Performance Talk

Dr. David LaPlaca has over eight years of experience as a strength and conditioning coach. He is currently the head strength coach at Evolve Fitness Strength and Conditioning and has worked on the NCAA Division I FBS, Division I FCS, and the Division III levels where he has worked with professional athletes and over 20 different team sports. David earned his PhD in Kinesiology with a cognate in Nu...

Juan is a Professional Trainer/Practitioner and Facilitator. Certified Mental Performance Consultant in the New York city area. His work includes experience as a Master Resilience Trainer and Performance Expert in the US Army where he taught mental skills, resilience, and performance enhancement techniques and more.

An aspiring NBA strength and conditioning coach, Loughborough University MSc student, and an NSCA CSCS. Jordan is experienced in coaching and developing nutritional interventions for elite elite and high level athletes

Scott Livingston has been working in the field of human performance over thirty years. He is renown for his dedication to building the “whole” athlete, and his ability to define movement dysfunction and provide correction leading to increased performance and reduction of injury. Scott has trained and reconditioned successful athletes at every level including professional athletes, Olympic athletes...

Brian is a "mindset coach for those professionals with busy brains". We talk about ADHD, recovery, peak performance, sabotage, poisonous negative self-talk and Brian's personal adversities that inspired him to work with individuals fighting with similar psychological road blocks. This is a good one folks! A little bit for everyone, including the non-athlete.

With 19 years clinical experience, Dr. Nessler challenges himself to be a thought leader in sports medicine, injury prevention and movement dysfunction. With 18 years’ experience in management of outpatient physical therapy and athletic training programs, he constantly challenges conventional wisdom to think outside the box in developing applications utilizing evidence based practice integrated wi...

Justin is the Head strength and conditioning coach of the Anaheim Ducks, AHL affiliate San Diego Gulls. Devan heads up the performance of hockey at UMASS Lowell. Both colleagues authored the book, Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science, as well as the app mentioned in this episode. Please have a listen to hear the great ideas Justin and Devan throw out there, as well as where you ca...

Welcome to the first annual Performance Talk Round Table Episode  where my co-host and I ask questions that are relevant to the profession and they are answered by a diverse quest panel. Guest Panel: Dr. Tim Baghurst is the Director of Sports & Coaching Science at Oklahoma State University. He has over published 100 peer-reviewed articles, 15 textbooks and book chapters, and has presented on sport...

We had Jorge on today to discuss Athlete Buy In -why the athlete has to be part of the plan Simplicity - Not over complicating the training process Professional responsibilities - Stewardship and Collaboration Confidence - know what you know and what you don't know Jorge is currently a private practitioner with nearly 25 of experience, based in Florida, where he has prepared athletes for sport at...

Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record. Dan spends his work life blending weekly workshops and lectures with full-time writing, and is also an...

The principle at Explosive Edge Athletics and the founder of Movement Mastery; Currently operating out of the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Shawn is NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with Distinction a NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist certified, and NASE Speed Enhancement Specialist certified. In this episode we will talk about of course movement and specifically why it...

Ewell and Chris return to continue the discussion on the current use of periodization and the explore the question of, is it useful, effective, or should we be looking elsewhere? Our guide for today podcast will be a book by Fergus Connolly called Game Changer. We Fergus is the Performance & Operations Director, University of Michigan Football. We think this work of his is one of the must reads fo...

How its currently being utilized. Periodization is a form or resistance training that may be defined as strategic implementation of specific training phases. These training phases are based upon increasing and decreasing both volume (which is reps times sets) and intensity (which is the load or percentage of 1RM) when designing a training program. Host(s) Ewell and Chris discus how Periodization i...

Subject: Professionals working together and stewardship of the profession. Why the way forward is working and learning together and not competing. SFC Green is a Master Fitness and Resiliency Trainer at US Army Central Command Experienced Health and Wellness Manager with a demonstrated history success in program management and healthcare administration.

Coach Heller is an Exercise & Sport Science Consultant and Strength & Conditioning coach working in the Seattle area where he focuses allot of his attention on development and youth athletics. The main subject content will be assessment and application of training on athletic prowess of young athletes. Contact Info Daniel Heller, MS, CSCS, RSCC Ironwood Health & Fitness Strength & Conditioning Coa...

Phil Hannon is a retired coach of 14 years at Baker University in Baldwin Ks, 4 years as a coach in the Chicago Cubs organization, and former professional athlete spending a total of 5 years in the Cubs organization. Currently He works at Baker University as the assistant director of development. He is also the founder Keepers of the Legends Foundation ​a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, he fou...

Guest: Beth Kais is a Private Practitioner with specialties in multiple areas that are critical to movement, prevention, recovery etc… Extensive experience in severe injury recovery (post surgical ligament reconstruction, spinal disc herniation/fusion, osteoarthritis and joint debridement) to return to optimal performance. Specialties: Corrective Exercise, Personalized Programs, Core Conditioning...

Topic - The Mental Game- Training It and Maintaining it - Discussion about what it is, how it is developed, etc...

Professional in the field of exercise science: Specialties: Exercise Prescription, Fitness, Wellness, Strength & Conditioning, Ice Hockey, Human Physiological Output Testing, etc