Research

I have an insatiable hunger for new knowledge surrounding the human body, the human condition and human performance. There is no end point to the wealth of knowledge there is out there and it is evolving quickly. Therefore, constantly reading, listening, researching and practicing, if I foresee a plausible mechanism to benefit my pursuits, I will give it a go.

A list of current and evolving lines of investigations.

Click on an image to read a short review.

chris.dorman

Finally!! Commenced in my 2019/2020 seasons at the

Finally!! Commenced in my 2019/2020 seasons at the Rabbitohs, and thwarted when Covid hit, I could not complete this study. Luckily and thankfully @dan.glassbrook obliged, persisted and finished the job. A sincere thank you!
Accepted for publication in European Journal of Sports Science.

Step-up variations, a useful tool for practioners and athletes, can be made more athletic, and can be coupled with Step-down sequences to address their shortcomings.
Please see link below for some of my go to sequences in athletic preparation.
The last four variations in video are the ones used in the study.

https://youtu.be/invmGrFPQZE?si=chgWP6iwE1W-EY6w

#athleticprep
#strengthandconditioning
#strengthscience

Was a pleasure starting off the new Great Southern

Was a pleasure starting off the new Great Southern Academy of Sport last week with some baseline testing, movement screening, running mechanics and muscular capacity testing. Excited to get training in the new year and see what 12 months of Strength and Conditioning can do for these young aspiring athletes!

#physicaldevelopment #youthstrengthandconditioning #buildthefoundation #fundamentaltraining

Today, with the use of a Force plate Treadmill, we

Today, with the use of a
Force plate
Treadmill, we are measuring the forces associated with Stepping Down/a Step-Down.
For all the hikers out there, a 45cm Step Down (a large step down analogous to more of a drop) can be associated with two times your bodyweight that needs to be absorbed, on the stance leg. That puts these type of forces on par with continuous aerobic style running! A 30cm Step-Down (more similar to bigger steps), can be equivalent to 1.5 times body weight.
Descending a mountain, may be equivalent and even more stressful on the body than a run of equivalent duration.
Come see me and the team at Advanced Family and Sports Podiatry for:
#hikingpreparation
#singlelegstrength
#eccentricoverload
#gaitandlocomotionexercises

Running Coaching & Training Sessions at the new Al

Running Coaching & Training Sessions at the new Albany Indoor Sports Centre!

Calling all Albany based youth athletes, team sport athletes, and runners!

Running based training/ Strength & Conditioning sessions are now available. Starting this week, Friday 11th and Saturday 12th August, and weekly through the school term.

Training components:
Acceleration.
Deceleration & Agility.
Max velocity running mechanics.
Repeat effort conditioning
Aerobic capacity development.
Strength endurance.
Physical resilience and durability.

Location; Albany Agricultural Society Exhibition Pavilion.
Time; Friday afternoon 3.45-5pm and Saturday morning 8am-9am.
Cost; $20 per session. Cash or card.
Format; mixed group sessions, male and female, 13 years and older.
Requirements;
-not injured and can run.
-desire to learn, improve and, will to work.
Please confirm attendance via comments to this post, Direct Message or email.

#runningcoachalbany
#speedandsprintcoach
#fitnesstraineralbany

Great Southern Storm athletes performing their Str

Great Southern Storm athletes performing their Strength & Conditioning at Advanced Family and Sports Podiatry .

Proud to be helping youth athletes!

#physicalpreparationcoach #physicaldevelopment #longtermathletedevelopment

The value of COACHING! Force, how to; produce it

The value of COACHING!

Force, how to; produce it, reduce it, coordinate it, overload it, progress it, offload/deload it and build resilience to it.

A complex interaction exists between the individual, the task (training), and the environment, that needs orchestrating and solving.

#artofcoaching #performanancecoaching #physicalpreparation #humanmovement

High Performance Coach, Steve Magness book, Do Har

High Performance Coach, Steve Magness book, Do Hard Things, is a brilliant presentation on his model of Real Toughness. Highlights how to work with your biology and psychology instead of bulldozing through your them in pursuit of challenges.

Whether it be a the goal of an Ironman, marathon, ultramarathon or adventure racing etc, doing hard things presents the ultimate opportunity to learn and grow, physically, then mentally.

For those in pursuit of performance, guidance and mentoring is necessary to help navigate pitfalls and adversity along the way to completion of such challenges.

#dohardthings #physicalpreparationcoach #performancecoaching

The value of STRENGTH & CONDITIONING! “…our p

The value of STRENGTH & CONDITIONING!

“…our physical capacity is shaping how we view the world. When it is not very large, we see only the limited, predictable opportunities for action. When it is greater, it opens up a new set of affordances for
us.”

What do we do Strength & Conditioning? Build physical capacities!

Want to learn how to move better, build physical capacities and resilience then work towards big new year challenges? Then give me a buzz. Local and online coaching options available.

#strengthandconditioning #fitnesscoachalbany #onlinefitnesscoaching #performancecoach

A good weekend of results! Congratulations to Nige

A good weekend of results! Congratulations to Nigell Lee for taking 🥈 place at the WTF 50k ultra and Matt Hutton for taking 🥉 place at the Denmark Trail Half Marathon! Fantastic work✅
Also well done to other clients in the latter event Chris Wallace, Donald Goldsack and Louisa Bell for reaching personal records and also getting the job done.
Well done all✅ #endurancecoach #trailrunner #ultrarunner #strengthandconditioning

For staying consistent with physical activity, exe

For staying consistent with physical activity, exercise and overall wellness:

Be AGILE- Unless your training for something specific, any general physical 'work' will be beneficial. Make the most of your circumstances, environment and context for the day, if you find yourself in a building with a lot of stairs, then ACCUMULATE a lot of stairs, if you find yourself stuck in cubicle/office, ACCUMULATE a lot of mobility and even calisthenics work in the small space. If you walk a lot between work activities, try and ACCUMULATE small amounts of jogging.

