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Leave Your Mark

267 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings

Welcome to Leave Your Mark. This podcast is all about learning how our guests,  high achievers who are also great people, have been influenced by their environments, experiences, and others, and how they in turn are leaving their mark on the world at large.  Join us as we look inside the lives of amazing people. Website: www.LYMLab.com The host, Scott Livingston has been in the world of human performance for thirty-five years.  During that time he's trained, rebuilt, and supported the performance of some of the best athletes in the world.  He's worked in the biggest performance environments and seen what it takes to be the best in the world.  Follow him on:Instagram @KingopainTwitter @BuiltbyscottFacebook PC page Scott G LivingstonLinkedIn @ Scott Livingston#LeaveYourMark #aHighPerformingLife #MpwrU #ReconditioningRevolution

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Episodes

Criss-Crossing the Atlantic with Nick Ward

May 10, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 54 MB

Nick is currently the Programs Director for ALTIS.  ALTIS is an elite training environment for athletes and a global leader in the provision of education for sports performance.  Nick is in charge of building education and training resources that share ALTIS experiences and extend their processes to the performance community at large. The complexity of managing both the Performance and health of athletes is at the heart of the ALTIS approach.  Nick has a substantial and diverse resume having...

Emotional Healing with Hannah Roediger-Day

May 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MB

In this EP I speak with Hannah Roediger-Day a business owner/entrepreneur in the health & neuro space. Hannah takes foundational health & high-performance protocols and combines them with applied neurology, positive psychology, emotion code, yoga, human design, and behavioral science to create personal freedom for her clients - physically, emotionally, and mentally. Her own story of injury, healing, and self-discovery is the foundation for her work and her drive to help other people through ...

From Brazil to Bowling Green and Beyond with Ivi Casagrande

April 26, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MB

In this EP I talk with Ivi Casagrande. Ivi is a high-performance consultant currently serving as a Technical Expert Consultant for FIFA and UEFA. Ivi is also part of the Human Performance Council for Under Armour.  Ivi started her coaching career as a Performance Coach for the Women’s Soccer program at Bowling Green State University, before joining Redline Athletics as their Director of Sports Performance and a Network Sports Scientist with US Youth National Teams. In 2019, she was the Lead ...

The Long Road to Lord Stanley with Curtis Bell

April 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

This week's EP features an NHL Veteran Therapist, Curtis Bell. Curtis is currently the Director of Sports Performance for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He began his career in hockey with the Flint Generals of the Colonial Hockey League and then went on to work for the Lightning, Devils, and Panthers until 2008.  He took a sabbatical of sorts from the league working in an ortho clinic, and then for the Edge School in Calgary, Alberta. In 2012 he returned to the NHL wi...

Curiosity is the Father of Innovation with Chris Gaviglio

April 12, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

This EP features an innovative performance practitioner, Chris Gaviglio. Chris has been involved with Elite sport for over 20 years working across multiple Winter and Summer Olympic sports and professional football codes in both the northern hemisphere with Bath Rugby, and the southern hemisphere with Queensland "Maroons" Rugby League team, the Wallabies of the Australian National Rugby Union, and the Gold Coast SUNS of the AFL Aussie rules football league.  Chris still does train several wi...

Four Years and Six Important Lessons from My Guests - Solo Session

April 05, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

EP 261 is the fourth anniversary EP of LYM. We are proud of what we have accomplished at the podcast, and we've learned a lot from our guests over these past four years.  In this episode, I share with you six of the key learnings I've acquired through all the listening I've done these past four years. It's been an amazing ride, and I can't wait for four more! Check out our LYM Caps at www.LYMlab.com today and you can also DL a FREE Life Lab Starter kit with a few powerful learning modules to...

Performance Sport from Her Perspective with Rhonda Shishkin

March 29, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Rhonda is a physiotherapist and athletic therapist currently working in private practice with Craven Sports Services in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has been the therapist of the Canadian Women’s National Basketball team and the Head Therapist for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for 21 years.  She has been in high-level Canadian sports for much of her career and has been a mentor and educator to countless young performance professionals throughout her career. She is married to her hus...

