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Send us Fan Mail The EP features Tyson Plesuk. Tyson is a physiotherapist working with Olympic, NHL, and other professional and amateur athletes and the general public. Tyson played junior hockey for the Calgary Canucks for three years and also attended the University of Calgary as a Kinesiology student.  After he finished his junior hockey career, Tyson transferred to Queen’s University to play h...

Send us Fan Mail This EP is a solo session.  I didn't have an interview recorded, and I decided I would take the time to talk about where we find ourselves today in society at large, and perhaps what has led us to a difficult and unsteady state. The world at large ebbs and flows, grows, and contracts, and we as human citizens struggle to know what to look toward for solace and a sense of cont...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Gary Cummings. Gary is an Athletic Therapist and Osteopath who has been in practice for more than 50 years. A graduate of Guelph University he took his first job as the Head Therapist of the football program at Sir George Williams University in Montreal in 1972. The school merged with Loyola College in 1975 to become Concordia University and Gary remained on to se...

Send us Fan Mail The EP features Lydia Henry an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner since 2009 and a Certified Athletic Therapist from 1996-2016 in the field of physical rehabilitation.  She was the Head Athletic Therapist at the Humber College Sports Injuries Clinic from October 2003 until 2010 when she resigned from her position to open her own practice.   Lydia was a member of the Canadian Health C...

Send us Fan Mail This EP fetures Jonathan Pelletier Ouellet. Jo as he is known by most is a Strength and Conditioning Coach and Physiotherapist with over 15 years of experience in the field. He specializes in athlete reconditioning following traumatic and chronic injuries. Since 2008 he’s been a key member of Freestyle Canada.  From 2009 to 2018 he traveled with the Canadian Freestyle Aerials Team...

Send us Fan Mail This EP is a great conversation with two good friends of mine and national treasures of Canadian Sport.  Dom Gauthier competed as a Mogul Skier in the late 90s and was an Olympian in Nagano Japan in 1998.   He went on to become the coach of the Japanese National Team and then became the private coach of Jenn Heil and Alexandre Bilodeau where he was integral in their mutual success...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features David Clancy.   David has been in the field of sports medicine, physiotherapy, and performance support for over 15 years. A Physiotherapy background and MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine paved the way for high-performance sports, private practice, and Isokinetic Medical Group in Harley Street, London.  He has been a consultant for Europe-based players regarding...

Send us Fan Mail The EP features Shannon Clark. Shannon has over 20 years of experience consulting and coaching in the health and wellness industry for individuals and employers. In 2019, she suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) that altered the course of her life.  Her recovery journey resulted in a new mission to provide effective and affordable recovery options for fellow sufferers. Today, S...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Bullock. Josh has spent over 20 years working at the intersection of human performance, sports science, and education. His career has taken him through four NCAA institutions, a private academy, and U.S. Ski & Snowboard, where he had the privilege of preparing the U.S. Freestyle Mogul Team for the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.  As a director and coach, he developed and l...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a chat with Bob Stewart. Bob is a physiotherapist currently working as the head of the medical department for the English Rugby Senior Men’s team.  Born in Scotland and after a rugby career of his own in New Zealand he found his place as a physiotherapist in his chosen sport of Rugby. From 1998 to 2006 he worked for Glasgow Rugby and the Scottish National Team. In...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Wayne Diesel.  Wayne is a Physiotherapist born in South Africa. In the late 1990s, he worked in private physiotherapy at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, where he worked with several National Teams, including Women’s Gymnastics, Men’s Hockey, Football, and Rugby, as well as the African, Olympic, and Commonwealth Games.  In 2002 he moved to the UK to w...

Send us Fan Mail This is a return visit for Sam Portland.  Sam is an Athletic Performance Specialist with a bend in Speed Development and Coach Mentoring. After suffering a broken leg playing rugby in 2007 and managing his rehab his passion for Athletic performance and strength and conditioning grew.  He's been on a wild ride working with athletes in the NFL, NFL combine prep, CFL, Great Brit...

