Cristian Plascencia: Making the Durable Athlete

About this episode

Cristian Plascencia discusses his approach to training athletes with a focus on the spine and foot-ankle complex.

Cristian Plascencia - CEO of the Durable Athlete - joins us for the 145th episode of MTN. On this episode of the show, we dive into Cristian's day-to-day running around the continent, training athletes starting at the spine, and understanding the foot-ankle complex as an anchor of athletic development If you enjoy the conversations on the show, make sure to check out the third rendition of the MTN Annual Symposium on May 9th. Check out more details right here: https://www.mtnperform.com/symposium2026 Follow Cristian on IG @cristiangplascencia Find and follow us on social media @mtn_perform and check back in each Wednesday for a new episode Huge shoutout to our newest partner: Hytro. Hytro is the answer for performance BFR in our space and we are thrilled to have them partner with MTN. Find out more about Hytro and everything they have to offer right here: https://hytro.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid-media&utm_campaign=partner&utm_content=podcast&utm_term=foundational A huge Thank You to our sponsor, Hawkin Dynamics: Hawkin is the world leader in force measuring, and continues to put forth the tools for high-performance practitioners to be exactly that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Sullivan, Hunter Eisenhower

Guest: Cristian Plascencia

Topics covered

• athletic training
• foot-ankle complex
• spine health
• durable athlete
• performance enhancement

Keywords

• athlete training
• spine
• foot-ankle complex
• performance
• Durable Athlete

Sponsors

Hytro, Hawkin Dynamics, Samson Equipment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Durable Athlete

Places: May 9th

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