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Send us Fan Mail Taylor is a Neuro Athletic Trainer through Z-Health, he has a deep passion for helping his clients develop quality training habits that put their health first and allow them to do the things they love pain-free. His passion for martial arts has shaped how he approaches health and fitness. He runs a STRENGTH & MOBILITY DOJO to create a training experience that encourages growth...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Luka Hocevar. Luka was born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and gives credit to basketball, fitness, and coaches for taking him from going down the wrong path in crime, to becoming a professional basketball player in the elite European Leagues as well as the NBA Summer Pro League. After his professional career, Luka went into his passion of training to affect o...

Send us Fan Mail Andreo Spina. Andreo is a Sports Specialist chiropractor practicing in Toronto. He is the creator and lead instructor of the Functional Range Systems® used by thousands of practitioners worldwide including dozens of professional sports organizations in just about every league you can imagine.    Andreo is a published author, and international speaker on joint health, movement and...

Send us Fan Mail EP 367 features Joel Gandara. Joel is a personal life coach who brings a compelling personal narrative that resonates with a wide audience. His journey from a poor immigrant to a successful entrepreneur is a testament to resilience and determination.   Joel is a Cuban immigrant to the US who grew up in a family with little means. He found a way to transcend poverty and explore ent...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Andrew Eaton.  Andrew is a teacher, who integrates traditional strength training, mindset coaching, and brain-based physical training. He found his way to weight training as a response to being bullied in middle school. The lessons learned there laid the foundation for an entire career.   After college, he was certain that a radio career was the next step in his j...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Adam House a serial entrepreneur with a diverse background as a senior executive, professional basketball player, and team Co-Owner. Although he has achieved a lot in his 25-year career, he remains humbled by the opportunities he has to make a difference in people's lives. As the founder of multiple companies, Adam has a wealth of real-world business experien...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features performance coach and exercise physiologist, Scott Wilgress.  Over the course of his career, he has worked with hundreds of provincial, national, and professional athletes.  He was a member of Team Nova Scotia as the Physiologist / Strength Coach for the 2011, 2013, and 2015 Canada Games.   He’s helped prepare athletes for 5 Olympic Games in sports such as Gymnast...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Annick-Isabelle Marcoux founder of the LangLeven Group in 2015, Canada’s first and only private equity group exclusively focused on growth opportunities in the North American Sports Industry.  Before that, she was president and CEO of a group of high-end fitness clubs: Mansfield Athletic Clubs, Atwater Club, and HardCandy Fitness Toronto. In charge of aligning ope...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Strength and Conditioning Coach, and High-Performance Manager with the Canadian Armed Forces, Elliott Richardson.  His background includes experience as an athlete, coach, mentor, educator, presenter, and integrator of disciplines to optimize human performance.   Before he transitioned to working with the military population, he spent almost a decade as a Strength...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Nick Jonsson a business leader, author, speaker, podcast host, networking expert, and entrepreneur. His primary mission is empowering individuals to live beyond their wildest dreams through vulnerability and holistic happiness.  He is the co-founder and Managing Director of Executives' Global Network (EGN). Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia, and Southeast A...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Sam Spinelli a Physical Therapist and strength & conditioning coach with experience coaching individuals from the sick and frail to high-performing Olympic athletes.   Sam co-founded Thrive Kelowna in 2021 to help provide the town of Kelowna, BC with high-quality coaching. He’s built multiple businesses in the rehab and fitness space, and he’s currently workin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with nutrition expert Jennifer Broxterman. Jennifer is a Registered Dietitian and founder of PROSPER Nutrition Coaching , a world-class nutrition certification for gym owners and coaches. She's an award-winning Foods & Nutrition University professor, writer for Precision Nutrition , and owns her private practice NutritionRx . Jen has worked with cl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Alex Dziri and I discuss the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform various industries, including coaching.  AI is here to stay and we must recognize what it can do for us, and how we can employ it to support our work, not eliminate it.   We emphasized the need for humans to adapt to the changing landscape and collaborate with AI systems while ackn...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Miles Krol who has been in the wellness industry for over 20 years, first starting as a personal trainer at a young age, and then going on to pursue numerous certifications & internships with many of the industry’s top professionals.  Miles once weighed close to 300 pounds.  Losing over 120 pounds, his physique transformation motivated him to help other people...