Send us Fan Mail YM EP 408 features Ryan van Asten, a Strength and Conditioning coach and sports scientist who oversees the X-Factory Wellness Centre in Calgary. Before his current role, he was the Director of Sports Performance with the Calgary Flames for nine seasons. Prior to his time with the Flames, he was the strength and Conditioning Coach for the Los Angeles Kings, who won two Stanley Cups...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features legendary physiotherapist Robert Cornforth.  Now in his 90s, Bob started his journey in sport as a goalie in the Montreal Canadiens development system of the 1940s and 50s, playing in his later career from 52-55 with the Wembley Lions of the English Hockey League.   After his hockey career, he became the physiotherapist for the storied Montreal Canadiens of the 50...

Send us Fan Mail Max Hanna. Max has been the head Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach at Vanier College in Montreal since 2006.  He works with athletes from different sports including football, basketball, soccer, rugby, MMA, and hockey. He also worked with the Montreal Alouettes from 2007-2009, where he won a Grey Cup with the team in his final year.  He has also worked with ma...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features a return guest, Dr. Greg Wells.  Greg is a physiologist who has served as an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Toronto and is an exercise medicine researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. In this session, we dig into his newest book contribution, Powerhouse.  It's a handbook for anyone seeking to live a healthier and high...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Tim Fleiszer.  Tim was the first player in Canadian Football League history to win four Grey Cup championships with four different teams. Selected 1st overall in the 1998 CFL Draft, Tim was a team captain on three teams (Montreal, Ottawa, and Edmonton) and a CFL Players Association representative for four years. Throughout his ten-year career, Tim was passionate a...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is an interview with Sun Ah Brock, Founder & owner of LUX décor and a passionate entrepreneur on a mission to build the most influential design community in North America. She founded LUX Decor in 2003 and scaled the business with the help of three things: her ability to bring together talented creative individuals, a strong work ethic, and a constant drive to suc...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features legendary Athletic Trainer Kenny Lowe.  Kenny is semi-retired now, but the former Head Therapist with the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL from 1989-2010 and the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL from 1982-1989. Kenny started his career as the Head Therapist at Concordia University before taking a job with the Eskimos (now Elks) and was a member of multiple Grey Cup-winning t...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Vinny Malts for a second time. In this second interview, we get into Vinny's journey from mindset education, to mentoring youth development athletes, a realization that academic underpinnings hold value, and the re-iterative process of Mastering his approach to mental preparation. Vinny is a former professional hockey player and coach who brings decades of ex...

Send us Fan Mail On April 3rd, 2018, my journey began with podcasting. The first was simply me telling the listener what LYM would be, the second was my first guest Erik Guay.   I had trained Erik for the last six years of his career, and I thought sitting down with him and understanding his life and career as they were coming close to a conclusion would be a great way to start this show. I had no...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Anthony Findlay. Anthony has owned Level 10 Fitness in North Vancouver since 1997. The company grew from 1 employee to 20, and now it supports 50 practitioners, including physios, osteopaths, counselors, and independent strength and conditioning coaches. Anthony has been working with Canada Snowboard for what is now his 5th Olympic cycle. He has further worked wit...

Send us Fan Mail LYM EP 398 out tomorrow, features fellow podcaster Eric Malzone.  Eric is a Northern California native with a lifelong passion for fitness and athletics. After ten years in corporate America, he started his first fitness business in 2008, CrossFit Pacific Coast followed by Lighthouse Fitness in 2015. In 2017, Eric successfully sold his gyms going nomadic for years, finally landing...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Sean Donellan.  Sean has been in the fitness, performance, and rehabilitation field for over 35 years. He was the NHL’s first Director of Sports Performance, for the New York Islanders. Where using a medical model he assembled and oversaw all aspects of the sports performance department from 2011-2024. This period was his second stint with the team as he served as...

Send us Fan Mail Ewell Gordon is an experienced leader and lifetime steward of the strength and conditioning profession who has maintained a performance focus on proper movement, energy systems, and management. He is my guest in EP 396. A thought leader and professional who uses an individual-centered, holistic approach to performance improvement/enhancement, injury prevention, and overall prepara...