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Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
BBC Breakfast's Louise Minchin on performing in broadcasting and as an age group triathlete for team GB. Louise is a journalist and former radio presenter and is best known as the anchor on BBC1's Breakfast programme - a unique job that welcomes the day in for many people. However, you may not know that Louise has had a sharp rise into competing for Great Britain in the age group Olympic distance triathlon. In this interview Louise shares with us the spark that started this recent foray into competitive sport, how she prepares in training, how she fits this around a demanding day job, how she copes with the contrast of pressure of competing in a swim, bike, run versus the pressure of performing to millions of people every day on camera. Finally, we also discuss her new book "Dare to Tri" which has been written to encourage people to do exactly that and give something a go.
Show Notes
Steve asks Louise that obvious question…What time does she go to sleep and get up?! She then gives us an insight into the discipline required to implement routines and habits to optimise sleep.
Louise tells Steve about what sparked her return to exercise and sport and the need for a space in her life that was hers alone amidst incredible attentional demands at work on the big red sofa.
Steve asks Louise to unpack the incredible demand she performs under in her role as a BBC news presenter.
Louise then shares how she has habituated to nerves and some of the skills she has acquired in order to perform in triathlon and in front of 6 million people every day. But that doesn’t stop her getting ridiculously nervous at the beginning of a race!
In 2012, Louise joined BBC Breakfast and with the help of fellow presenter Bill Turnbull, a velodrome and some endorphins, the spark to return to competitive sport was provided.
Louise tells Steve about her athletic background and in particular her participation in swimming as youngster. Despite her love for the sport, Louise quit because of her perception of having a muscular body image.
As a 50-year-old woman to be strong, muscular and to feel incredible as a result of training, is something Louise is now very proud of.
Steve asks Louise about her book “Dare to Tri” and then asks when was the moment she started to realise she had true ability as an athlete?
Steve and Louise then explore some of the significant moments Louise has acknowledged as particular experiences that have allowed her to develop resilience and confidence as a performing triathlete and the empowerment this brings.
In her book, Louise states the importance of breathing and…jellyfish, when preparing for performance.
Louise shares with us her current level of training, what she is working towards next and delves into her past competitive experiences and the role of her coach, Claire.
Louise embraces the sense of community, taking part without dwelling on success and the feeling of euphoria in competition.
Louise's motivation to inspire people through her book, daring to try, to exceed your own expectation, being willing to fail and to learn in whatever pursuit you may have.
Louise does not define her success by races won but by the experience, the adventure, connecting with the outdoors. They then shift focus to what she is now setting her sights on and reflect back on the experience of racing in Patagonia, Chile.
Follow Louise on Twitter https://twitter.com/louiseminchin Read Louise's book "Dare to Tri" https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dare-to-tri-9781472961846/ Visit Louise's website https://www.louiseminchin.com
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Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
030: Katelyn Ohashi on finding joy in gymnastics
In this episode I talk to Katelyn Ohashi about that viral routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ic7RNS4Dfo
Katelyn shares here journey through gymnastics
Body shaming
Writing and poetry
Advice for my daughter
Finding joy once again with Miss Val
The details of her routine and what it meant to her.
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Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
In Part 1 of this Podcast Special we have Head Coach of UCLA Gymnastics and orchestrator of THAT viral gymnastics' routine by Katelyn Ohashi, Miss Val Kondos Field. Miss Val and I discussed; how she was a ballerina originally but transitioned into coaching in gymnastics, the culture of gymnastics in the United States and how it has gone rotten, we unpacked her philosophies that have been galvanised by real life experiences such as her battle with cancer, her book "Life is Short Don't Wait To Dance" and of course we spoke about Katelyn Ohashi's unbelievable routine. Next week, Katelyn herself will join us on the podcast.
Miss Val had a long and successful career in ballet. She studied classical ballet and piano for 17 years. Her first transition into gymnastics came by first becoming hired to play piano for floor routines before moving into coaching.
Miss Val sees her job much more as a life skills coach, a mentor than a coach.
Coaching is all about motivating change, not dictating change. Coaching from the ego takes the joy out of learning.
Miss Val explains her philosophy, her faith and values and how she believes gymnastics teaches discipline like no other sport.
Using success in sport as a platform to spread a message with impact. Example of the voice that Michael Phelps has now in spreading message about depression.
Miss Val discusses the role of her parents and in particular being brought up without a fear of failure, how this now influences her coaching style and successes.
Initially Miss Val quickly made some lessons in coaching after some mistakes and losses.
The importance of a shared philosophical base with her athletes and fellow staff.
