#24 Training for Health & Performance with Michol Dalcourt

Tune in to this week's podcast episode featuring Michol Dalcourt. Michol is an internationally recognized industry-leading expert in human movement and performance. He is the founder and Director of the Institute of Motion, inventor of the fitness tool “ViPR” and Co-Founder of PTA Global. 

Michol is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco in the Faculty of Sports Science and has served as an instructor at the NAIT College School of Health Sciences.

As a trainer, Michol has worked with a general clientele as well as athletes of all levels, such as college-level pitchers, NHL hockey players, NLL Lacrosse players, and Olympic gold medal athletes.

 

In this episode we discuss:

• Intro - Michol's background 
• The IoM 4 Quadrant System … @3:06
  
  • Using the 4Q system with clients… @7:33
  • True HIIT training - A lost art…@13:51
  • High-intensity steady state training (HISS) …@14:59
  • Can you train in all 4 quadrants.. @16:46
  • What is metabolic flexibility… @17:21
• Training to live better and longer… @23:46
• Programming for variability… @34:52
• The what and how of the 4Q neuro-mechanical… @37:00
• Supplementing power lifting with multi-planer movements… @46:58
• Farm kid strength… @54:44
• Task-based training… @1:02:05
• The Haka (Ceremonial Dance)… @1:11:34
• Re-visiting the IoM 4 Quadrant System… @1:24:42
• Standing desks - idle sitting vs. idle standing… @1:27:08

 

More from Michol at: 

https://www.instagram.com/micholdalcourt/

https://instituteofmotion.com