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Dr. Lance Brooks breaks down sprint mechanics and biomechanics of sprinting at a level most coaches never reach. Tim Riley sits down with the coach, researcher, and founder of Brooks Performance Methods to dig into first principles of sprinting, sarcomere function, quasi isometric contractions, and why the elastic vs force dominant sprinters debate is built on a false premise.

Lance's path is wild: bodybuilding forums to personal training at 24 Hour Fitness and Gold's Gym, then D1 strength and conditioning internships, a master's under Dr. Ken Clark, a doctorate, and postdoctoral work in a Harvard comparative biology lab implanting crystals into rats and running guinea fowl on treadmills. All of it in service of understanding how muscles actually produce force during locomotion.

The conversation covers acceleration vs max velocity mechanics, impulse momentum sprinting, vertical impulse top speed sprinting, horizontal impulse acceleration sprinting, and what Newton's Second Law actually demands from a coach's programming. Lance also dismantles the lazy "science lags behind practice" talking point and explains why mastering basic first principles of sprinting will always outperform chasing hyper-specific applied studies.

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:04:09 - Lance's Background and Career Path

00:15:30 - Early Coaching Lessons and Internship Blunders

00:22:34 - Bridging Research and the Field

00:32:14 - Comparative Biology, Animal Models, and Muscle Testing

01:04:30 - First Principles of Sprinting and Biomechanics

01:21:40 - Quasi-Isometric Muscle Mechanics and the Elastic vs Force Myth

01:36:00 - Sprinting/Research Q&A

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Dr. Ashley Dwyer joins Tim Riley to break down how chronic underfueling and overtraining wreck your hormones, what the polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) diagnosis changes about previous PCOS treatment, and what creatine benefits for women actually look like in practice.

Ashley Dwyer went from retail pharmacy to NPC bodybuilding to complete hormonal burnout before she hit 30. Every specialist she saw handed her a prescription instead of asking one question about how she was training or eating. Sound familiar?

Tim and Ashley dig into the real mechanics behind HPA axis dysfunction and thyroid suppression, signs of endocrine burnout that most athletes brush off as just being tired, and why your labs can say "normal" while your body is running on fumes. They cover the four distinct subtypes of PMOS, why carbs and cortisol have a direct relationship your coach probably never explained, and what a legitimate reverse dieting after bodybuilding show protocol actually looks like when it is done right.

If you or someone you coach is under-eating, overtrained, and wondering why nothing is working, this episode has the answers. Subscribe to never miss another episode!

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00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:55 - College Football and Weight Room Culture

00:07:55 - Retail Pharmacy Life

00:11:15 - NPC Bodybuilding, Orthorexia, and Undereating

00:15:40 - Endocrine Collapse and Conventional Medicine Failures

00:23:00 - Underfueling in Athletes and the Female Athlete Triad

00:28:53 - HPA, HPT, and HPG Axes

00:34:30 - Down-Regulation and Intuitive Eating

00:40:00 - Clinical Intake Process and Reverse Dieting Protocol

00:46:40 - PCOS Reclassified as PMOS and Western Medicine Shortcomings

00:52:15 - The Three Root Drivers of PMOS

00:58:30 - Supplements vs. Foundations

01:04:22 - Three Things, Rant and Rave, and Alternate Careers

01:10:10 - Overrated vs. Underrated and Unsolicited Advice

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Tim Riley and Zack Zillner are back in the Austin studio for a full Q&A episode covering strength and conditioning coach salary debates, NCAA 20-hour rule logistics, shin splints, eccentric quasi-isometrics, AI in programming, NIL culture, and whether Tim could survive a bear fight.

Zack breaks down the operational reality of the NCAA 8-hour off-season rule and the full 20-hour in-season window, and explains why sport skill execution will always beat weight room numbers when practice time is limited. Tim reflects on private sector coaching ethics: when an athlete is already buried under school practices, an extra meal often does more than another squat session.

Q&A covers how to build work capacity, why eccentric quasi-isometrics are mostly social media noise, meathead hypertrophy as connective tissue insurance, sleep tracking anxiety and its effect on athletic performance, in-person coaching requirements before going online, AI tools like Relay for programming templates, NIL and transfer portal impact on athlete work ethic, low-tech athlete monitoring tools, and bucket list podcast guests.

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00:00:00 - Bear Fight Cold Open

00:00:32 - Happy Birthday Zack!

00:03:14 - NCAA 20-Hour Rule Breakdown

00:07:29 - Weight Room vs. Court Time Tug-of-War

00:14:05 - Private Sector Coaching

00:18:05 - Strength and Conditioning Coach Salary Debate

00:37:52 - In-Person Coaching Before Online Coaching

00:44:30 - Managing Shin Splints in Sprint Training

00:47:16 - Debunking Eccentric Quasi-Isometrics

00:51:10 - Meathead Hypertrophy vs. Sport-Specific Training

00:53:37 - How to Find Your Coaching Style

00:57:00 - How to Build Work Capacity

00:58:19 - Sleep Tracking Anxiety and Athletic Performance

01:02:20 - Bucket List Podcast Guests

01:08:04 - Advice for International Coaches Interning in the U.S.

01:09:42 - Biggest Challenges in Basketball Strength and Conditioning

01:12:43 - AI for Strength and Conditioning Programming

01:17:36 - NIL and Transfer Portal Impact on Athlete Work Ethic

01:23:08 - Low-Tech Athlete Monitoring Tools

01:27:07 - Bear Fight Simulation

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