One of Miss Val's lessons in leadership is to surround yourself with people that you trust, rid your ego and when the time is right, allow your team to act and take charge with freedom.
Gymnastics is in recovery and Miss Val states the need to educate coaches and parents
Miss Val speaks of the abuse cases in US gymnastics and offers some of the issues within the US culture and systems.
Miss Val's reports that UCLA alumni all reported that they are stripped of a voice, made into robots and verbally and physically abused.
"The after" - athletes report that after you are no longer able to win medals and money, you are forgotten about and no longer valued as people or as athletes.
Miss Val discusses the conversations she has had with senior figures in changing American culture, not just sport and gymnastics.
Active listening, high performance habits and getting out of the desert so that you can better serve other people.
Gratitude is a critical component to UCLA's gymnastic success and is engrained into their daily practice.
Life is an adventure that requires you to learn, adapt and move fast
Miss Val shares with us the moment she was told she had an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Miss Val shares her insanely positive and infectious outlook on being diagnosed with cancer and of her trips to the chemo spa!
Val describes how she used time at chemo spa to plan for her next ventures including her book "Life is Short Don't Wait To Dance".
Miss Val tries to bring out childlike qualities in her athletes and their routines, first, by helping them find their unique voice. The best performers are joyful, spontaneous and loving in what they do.
Steve and Miss Val discuss Katelyn Ohashi's phenomenal routine that recently went viral
Katelyn's evolution into the woman embodies her journey and pays tribute to significant influences.
Miss Val shares why she believes Katelyn's routine has gone viral.
What is next for Miss Val? Retirement, the transition of her identity, learning and experiencing new things. @officialmissval http://officialmissval.com/
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Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Helen Jenkins is a two time World Triathlon Champion. In this interview Helen begins by discussing motherhood, her early career and the importance of early career influences such as the legendary coach Chris Jones and world champion Leanda Cave. We delve into her peak performance in San Diego, where Helen produced one of the most dominant triathlon performances in the last few decades, crushing a truly world class field. It is here where she shares the exhilaration of winning the ITU World Triathlon Series in 2008 and 2011. But then things started to unravel as she experienced knee and most significantly, a back injury in the lead up to London 2012. Managing this, Helen explores how she was thinking before, during and after the 2012 attempt that ultimately didn’t go her way. It was truly uplifting to hear how Helen reconciled this, to make sense of her amazing achievements and to think about her bigger purpose in life.
Show Notes
Helen starts by reflecting over the last 12 months. She has experienced some gargantuan changes – having a baby and back surgery in the same year.
Steve and Helen explore how Helen made adaptations to training during and after her pregnancy. Shortly after pregnancy, Helen had to make further adaptations after back surgery. 9:30 – Helen’s back injury has been her major limiting factor since 2011. This has resulted in challenges to lifestyle and performance.
Helen discusses her early career experiences in swimming, important influences, the transition she made into triathlon and early successes.
A big turning point in Helen’s career was training in Australia with the likes of Chris Jones, Leanda Cave and other world class athletes. Finding out what it takes to be the best. World level success soon followed.
Helen discusses the components of her success, finding consistency and her peak performances in 2011 to 2012. Notably, becoming world champion in 2008 and 2011.
San Diego in 2011 was one of Helen’s best performances across her career.
A week after her peak performance in San Diego, injuries to the knee and back surfaced and the fight to get to London 2012 began.
Helen didn’t train for 2-3 weeks prior to London 2012 and was amazed she was able to stand at the start line. The day before the race she could not run.
Helen finished 5th at London 2012 in an incredible achievement. She found this tough to deal with initially but after reflecting on the experience, this is the race she is most proud of in her career.
Helen had a large period off to recover, reflect and explore the issues surrounding her back injury with specialists. Helen dug deep to reflect and refocus.
The difficulty Helen has in having to train less but smarter in order to achieve performance.
Helen found it tough to be upbeat for herself and her stakeholders when the injuries have taken its toll on her.
Steve and Helen discuss how the coach-athlete/husband-wife relationship has worked successfully for Helen. An external support system has been key to its success.
Having a flexible plan, following process and knowing that you have given 100% are Helen’s key messages for dealing with set-backs.
What is next for Helen? Her goal is to get back competing and try to think some more about a potential career in performance lifestyle and/or coaching.
