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MSC Performance Podcast

MSC Performance Podcast

by MSC Performance Birmingham

Fitness Nutrition

Season 13

MSC Performance Podcast: The perfect conditioning week

Mark discusses how to achieve the perfect conditioning week to become the best and well-rounded athlete you possibly can be. What are the benefits or aerobic work, anaerobic work and lactate training? What does this look like in a session? What do I need to work on? All of this and more is answered in this episode. After listening, you should be able to structure the perfect week of conditioning, and know your strengths and weaknesses, and be able to work on these moving forward to become the ultimate athlete!

MSC Performance Podcast: The importance of momentum on training and competing!

In this latest episode of the podcast: Luke and Mark sit down to talk all things training and competing, taking a look at the similarities attempts selection in competition has to weekly training progressions and how momentum has such an important role on confidence and training outcomes! We hope you enjoy todays episode!

MSC Performance podcast: Mentality around training + balancing your strength training around endurance work!

In today’s episode, Luke and Mark sit down to discuss a recent study looking at the effects of positive reinforcement on training outcomes, as well as their own coaching and anecdotal experience! In the second half we talk about Lukes half marathon training, changes he has made to his training + the benefits of keeping up strength training whilst preparing for an endurance event. We hope you enjoy today’s episode!

MSC Performance Podcast: Q and A

For this weeks podcast, Luke and Max answer your questions, starting off with a biggie…. What’s going on with Max’s hair?!? We follow up by discussing training shoes, which ones are worth your investment, alongside why it’s easier to rebuild strength the second time around! We hope you enjoy this weeks episode!

MSC Performance Podcast: Peaking for fitness events and Barbell Club strategies

In this weeks episode Max and Mark discuss Max's recent Turf Games event, including his training programme leading up to the event, and give advice to those training for such competitions. They also go through the results and rationale behind the barbell club programming, and how to maximize strength progress over a given timeline. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Season 12

MSC Performance podcast: Updates, injuries and mental fatigue!

In the latest episode of the MSC podcast, Mark and Luke sit down to discuss the latest goings on at MSC, before diving into training adjustments they make when one of their clients picks ups a minor injury. To finish up with, they discuss the importance of separation of training and work, avoiding mental fatigue to maximise training outcomes. We hop you enjoy today’s episode!

MSC Performance Podcast: Pacing your training, choosing your accessory exercise weights + More

In this latest episode, Luke and Ste sit down to talk through the latest happenings at MSC, before diving into some training topics such as how you should pace your training once you are pause the beginner phase + how you should select the weight for isolation exercises. We hope you enjoy todays episode!

MSC Performance podast: Member Q and A episode!

In today’s episode, in Marks abscence (business trip) Luke and Max answer questions from our Q and A! We cover the benefits of ascending sets and why we user them, how to add gymnastics into your programme, finishing with pros and cons of fast v slow v acute weight cutting for a weight category! We hope you enjoy today’s episode!

MSC Performance podcast: Pre workout nutrition + training Considerations for older populations

In today’s episode, Mark and Luke sit down to talk about some recent research on pre workout nutrition, things to consider + what really matters! For the second half of the episode we talk about training considerations for older populations + the benefit lifestyle choices have on maintaining your training for longer. We hope you enjoy this episode!

MSC Performance podcast: New year, same us x

For this weeks episode, with a slightly delayed start to the year, Luke and Mark sit down to discuss their goals for the year and the fitness trends they expect to see for 2026. For the second half off the podcast they talk through the importance of understanding the rationale's behind your gym programme + why asking the right questions can help you buy + get as much out of your sessions as possible! We finish with a quick explanation to why we like to implement the Metrics into our metcon classes. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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