Leave Your Mark

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Craig Ballantyne who is known by his clients as the "World’s Most Disciplined Man".  But he was born lazy and introverted, and also suffered crippling anxiety attacks. He then spent years inventing systems that make success automatic for anyone.  He built his Turbulence Training fitness business to over 151,000 customers and 15 million YouTube views...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Leave Your Mark features a pioneer in manual therapy Greg Roskopf. As the author of the Roskopf Principle and the founder of Muscle Activation Techniques he not only developed the MAT program but also created a curriculum for this technique that has been taught to students all across the globe.  Greg has devoted his career to the study of the “cause and effect” of...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Andreas Behm who is currently the lead sprints and hurdles coach & VP of Performance at ALTIS.  Andreas has been with ALTIS since 2013. He coached Aries Merritt to Olympic Gold and 110m World record in 2012. Last season Chinese Hurdler Xie WenJun finished 5th at the Doha IAAF World Championships.  He’s had athletes compete at 3 Olympic Games and 8 World C...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Jarod Cogswell, Jarod is the Director of Sport and Education for DEKAFIT by Spartan and the founder of WORK like an Athlete fitness business consulting services.  He is also a Todd Durkin mastermind platinum level coach, gym owner, and Alpha Warrior U.S. Army BOSS Strong Coach.  For 25 plus years he has been a fitness industry leader and a high energy perform...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a fitness power couple, Shawn Mozen and Sara-Clare Lajeunesse.  They've traveled the world over the course of their relationship educating fitness and movement professionals about how to move better using every method possible.  Their physical literacy is unparalleled and what they get into in every course they do is simply empowering. From Kettle Bell t...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a protagonist of evidence-based practice, Greg Lehman who is a practicing physiotherapist, researcher and educator in Toronto with more than 20 years of experience in the rehabilitation field.  Greg’s background includes a masters in Spine Biomechanics, a masters in Physiotherapy and a Chiropractic degree.  He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed publicat...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we visit with Brijesh Patel who has been the Head of Strength and Conditioning at Quinnipiac University since 2008.  His primary focus is the men’s and women’s basketball and hockey programs, but he also oversees the programming of all 21 varsity sports.   Brijesh previously held the title of Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the College of the Holy Cro...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features an innovative human performance practitioner, Mathieu Boule. Mat's work around motor patterns with his business Institut IP is changing the way practitioners approach movement dysfunction.  An osteopath and posturoligist by profession, h e has a flourishing private practice in Montreal and in the last few years has begun sharing his knowledge here and ac...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Mike Potenza, who is currently in his 14th year as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the San Jose Sharks hockey team.   Mike is a Managing Partner and Director of Human Performance for Tactical Fitness and Performance.  TFP is an innovative small business with a specialized focus on Human Performance for the Tactical Operator.  Prior to his NHL ca...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Meeta Singh a sleep doctor whose work and research focus on “Coaching the sleep muscle”.  She works with individual athletes and sports teams to maximize their performance through better sleep.  She also helps sports teams and athletes with their travel management with a focus on addressing sleep deprivation and jet lag, and she transcends this work with C su...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Steve Lidstone who is the Associate Director of Sports Performance at Brock University where he manages the Sports Medicine and Sports Performance Departments.  Steve is the former Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at York and McMaster Universities. He has been a Strength & Conditioning Consultant with Hockey Canada’s national women’s team since 2005...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features John O'Sullivan who is an internationally known TEDx speaker and the founder of the Changing the Game Project, which he started in 2012.  A former collegiate and professional soccer player, he has coached for close to 30 years at the youth, high school and, college level.  He has consulted with the US Olympic Committee, US Soccer, USA Football, US Lacros...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features the host of the Strength Coach Podcast, Anthony Renna.  He's been a personal trainer for the past fifteen years. He began his career working with Equinox, then on his own at different facilities before opening his own gym, Five Iron Fitness, in 2008.  He sold Five Iron in 2016 so he could focus on his true passion of providing educational resources for f...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #96 of Leave Your Mark features one of Canada's legendary strength and conditioning coaches Rich Hesketh.  Rich served as the lead of S+C for 19 seasons with the Calgary Flames of the national hockey league until 2014.  Before his career as a performance coach, He was a Canadian National Track & Field team member for nine years and ranked in the top 3 Canadian dec...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode released on Remembrance Day 2020, I speak with Corporal Franck Dupéré.  It was April 2011. Frank was on patrol with an American unit. They were distributing textbooks to Afghan school kids. They were 300-meters from their base. The bomber was two meters away from him when the world shook. “I never saw the guy the bazaar was full of people and the blast thre...

Send us Fan Mail Mark is the owner and founder of Elite Training Systems Performance Centre based out of Toronto and southern Ontario.  He is part of a fraternity of Canadian Strength and Conditioning Coaches who have changed the foundation of physical performance in the National Hockey League.  He served for four seasons as the head of performance with the Anaheim Ducks, and he is a Lead Training...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Ben Dubin who has been a career strength and conditioning coach and is also a Firefighter and paramedic serving in the Tempe, Arizona area.  I recently encountered Ben at the EXOS Continuous Improvement Summit that I was invited to speak at in Phoenix.  Ben has been Certified as an instructor of the Wim Hof Method, and he brought this method of practice to th...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of the Leave Your Mark podcast features a fellow podcaster and serial entrepreneur, Robert Brus.   Robert's career life began in the Australian Military, specifically the Navy. He went on to become a paratrooper and served for a number of years until he felt the need to express his business acumen.   He built a thriving business in digital marketing with his brot...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features former heptathlete, Jessica Zelinka.  Jessica is one of Canada’s most successful heptathletes. Her personal best score in the Heptathlon is 6599.  She was a gold medalist in the 2007 Pan American Games, and she won Silver medals at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.  Jessica qualified for her first Olympic games in 2008 where she placed 4th overall. She be...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features an unassuming leader of the human performance industry, Chris Poirier.  Chris has been in the world of human performance for close to 30 years in his role with Perform Better.  The Perform Better Seminars have supported the growth and knowledge base of the human performance industry and launched many of the educational careers of its presenters.   Chris was b...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a fitness icon, David Snively. He has been a leader in the fitness industry for over 35 years. David is one of the premier fitness experts in the world. He has been speaking and teaching throughout his career and has traveled to numerous countries and provided education at countless fitness conferences and conventions worldwide.   David currently owns and ope...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features former professional hockey player turned entrepreneur, Doug Lynch.  After being drafted 7th overall by the WHL Red Deer Rebels in 1999, Doug left home to pursue his dream of playing in the NHL.  After winning the Memorial Cup in 2001 Doug was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2nd round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He turned pro and embarked on an 11-year...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Jorge Carvajal.  Jorge is a performance coach and consultant who works with elite athletes in sport and the tactical world.   He has trained thousands of athletes, at the University of Florida, the University of Nebraska, the U.S. Olympic training center.  He has trained over 200 professional athletes who play in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, World Surf League Big...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Ann Shivas.  Ann is a talented osteopath practicing in Montreal and currently into the practice of epigenetics and functional medicine.  Ann was a competitive athlete and played professional women’s soccer in Australia. As a redshirt athlete with team Canada she broke her tibia and partially tore her ACL.  She consequently suffered a full ACL tear.  Her road...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features the Founder and Director of LA Sports and Spine, Craig Liebenson.   A chiropractor by profession, he first began studying Lewit & Janda’s work in 1983. Invited them to offer their courses in LA back in 1987. After the Berlin Wall fell in 1990 he went to Prague.  Dr. Lewit further introduced Craig and his group to Pavel Kolar in the mid-1990s so they could...