Leave Your Mark

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 with the University of the Bahamas and created wellness/lifestyle programming for professionals and students during his time there. His private venture, FIRSTAR Therapy sheds light on Performance Wellness, encompassing personal growth and coaching athletes to access more of themselves for what they do whether it be sport, daily life, or vocation. He has also developed his own podcast under the same banner and regularly interviews Athletic Therapists to shed light on their accomplishments. He most recently took the role as the Head

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 challenging health crisis that we unpack in this session, Jon was inspired to become an Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach.  Today, Jon is the Assistant AT for the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and is one of those unique professionals who embody the practice of Reconditioning. I loved unpacking all the synergies and confluence of connection between the three of us in this session, there are a lot of golden threads worth hearing.If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with

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 we do get to define how we spend what we have.  Are you spending wisely, are you defining your own growth and exploration, or is it being defined for you?  Questions worth our contemplation. I'll be releasing a little micro-course on my website to get you started in 2022 with your own personal reflection and direction www.lymlab.com 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 find

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 tapped as a fitness expert in publications such as Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, and Met Rx and is often requested by the media to provide fitness and health expertise. He also sits on the advisory board of Men’s Health Magazine.  There are a lot of golden nuggets in this conversation, especially around building your business, and the why factor for what you do.  A worthy listen!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 @Kingo

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 took some time out to chat with me about stewardship, mentorship, and leadership.  The good, the bad, and the ugly, and what his experience and personal process have exposed to him in his own evolution in performance sport. 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 find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy li

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 in the process of creating a new venture in bringing Neurology to the personal training world with Matt Bush and Kathy Mauck as a part of Next Level Neuro. Over the course of his career, his life mission has changed from changing the numbers on the scale to giving the health world the tools to help humanity get to that next level of sustainable happiness.  Whether that's being pain-free, building the business of their dreams, or a better relationship with themselves. More than anything else, he is a devoted father of t

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 scaled nationally & internationally, Matt was challenged to create sustainable programs, products & services to support the development of physical literacy in community settings. Now, his companies Quality Sports Hub and FQS Sports are on a mission to steward change in our sports development model and to provide a blueprint for sports organizations to thrive and prosper so that our children may do the same, spiritually, and physically. Despite becoming a global multibillion-dollar per year business, sport lacks leadership conn

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 over 800 pounds in two different classes. In his career, he’s totaled 2500 over 20 times in 2 different weight classes. Most recently in October of 2020, Brian set the record for the highest squat of all-time (regardless of weight class) lifting 1306lbs. The story of his all-time squat record is most impressive not just for the unbelievable accomplishment it is, but that it came after a challenging recovery from a devastating back injury he suffered in 2012 that many experts said, would likely end his career. Upon his return to the p

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 connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

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, instead, putting our time and energy into our athletes and other people, invariably impacting our own happiness, health, and wealth.  He believes it's time for your personal well-being to stop being an afterthought because you are more than just a performance practitioner. It was a great conversation about our mutual missions, 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

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.  EnjoyIf 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 find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

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 Fortune 500 companies. His book, Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In were ranked in the “Amazon Top 100 Books Overall” in 2017 and has become a must-have resource guide to coaches of any kind who seek to better understand their athletes and what makes them tick. EnjoyIf 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 find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life

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 professional sports teams, Olympic Teams, and amateur non- Olympic teams at all levels, all ages, and all sports.  Peter started his career in elite sport in 1981 as an Exercise Physiologist for Nike. He eventually found himself at the Australian Institute of Sport, first as a high-performance Exercise Physiologist, then with the “Olympic Athlete Program” to help prepare Australian athletes for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. After the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he was recruited by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to dire

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 only their sport but their individual needs.  A former stand-out road hockey goalie in the neighborhood, Maria's reputation for helping hockey players find success brought back her passion for goaltending.  The founder of Goalie Training Pro Inc has specialized in off-ice training for hockey goalies for more than a decade.I very much enjoyed learning about Maria's story and I know you will too!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 @King

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 doing through COVID to bring the second edition of their groundbreaking text "High-Performance Training for Sport" to fruition. Herding this incredible group of practitioners to the creation of a legacy textbook that really summarizes the changes in the landscape of performance, the newest research findings, and the future expectations of things to come. It's a conversation about the passions of this man's life and our common beliefs in the integration of human performance. If you liked this EP, please take the

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 at the time.  There was both a mutual admiration, but a mutual distrust in those early years.  We didn't really know what to make of one another, and we didn't really try. Segue forward and Stu has become a friend, and someone I admire for his ability to re-invent himself, explore multiple dynamics, be at the top of his game, question his own abilities and approaches, and live an eclectic life.  From DJ to writer, to coach, and to entrepreneur, these are but a few of the elements that make Stu unique. I tru

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, and move onward.  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 find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

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 Colleen. I met Brad through the internet, he became a fierce advocate for our International Hockey Performance Summit and this podcast, and I wanted to sit down with him and understand his journey because he has accomplished so much as an entrepreneur.  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 find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and g

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 plan to expand upon and deliver within a new landmark program called the LYM Life Lab.  Details on how to be a part of this program will be coming in the next few weeks. I hope this is valuable and useful for you in your own journey in life. Best, ScottyIf 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 find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today a

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 medal-winning World Junior hockey team in the Czech Republic and the Stanley Cup-winning Lightning in the "Bubble". Indeed, with the Stanley Cup win, this past July Ryan has been a part of two World Junior Gold medal-winning teams, and two Stanley Cup Championships. Finally, earlier this month Ryan was named as the Mental Performance Coach for Canada's Olympic Men's Hockey team who will be competing at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing China. Ryan is a proud UNB employee, UNB alumni, and New Brunswicker.  Enjoy!If you li