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March 17, 2025

How to Increase Your Speed, Mobility & Longevity with Plyometrics & Sprinting | Stuart McMillan

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My guest is Stuart McMillan, a renowned track and field coach who has trained dozens of Olympic medalists, professional athletes, and team coaches across a diverse range of sports. We discuss how to use plyometric work to improve mobility, strength, posture, and overall health.

We emphasize the enormous benefits of skipping—a form of plyometrics—for joint health, aerobic conditioning, and coordination, as well as its advantages for people of all ages and fitness levels. We also explore the expressive nature of human movement, highlighting how certain movements reveal and can evolve one’s unique personality and abilities.

Stu explains how resistance training, skipping, and striding can improve movement efficiency in all aspects of life. Anyone who exercises, as well as serious athletes, will benefit immensely from Stu McMillan’s knowledge of human mechanics and the practical tools he generously shares in this discussion.

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Stuart McMillan

Stuart McMillan is a renowned track and field coach who has trained dozens of Olympic medalists, professional athletes and team coaches across a range of sports.

  • 00:00:00 Stuart McMillan
  • 00:02:27 Running, Sprinting, Event Distances
  • 00:09:01 Sponsors: Our Place & Wealthfront
  • 00:12:13 Natural Sprinters, Kids, Sports Specialization
  • 00:17:00 Athletes, Identity, Race Selection
  • 00:23:38 Walking to Sprinting, Gait Patterns, Tool: Flat-Foot Contact
  • 00:30:35 Visual Focus, Body Position, Running, Lifting Weights
  • 00:36:00 Tool: Skipping & Benefits
  • 00:42:18 Sponsors: AG1 & Helix Sleep
  • 00:45:01 Tools: Skipping, Beginners, Jogging Incorporation
  • 00:49:50 Transition Points, Tool: Skipping, Maximum Amplitude
  • 00:53:03 Concentric & Eccentric Phases, Running
  • 00:55:32 Transitioning to Striding, Posture, Center of Mass
  • 01:03:11 Older Adults, Eccentric Control, Tool: Skipping
  • 01:08:00 Naming Importance & Public Health; Skipping, Plyometrics
  • 01:12:18 Sponsor: Function
  • 01:14:06 Cross-Body Coordination, Rotation, Gaits; Phones & Posture
  • 01:22:27 Expression Through Movement, Playfulness, Confidence
  • 01:28:53 Being Yourself, Expression, Essence & Movement
  • 01:36:39 Connecting with Movement, Building Cues, Mood Words
  • 01:45:05 Pressure & Peace; Exercise, Movement & Age
  • 01:51:39 Music, Art, Rhythm, Coaching; Soccer, Greatest Players & Countries
  • 02:00:25 White & Black Athletes, Genetics, Environment
  • 02:08:27 Running Form, Tools: High Knees, Stiff Springs, Hip Extension
  • 02:17:21 Skipping Rope, Aging; Protocols & Rigidity, Principles Alignment
  • 02:22:12 Resistance Training to Improve Movement, Sprinting Kinetics, Individualization
  • 02:32:29 Transferring Weight Room to Track, Staggered Stance, Stretching
  • 02:36:52 Performance-Enhancement, Elite Athletes, Androgen, Reputation
  • 02:46:45 Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT), Age; Pharmacology vs. Training
  • 02:52:14 Single Physical Metric & Sprinting; Pressure & Peace
  • 02:58:34 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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