Send us a text This episode features Brian Rose the Founder & Host of London Real, the new media and transformation company best known for its weekly live video talk shows with the greatest minds on the planet that have been watched over 250 million times. Originally from California, Brian holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. After a relatively successful career on Wall Street, Brian moved to London to be an investment banker. But Brian had an epiphany while ironically sitting ...
May 28, 2019•48 min
Send us a text This episode features Martin Rooney who is the founder of Training for Warriors. An internationally recognized trainer, speaker, author and pioneer of strength and conditioning. Martin was a four-time All-Conference, and four-time MVP performer in Track and Field and a member of the United States Bobsled team. Following his exposure to MMA in the mid-90s, Martin began training with Renzo Gracie and started training fighters shortly afterward. Since the foundation of the TFW system...
May 21, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text This episode features Chris Doyle who has been the lead strength and conditioning coach for the Iowa Hawkeye’s Football program for the past 20 years. Doyle has helped the Hawkeye program participate in 15 bowl games since 2001, including 10 January bowl games. He also served as director of strength and conditioning for the University of Utah in 1998. Under Doyle’s direction, the Utah basketball team played in the national championship game. Earlier in his career, he was also the ...
May 14, 2019•38 min
Send us a text This episode features Duncan French who is currently the Vice President of Performance at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas where he is responsible for maximizing the impact of performance services on UFC rostered athletes. Prior to joining the UFC, Duncan was the Director of Performance Sciences for the University of Notre Dame Athletics Department. UK born and raised, he's had many years of experience in the high-performance sport that serve him now in his new leadershi...
May 07, 2019•55 min
Send us a text This episode features Mike Gough who is Canadian born and raised, exported to the USA where he built a successful performance coaching practice and facility from the ground up. He found an early niche in football pre-combine training that he has converted into a complete performance practice that serves NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB athletes as well as many executive athletes. He's done all this while being a dedicated father to his little girl Kendra. His story is one of tenacity and pa...
Apr 30, 2019•43 min
Send us a text Episode #66 features Mark Verstegen. Mark has devoted his life to human performance. Working with world-class athletes, the U.S. military, and leading corporations, while reaching countless others through his multimedia EXOS platform, he has shown millions how to upgrade their lives through his integrated system of Mindset, Nutrition, Movement, and Recovery. Since launching his company with a single facility in Arizona in 1999, Verstegen has grown EXOS into a global platform with ...
Apr 23, 2019•1 hr
Send us a text This episode features Greg Wells who is a physiologist and has served as an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Toronto and is an exercise medicine researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is the CEO and founder of The Wells Group, a global consulting firm committed to achieving the moonshot of helping teams, schools and businesses become places where people get healthy, perform optimally and ultimately - reach their potential. For Greg healt...
Apr 16, 2019•49 min
Send us a text This weeks episode features Ray Zahab who is a Canadian Adventurer, ultra-distance runner, and Founder of the non-profit impossible2Possible. A recent recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, Ray is an Explorer in Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 2015 Canadian Geographic recognized Ray as one of Canada’s Top Explorers. He’s run 14,000+km across the world’s deserts and completed multiple unsupported ex...
Apr 09, 2019•59 min
Send us a text This episode features Jesse Lumsden who after a standout college football career at McMaster University where he won the Hec Crighton Trophy as the most outstanding CIS football player went on to play four years for the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats where he was nominated for Rookie of the Year in 2006 and an East All-star team member in 2007. In 2009 he signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Eskimos but a shoulder injury ended the season very early. He turned this injury into oppor...
Apr 02, 2019•53 min
Send us a text This episode features Canadian S+C Legend Lorne Goldenberg. Lorne is a strength and conditioning coach and the owner of Strength Tek Fitness & Wellness Consultants in Ottawa. For 18 years he also owned Ottawa’s first athlete training facility The Athletic Conditioning Center. He has worked for over 30 years for professional and prospective players in the NHL, OHL, NFL CFL, and Olympic Sports. Lorne’s career as an NHL strength and conditioning coach spanned seven different team...
