Episode 401
Most adults over 40 know they should lift. The problem is the plan, the time and the head game. Here is why fitness keeps slipping and how to make it stick, with Oliver Nam of Thrive Training.
54 Minutes – Oct 6, 2026
Episode 400
Pilates, yoga, and TRX can build a useful strength base for trail runners. But if your routine stops challenging your legs, adding resistance is how you keep progressing.
14 Minutes – Oct 5, 2026
Episode 399
Most failed hip and back rehab isn't a bad exercise problem. It's a too-many-cues problem. Here's how one simple, external cue at a time makes planks, bridges and deadlifts actually work.
14 Minutes – Sep 28, 2026
Episode 398
A hip labral tear on MRI does not automatically explain your pain or end your running. I use symptoms, movement, load, and painful locking to judge whether activity can continue and when surgery deserves consideration.
18 Minutes – Sep 21, 2026
Episode 397
Heel pain that won't quit is usually a load problem, and sometimes not a foot problem at all. Here is how to tell true plantar fasciitis from the nerve-driven version, and why stretching and night splints often keep it around.
54 Minutes – Sep 18, 2026
Episode 396
Front-of-hip pain does not automatically mean your hip flexor is torn or needs more stretching. I look for the strength, training, hip, and low-back gaps that keep overloading the area.
21 Minutes – Sep 14, 2026
Episode 395
A deep ache in the back of your hip when you run, hike uphill or sit is very common. In my experience it is rarely the piriformis, and most of the time the source is spinal.
2 Minutes – Sep 7, 2026
Episode 394
Achilles pain can be a tendon problem, but the workload reaching that tendon may start elsewhere. I look at the whole single-leg system, not just the sore spot behind your ankle.
16 Minutes – Sep 1, 2026
Episode 393
Hip impingement (FAI) usually means pain in the front crease of the hip. Most of the time you can improve without surgery. Here is what it is, what aggravates it, and what to do when you feel like you've tried everything.
15 Minutes – Aug 24, 2026
Episode 392
Glute loops may have a place, but they do not prepare your knees for long descents. For runner’s knee or knee pain after running, build quad capacity, control the lowering phase, and train the positions trails demand.
15 Minutes – Aug 17, 2026