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Tune in to hear insights from the world's top coaches, trainers, and health specialists. We take a sharp, no-nonsense approach to human performance—and our coaching reflects this. Voyager Sport has years of experience training professional, elite, and Olympic athletes at the very top levels, along with creating cutting-edge laboratory research projects in order to understand human functioning in-depth.
(Note: Formerly the Well Traveled Wellness Podcast)
Coach Paul Turk is Head of Strength and Conditioning at the AFL's Essendon Football Club in Melbourne Australia. Paul has published research in the area of groin health and movement assessment. He leads an ambitious weight room producing very fast athletes as well as secondary work training champion race car drivers. In this episode you’ll learn: What groin health assessments can reduce injury rates How to use Heart Rate Recovery as a monitoring tool Why learning is the most powerful action coaches can take
Dr. Sam Robertson is Head of Science and Research at the AFL's Western Bulldogs and Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. Dr. Robertson has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles and is an industry leader in the area of performance analysis. He leads a unique innovative team where no stone is left unturned and the connection between sport and physical performance are linked more closely than perhaps anywhere else in our field! In this episode you’ll learn: What Machine Learning means for sport development How to build your skillset appropriately Why teams are exploring different ways to win
Simon Kearney is Head of Sports Science at the St. Kilda Saints in the Australian Football League. Simon has worked previously for Tennis Australia and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He's an expert in load monitoring and integration between physical performance and sport performance. In this episode we learn about those topics as well as career pathways, skill sets, and much more. In this episode you’ll learn: What special sauce the Aussies really cook How to build your skillset without overstretching Why we can learn from the military
Coach Bob Alejo has been at the top of the strength and conditioning field as anyone. Serving as head S&C at UCLA for a decade, Associate Athletic Director at NC State, and Strength Coach for the Moneyball Oakland Athletics, Coach Alejo has been a pioneer at championing our industry. Hear how we can all help grow and push the performance sciences forward! In this episode you’ll learn: What a seat at the table really looks like How to improve your local environment Why we all must constantly grow to further the field
Coach Bob Alejo has been at the top of the strength and conditioning field as anyone. Serving as head S&C at UCLA for a decade, Associate Athletic Director at NC State, and Strength Coach for the Moneyball Oakland Athletics, Coach Alejo has been a pioneer at championing our industry. Hear how we can all help grow and push the performance sciences forward! In this episode you’ll learn: What a seat at the table really looks like How to improve your local environment Why we all must constantly grow to further the field
Coach Darcy Norman is one of the most accomplished performance coaches on the planet. Whether in road cycling, club soccer, or international soccer, Darcy has experienced incredible successes at every level. Last time we spoke to Coach Norman in 2016 he had just begun his role as Performance Director at AS Roma. Now we hear what he's learned in the new role and new culture! In this episode you’ll learn: Where new cultures provide opportunity How to develop as a coach while remaining present Why the journey REALLY is more important than the destination
Dr. Anthony Shield is a professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. As one of the inventors of the NordBord despite working quite separately from the company, Dr. Shield is the self-proclaimed "grey bear" of a hamstring research group spanning QUT, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, and several other researchers around the world. Dr. Shield offers a very measured perspective on hamstrings as well as what methods build robust muscles. In this episode you’ll learn: Where eccentrics fit into a program How to balance perfect scenario with realism in elite sport Why isometrics and high speed running are also so valuable
Fergus Connolly is Performance & Operations Director, University of Michigan Football. Coach Connolly originated in Gaelic Football circles before going on to work for Wales Rugby, after which he connected with coach Jim Harbaugh at the San Francisco 49ers. With a unique educational background and a clear 'from the scoreboard backward' approach to performance, Fergus offers perspectives not often heard in sports. In this episode you’ll learn: What methods really can be a "Game Changer" How sports staff can coordinate to produce wins Why the field progresses so slowly
Adam Douglas is Performance Manager at Canada Hockey and York University. Adam has worked in elite hockey for over a decade, winning world championships and Olympic Gold Medals as a coach. From in-the-trenches stories to management wisdom, Adam shares high best knowledge around peak performance preparation. In this episode you’ll learn: What working at the very top end of hockey is like How to triage, prepare, and support athletes for short and crucial performance windows Where load monitoring fits with indoor sports
Adam Douglas is Performance Manager at Canada Hockey and York University. Adam has worked in elite hockey for over a decade, winning world championships and Olympic Gold Medals as a coach. From in-the-trenches stories to management wisdom, Adam shares high best knowledge around peak performance preparation. In this episode you’ll learn: What working at the very top end of hockey is like How to triage, prepare, and support athletes for short and crucial performance windows Where load monitoring fits with indoor sports