Send us Fan Mail This EP is a conversation with an old friend and colleague, Chad Benson. Chad is the CEO of the Personal Trainer Academy.  He’s been a strength and conditioning coach for almost thirty years now.   His influence in the world of fitness and human performance is wide and valued.  He's been an innovator in human performance throughout his career and has always desired to share h...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Paul Laursen, a prominent figure in endurance sports, a versatile athlete, coach, scientist, and entrepreneur, encompassing more than three decades of experience.  His academic career includes over 150 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and the mentorship of more than 20 PhD/Masters students.  Paul is also the co-author with this colleague Martin Buckheit, of th...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Enda King, the Head of Elite Performance and Development in Aspetar in Doha, Qatar. Enda integrates his roles as a sports physiotherapist, strength and conditioning coach, researcher, and educator in his work with individual athletes and elite teams across various sports and disciplines. He travels internationally to work with athletes and professional clubs.  In...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Randy Goodman a sports physiotherapist in practice for 30+ years and currently the Director of Athlete Health and Performance for Sport PEI. He built a thriving clinical physiotherapy business with multiple facilities in Kelowna, BC rehabbing and training elite athletes (NHL, NFL, NBA, NCAA, CIS, national teams, etc.).  He also ran Therapy Services in the Athlete...

Send us Fan Mail This week's EP and the first of this year 2024 is all about why we started Reconditioninghq.com.  Neuro-reconditioning is all about helping therapists and performance professionals unlock the ability to seamlessly blend rehabilitation and movement enhancement with confidence.  We started it 20 years ago now, teaching our first official course in 2004, and then 10 years later...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode features Camille DePutter a storytelling specialist who helps leaders in the health & fitness industry communicate their big ideas so that they can grow their reputation, recognition, and impact. Acting as a trusted advisor and creative collaborator, Camille helps her clients express their knowledge, thoughts, and ideas in an effective and authentic way. Her servi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is an interview with Dan Wirth and Jonathan Thompson about the use and practical application of Blood Flow Restriction technology, and specifically the value of the B-Strong system.   Dan is currently the Director of Olympic sports performance at the University of Tennessee. He has been in the world of human performance for 35+ years as both a team and organization st...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Darren McConaghy.  Darren has an extensive interdisciplinary background in Athletic Therapy, Kinesiology, Osteopathy, and Strength & Conditioning along with a deep passion for blending the worlds of manual therapy, fitness, and performance. A graduate of York University, Darren honed his practice while working for the Montreal Canadiens AHL affiliate, the Hami...

Send us Fan Mail This is a great session adapted from our Reconditioning Mastermind program.  We interviewed Osteopath and Performance coach Pat Magee. Pat is currently serving as a manual therapist and performance coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Before that, he was serving in a similar role with the Golden State Warriors. After a master's Degree at McGill University, Pat practiced as an O...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Jeremy Koenig. Jeremy is an Entrepreneur Coach @IRISOS and a Business Development Consultant @Sequencing.   He is the former founder and CEO of Athletigen, a Halifax-based company that revolutionized the way athletes train by exploring the dynamics of human potential and genetic influence. A former Dalhousie track and field team captain and Academic All-Canadian,...

Send us Fan Mail This is the third-time return of one of the great thinkers and educators in human performance today, Nick Winkleman.  Nick currently serves as the head of athletic performance & science for the Irish Rugby Football Union.  I recently bumped into him at a Perform Better Summit in Orlando, Florida where he and I were speaking.  He was presenting a topic seemingly out of context...