Freestyle Ski Pioneer Phil Poirier

March 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

This EP features Phil Poirier who is a bit of a living legend in my neck of the woods. He was a part of bringing the freestyle life to skiing. Growing up watching the snowboard revolution, he and a group of other locals began to play in the snowpark against all odds, adopted twin tip skis, and created a new genre of skiing.  His story is rich and full and I wanted more than just local peeps to hear it.  Enjoy!

Navigating Change, Communication, and the Power of Science w Doc Jordan

March 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB

EP 258 out tomorrow is a comebacker with one of my good friends and peers, Doctor Matt Jordan!  The good doctor and I talk about life, growth, navigating change, how to balance science with practice, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  These are the conversations I put on repeat because there are always new nuggets to glean from each time I listen.  It's what I love about podcasting, it's what I love doing. I hope you get some powerful takeaways as well.

Developing Yourself Professionally with Mike Potenza

March 13, 2022 15:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MB

In this EP Mike Potenza, the President of the Strength and Conditioning Coaches of Professional Hockey (SCAPH) and Lead of Performance for the San Jose Sharks and I chat about all things professional development.  Our experiences, formal, informal, conferences, mentorship, and life.  It's a great conversation to preface the work we are doing this year to bring the community of hockey performance people together in one place to explore the game we love.  It's a great conversation with a man o...

To Own It You Must First Discover It with Justin Roethlingshoefer

March 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

This EP features Justin Roethlingshoefer.  Justin has worked with many professional athletes and leaders in the world of business. He is an Amazon best-selling author for his books: Intent, Blueprint, and the Own It Manual. They focused on peak performance, human optimization, and applying data and testing to create personalized blueprints. After completing his MS in Sports Performance and Human Biology, Justin sought out post-graduate work in functional medicine. He has worked as a Performa...

Develop the Athlete and then the Hockey Player with Mark Fitzgerald

March 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB

EP 255 of the LYM podcast is a combo session with my friend and colleague Mark Fitzgerald.  Mark is one of Canada's leaders in the field of athletic performance.  He has a special affinity to hockey, having trained many developmental and elite players, and having served as the Lead of Performance for the Anaheim Ducks. This conversation sets the table for his workshop at this year's IHPS where he will dive deep into how to develop younger hockey athletes, a subject for which he has a great p...

Upholding the Rules of the Game with Matt Conger

February 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

This EP features a FIFA World Cup football referee, and the Director & Lead Facilitator of Holistic Leadership and Development Consultancy, Matt Conger. Pre-pandemic, Matt refereed full-time between the Chinese Super League, Saudi MBS Pro League, ISPS Handa Premiership (NZ), and OFC and FIFA competitions. Alongside active refereeing, he is passionate about developing the holistic capability of referees from the grassroots to the elite level.  In 2018 Matthew refereed at the FIFA World Cup Fi...

Sunday Re-Marks - A Change of Lens on the Olympics

February 20, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

This EP is my meanderings around the idea of the Olympics. What it should mean for us, instead of what it seems it has become. We should celebrate the effort and opportunity to be on that stage, exposed and open to the possibilities. Instead, we focus too often on winning and losing, and on the judgment we so often prescribe.  Enjoy!

The TAO of Sport with Duff Gibson

February 15, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MB

This EP features Duff Gibson. In 1989, having completed his undergrad at Western, Duff Gibson moved to Calgary to earn his master’s degree in kinesiology at the University of Calgary and begin a twenty-five-year journey in high-performance sport.  As an athlete, Duff was a provincial champion speed skater, a national champion and national team member in bobsleigh, and then a world and Olympic gold medallist in the sport of skeleton. Duff was also named Canada’s male athlete of the year for 2...