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr
Send us a text This episode features Alex Bilodeau who is currently a CA working for KPMG in Montreal. Before starting his career in the financial world, Alex was a mogul skier and was Canada’s first Gold Medalist on home soil at the Vancouver Olympic games, and repeated his achievement becoming a double gold medalist at the Sochi games. He had an exceptionally successful athletic career and has now transcended this career into a life of business and finance. He is also quite involved in numerou...
Mar 20, 2019•45 min
Send us a text This episode features Damien Moroney who is a physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist with more than two decades of experience working with professional athletes from the NHL, NWSL, NBA, PGA tour, Cirque Du Soleil and the X Games. Damien is a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Fortius Sport and Health and holds concurrent professional roles with B2ten and Red Bull High-Performance. I’ve had the unique opportunity to work with Damien on numerous a...
Mar 12, 2019•1 hr 15 min
Send us a text This episode features Pierre McGuire. Pierre is an NHL hockey analyst for NBC Sports. Until 2011 he was a prominent analyst for TSN in Canada. Pierre’s post-athletic career was in coaching initially, and he was an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins when they won the Stanley Cup in 1992. He also had a brief stint as head coach of the Hartford Whalers in 1993. He further coached in Ottawa and in the East Coast Hockey league with Baton Rouge. Pierre became a color commentat...
Mar 05, 2019•36 min
Send us a text This episode features Jennifer Sygo a Registered Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist with the Cleveland Clinic in Toronto. Jennifer works with athletes and active individuals of all abilities, including Olympic medallist and athletes in the NHL, NBA, Major League Baseball, and professional tennis. She has provided nutrition services for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Triathlon Canada, and in addition to her work with gymnastics, she also serves as a sports dietitian for the Toronto Rap...
Feb 26, 2019•59 min
Send us a text This episode features Rick Chamney as an expert in physical rehabilitation for performers in the arts and athletes in sports for more than 25 years, his career has allowed him to follow his passion. He’s developed artistic athletes with organizations like Cirque du Soleil, as well as individual and performance team athletes from dozens of sports. Rick started his career with Cirque du Soleil as a part of the Mystere show in Las Vegas, His career spanned stints with resident shows ...
Feb 19, 2019•59 min
Send us a text This episode features Pistol Pete Friesen an extremely accomplished performance professional with a background in physical therapy and strength and conditioning as his foundation. He is currently the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the United States Women’s National Hockey program. Peter spent 21 years with the Carolina Hurricanes as the team’s Head Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach and he has been in practice for nearly 40 years. In addition to his w...
Feb 12, 2019•55 min
Send us a text This episode features a Canadian sports broadcasting icon. He's been the face of TSN's hockey coverage for several decades. Episode #55 of Leave Your Mark features James Duthie and it's a great story about a kid from the east end of Ottawa who discovered he had a knack for talking to an audience. His quirky sense of humor and his affinity for sport helped him carve a niche as the face of a game we all love in Canada. He's won multiple awards as one of Canada's most recognizable sp...
Feb 05, 2019•52 min
Send us a text This episode features Nick Winkleman who is the head of athletic performance & science for the Irish Rugby Football Union. Formerly Nick was the director of education and training systems for EXOS. As the director of education, Nick oversaw the development and execution of all internal and external educational initiatives. As a performance coach, Nick oversaw the speed and assessment component of the EXOS NFL Combine Development Program and supported many athletes across the N...
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text This episode features Dana Lis who is a very talented high-performance sports dietitian, and in this role, she’s had the honor of working with many of Canada’s top athletes and sports scientists. She’s also worked nationally and internationally with many professional athletes including her current work as a consultant with the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. As a graduate of the renowned IOC diploma in sports nutrition, she has expanded her focus from pr...
Jan 22, 2019•55 min
Send us a text This episode features Reg Grant who has been the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the New York Rangers Hockey Club of the National Hockey league since 2002 and currently serves as the President of the Strength and Conditioning Association of Professional Hockey. Prior to his work in the National Hockey league, Reg served in the same capacity with Concordia University in Montreal and was also a lecturer in the Exercise Science department. Reggie’s quiet and unassuming leade...
