Leave Your Mark

Send us Fan Mail 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 podc...

Send us Fan Mail 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 o...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Perfor...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 holis...

Send us Fan Mail 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! If you liked this EP, please take the time to r...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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 progr...

Send us Fan Mail 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 organiz...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 y...

Send us Fan Mail 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?...

Send us Fan Mail 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, Dri...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 fou...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 pract...

Send us Fan Mail 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 If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a frien...

Send us Fan Mail 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 env...

Send us Fan Mail 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 physio...

Send us Fan Mail 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 everyth...