Straddling Extraordinary, at the Intersection of Remarkable and So, So Ordinary with Dayna Del Val

February 08, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 46 MB

This EP features Dayna Del Val who works with people through weekend retreats, one on one coaching, and her writing and speaking to inspire and motivate people to shake up their day-to-day to find what’s beyond their current reality, to get comfortable being uncomfortable and to articulate, and create a tangible plan of action and pursue their next dream. Dayna and her husband Dr. Mazz Marry host a twice-weekly Livestream called Daily Dose of Dr. Marry & DD around their mission to openly sha...

Seeking Refuge in Athletic Performance with Les Gramantik

February 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB

This EP features Les Gramntik, an internationally recognized leader in coaching speed and power. He has over 50 years of experience in coaching in the countries of Romania, Israel, and most significantly in Canada. He’s been an athletic and development consultant for hockey, football, synchronized swimming, bobsleigh, and professional golf. He has also served as an Education program developer, university lecturer, and sought-after international speaker. Doing justice to his resume in coachin...

Empowering Today's Youth with Stu Saunders

January 25, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MB

Stu has been the vision behind the organization Youth Leadership Camps Canada (YLCC) since it began in 1992. For the last thirty years, Stu has put his heart and soul into building a world-class summer camp and leadership development program that is now YLCC.  Since 1991, he has traveled through North America and Europe speaking to thousands of schools of every level, many organizations, and over 3 million people. Stu has worked with some of the biggest game-changers in the world including l...

Skill Acquisition and Flow State the Passion of Chris Bertram

January 18, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MB

EP 248 features the Senior Director of Applied Neuroscience at EXOS, Chris Bertram.  Chris is also an Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).  Chris specializes in creating environments that are designed to maximize learning, build resilience, and optimize performance under pressure. His academic and professional focus is in the area of skill acquisition and flow state with an emphasis on the nature of expertise and elite-level performance. Chris has published more ...

A Dugout, to Bahama Sand, and Now the Side of a Pitch with James Gardiner

January 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

James is an Athletic Therapist, and Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and holds a Master’s degree in Kinesiology and Health Science, and is a Hatha Yoga practitioner.  He held positions as a Head Athletic Trainer in the Blue Jays system, as well as a Rehab Coordinator role at York University and various therapy, conditioning, and sports injury rehab roles, including working within the York University Athletic Therapy program. Most recently he acted as a performance consultant with the Univ...

Building Champions for Life with David Arsenault and Jon Geller

January 04, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MB

EP 246 is a wonderful conversation with two amazing humans, David Arsenault and Jon Geller.  David's career spans close to thirty years, first being a world-class Taekwondo athlete, then an elite Taekwondo and performance coach, and now a leader in the world of physical literacy for children. His foundation, Champions for Life, is making a difference in the lives of so many young people. Jon was a protege of David's, and through the influence of David's life and career, and a challenging hea...

"Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying" - My EOY Ramblings

December 28, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

EP 245 is an insightful self-reflection on the fragility of life.  I recognized recently with the passing of filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee, my own mortality. At 58 years old (the same age as he), I was struck by how quickly life can change, how much time I really do have left on this planet, and the age-old question of my own journey.  Am I running towards something, or running away?  Am I busy living, or am I busy dying?  At the end of the day, none of us get to define our timeline, but we do ...

There is Work To Be Done Before Celebrity with Don Saladino

December 21, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

I had a really good conversation about the life of a fitness industry leader, Don Saladino last week.  This EP explores the life of this Coach & Fitness Entrepreneur of over 20 years who has developed a reputation for training some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Don has coached actors, athletes, & musicians throughout his career, and in 2005, he opened his NYC Gym, Drive 495. After operating a gym for 15 years, Don expanded to a global online fitness business.  He’s been tapped as a fitn...

Jer Sheppard and Me - The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Leadership

December 14, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MB

This week's EP is a fantastic performance conversation with my good buddy, Jeremy Sheppard.  Jer is one of those eclectic souls whose professional acumen is shadowed by his incredible character and humility. He's been in the world of human performance coaching athletes of just about every dimension, but his heart sings for the boards of surf and snow.  He currently takes care of Canada's greatest snowboarders and is ramping up his work heading into this winter's Olympic games. He took some t...

