Annemarie Alf's guest appearances

Annemarie Alf

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

The SHIFT Show

Luke Carson

Jon Horton

Aimee Boorman

Miss Val

Chellsie Memmel

Jennifer Sey

John Orozco

Danusia Francis

Bridget Sloan

Jill Hicks

Chris Brooks

Jake Dalton

Dave Tilley

Kyla Ross

Dave Durante

OwlTail

Today on the podcast we have a fellow physical therapist and specialist Annemarie Alf who has an amazing story. She shares her experience in PT and S&amp;C working with the Chinese National Team becoming a performance consultant for them for the last 10 years. Working on change related to injuries and management but using strength and conditioning. We also talk honestly about what are we still missing in gymnastics, why aren’t they fast enough, why they have injuries, and why are they burning out?We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - https://shiftmovementscience.com/To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends! Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show!Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below!https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ Check out all our past podcast episodes here!https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/

Today on the podcast we have a fellow physical therapist and specialist Annemarie Alf who has an amazing story. She shares her experience in PT and S&amp;C working with the Chinese National Team becoming a performance consultant for them for the last 10 years. Working on change related to injuries and management but using strength and conditioning. We also talk honestly about what are we still missing in gymnastics, why aren’t they fast enough, why they have injuries, and why are they burning out?We appreciate you listening! To learn more about SHIFT, head here - <a href="https://shiftmovementscience.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shiftmovementscience.com/</a> To learn about SHIFT's courses, check our website here - <a href="https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/</a> Also, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your friends!  Thanks :)Thanks for listening to The SHIFT Show! Check out SHIFT's most popular courses here! <a href="https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://courses.shiftmovementscience.com/</a> Want to join our online educational community of over 1000 gymnastics professionals and get 40+ hours of gymnastics lectures? Join The Hero Lab below! <a href="https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/ </a> Check out all our past podcast episodes here! <a href="https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shiftmovementscience.com/podcast/ </a>

The Future of Gymnastics Strength Training and Overcoming Cultural Barriers with Annemarie Alf

WATCH HERE Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded (pre-edits with all the flubs and hiccups) and see video of the routines we discuss. GYMTERNET NEWS  The college COVID wars are raging. We discuss whether it's possible to have an equitable college gym season with such varying preparations. Gymnast Alliance: The latest in Amy Tinkler's saga, as well as what's been happening in  Australia Simone posted some triple pikes and Yurchenko double pikes for national gymnastics day  MEET NEWS  At Japanese Masters, Shuko Uchimura (Kohei's mom) competed again at 53 and we were treated to the most important men's floor routine of the age  Everyone is injured on the eve of Chinese WAG nationals and we're not OK  INTERVIEW This week, Jessica speaks with Annemarie Alf, an American  Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who has spent the last three quads  working with the Chinese women's gymnastics team. We talk about strength training, why there are so few Achilles tears there, nutrition, medical treatments, what we can learn from the Chinese Olympic system, and her thoughts on SafeSport. Plus her descriptions of working with Cheng Fei, Yao Jinnan, Deng LinLin, ChenChen, Chen Yile. MINI COMMISSION Jyl has commissioned us to have a conversation about the trauma of leaving the sport. "How can we better prepare these young athletes for the 'after-life?' Offering quality training while still enabling them to be actual functioning people after the mats are gone?" JOIN CLUB GYM NERD  Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too!  RELATED EPISODES  439: The Curious Case of the Extra Urine  Best of GymCastic: The FluffCast (Commissioned) Best of GymCastic: Vanessa Atler Interview 432: #GymnastAlliance 

WATCH <a href="https://gymcastic.com/video-podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> <a href="http://gymcastic.com/club" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Club Gym Nerd members</a> can watch the podcast being recorded (pre-edits with all the flubs and hiccups) and see video of the routines we discuss. GYMTERNET NEWS <ul> <li>The college COVID wars are raging. We discuss whether it's possible to have an equitable college gym season with such varying preparations.</li> <li>Gymnast Alliance: The latest in Amy Tinkler's saga, as well as what's been happening in <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/you-can-t-step-out-of-line-medals-come-at-a-price-for-gymnasts-20200916-p55w55.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Australia</a></li> <li>Simone posted some <a href="https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1307445912143310850" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triple pikes</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MoominWhisky/status/1307445973493444609" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yurchenko double pikes</a> for national gymnastics day</li> </ul> MEET NEWS <ul> <li>At Japanese Masters, Shuko Uchimura (Kohei's mom) competed again at 53 and we were treated to the most important men's floor routine of <a href="https://twitter.com/morikorosuke/status/1307683114836058112?s=21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the age </a></li> <li>Everyone is injured on the eve of Chinese WAG nationals and we're not OK</li> </ul> INTERVIEW This week, Jessica speaks with <a href="https://www.olympusmovement.com/staff-bio.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annemarie Alf</a>, an American  Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who has spent the last three quads <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8eel55lmP7/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> working with</a> the Chinese women's gymnastics team. We talk about strength training, why there are so few Achilles tears there, nutrition, medical treatments, what we can learn from the Chinese Olympic system, and her thoughts on SafeSport. Plus her descriptions of working with Cheng Fei, Yao Jinnan, Deng LinLin, ChenChen, Chen Yile. MINI COMMISSION Jyl has commissioned us to have a conversation about the trauma of leaving the sport. "How can we better prepare these young athletes for the 'after-life?' Offering quality training while still enabling them to be actual functioning people after the mats are gone?" JOIN CLUB GYM NERD <ul> <li><a href="http://gymcastic.com/club" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join Club Gym Nerd</a> for access to <a href="https://gymcastic.com/club-content/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes</a> episodes.</li> <li>Buy our awesome clothing and gifts <a href="http://gymcastic.com/store/#.VkvSaq6rRE4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</li> <li>We have <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/gymcastic/masks?ref_id=1646" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">masks too</a>!</li> </ul> RELATED EPISODES <ul> <li><a href="https://gymcastic.com/439-the-curious-case-of-the-extra-urine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">439: The Curious Case of the Extra Urine</a></li> <li><a href="https://gymcastic.com/best-of-gymcastic-the-fluffcast-commissioned/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Best of GymCastic: The FluffCast (Commissioned)</a></li> <li><a href="https://gymcastic.com/best-of-gymcastic-vanessa-atler-interview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Best of GymCastic: Vanessa Atler Interview</a></li> <li><a href="https://gymcastic.com/432-gymnastalliance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">432: #GymnastAlliance</a></li> </ul>

440: Chinese Gymnastics Team Trainer Annemarie Alf DPT, CSCS