Dylan Carmody

Physical Therapist. S&C Coach. @WeAreCALU Team

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Having physique goals and athletic performance goals are not mutually exclusive.

You can look like an athlete and perform like one too.

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'Train smarter, not harder' implies two things:
- You know how to train 'smarter'
- You don't need to train hard

[Dylan Carmody @DylanSCarmody]

If your coach or rehab provider isn't providing you with the tools to independently manage, modify and titrate your training in the presence of an injury or setback... find a new one 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Dylan Carmody @DylanSCarmody]

Increasing the intensity of your workouts doesn't make you more of an athlete.

Titrating the intensity of your workouts to accrue the adaptations you're looking for does.

So, what adaptations are you looking for?

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Hey Athletes,

Taking your competitive drive to the nearest Orange Theory probably won’t scratch that itch you’ve got for sport.

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Being athletic doesn't mean you have to run a certain speed or lift a certain amount of weight.

Being athletic means you're constantly trying to run faster, lift more, and perform better.

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After leaving a sport we spent so much energy towards, we often cling to the same activities and sport(s) to savor our feelings of athleticism.

But, what if you re-defined what it means to be an athlete, while uncovering and excelling in the activities you enjoy the most?

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Finishing your competitive career in a sport doesn't mean you're no longer an athlete; no longer having athletic goes does.

Re-imagining your athletic goals is the key to continuing your athleticism.

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I’d take a good training partner over a coach any day. Something about having someone experiencing the same struggle pushes me to be better.

Yet, I wonder why many of us immediately search for clinical mentors, rather than finding our own training partners to push each other?

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Refuting a model, or perspective of thinking, when your operational understanding of the model is misguided is a sure-fire way to avoid meaningful improvements for yourself and your clients.

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If you know the questions on a test before it’s given, your performance is not proof of knowledge, it is proof of regurgitation.
If your rehab revolves solely around beating a test, passing is not proof of preparation for sport, it is proof of motor regurgitation.

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The least number of assumptions you have to infer will probably lead to the most ‘bang for buck’ interventions.

If we're justifying interventions with superfluous, tangential hypotheses, we may be leaving some low-hanging fruit unpicked.

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As PT’s and students, we are great at finding mediators to move the needle of rehab forward without understanding the moderators that influence the magnitude of the needle's movement.

What are you doing can make an impact, how you're doing it can make the difference.

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There’s conviction in simplicity and elitism with complexity. Like most things, our interpretations, evaluations, and explanations are most likely the best somewhere in the middle.

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Whether they are conscious or not, we all have systems in place.

Might as well bring these systems to our attention so we may regulate them as our thoughts and perspectives evolve.

[Ryan Shelton, PT, DPT @ryansheltonPT]

Re: professionalism and clothing

Professionalism is about competency/skill not dress, IMO (💯 ok if you disagree)

Personally: I think folks in sweats & 11 yr old Ts who increase #accessibility to #PhysicalTherapy are better for PT brand than sexy suits who turn poor ppl away 🤷‍♂️

[The Big West @BigWestSports]

Your Big West Women’s heptathlon winner, Julianna Ruotolo of @CalPolyTrack_XC

[Dylan Carmody @DylanSCarmody]

This entire thread is gold. Thank you to @NSurdykaPhysio for speaking out against the fact that the APTA does not, and HAS not had many (or any for that matter) of its members' best interest in mind

[Nicole Surdyka @NSurdykaPhysio]

@APTAtweets this cannot be the standard we set for our profession. How much did our “strategic business partner” pay for this tweet? I hope it was worth the cost of our legitimacy as evidence based healthcare professionals providing a medically necessary service.

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'You don't need to know the cause of your pain to effectively manage it.' - @adrian_traeger

Simple lines always hit the hardest. Thanks @ZakGaborDPT for hosting the recent Level Up Podcast, some real gems in this one.

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Whether in rehab, S&C or any facet of life, it seems your preparation tends to dictate to your outcome.

Don't study for a test - you might not pass
If you don't practice free throws - you're not going to make 'em
Don't move a lot - moving might not feel great... at first