A Long and Winding Road with Chris Mattice

December 07, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

This EP features Chris Mattice who's spent the past 25 years in the health and wellness field as a practitioner and business developer/coach.  A former performance coach in Northern Virginia, he trained many Washington DC area, professional athletes, for many years and consulted with several of the area's top businesses. He is currently a Mindset and Business development coach and an integral part of the PARTNERS PROGRAM and FRONTLINES with Brain Grasso and Carrie Campbell. He is in the proc...

Creativity is Just Connecting Things with Matt Young

November 30, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MB

Matt Young is an industry leader with over 25 years of experience in the allied health care sector. Matt’s two decades of leadership of his business Innovative Fitness led to thirteen franchises and personal recognition as a Top 40 Under 40 honorees by the City of Vancouver BC and the country of Canada. In early 2010, Matt turned his focus to the not-for-profit sector where he founded a charity focused on supporting the development of physical literacy for youth. As the charity scaled nation...

A 1306 Pound Gift of Injury with Brain Carroll

November 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MB

This EP features Brian Carroll who is a world-class powerlifter with over two decades of record-setting powerlifting under his belt.  A competitive powerlifter since 1999, Brian is one of the most accomplished lifters in the history of the sport. Having lifted at the elite world-class level since 2005, Brian has well over a decade of world-class lifting experience. He has totaled more than ten times his body weight in three different classes, and both bench pressed and deadlifted over 800 po...

Sunday Re-Marks - Becoming a Parent - It Ain't Easy

November 21, 2021 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

In this EP I thought I would talk truthfully about my own journey as a dad. I think sometimes we get whisked into the vortex of what it should be instead of understanding what it is, and simply understanding what it is can allow us the room to be comfortable with our own insecurities and fears, and see the experience as an opportunity for our growth.  I hope it's valuable for you. Enjoy!

Josh Fletcher Advocates for Practitioner Wellbeing

November 16, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

This EP features Josh Fletcher, 'The Practitioner Wellness Guy'. He currently works for Hintsa with an F2 racing driver.  He previously served at EXOS with the Special Forces in Romania, Elite sport in India, with the English Institute of Sport, and in Professional Rugby. Recently he dedicated his core business "Career Blueprint" to supporting performance practitioners in taking control of their well-being. He believes that as coaches we are often poor at looking after ourselves, instead, pu...

Vacation Ramblings - LYM Solo Session

November 09, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

This EP is me, myself, and I talking about my recent vacation takeaways, a few insights from some great books read, and some ideas I have for bringing your best self to the table even through difficult times like we've shared over these past 20 months since the beginning of the pandemic.  Enjoy

A Breakdown in Communication with Brett Bartholomew

November 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

This EP is a Performance conversation about bettering communication strategies.  It features for a fourth time on the podcast, Brett Bartholomew.  Brett is a performance coach, author, consultant, and founder of the performance coaching and consulting company, The Bridge Human Performance.  His experience includes working with elite athletes of every dimension both in the team environment and private sector along with members of the United States Special Forces, and members of Fortune 500 co...

The Wisdom in a Life of Change with Peter Davis

October 26, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MB

This EP features Peter Davis who's been working in elite sport management for over 30 years. Originally from Australia, Peter received his MSc from the University of Oregon and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.  Since that time he has had a diverse and unique career in several countries and different sport systems. He has been involved as a high-level sports physiologist, a coach in the US collegiate system, and a high-performance sports administrator. He has worked with profession...

"Game On" with Maria Mountain

October 19, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

EP 234 features an inspirational leader in Strength+Conditioning in Canada, Maria Mountain. In an industry often perceived as male-dominated, Maria has cut a swath of her own and supported the success of countless athletes. Maria has been coaching for the past 25+ years, she has been helping athletes ranging from Olympic and Stanley Cup Champions to recreational levels and everything in between achieving their goals by designing and implementing training programs that address not only their ...