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Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Brad is a trained Exercise Physiologist, Molecular Biologist, and Biostatistician, but wasn’t in these specialist topics that the insights started to flow in the interview, it was much more about how we live, work, day-to-day performance habits, parallels and allegories from the world of human function and human performance that we ended up exploring. One key area though really emerged and that was the concept of consulting, and how Brad set up his consultancy, and working with others, Brad shares his insights of focusing on quality work, empowering others in what I thought was a flawless, thoughtful, diligent almost calm way work with people for whom he can provide a solution! It was a fascinating discussion, so thank you Dylan. We started off by chatting about why he and his dog were up so early in the morning. In this show we discuss: - Brad's background in biomechanics, molecular physiology and epidemiology. - The parallels between human functioning and performance. - Starting and growing a consultancy/portfolio career. - The mindset and habits required to succeed in personal and professional domains.
Show Notes
Focus, sleep and high-performance habits.
Overview of Brad’s journey into high performance and biomechanics, molecular physiology and epidemiology. Brad now heads research and development for a number of consultancy firms that he co-own’s.
In his early career, Brad purposely sought opportunities that would develop metacognition, skill acquisition and networked with different people in different industries to develop his ability to solve performance problems.
Understanding concepts from human functioning. Transferring and applying the fundamental processes of these into performance domains.
Brad’s observation of highly successful people: they spend a lot more time asking questions than proposing solutions.
Navigating some of the difficulties in life as a consultant - selling uncertainty to people. Communicating clarity is key. We are trying to solve this problem once!
Empowering performers through education so that they can become problem solvers for the rest of their career in sport or business.
Building and managing a portfolio career. Relationships, work ethic and a growth mindset at the core. Operating from a stable base and growing from that.
Networking with a curious, inquisitive mind with the goal of meeting people with similar aspirations and values.
Self-awareness and empathic qualities have been central to Brad’s performance and connecting with others as well has having good people around him.
Work ethic, balancing work and family life. Brad discusses building assets, referring to relationships, companies, skill sets, knowledge, anything that gives you more value down the road.
Working with the pulse of operating from a place that enables you to do what you want to do rather than what you have to do. This requires a lot of hard work to set up!
Brad’s top 3 tips for consultants and people considering a portfolio career: create and deliver the highest quality output and hold yourself accountable to it, be highly professional and take initiative and act.
What is next for Brad? His goal is to provide the best answers to the biggest problems across variety human health and performance domains.
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Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Katherine is Great Britain’s most decorated female Olympic athlete. She won medals at 5 consecutive Olympic games in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016), culminating in gold at our very own home games and a recording breaking fifth medal in Rio. To top off an incredible year, Dame Katherine Grainger was honoured in the 2017 New Year’s Honours List for her services to rowing and charity. Soon after Katherine was appointed Chair of UK Sport. In this interview we reflect upon Katherine’s rowing career and as ever, she is extremely humble, perceptive, honest, thoughtful, driven and resilient. We hope you enjoy the show!
Show noes
Reflecting on the moments before the Sydney Olympic final and the physical and mental preparation Katherine adopted on final’s day.
Exploring Katherine’s transition into senior professional sport and senior training as a rower, an incredibly draining period both physically and emotionally. Also having to transition with professional coaching and sports science support with new lottery funding.
As a youngster Katherine became a sponge when around others, trying to soak up as much experience and wisdom from anybody around her.
Thrown into an unrelentingly physical training programme. Sink or swim moments.
The goal to make the podium at the Sydney Olympic games. Any medal would have been deemed a huge success, but the silver might be nice!
The benefits of learning from inspirational others such as Steve Redgrave and co. Surround yourself with others who share your dreams.
Intimidating your opponent. Beating them before you get on the start line.
3 consecutive World Championship successes in the 4 year lead up to Beijing. Knowing what it takes to win. Losing to the Chinese and not achieving gold in Beijing was a huge disappointment.
Responding to the big emotional lull after the disappointment in Beijing.
Reflecting on the intensity of the battle, Katherine reflects on the hugely valuable ability to relax in chaos.
London 2012. Gold medal winners. Katherine had an amazing partnership with Anna Watkins as a double.
It was an immense privilege for Katherine to have taken part in front of a home games crowd, particularly at the peak of her career.
Being a part of an amazing team at Team GB. Everyone matters, sharing experiences and the huge highs and lows of this level of involvement.
Katherine reflects back on the important others that have played a part in her career and her love for being a part of a team.
Katherine would tell her younger self to enjoy and persist with your own journey wherever that takes you.
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Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
I take a look back at some of the highlights from the last year of interviews and discussions about high performance. The show is grouped into 5 common themes across all of the episodes: early career experiences and getting started, working with others, embracing change, thriving and looking at the bigger picture in life and leadership.
Show Notes
Get Started
Emilie Thienot from Ep #5 on getting experience, creating opportunities and breakthrough.
David Fletcher from Ep #6 on internships, studying and applied practice
Jamie Pringle from Ep #19 on understanding the context of what, where, and who you're working with.
