Episode 3: Matt Hensley - Navigating Injury Risk and Training Load as a Coach

Matt Hensley is a former collegiate runner at the University of Florida. He is a marker of consistency with his own running and has a marathon personal best of 2:19:51. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado where he is the coach of the Boulder Underground team. He also is the Vice President of Business Operations at Roll Recovery.
In this episode, we discuss Matt’s family tradition of running and how that has influenced his approach to coaching his athletes at Boulder Underground. He will describe his approach to injury management, collaboration with his sports medicine team, balancing training load, and how he keeps his athletes healthy and performing at their best. Lastly, we will discuss his role at Roll Recovery and what he values most and prioritizes in terms of recovery.
What we talked about:
4:00- Introduction to Matt
5:45- Starting the Boulder Underground
8:40- Some mistakes that he has made in his own training
14:55- Matt’s coaching philosophy
18:00- The physical and mental aspect of injury
24:55- How to navigate athlete injury as a coach
26:15- Load management / balancing training load
29:30- His go-to exercises for injury prevention
31:05- Most important exercises to stay healthy
46:35- Return to run progression (from rehabilitation to coach)
48:40- Creating a team culture
51:50- Perfectionism in running
57:20- Guinness record attempt
1:04:05- Role at Roll Recovery
Show notes:
Running Rewired
Boulder Underground Website
Boulder Underground on Instagram
Sponsors:
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