A High-Performance Life with David Joyce

October 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

EP 233 of the Leave Your Mark Podcast is a return engagement with my friend from down under, David Joyce.  David has been a real leader in the world of human performance for a very long time now.  I value a great deal his insights and learnings through a career at every level of the performance spectrum. In this wonderful conversation, we get into his change in life direction, his choice to do an MBA, his growth in fatherhood, and the work he and his co-editor Dan Lewindon have been doing th...

Rolling in the Deep with Stu McMillan

October 05, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

EP 232 of the Leave Your Mark is a deep and thoughtful conversation with my friend and peer, Stu McMillan.  It's the second time I've had him as a guest, the third issue of his content (we did a little Performance Lab together as well a while back). Our paths crossed maybe fifteen years ago now, we were performance coaches at opposite ends of Canada working with elite athletes.  We shared a common vision of improving athletic performance and resilience, but we didn't really know it at the ti...

Sunday Re-Marks - The Value in Transcending Experiences

October 03, 2021 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

This EP is a Sunday ReMarks where I get into the idea of how to transcend experience.  Good or bad, or even mundane.  An experience misunderstood or dismissed is an experience lost.  Even the labeling of the experience is suspect.  An experience deemed negative in a moment can turn out to be transformative and re-directional to a place of greater happiness, or fulfillment.  The truth is we don't know, so why label it at all. Just learn about yourself and others from it, course correct, and m...

Serial Entrepreneurship with Brad Thorpe

September 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB

In this EP I talk with a friend and LYM advocate, Brad Thorpe.  Brad is the patented inventor of the Isophit Strength Trainer and Isophit M.S.K and serial entrepreneur.  Brad’s career as an Exercise and Performance Specialist has spanned 28-years. In 2006, Brad became the 21st specialist to achieve the combined designations of a Master Level Resistance Training Specialist and Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist.  Brad Thorpe is the father of his daughter Tyler, and husband to Colleen. I ...

Sunday Re-Marks - How to Create Change and Growth in Your Life

September 26, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

EP 229 is a Sunday Re-Marks session all about manifesting change and growth in your life.  Change starts with a connection to why you want to change, for, without this intentionality, the journey will be more difficult than necessary, and sometimes unachievable.  We need this sense of connection to why we're doing things for when the tough times arrive because there will always be tough times. In this video I walk you through a process for change and growth, it's a part of what I plan to exp...

Two's a Charm with Ryan Hamilton

September 21, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MB

This EP features mental performance coach Ryan Hamilton.  Ryan serves as a mental performance coach with the Canadian Sport Centre, UNB Varsity Reds, Hockey Canada, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ryan is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. While Ryan applies the findings of his research to a variety of groups including cancer survivors and exercisers, he is most well-known for his work in sport. In 2020, Ryan served as the Mental Performance Coach for the gold medal-winning...

Back-to-Back Stanley Cups with Julien BriseBois

September 14, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

This EP features Julien BriseBois the General Manager of the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning. Under Julien’s guidance, the 2018-19 team became the first in Lightning franchise history to capture the NHL's President's Trophy for the best regular-season record. In his next season, the team captured its second Stanley Cup in franchise history during the “Bubble” postseason of 2020 and doubled down on this achievement earlier this summer with a back-to-back Stanley Cup victory. Prior to...

Sunday Re-Marks - Freedom is a Fragile Thing

September 12, 2021 15:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

This EP 226 of the podcast is a Sunday Remarks on the day after the recognition of 20 years since the 9/11 tragedy.  I talk about my experience, my recognition of how the world has changed, and what I feel we've lost the meaning of in the process. Freedom is a fragile thing, and we sometimes need to recognize how much our own fears actually constrain its true expression.  

Changing Direction with Richard Clarke

September 07, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

This week's episode features an up-and-coming leader in the human performance community who specializes in training change of direction. Rich Clarke is an S&C coach and an education professional from the United Kingdom.  He has split his time between teaching in the university system, coaching athletes of all abilities, and completing a Ph.D. focused on the change of direction, and agility. He's releasing a new course on this subject matter this week at strengthcoachcurriculums.com. Rich is ...

