Leave Your Mark

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...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Darren Burgess, Darren is currently the High-Performance Manager at the Melbourne Football Club. Prior to his current role, he served as the Director of High Performance at Arsenal Football Club between 2017 and 2019.  He was also previously the High-Performance Manager at Port Adelaide Football Club, and Head of Fitness and Conditioning at Liverpool Football...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Ian Jeffreys.  Ian is an internationally renowned coach, educator, and author. An ex-professional rugby player, where he played at the highest level for 15 years, he is regarded as a world authority in the development of speed & agility and conditioning for team sports. His Gamespeed system of sport-specific speed and agility development, along with his R...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I chat with the gang at ALTIS.  ALTIS is an elite training environment for athletes and a global leader in the provision of education for sports performance. They bring people together from all over the world to learn from esteemed coaches, educators, Olympic medalists, and world champions who share their knowledge and experience to inspire the growth of others. ...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a talented human performance researcher, Jean-Benoit Morin. JB as he is known is a professor in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at the Université Côte d’Azur, in Nice, France.  He is also a member of the Laboratory of Human Motor Function, Expertise Sport and Health. He serves as an associate researcher with the Sports Research Institute New-Zealand at Auckland...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #130 of Leave Your Mark is a special edition where Brett Bartholomew and I come together in a great conversation about how as performance professionals, we can be better versions of ourselves. Not how you run better programming or get better results, but how you might work to be a better you.  COVID has created a time gap where lots of personal contemplation and reflection...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a leader in human performance in Canada, Paul Gagne.  Paul is a posturologist, strength and conditioning consultant, and rehab specialist and has been in practice for over 35 years.  He is the Co-founder of the D.T.S. Desmotec Training Systems and also serves as a consultant for the Octagon sports agency. His expertise lies in training protocols for postural...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode 128, we invited CEO of ALTIS Stuart McMillan to chat in the Reconditioning community about the genesis and ideology of Performance Therapy.  Kindred spirits, Reconditioning and Performance Therapy are living representations of integrated practice models that promote, support and encourage healthy interaction and a mechanism for performance practitioners to work tog...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Mike Prebeg who is an innovative practitioner, specializing in performance enhancement, career longevity, and injury recovery. Mike provides unparalleled treatments through his unique combination of soft tissue techniques, with Neurofunctional Acupuncture and joint manipulation to optimize Neurofunctional movement availability and adaptability.  Years of acad...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Jas Randhawa who is the Lead Performance Therapist at ALTIS, where he oversees the Performance Therapy Staff in addition to providing this service to elite Track & Field athletes from around the globe. Prior to his role with ALTIS, Jas was a member of the high-performance staff for Canada Basketball. He is also a co-founding member of Rehab 2 Performance,...

Send us Fan Mail This special episode of Leave Your Mark is another in the series of Legendary Performance Conversations with a taste of some of the world's best performance practitioners representing Australia and the UK; David Joyce, Lachlan Wilmot, Ian McKeown, Daniel Lewindon, Chris Gaviglio all join your host Scott Livingston and go deep on performance environments and philosophies! If y...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features podcaster and performance coach Robert Pacey.  Rob is the host of the popular Pacey Performance podcast and a practicing strength and conditioning coach. On his successful podcast, Rob interviews performance professionals from all over the world who are influencing human performance on a daily basis.  He’s been at it for several years now and has over 280 int...

Send us Fan Mail Reconditioninghq.com has been hosting weekly Reconditionig Zoom Labs and talking about subject matter near and dear to our hearts and minds.  The first edition features Jeremy Sheppard who is the Director of Performance Solutions with the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific where he acts as the Head of Strength and Conditioning for the Slopestyle and Big Air teams and oversees the Sp...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Matt Shearer who is the Senior Vice President/General Manager of Under Armour’s Canadian business. He has been with Under Armour since 2001 and has played a major role in elevating the brand on an international level. In 2003, he opened and established the brand’s Canadian subsidiary and in 2009 added the Americas region, including market responsibility in Me...