Leave Your Mark

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Alexander Dziri.  Alex is a business and life coach. Before getting into coaching, he was a professional breakdancer. He was part of Team Shmetta, one of the top crews in the world between 2009-2013. Alex traveled the world and battled on stages surrounded by more than 10,000 people. He organized the b-boy World Championship called Raw Circles in Antwerp Belg...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Sheldon Persad. Sheldon is the co-owner of Personal Best and is an NCCP certified coach in several different sports. He has been coaching for 34 years, and his experience includes being the S&C coach of athletes who have competed at world championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Olympics from close to two dozen different nati...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we visit with Gordon Bosworth, a practicing physiotherapist from the UK who has over forty years of experience in a myriad of roles. His early career was spent as part of the Royal Air Force in Physical training and later physiotherapy.  After several tours of duty, he left the RAF and became the head of rehabilitation at the police rehab center in Goring on the T...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode 155 is another in the series of Poolside chat's I was honored to host on behalf of ALTIS World at their Virtual Apprentice Coach Program back in September of this year. This one is a powerful conversation with Damien Moroney, Jas Randhawa, Dan Lewindon, and Dan Pfaff about the mystery of some injuries we see recure frequently in sports today. Enjoy! If you liked...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode features Marc Bubbs who is a Naturopathic Doctor, consultant Performance Nutritionist for Canada Basketball, and ALTIS. Speaker, and former Strength Coach. Marc is also the author of the best-selling book Peak: The new science of performance that is revolutionizing sports - An integrated and personalized approach to athlete health, nutrition, recovery, and mindset as...

Send us Fan Mail Cody is an author, podcast host, and football coach. Currently, he serves as the head coach of AFL Team Canada, the men's national program for Australian Rules football. Cody is a standout voice in the crossover of leadership principles between sports and business. His first book, "Where Others Won't", proposed that businesses should look at how pro sports team...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I was honored to be invited to host the ALTIS Poolside chats in the most recent version of their Virtual ACP.  This performance conversation around return to performance between several giants in the industry of human performance, McGill, Pfaff, and Jordan is a gem.  Enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and co...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Connor Carrick. Connor is a US-born professional hockey player who currently competes for the New Jersey Devils.  He was selected in the fifth round (137th) of the 2012 NHL entry draft by the Washington Capitals. Connor is a defenceman and a product of the Chicago hockey system. He was drafted to play junior hockey in the OHL with the Guelph Storm, declining...

Send us Fan Mail Dinah is a physiotherapist and owner of Pivot Sport Medicine and Orthopaedics in Toronto, which embodies all the positive aspects of health care for people seeking injury recovery, improved performance, and optimal health.  Dinah has worked professionally with multiple sports teams and events. She’s been a member of the Canadian Medical team for 13 major multi-sport games, includi...

Send us Fan Mail Pratik is a High-Performance Coach, Sports Nutritionist, Researcher, Advisor, and Author. Most recently he was the Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the New York Giants Football Club. He was one of the first in the country to hold dual primary full-time roles and also the first South Asian and minority on a professional coaching s...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a powerful performance conversation with one of Canada's leaders in athletic performance, Dr. Matt Jordan. Matt currently serves as the Director of Sports Science specifically in strength and power for mountain sports at the Canadian Sports Institute in Calgary. His curiosity and passion allow him to be one of Canada’s best at what he does and because of that,...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Dan Lewindon. Dan is the Head of Performance Science and Medicine for the LTA (National Governing Body of Tennis in the UK).  Responsible for the leadership, management, and integration of sports science and medicine in support of elite players, coaches, and performance programs. His role also includes the development of research and innovation strategies and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I have the unique opportunity to chat with Callen McGibbon and Nick Foligno together.  Nick Foligno is currently in his 14th season in the NHL and is the captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Team. Callen has been Nick's strength and conditioning coach throughout his career.  The opportunity to chat with both of them and learn about their personal stori...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I go deep on the Language of Coaching with Nick Winkleman.  Nick is the head of athletic performance & science for the Irish Rugby Football Union and an internationally recognized speaker on human performance and coaching science. Before working for Irish Rugby, Nick was the director of education and training systems for EXOS. As the director of education, Nick...

Send us Fan Mail This episode serves as an opportunity for me to sit and chat with my 12-year-old daughter Gretchen Livingston who is just starting High School.  What you learn, and what you get to better understand when you take the time to chat with your kids.  Enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @K...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Sports Nutrition legend, Louise Burke.  Louise is a sports dietitian with nearly 40 years of experience in the education and counseling of elite athletes.  She worked at the Australian Institute of Sport for thirty years, first as Head of Sports Nutrition, and then as Chief of Nutrition Strategy.  She was the team dietitian for the Australian Olympic Teams fo...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a world-leading performance practitioner, Sam Gibbs.  Sam is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, Certified Athletic Therapist, and Registered Massage Therapist. He has a Master’s in Functional Medicine & Human Nutrition, a post-graduate certificate in Clinical Endocrinology, and a Masters in Applied Neuroscience from King’s College London and the Institut...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Kevin Tyler. Kevin is currently the President of ALTIS, a progressive and innovative athletics training center based in Phoenix, Arizona.  A former competitive track and bobsleigh athlete, Kevin pursued coaching in Athletics while engaging in higher education in criminology.  Over the course of his extensive careers, he served as Head of Track and Field for B...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Anthony Donskov. Anthony is the founder of Donskov Strength and Conditioning located in Columbus, Ohio where he serves as the Director of Sports Performance.  Anthony is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Western Ontario.  His research interests include; biomechanics, ice hockey performance, and return to play after injury.  Anthony has served as...

Send us Fan Mail EP 140 of Leave Your Mark a special edition is a performance conversation with Dr. Stephen Norris about his experiences in high-performance sport, and how he worked with others to solve problems. Steve's career spans several decades pushing the boundaries of human performance in Canada's Olympic training system.  He was a part of the inception of the Own the Podium progr...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Irish born performance practitioner, Ian McKeown.  Ian is currently the Head of High Performance at Port Adelaide FC. Ian is heading into his 8th season in the AFL at Port Adelaide. Previous to coming to Australia he worked as a strength and conditioning coach for the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland. He headed to Australia in 2009 to coach at the Austra...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Adam Douglas. Adam is the Manager of Sports Performance with Hockey Canada’s Men’s National Teams.  He has spent over 10 years working with both the Men's and Women's teams in a strength and conditioning and sport science role.  He is responsible for building the physical performance plan for the U18 and U20 programs, including, off-ice as well as w...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Rachel Balkovec. Rachel has just entered her first year as a minor league hitting coach with the New York Yankees. She is the first woman to hold that title in the history of professional baseball and is joining 3 other women that will be in uniform this season in various roles. She joined the Yankees after completing her second master’s degree in biomechanic...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Jeff Cubos.  Jeff is a Chiropractor who currently practices alongside his wife in their multi-disciplinary practice in Spruce Grove, Alberta.  Originally from Toronto, Jeff also holds a degree in Physical Education and Health and a Masters's degree in Kinesiology.  Jeff is a consultant to a number of athletes and sports organizations and has worked at th...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Charlie Weingroff.  Charlie is a highly respected physical therapist, athletic trainer, and Strength and Conditioning Coach currently based out of several personal facilities in the New Your City area. Charlie is the Physical Performance Lead and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Canadian Men’s National Basketball Team. Previously he held roles w...