Send us a text 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 program developer, university lecturer, and sought-after international speaker. Doing justice to his resume...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 250
Send us a text 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 organizations, and over 3 million people. Stu has worked with some of the biggest game-changers in the world i...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 249
Send us a text 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 and flow state with an emphasis on the nature of expertise and elite-level performance. Chris has publis...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 248
Send us a text 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 within the York University Athletic Therapy program. Most recently he acted as a performance consultant...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 247
Send us a text 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 young people. Jon was a protege of David's, and through the influence of David's life and career, and a chall...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 246
Send us a text 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? Am I busy living, or am I busy dying? At the end of the day, none of us get to define our timeline, but...
Dec 28, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 245
Send us a text 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, Drive 495. After operating a gym for 15 years, Don expanded to a global online fitness business. He’s been...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 244
Send us a text 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 care of Canada's greatest snowboarders and is ramping up his work heading into this winter's Olympic games. He to...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 243
Send us a text 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 coach and an integral part of the PARTNERS PROGRAM and FRONTLINES with Brain Grasso and Carrie Campbell. He is i...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 242
Send us a text 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 founded a charity focused on supporting the development of physical literacy for youth. As the charity sc...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 241
Send us a text 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 more than ten times his body weight in three different classes, and both bench pressed and deadlifted o...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 240
Send us a text 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 you. Enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connec...
Nov 21, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 239
Send us a text 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 practitioners in taking control of their well-being. He believes that as coaches we are often poor at looking after ourselves, i...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 238
Send us a text 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 friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can f...
Nov 09, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 237
Send us a text 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 environment and private sector along with members of the United States Special Forces, and members of Fortun...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 236
Send us a text 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 physiologist, a coach in the US collegiate system, and a high-performance sports administrator. He has worked with ...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 235
Send us a text 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 everything in between achieving their goals by designing and implementing training programs that address not ...
Oct 19, 2021•58 min•Season 4Ep. 234
Send us a text EP 233 of the Leave Your Mark Podcast is a return engagement with my friend from down under, David Joyce. David has been a real leader in the world of human performance for a very long time now. I value a great deal his insights and learnings through a career at every level of the performance spectrum. In this wonderful conversation, we get into his change in life direction, his choice to do an MBA, his growth in fatherhood, and the work he and his co-editor Dan Lewindon have been...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 233
Send us a text EP 232 of the Leave Your Mark is a deep and thoughtful conversation with my friend and peer, Stu McMillan. It's the second time I've had him as a guest, the third issue of his content (we did a little Performance Lab together as well a while back). Our paths crossed maybe fifteen years ago now, we were performance coaches at opposite ends of Canada working with elite athletes. We shared a common vision of improving athletic performance and resilience, but we didn't really know it ...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 232
Send us a text This EP is a Sunday ReMarks where I get into the idea of how to transcend experience. Good or bad, or even mundane. An experience misunderstood or dismissed is an experience lost. Even the labeling of the experience is suspect. An experience deemed negative in a moment can turn out to be transformative and re-directional to a place of greater happiness, or fulfillment. The truth is we don't know, so why label it at all. Just learn about yourself and others from it, course correct,...
Oct 03, 2021•20 min•Season 4Ep. 231
Send us a text In this EP I talk with a friend and LYM advocate, Brad Thorpe. Brad is the patented inventor of the Isophit Strength Trainer and Isophit M.S.K and serial entrepreneur. Brad’s career as an Exercise and Performance Specialist has spanned 28-years. In 2006, Brad became the 21st specialist to achieve the combined designations of a Master Level Resistance Training Specialist and Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist. Brad Thorpe is the father of his daughter Tyler, and husband to Col...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 230
Send us a text EP 229 is a Sunday Re-Marks session all about manifesting change and growth in your life. Change starts with a connection to why you want to change, for, without this intentionality, the journey will be more difficult than necessary, and sometimes unachievable. We need this sense of connection to why we're doing things for when the tough times arrive because there will always be tough times. In this video I walk you through a process for change and growth, it's a part of what I pl...
Sep 26, 2021•21 min•Season 4Ep. 229
Send us a text This EP features mental performance coach Ryan Hamilton. Ryan serves as a mental performance coach with the Canadian Sport Centre, UNB Varsity Reds, Hockey Canada, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ryan is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. While Ryan applies the findings of his research to a variety of groups including cancer survivors and exercisers, he is most well-known for his work in sport. In 2020, Ryan served as the Mental Performance Coach for the gold med...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 228
Send us a text This EP features Julien BriseBois the General Manager of the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning. Under Julien’s guidance, the 2018-19 team became the first in Lightning franchise history to capture the NHL's President's Trophy for the best regular-season record. In his next season, the team captured its second Stanley Cup in franchise history during the “Bubble” postseason of 2020 and doubled down on this achievement earlier this summer with a back-to-back Stanley Cup victor...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 227
Send us a text This EP 226 of the podcast is a Sunday Remarks on the day after the recognition of 20 years since the 9/11 tragedy. I talk about my experience, my recognition of how the world has changed, and what I feel we've lost the meaning of in the process. Freedom is a fragile thing, and we sometimes need to recognize how much our own fears actually constrain its true expression. If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on soci...
Sep 12, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 226
Send us a text This week's episode features an up-and-coming leader in the human performance community who specializes in training change of direction. Rich Clarke is an S&C coach and an education professional from the United Kingdom. He has split his time between teaching in the university system, coaching athletes of all abilities, and completing a Ph.D. focused on the change of direction, and agility. He's releasing a new course on this subject matter this week at strengthcoachcurriculums...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 224
Send us a text In this EP, Dom Gauthier and I get into a great chat about all things athlete development with Matt Young. Matt is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40, and Caldwell Partners Canadian Top 40 Under 40 business award winner. This serial entrepreneur graduated with a Kinesiology Degree from the University of British Columbia and started his first start-up company, a boutique health & fitness business: Innovative Fitness. Ma...
Sep 04, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 223
Send us a text This EP features Jesse Wright. Jesse is the founder of the Balance the Bar initiative, is a high-performance consultant, coach, author, and public speaker. His career has spanned over two decades in the team sport culture, including working with organizations in the NBA, NFL, NCAA, and in private sports training. His passion lies in helping young professionals grow and advance in their careers and lives. Through continuing education resources and private coaching, he seeks to crea...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 222
Send us a text This EP features John MacDonald. Johnny has spent the last 25 plus years as a stuntman in the film industry. I met John as a Linebacker for the Concordia University Football team many moons ago, and our paths never crossed after he left the school. We re-discovered each other on Facebook and rekindled a friendship. Johnny Mac was a hard-charging football player, intense and physical, and it’s no surprise to me that he made a career as a stuntman in the movies. Movies like the Incr...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 221
Send us a text This EP is a Sunday Re-Marks. Just a few insights about the challenges of getting old. I experienced watching my mother deteriorate these past 18 months during COVID and it made me think about my own mortality, longevity, and improving our life quality respective of the quantity we get to partake. 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 @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston...
Aug 22, 2021•20 min•Season 4Ep. 220
