Summary: This week, I’m joined by Nick Grantham, the coach to Rachel and Gee Atherton. Nick has joined the Athertons through a challenging time, with both Rachel and Gee suffering serious injuries early in his tenure. However, using his experience built up across numerous sports, Nick has been able to support them both in returning to their winning ways.<br> We sit down to talk about how he got involved with Atherton Racing, injury prevention and recovery, key aspects of mountain bike training, and Nick’s view on the future of physical preparation for downhill mountain biking, amongst many other things.<br> If you are enjoying the podcast, then don’t forget to subscribe. It’s free, and it means you’ll get every episode delivered to your device as soon as it’s available. All the links you need are at <a href="http://www.downtimepodcast.com/subscribe/">downtimepodcast.com/subscribe</a>. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and most of the podcast apps out there.<br> You can follow Nick on Instagram here <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zer0226/?hl=en">@zer0226</a><br> Nick’s website is <a href="http://nickgrantham.com">nickgrantham.com</a><br> If you’d like to read Nick’s book on training like an athlete, ‘The Strength & Conditioning Bible’ is available <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0158W8YC0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">here</a>.<br> Nick’s recommended reading with Amazon links is below,<br> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conscious-Coaching-Science-Building-Buy-ebook/dp/B06XJ5V55X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539608686&sr=8-1&keywords=Conscious+Coaching+-+Brett+Bartholomew">Conscious Coaching – Brett Bartholomew</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strength-Conditioning-Biological-Principles-Applications-ebook/dp/B005CCUD4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539608702&sr=8-1&keywords=Strength+and+Conditioning+-+Biological+Principles+and+Practical+Applications+-+Marco+Cardinale%2C+Robert+Newton+and+Kazunori+Nosaka">Strength and Conditioning – Biological Principles and Practical Applications – Marco Cardinale, Robert Newton and Kazunori Nosaka</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HFEFR2U/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">High Performance Training For Sports – David Joyce and Daniel Lewindon</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Path-Doer-David-Hieatt/dp/1907974008">The Path of The Doer – David Hieatt and Andy Smith</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077BM1M6J/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1">Oh The Places You Will Go – Dr Seuss</a><br> <br> The medicine ball warm up that gets mentioned in the episode is at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkzUZf7Up5M">youtube.com/watch?v=RkzUZf7Up5M</a><br> To find out more about the Beast sensor, head to <a href="https://www.thisisbeast.com/en">www.thisisbeast.com</a>, or the Push sensor at <a href="https://www.trainwithpush.com">www.trainwithpush.com</a><br> Help us keep this podcast free by getting yourself a t-shirt from <a href="http://www.downtimepodcast.com/shop">downtimepodcast.com/shop</a><br> If you want to share tips and advice with other podcast listeners on anything mountain bike related, you can join our Facebook group, head to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/">www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/</a> request permission to join the group and get involved!<br> You can check out our back catalogue of amazing episodes at <a href="http://www.downtimepodcast.com/episodes">downtimepodcast.com/episodes</a><br>
