Episode 448: Henry Abbott: Preventing Injuries Before They Happen + The Soviet Secret to Athletic Power
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Why do injuries keep recurring in the same places?
Are you getting injured because you're training wrong and don't even know it? On this Fitness Friday, I'm joined by Henry Abbott. Henry is an award-winning journalist, the founder of True Hoop, and the author of the book Ballistic. We dig into the science of injury prevention, from why knee pain often starts in your feet or your hips, and how toe yoga and better landing techniques can boost your performance. So if you're stuck in the injury recovery cycle or just getting old like me, this episode can change everything. Let me share my daily routine game changer with you. It's the Momentous 3. I've been using their protein, their creatine, and omega-3 combo for months now, and the results are undeniable.
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We're going to talk all about how we can prevent injury instead of just treating it. And the funny thing is, not so funny to me, I hurt my knee last night. And today I have Henry on the podcast. Is that not coincidental?
I mean, I'm not happy about it. I would be more fun to meet you feeling 100%.
Thank you.
All right, let's explore.
I know, right? Of all the guests to have the day after, which is weird because I've had like a million ankle and Achilles injuries because of my love for running and cardio, which is probably terrible for my body at this point, but knees never hurt. So what's the most common injury, by the way? What is the most common injury for women? And what's the most common injury for men?
What exercises can strengthen your feet and prevent injuries?
You are, this is, we're opening with a pop quiz, Jen.
Yeah, we are. Are you ready?
I don't think I am. I can tell you this. So I spent three years marinating in this like movement data from this place called P3 in Santa Barbara, where they're 35 years into gathering it all. And almost everything that goes through there these are thousands of athletes almost all the recommendations are to change something about how you move in the feet or the hips so like knee injuries mostly come from above and below and i really came to think of it did you i did not the answer doesn't have to be yes but did you take physics class where you do that egg drop experiment i did okay and you use like pipe cleaners and duct tape or whatever materials okay
I try to black, I try to like, kind of like not think about my years in high school, but I'm joking.
How do landing techniques affect athletic performance?
This book has tons of physics in it. I had to learn and like nod along, but I hated physics class. I just, it was literally, I was a great student, but I had that one class. I was like, I don't even care what you're talking about. But okay, so you got the little egg. Now think of your upper body is that egg, right? This is 80% of your weight is in your torso. And our like pipe cleaners and duct tape is our legs. These are the little devices we have to make it so our egg doesn't shatter when you land from running. When you jump off of whatever, one of their biggest assessments they do is you step off an 18 inch box and just land on these force plates on the floor. so they're really well designed for it you know we have a good system for this if you land correctly right right they want to land with your toes up on the balls of your feet and do this stiff ankle and the force is going to go into your calves and then you're then it's going to go into your quads and it's going to go into your glutes and those muscles can handle a ton of force
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why do injuries keep recurring in the same places?
0:07–2:52
2
What exercises can strengthen your feet and prevent injuries?
2:52–3:39
3
How do landing techniques affect athletic performance?
3:39–6:27
4
What are the Soviet origins of plyometrics?
6:27–8:12
5
How do we strengthen lower leg muscles for injury prevention?
8:12–17:04
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