Lucy Balfour from Ep #13 about her passion for pursuing her dreams in the performing arts and developing resilience.
Working with Others
Adam Conlon from Ep #15 on working as the first response team in disaster zones, getting face to face with people and developing trust, empathy and rapport.
Harvey Galvin from Ep #20 about getting out of your own narrative, listening to what other people need and asking questions before offering your own predetermined solution.
Liz Stokoe from Ep #12 about conflict, the importance of choice of language and how to negotiate with people.
Toni Minichiello from Ep #10 on how critical it is to add value with your work for performance improvement.
Rosie Mayes from Ep #22 discusses the future of leadership and the necessity of individualising and understanding relationships.
Thriving 16:01 - Barry Fudge from Ep #16 on keeping your nerve in volatile, complex and fast-moving environments. Others will look to leaders to role model behaviours in these environments.
Emilie Thienot from Ep #5 on how important self-awareness is in understanding how we respond and react in positive and negative situations.
Rosie Mayes from Ep #22 discusses the principles of stress adaptation in sport to failing fast and learning in business.
Jo Meek from Ep #11 about anticipating the problems ahead of time and having a pre-planned response so that performance sustains.
Adam Conlon from Ep #15 discusses performing and training under pressure, being calm in chaos and performing with lives on the line in the army.
Working with Change
Tim Harper from Ep #24 on building performance capacity, ridding the ego and switching our thinking away from more is better.
Tess Morris Paterson from Ep #21 on how she decided on moving away from elite sport and creating change toward a career in space exploration.
Steve Ingham from Ep #22 about the similarity between physical and mental effort preceding the adaptive response to improve.
Yann Le Meur from Ep #9 on the importance of relationships, work ethic and challenging yourself.
Big Picture 30:40 - Harvey Galvin from Ep #20 about reflecting, staying grounded and reframing what it is to have a good day.
Chrissie Wellington from Ep #18 about turning her focus from her victories to championing change in society.
Barry Fudge from Ep #16 on finding purpose and passion and embracing the journey you are on.
Vern Gambetta from Ep #4 discusses his passion for developing others and himself. Getting more out of learning and becoming more effective.
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Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
Wednesday Dec 05, 2018
This week Tim Harper from Harper Performance joins us to discuss moving out of elite performance support in the UK to create unique, locally driven solutions to performance problems in disadvantaged communities across the world. Tim and his social enterprise are on a mission to give sport back some of its purer spirit, to diversify thinking about preparation and performance and to fiercely champion the underdog.
A short introduction to Tim Harper's career pathway in professional sport and Harper Performance - a social enterprise aiming to provide performance support services to disadvantaged populations.
Exploring the catalyst's that led Tim to change his career focus, mindset and the desire to find a path that had real purpose and meaning.
Sport as a microcosm of society. Not being happy with the values of sport and what it represents and wanting to challenge and change its platform for societal change.
Tim's experiences in professional rugby union in the UK and Africa as a practitioner led to a questioning of: is sport the be all and end all? Why isn't it making more of a difference?
Tim went back to the drawing board. Networking and educating himself on the origins of elite performance support, its systems and processes.
The birthplace of HarperPerformance came from observing environments within the developing nations of Africa. Finding that performance support is missing in the developing world but the athletes and (some) facilities are in place.
Africa has the capacity to produce good athletes consistently, however, doesn't seem to have the capacity to take good athletes to great athletes.
Taking solutions from the UK to Africa isn't simple. Context is key. How do we take our knowledge and skill and deliver in a locally driven way?
Sports development strands: mass participation and sports performance development. Exploring the risks and pitfalls of sustainability, systems and culture.
Developing relationships with locals to develop long term sustainability. Ridding the ego to collaborate and find solutions.
Innovation and diversity is a driving force for HP in response to a monopoly and uniformity in a small number of approaches. Finding new ways of improving performance.
Instead of throwing new and more resource at performance issues, HP phase progress with what resource developing nations currently hold in order to sustain it long term.
In response to food availability and eating times, sports nutrition has been a huge area for development and scope in Africa.
The evolution of Harper Performance since its inception. Now operating in a more focused and impactful manner on The KANJU Project in Africa.
The dream outcome for HP is to develop capacity, sustainability and to evidence a positive outcome. Ultimately, coming back to see these environments in the future and learning from them to take lessons back to the UK.
Vision for HP is to enable sport to live up to its ideals a little better or to become a little fairer because of what they have achieved.
Sport is one of the few things that can offer hope to society and in some societies with little hope, sport doesn't exist.
