42 episodes
Performance Plus Podcast Performance Plus Programming
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- Health & Fitness
The Performance Plus Podcast is a short, actionable podcast that answers common questions from CrossFitters and other athletes. Featuring Dr. Zach Log (The Barbell Physio), Pamela Gagnon, and hosted by Coach Johnny Bouchard each short podcast episode will help you achieve your goals. Whether you are training for a competition or want to get stronger, our step-by-step guide is all you need to take care of your body.
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E44 - How To Goal Set When You Have So Many Goals!
How do you prioritize your goals when you want to improve your snatch, deadlift, handstand, bar muscle-up, and engine simultaneously? Tune into this episode of the Performance Plus Podcast to hear how Coach Pamela Gagnon successfully does this with her athletes. Topics CoveredHow to goal setWhat skills are foundational and translate to all other physical skillsHow to use the Open as a benchmark for setting goalsTo prioritize gymnastics endurance vs strength Follow Pamela Gagnon @pam...
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E43 - Pamela Gagnon Talks About The New Masters CrossFit Games Changes
If you haven't heard, CrossFit HQ has significantly changed the upcoming CrossFit Games season. The Master and Adaptive Athletes will now have their own CrossFit Games that are run by Legends and Wheel WOD, respectively. The change has created quite a stir within the community, so we thought it would be fun to get our own Masters Games Legend, Pamela Gagnon, to give an opinion on the move. Check it out!
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E42 - The Transition from D1 Gymnast to Games Athlete
On episode 42 of the Performance Plus Podcast, Pamela Gagnon joins Coach Johnny B to share what it was like transitioning from a D1 gymnast at Rutgers to a Games athlete. On the episode, we cover the following topicsHow Pamela got into competitive fitness What was the hardest thing (lift, technique, etc) for her, coming from a gymnastic background What was a surpriseThe sneaky reason why gymnasts do better in functional fitnessThe secret to going deep into the pain cave If...
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E41 - How To Get Butterfly Chest To Bar Pull-Ups
On episode 41 of the Performance Plus Podcast, gymnastics expert Pamela Gagnon sits down to discuss how to get butterfly chest-to-bar pull-ups. Many of us can rock out big sets of chin-over-bar butterfly pull-ups but crash and burn when chest-to-bar pops up in the open or a WOD. Is it a strength or skill problem? Check out this episode to find out that and...-the pre-requisites for the chest to bar butterfly pull-ups-the strength timing, and skill ratio for chest-to-bar butterfly pull-up...
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E40 - The Importance of Zone 2 Training for Fitness Athletes
On this Performance Plus Programming Podcast episode, the mic is getting turned around as Dr. Zach Long interviews Coach Johnny B to discover why Zone 2 heart rate training is critical for fitness athletes. Coach Johnny B is a level 3 CrossFit trainer, has his masters in sports science and rehab science from PennWest, and is an Ironman and a sub-three-hour marathoner. The dude loves crosstraining endurance athletes using functional fitness and helping fitness athletes optimize their perf...
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E39 - Is CrossFit dangerous? What does the literature say.
Is CrossFit dangerous? When this question is posed in most settings, the resounding answer will be yes. If you follow Performance Plus, you know that we proudly support the CrossFit training methodology, BUT for the sake of being honest with ourselves, we decided to answer this question in the most honest way we know: by looking at the literature. On episode 36 of the Performance Plus Podcast, Dr. Zach Long answers the question "Is CrossFit Dangerous?" as guided by the research. Join us ...