Changing and varying your physical activity and movements based on daily opportunities and constraints can provide a huge range of physical stimuli, conditioning the various tissues and systems, challenging the mind (problem solving exercise solutions), thus provide huge motivation in addressing our modern inactivity and health dilemma.

To discuss exercise solutions relevant to your context, please
contact.

#accumulatehealth

Congratulations to Endurance Coaching Service clie

Congratulations to Endurance Coaching Service client @Nigell Lee for taking out 🥇 at today’s Truth & Consequences trail race (Black Course).

Well done mate, onwards and upwards from here👍

#chrisdormanstrengthandconditioning
#trailrunninglife
#physicalpreparationcoach

The Warburg effect, a brilliant way to understand

The Warburg effect, a brilliant way to understand metabolism!
A fantastic story compiling so much information with wide ranging implications for adjusting lifestyle in the quest for better health.
Health is the foundation for sustainable performance.

#metabolism

A good overview of science surrounding ultra marat

A good overview of science surrounding ultra marathon preparation.
I’ve often said this, once understanding physiological mechanisms, to date, then read the works of various experienced coaches to see common themes and compliment the science.
Coaching;
#problemsolving
#expertgeneralist

Brilliant amount of information on a topic most ma

Brilliant amount of information on a topic most may take for granted!
Simple practical, daily interventions to not only impact your health, but performance.
Breath/ventilation, gas transport, muscle activity, stress response, health and performance, tied together in a wonderful symphony!

#physiology

A fantastic historical account of physical trainin

A fantastic historical account of physical training through the ages!
“… viewing ones body as the ultimate sustainable resource”, has so much value!
I would like to see some of the knowledge, means, methods and techniques of old and, beyond that of A.V.Hill, make their way into curriculums, as a means of wholistically correcting the modern sub optimal human movement epidemic.

#physicalculture
#humanmovement
#physicalpreparation

2 out of 3 ain’t bad! Congratulations to Endura

2 out of 3 ain’t bad!

Congratulations to Endurance Coaching Clients Matt Hutton and Nigell Lee for taking out 2nd and 3rd place at the Collie Trail Fest Marathon today! Some long preparations and build ups culminating in superb efforts by both.
Fantastic to work with such driven individuals in their pursuits.

www.cdorman.com

#trailrunningcoach
#ultrarunningcoach
#onlineruncoaching

Common themes! Whether looking through a biochemis

Common themes! Whether looking through a biochemistry, metabolism, evolutionary, chronic disease, gerontology or physical training lens, the underlying message is the same, aerobic respiration is key!
Then why is that so many of our daily processes are along way from supporting and aligning with this fundamental mechanism of health, wellness, survival and performance.
Additionally, with sweating necessary for assisting detoxing, generating internal heat valuable for thwarting viral replication, I would have thought doubling the WHO’s minimum level of physical activity from 150-300” per week of moderate exercise and a couple of muscular strengthening sessions would be better served.

#metabolichealth
#healthisperformance
#aerobiccapacity
#onlinecoach
#runcoach

You can’t live without it, but it can be toxic a

You can’t live without it, but it can be toxic and damaging under certain circumstances. This was a exceptional book, journeying through planetary, evolutionary and bio chemistry. I learnt so much from this.

In my mind/opinion; -movement, contraction and tension are necessary for every joint, through its full range of motion, every day, to ensure tissue
oxygenation.
-aerobic signalling is necessary everyday for growth of capillaries (to new areas requires new movements), aerobic enzyme production and most importantly, the growth and production of mitochondria. You need these to produce more energy, and to deal with build up of metabolites during hard sessions, therefore, tolerate them better.
The key to health, longevity and performance could just be….grow more mitochondria!

#aerobicbase
#optimalhealth
#highperformance

A broad brush approach to addressing many of the i

A broad brush approach to addressing many of the issues and components associated with running.

Often performance is achieved via just aligning many of these components and creating complimentary training practices, as there is much biased, influenced, conflicting and confusing information, that may not be aligning in your training.

When coaching, I use information in the same way, aligning common themes seen in various disciplines, from experienced coaches, science articles, books and my own experience.

#trailrunning
#trailrunners
#ultrarunning
#ultrarunners
#performancecoach
#strengthcoach
#conditioningcoach
#endurancecoach
#onlinecoach
#runningperformance
#exerciseprofessional
#runnersexercises

Aging and longevity gives great insight in how to

Aging and longevity gives great insight in how to address your health from a wholistic point of view. A great book highlighting the impact of Advanced Glycation End Products, (nasty little buggers) as a result of our food intake, that obviously negatively impact and accelerate ageing!

Optimise health in order to set the foundation for and optimise performance! Runners, query, large amounts of high intensity work on a highly inflammatory diet, internal status and conditions for a prolonged and unregulated period.

#sustainableperformance
#longtermgains
#healthfirst
#trailrunning
#trailrunners
#ultrarunning
#ultrarunners
#performancecoach
#strengthcoach
#conditioningcoach
#endurancecoach
#onlinecoach
#runningperformance
#exerciseprofessional
#runnersexercises

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