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Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Sustaining high performance: Steve Ingham is joined once again by Jamie Pringle from the Performance Science Distillery and Rosie Mayes from the EB Centre. So sustaining performance – this is an interesting one. The discussion this week covers a series of tensions we come across in order to sustain performance, both as athletes and as support staff. Yes, we all want to achieve something and do well, but if it’s a bit of flash in the pan then there’s a chance that there will be a void behind it. That’s accepting that anything we ever do in aspiring for something that’s just outside our reach, will have its ups and downs, it will need us to stay open minded yet aware of what is essential, as you age, as competition changes and priorities change. This discussion is just as rich as all the other panel discussions, this one’s got some tangibles, but its also got some deep and challenging philosophy about how we perform, engage with others and the very concept of maintaining excellence over the longer-term arc of life.
Show Notes
Investing time and effort into physical and psychological attributes for many years E.g. Roger Federer and David Beckham.
Different stages of a performer’s physical journey
Understanding of self and identity vital for management of physical training and step change.
Learning at the razor’s edge. Thinking outside of the box and exploring environments to find more ways to achieve performance.
In the high-performance world, how can we align curiosity to purpose to generate outcome? How mindset and culture can prevent curiosity.
Harnessing the power of collective intelligence to help coaches and athletes make better decisions. Making the complex, simple and adopting an interdisciplinary mindset.
Technical knowledge and skills will not get you far in performance environments without the personal skills required to deliver the knowledge and help people find answers.
Reflections on exploration, open-mindedness and identity across the lifespan.
The importance of role models in inspiring others and developing positive talent development environments.
The power of structure, debriefing and creating and sustaining high performance habits.
Understanding the performer and helping them tap into this awareness to unlock potential.
Meeting performance indicators, funding and talent development.
Curiosity and context is key. Where am I on my journey and what is now relevant, what is now required for me to improve? Go out and explore, generate opportunities for learning and reflection.
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Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Wednesday Nov 07, 2018
Steve discusses the essential concept of stress - adaptation with Jamie Pringle, Rosie Mayes. We explore what a stimulus is and does and the factors that determine the effectiveness of a stimulus. We discuss the experiences and environments that mitigate any adaptive responses, exploring the concepts of individualisation and group responses from a physical and cognitive performance perspective and then broaden that application to work and business and the very concept of progression, the achievement of mastery.
Show Notes
An introduction to Hans Selye's seminal work on the systemic hormonal responses to stress and how the human body and mind responds under duress.
Positive and negative stressors and responses. No pain no gain…pushing into an area of discomfort or pain to allow development and adaptation.
Dr Mary Neville sprint adaptation and 12 leg biopsies!
Stress adaptations are complex to interpret. Adaptations occur as a result of a variety of interacting dynamics across our individual experiences.
Do we adapt and improve without some form of stressor?
Fight or flight response, Walter Cannon
Does it always have to be a stressor? Appreciative enquiry, the reinforcement of the positives
Minimum effective dosing. What are the core pieces in your training that are giving you 80-90% of your adaptation both physically and mentally?
The subjective experience of enduring a stressor. Knowing yourself, others and the concept of time throughout the stress adaptation and recovery process.
The role of the coach and scientist enabling the athlete to know what is going on in their mind and body in a way that is helpful for them. Coach - Athlete relationship key.
Carol Dweck's, growth vs fixed mindsets and the stubbornness of self-efficacy.
Knowing your capabilities, boundaries and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.
Variety is key in developing an adaptation. Monotony and familiarity can prevent or slow adaptation. Explore and find your own method.
Fail fast and learn quick. An environment to allow failure and learning important for creativity and innovation in sport and business.
Ability to perform under pressurised conditions develops and acclimatises your skillset, resulting in increased skill development.
No one's fitter at the end of a marathon! Failure and suppression of the system from which adaptation occurs
Learning and the state of flow. Being immersed, focused and recovery. Immersion, incubation and inspiration.
Discussion on the mind-body relationship and the role of feedback in adaptation, self-regulation and performance.
The business world is great at stressing but less so at recovering.
Moving the body can move the brain. Shifting from an idle physical and mental state into an active physical state can alter brain functioning (Forgetting and doorway research, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/PBR.17.6.900.pdf)
Becoming self-aware, understanding ourselves and how we operate in the world in order to create environments in which we can test, adapt and develop.
Put yourself in the shoes of the athlete as an applied sport scientist. Empathy, trust, credibility and an understanding of their sport crucial.
Striving for meaning and mastery in personal and professional pursuits.
As Yoda would preach - "we have to work intentionally with courage, effort, patience, persistence and reflection in order to fail, adapt and grow"
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