to match your training goal
22:00 #3 Adherence is key
32:50 #4 Programming
Check out the coaches
James: https://www.instagram.com/jamescbrim/
Mitch: https://www.instagram.com/mitch_pa...
Today we go back to the basics of strength and conditioning training. We explore the differences between working out and training, common fallacies and social media driven fads vs. the benefits of principle based training. We also provide plenty of practical takeaways that you can start applying today to get the most out of your training.
0:45 Strength and conditioning goals
2:10 What is strength and conditioning
Winter is coming!
This can be a challenging time to keep our healthy habits and maintain momentum with our health and fitness goals.
In today podcast we’re exploring tactics to get on track and keep our health habits. Don’t let winter slow you down with your health and fitness goals.
Check out the coaches
James : https://www.instagram.com/jamescbrim/
Mitch: https://www.instagram.com/mi...
Discussing pain and injuries with physiotherapist Michael Phipps.
Tackling what pain ? How is it best approached and managed. How can you best recover from your pain and injury and get back to what you to what you love to do.
0:00 Start
0:25 Michael intro and background
1:45 Pre poddy talk Management vs surgery
7:30 Nocebo
9:30 What is pain ?
16:50 Biosocial model and pain
21:50 Push th...
It's all connected. Your breath pattern, posture, movement potential and even your nervous system.
0:50 Breathing, survival ,gait
6:00 How’re you suppose to breath ?
12:00 What is the ZOA ?
15:30 The power of the stack
18:40 The undefeated king…. Gravity
23:00 Breathing for strength
26:40 Breathing for mobility
34:00 Breathing for performance
39:00 Breathing for relaxation
How to best spend your time in the gym as an athlete ?
What should you work on to improve your performance ?
Join us as we explore 5 of the most impactful athletic quality's to help improve your performance come game time.
0:30 Athletic qualities in the gym
3:30 Physical 100 athletes
5:15 Specificity vs general skills
9:15 Game IQ
14:20 Fitness is the ultimate weapon
19:45 Athletic qual...
Functional training is a powerful buzz word in the fitness industry but what dose it actually mean? What dose it mean to make a human truly functional ?
0:45 What is functional training
3:35 what is not functional training
14:00 Give them what they need
16:00 Theatricality and deception are powerful agents to the uninitiated
19:30 GAS and SAID
26:00 human quality’s in training
28:50 Functional ...
A comprehensive guide to improve your deadlift.
10 of the best tips to move better, feel better and perform better with the Deadlift.
0:35 Deadlift intro
3:25 Tip 1 : Pushing ground away
7:10 Tip 2: Straight bar path
12:00 Tip 3: The set up
19:10 Tip 4: Bracing
25:00 Tip 5: Get stimulated
29:50 Tip 6: Let let grip limit you
33:40 Tip 7: Intent
37:10 Tip 8: Loading the whole foot
Is A.I the way to lead us forward with our health and fitness or is this the start of the robot uprising ?
0:35 Is AI the answer to health and fitness ?
5:00 Questions 1: How to lose Fat loss
18:00 Question 2: How to put on muscle mass as quick as possible
28:00 Question 3: Can AI build you a training program
36:00 Question 4: How can I best improve my recovery for performance
46:50 Question 5: H...
Everything you need to know about your shoulders. From anatomy to how to get them jacked and feeling great. Join the team as they explore everything you need to know about training your shoulders.
Time stamps
1:00 Anatomy
8:10 Global movement
10:30 It’s all connected
15:20 Limb arc model
20:50 Shoulder Injuries
34:10 Training for shoulder hypertrophy
47:30 Considerations for healthy shoul...
There is strength in numbers. Training in a group can help you with your adherence to training. Building friendships and being in a like-minded community.
Group training has been shown to help increase mental, physical health over training alone.
The power of being a part of a team.
2:30 The rise of group training
4:00 Group training v commercial training gym
13:40 30 day challenges mindset
A divisive topic in health in the fitness industry ..... to screen or not to screen ? We exploring the pros and cons of using screening and how to best execute a screening.
0:00 intro
2:00 Screenings /assessments/ evaluations
3:00 Who used screenings
6:30 The rise of the FMS
8:00 Why screen someone ?
13:30 Reasons to screenings
20:20 Reasons against screenings
26:00 guidelines for a success...
Ever wondered why you should warmup before training? What are the benefits and what is the best way to do it. Today we will be exploring these questions and sharing our systems at Benchmark to get the best results out of the warmup.
0:00 Intro
2:45 Temperature effects and non temperature effects
8:00 Assessing from the door and self assessments
10:00 Get warm to increase performance
12:00 The Treppe ef...
2023 is here! The start of the year is a perfect time for reflection and planning. Join the boys as they discuss the best way to taken on 2023!
1:56 The intention behaviour gap
4:00 A time for reflection
9:50 Stress and habits
14:40 success though osmosis
22:00 Mitch and James 2023 goals
30:00 Technology and progress
33:40 good and bad habits
Check out the coaches
James : https://www.i...
Today we’re joined by Grant Mealey to explore all things youth development.
Grant is the Owner of Sunshine Coast Strength - the Sunshine Coast’s premiere youth contact sport training facility. Grant uses new school techniques with an old school mentality to ensure his members succeed in reaching their goals while becoming better people along the way.
0:35 Grants intro and background
8:20 Creating good humans
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