Eric Renaghan is Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the St. Louis Blues NHL team. Eric has worked in the NHL for a decade, managing world class international ice hockey players including multiple playoff appearances. Eric is a leader in technology integration and use of monitoring to prescribe strength training for specific sports gains. In this episode you’ll learn: What coaching in elite ice hockey for 82+ games per year is like How to assign programming based on jump testing data Where environmental wins can be found
Eric Renaghan is Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the St. Louis Blues NHL team. Eric has worked in the NHL for a decade, managing world class international ice hockey players including multiple playoff appearances. Eric is a leader in technology integration and use of monitoring to prescribe strength training for specific sports gains. In this episode you’ll learn: What coaching in elite ice hockey for 82+ games per year is like How to assign programming based on jump testing data Where environmental wins can be found
Eric Renaghan is Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the St. Louis Blues NHL team. Eric has worked in the NHL for a decade, managing world class international ice hockey players including multiple playoff appearances. Eric is a leader in technology integration and use of monitoring to prescribe strength training for specific sports gains. In this episode you’ll learn: What coaching in elite ice hockey for 82+ games per year is like How to assign programming based on jump testing data Where environmental wins can be found
Dr. Joe Eisenmann is Director of High Performance and Education at USA Football. Prior to his current role Joe worked at Michigan State University's Spartan Performance Center, meaning he has been a leader in Long Term Athletic Development for multiple decades! Dr. Eisenmann comes with a wealth of knowledge about coach relationships, movement profiling, and culture-building. In this episode you’ll learn: What movements every athlete must have in their toolkit How to adjust in new environments Where the tackle and youth football are headed
Ryan Holiday is an Entrepreneur and best-selling author or Trust Me, I'm Lying, Ego Is The Enemy, and The Obstacle Is The Way. The New York Times recently credited Ryan with the recent global interest in Stoicism and Stoic Philosophy. His works have been read by the New England Patriots and Golden State Warriors, and he's spoken to sports teams and high-performing organizations around the world. In this episode of the Voyager Sport podcast we discuss how Stoicism applies in sports and coaching. In this episode you’ll learn: How to be present Control what you can control, leave the rest Stoicism across the volatile career path
Dr. John Kiely is a Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire in England, with a background in elite international rugby and Olympic Track and Field, as well as boxing and Paralympics. John is an internationally known expert in both periodization and speed development and a prolific publisher. In this interview we discuss those topics as well as coach development and unique training philosophies for individualization. In this episode you’ll learn: Which skillsets to focus on as a developing coach How elites can move past injuries later in their careers The key elements of speed and power development Featured on the Show: A Primate's Memoir Coaching World Cup Rugby Dr. Kiely's ResearchGate
Julian Jones is Director of Performance Services at the Australian Institute of Sport, where he has overseen multiple Olympic Games and the construction of the world's first truly successful national sports institute model. From his personal background in weightlifting, Julian is an expert in strength development, and personal interests in coach development and sports science career pathways leads to a breadth of knowledge. In this episode of the Voyager Sport Podcast, Julian Jones discusses all of the above! In this episode you’ll learn: The most effective ways to develop strength in 2017 How coaches can develop themselves to be robust and unique What about the institute model works...and what doesn't Featured on the Show: Leading from the Shadows Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Julian on Twitter
Jean-Benoit Morin is a Professor at the University of Nice Sophie Antipolis Laboratory of Human Motricity and international speaker and consultant. Alongside Dr. Pierre Samozino and a host of international collaborators, Dr. Morin has been on a mission to research sprinting and related injuries over the past decade or so in a manner which defies traditional applied research models. The work out of his research group has revolutionized sprinting analysis and featured world-class athletes across multiple sports. In this episode of the Voyager Sport Podcast, Dr. Morin discusses what's new in sprinting research, hamstring injury reduction, and research modeling. In this episode you'll learn: How to reduce hamstring injuries How the research and publication industry can be revamped Which contractions occur in sprinting Featured on the show: Dr. Morin's Research JB's Talk for the International Olympic Committee MySprintApp
Alex Wolf is Head of Strength and Conditioning at the English Institute of Sport, where Team Great Britain has had the most successful home Olympic Games ever in London 2012 and then the best follow-up performance ever at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Alex has worked extensively in Rowing but his current remit spans over 70 coaches across more than two dozen sports. In this first episode of the Voyager Sport Podcast, Alex talks about how he helped to engineer some of the greatest Olympic performances of all time within the world's leading Olympic Sport infrastructure. In this episode you'll learn: How to individualize training using data What it means to be a coach When relationship development leads to program success Featured on the show: Training For The Complete Rower (Book) Factors Behind Team GB Success Great Britain's Best Olympics Ever