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This week I get a chance to interview Dr. Dave Tilley. Dave has a very interesting background as a competitive collegiate gymnast, physical therapist and crossfitter. This combo allows for some excellent insight in how to bring gymnastics safely into the fitness realm. Today we discuss:

• [1:50] Introductions, porkchops and Dave’s background
• [6:05] Dave’s website bridging the gap between physical therapy and gymnastics performance
• [8:00] The dilemma between medical professionals and athletes
• [10:24] What are the most common injuries seen in gymnastics and why are they occuring?
• [12:50] How Dave integrates prehab and corrective exercises into his gymnastics programming for injury prevention
• [15:14] Common exercises to fix anterior pelvic tilt and excessive lordosis commonly seen in gymnastics
• [17:55] Dave’s thoughts on adding gymnastics movements into your fitness program and how to safely incorporate them
• [20:05] Dave’s thoughts on crossfit bringing gymnastics into people’s lives
• [21:42] When things go wrong when introducing gymnastics movements into crossfit
• [25:17] Adding gymnastics progressions into your daily training for health
• [27:44] Progressions to string together ring Muscle-ups
• [29:28] Should we be using bands to assist us when learning muscle-ups?
• [35:36] Should we screen clients before we add gymnastics exercises into people’s programs?
• [40:56] The value of spending time working gymnastics skills in the gym
• [43:20] How do we build longevity into crossfit and gymnastics exercises?
• [46:35] How do I plug gymnastics exercises into my program without causing overuse injury given the large amount of variety and unique stress seen in a crossfit program?
• [49:50] More about Dave’s website and where you can lean more about Dave’s work

The Hybrid Perspective – Dave’s website

Get your handstand on,

And Pope DPT, CSCS

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