Swapping Gym for Gymnastics & Winning Gold - Nicolai Morris
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In this week’s episode Xylon and Dave talk to Nicolai Morris about her work with one of the world’s best high jumpers Nicola Olyslagers and their non-conventional approach to getting Nicola ready for her recent world indoor championships gold medal.
(00:00) Episode Starts
(01:00) David and an explanation of high heart rate during training
(04:38) Xylon and training and back to back long runs
(06:46) Is wrist heart rate reliable?
(08:55) Community shoutouts
(10:29) Camille Herron update
(13:40) Lil Nas X and running NYC half marathon in designer sneakers
(15:26) Interview with Nicolai starts
(17:33) Why are the team’s Nicolai worked with hated?
(19:27) How did Nicolai get into sport?
(21:17) How did Nicolai get into strength and conditioning?
(22:37) What made Nicolai go into teaching?
(24:10) How did Nicolai get into pole vaulting
(27:28) How do you learn to do the pole vault?
(29:43) What is Nicolai’s highest pole vault?
(31:44) What is talent?
(36:06) How did Nicolai start working with Nicola Olyslagers?
(39:50) Adding gymnastics and removing traditional strength work from Nicola’s program
(47:25) Today’s society, less unstructured play and what this is doing to modern athletes’ movement competencies
(52:26) If designing the perfect curriculum to create the world’s best athletes, what would Niciolai do with children through early adolescence
(58:24) Summary
Camille Herron’s IG Post -
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4igR_Nr5Le/?igsh=MWVxdmtzcnhqdXQ0Ng%3D%3D
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