Performance Conversations - Dom+Scott - Talking Athlete Development with Matt Young

September 04, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 48 MB

In this EP, Dom Gauthier and I get into a great chat about all things athlete development with Matt Young.  Matt is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40, and Caldwell Partners Canadian Top 40 Under 40 business award winner. This serial entrepreneur graduated with a Kinesiology Degree from the University of British Columbia and started his first start-up company, a boutique health & fitness business: Innovative Fitness. Matt’s ability to di...

The Intent is to Grow with Jesse Wright

August 31, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB

This EP features Jesse Wright. Jesse is the founder of the Balance the Bar initiative, is a high-performance consultant, coach, author, and public speaker.  His career has spanned over two decades in the team sport culture, including working with organizations in the NBA, NFL, NCAA, and in private sports training. His passion lies in helping young professionals grow and advance in their careers and lives. Through continuing education resources and private coaching, he seeks to create awarene...

From the Gridiron to a Studio Lot with Johnny Mac Stunts

August 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

This EP features John MacDonald. Johnny has spent the last 25 plus years as a stuntman in the film industry.  I met John as a Linebacker for the Concordia University Football team many moons ago, and our paths never crossed after he left the school. We re-discovered each other on Facebook and rekindled a friendship.  Johnny Mac was a hard-charging football player, intense and physical, and it’s no surprise to me that he made a career as a stuntman in the movies.  Movies like the Incredible H...

Sunday Re-Marks - The Golden Years are for the Birds!

August 22, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

This EP is a Sunday Re-Marks.  Just a few insights about the challenges of getting old.  I experienced watching my mother deteriorate these past 18 months during COVID and it made me think about my own mortality, longevity, and improving our life quality respective of the quantity we get to partake.  Enjoy!

Safe Sport Superhero with Allison Forsyth

August 17, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

This EP features a former Elite Alpine Skier with Canada’s Women’s National Team, Allison Forsyth.  Allison is an 8-time Canadian Champion, has 5 World Cup podiums, and earned a bronze medal at the World Championships in 2003. She also competed for Canada in two Olympic Games, 02 and 06.  After retiring due to injury in 08, she took her experience in sports marketing and high-level sport and started her career in branding and marketing. Due to her own personal experience with abuse in sport,...

FEAR of the Unknown with Tony Blauer

August 10, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

This episode is a conversation with Tony Blauer, a leading authority in personal self-defense and tactical confrontation.  I interviewed Tony just before the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and we had a great discussion about his life and the influences that have shaped him. Tony is a friend and a fellow Montrealer turned SoCal living, and I invited him back after a year, to talk about the pandemic, people's reaction to the fear of the unknown.  Whether it's the acute and immediate threat ...

Nudged into a Basketball Journey with Todd Wright

August 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

In this episode, I speak with Todd Wright. Todd is the Vice President of Player Performance and Assistant Coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is currently finishing his second season with the Clippers. Before his time with the Clippers, Todd spent four years with the Philadelphia 76ers as an Assistant Coach and Head of Strength and Conditioning.  Before the NBA, Todd spent 21 years in college basketball and helped his teams reach 19 out of 21 NCAA tournaments, including 17 consecutive tri...

An Adopted Cowboy Academic with Mark Lafave

July 27, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

Mark is an Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal University. Mark’s passion for athletic therapy and injury rehabilitation began during his undergraduate degree in Physical Education and Master’s Degree in Science at the University of Manitoba. During this time, Mark worked primarily with varsity football and hockey. After graduation, he worked as an athletic therapist for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and in private practice at the Pan Am Sports Medicine Clinic. In...

Guests

Brett Bartholomew
3 Episodes
Connor Carrick
1 Episode
Craig Ballantyne
1 Episode
David Epstein
1 Episode
Eric Cressey
1 Episode
Fergus Connolly
1 Episode
Greg Lehman
1 Episode
Kelly Starrett
1 Episode
Michael Gervais
1 Episode
Ray Zahab
1 Episode
Todd Wright
1 Episode
Tony Blauer
1 Episode

Books

In the Beginning
1 Episode