Jan 15, 2019•54 min
Send us a text This Episode features David Joyce. David is currently the Head of Athletic Performance at the Greater Western Sydney Giants of the Australian Football League. He has worked in professional rugby at the club and international level in both the United Kingdom and Australia, as well as in club and international football in the English Premier League and in Turkey. He’s been a part of 2 Olympic cycles for Team GB at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and for Team China at the London Olympi...
Jan 08, 2019•57 min
Send us a text This episode of Leave Your Mark is a special one. I started out nine months ago on a journey to achieve a dream. I wanted to be a broadcaster when I was a boy, and some 40 years later, I chose to podcast as my vehicle. In those nine months I was able to complete 48 interviews, as well as my introduction podcast, and so I felt that the best way to celebrate the New Year of 2018 and my accomplishment would be to produce an interview of myself. I chose a good friend, Alexandre Despat...
Dec 30, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text This episode features Sophia Nimphius who is an Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University and leads High-Performance Services for Softball Western Australia. She previously served as the Sports Science Manager for the Hurley Surfing Australia High Performance Centre and has held positions in sports science and strength and conditioning in the US and Australia supporting athletes of various competitive levels. She has been an invited presenter and researcher nationally and inte...
Dec 25, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Send us a text Episode #48 of Leave Your Mark features Fergus Connolly who is a leading expert in team sports and human performance. Fergus is the author of the ground-breaking Game Changer (the first holistic coaching philosophy for winning in all team sports). He has worked within many of the major professional sports leagues in the world including work with Liverpool FC, the San Francisco 49ers, the Welsh Rugby Union, the University of Michigan Football and several elite military units. He ha...
Dec 18, 2018•56 min
Send us a text This episode features Richard Collinge who is a Master’s level Chartered Physiotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. His journey has seen him work in the NHS, private practice and predominantly elite sport in the UK and North America. He has worked at Crystal Palace FC, Brentford FC, Watford FC, Wigan Athletic FC, Montreal Impact FC, the Scottish Men’s National Team and he is currently the Head of Medical Services at West Ham United FC. His is a unique story of trav...
Dec 15, 2018•42 min
Send us a text This episode features James Morton who is currently a professor of exercise metabolism and nutrition at Liverpool John Moores University. He is also the Head of Nutrition for Team Sky and has led the nutrition strategy for the team through its victories at the Tour de France since 2015. From 2010 to 2015 James provided support in conditioning and nutrition with the Liverpool Football Club of the Premier League, and also specializes in providing nutritional and conditioning support...
Dec 11, 2018•49 min
Send us a text This episode features Rachel Martin. Having pulled herself up from poverty to being named one of Inc. magazine's top 40 entrepreneurs, she’s been writing online for over a decade. She is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of the life-changing, find-your-heart book The Brave Art of Motherhood . Her site reaches millions, her content has been translated into over 25 languages and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community . Rachel believes in the power of the hum...
Dec 04, 2018•51 min
Send us a text This episode features Kelly Starrett who is a physical therapist, and a co-founder of San Francisco CrossFit and MobilityWOD.com, where he shares his innovative approach to movement, mechanics, and mobility with coaches and athletes. He travels around the world teaching his Movement & Mobility Course and works with elite Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard forces; athletes from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB; and national and world-ranked strength and power athletes. H...
Nov 27, 2018•58 min
Send us a text This episode features Carmen Bott who has been in the sports performance and fitness training industry for over twenty years and her passion and focus go deep in combative and collision sports athlete preparation. She is currently a professor of Kinesiology at Langara College and Simon Fraser University. She is grounded in a combination of pure and applied science in her coaching practice and her many years of experience allow her to innovate and challenge coaching convention. I i...
Nov 20, 2018•48 min
Send us a text This episode features Richard Monette who is a sports psychology consultant to many Olympic and professional athletes. He has coached athletes to success under pressure at the highest levels of sport and he is an expert in helping individuals and organizations achieve sustained performance. His talents span the disciplines of business, education and sports psychology, all of which are linked by his passion for improving human achievement and fulfillment through a greater connectio...
Nov 14, 2018•1 hr 9 min
