Leave Your Mark

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 together to the benefit of the athlete and client. It's a powerful conversation, have a listen today!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 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 academic and hands-on experience have catapulted his expertise to the front of his field, making him the go-to practitioner for some of the most complicated cases among athletes. His success with these patients has earned him the position of consulting chiropractor with the National Hockey League Players Association and the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. Mike maintains a clinical practice at Mount Sinai Hospital, one of Canada’s pre-eminent patient care, research and academic health science centers, and Athlete’s Care Sports Medicine Clinic.  Mike is also a Senior Instructor and Lecturer in the Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program

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, an organization that strives to bring together leaders in the field of rehabilitation, physical medicine, and performance. Jas regularly presents at universities, strength and conditioning and medical facilities across Canada, USA, and the UK. 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, t

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 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 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 interviews in the bank. A former professional footballer himself through the ranks of the Doncaster Rovers FC, in his post-career Rob was attracted to the world of sports science. He’s worked in and around the sports tech industry for the past six years with companies like Catapult and Vald Performance.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

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 Sport Science-Sport Medicine of the 5 Olympic snowboard disciplines. Prior to his role at the CSIP, he spent a number of years as the Head of Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science for Surfing Australia. He has been fortunate to have worked with numerous national, world, and Olympic medalists, and consults with professional teams in the NRL, NFL, and AFL.  Jeremy is also the consummate marriage between sports scientist and practitioner who has contributed volumes of valuable research in the area of athlete performance to the sports science community at large. He is an avid sportsman and has worked with his board on the ocean and o

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 Mexico, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2012, Matt relocated to Amsterdam to become Vice President of EMEA, where he was responsible for restructuring and managing Under Armour’s European business. He returned to Canada in 2014 to resume responsibility of the Canadian business, as well as oversee Under Armour’s Outdoor division.  In addition to his Canadian responsibilities, he has since been elevated to oversee UA’s North America Operations. As an athlete, Matt played professional lacrosse in both the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse, as well as playing for the Canadian National Lacrosse Team. If you li

This episode features world-renown researcher Stuart Phillips. Stuart is currently a full Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and School of Medicine at McMaster University. He is Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. He is also the Director of the McMaster Centre for Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Research and the Physical Activity Centre of Excellence. Stuart was the inaugural recipient of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology’s Mentorship award in 2017. In 2018 and 19, he was named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list as being in the top 1% of all cited researchers in nutrition and exercise research. Stuart is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Above all of his academic accomplishments, he’s been married for 23 years and is the father of three sons. 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 @BuiltbySc

This episode of Leave Your Mark features a true ambassador of athletic therapy in Canada, Glen Bergeron.  Glen is currently a faculty member of the Gupta Faculty of Kinesiology and Applied Health at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba.  He’s been a leader in the profession of Athletic Therapy throughout his career which started when he first certified back in 1975.  Since that time, he’s obtained his masters and Ph.D. and transferred his academic knowledge into Stewardship of the Athletic Therapy profession in Manitoba and throughout Canada. He is a founding member of the Manitoba Athletic Therapists Association and the Sports Medicine Council of Manitoba, and he established the Athletic Therapy program at the University of Winnipeg.He served as President of the Canadian Athletic Therapists for five years.  As well as serving on numerous committees for the association throughout his career.  He has worked at many national and international events including five Olympic games. Glen was most recently the Med

This episode features Anne Hartley who is a prominent Canadian Athletic Therapist, osteopathic manual practitioner, a retired teacher, and author. She served for 32 years in the Bachelor of Athletic Therapy Program at Sheridan College and has lectured extensively in both Canada and the United States. She is a female pioneer in the industry having been the first female Head therapist of a football team in Canada, the first female to attempt and pass the CATA Certification exam, the first female AT to serve on an Olympic Medical team at the Montreal Olympics among several firsts! Beyond these firsts, she has been a member of the Canadian medical teams for several Pan Am, Olympic, Paralympic and International games. She is a graduate of the Canadian College of Osteopathy with a diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practice and a diploma in the Science of Osteopathy. She specializes in many different kinds of therapy including sports medicine, fascial techniques, electrical modalities, acupuncture, cranial-sacral and vi

This episode of the Leave Your Mark podcast is another in our new series of Legendary Performance Conversations with some of hockey's great thought leaders; Mike Boyle, Stephen Norris, Lorne Goldenberg, Matt Nichol, Mike Potenza, Mark Fitzgerald, Matt Price, and the host, Scott Livingston talk all about performance issues in the sport of hockey.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 episode features a leader in human performance in Canada, Darren Steeves.  Darren has come to realize that his life’s purpose is to help people. His purpose is expressed in many forms from supporting world champions, to building resilience in university students, and corporate employees finding innovative IT solutions. He loves the evidence process and attempts to keep a growth mindset every day. Through this purpose and his values of collaboration, innovation, trustworthiness and curiosity he has been led to Olympic games, international speaking engagements, publishing research, and collaborating with some of the world’s best people in sport science, coaching, resilience, and strength, and conditioning.  Darren lives in Halifax with his wife Julia and fur baby Rudy. You can meet Rudy on Darren’s TedTalk titled “Stuff I have learned from my dog”. You can still find Darren on the ice trying to relive the glory days, or out on a hike in some of the beautiful spots in NS with Julia.If you liked this EP, ple

Dexter is a legendary athletic therapist.  For many years Dexter served in various roles at Mount Royal College including instructing and acting as Chair of various academic committees and departments. He was a co-founder of the Canadian Pro-Rodeo sports medicine team on which he served for 25 years.  He was the founding president of the Alberta Athletic Therapists Association as well as the Alberta Sports Medicine Council.  He served as the President of the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association from 1984 to 1986, as well as having served on numerous committees within the organization throughout his career. In his later years in practice, he was an important part of the development of relationships between the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association and the National Athletic Trainers Association in the US and has served on several committees in this regard. He has been awarded numerous recognitions by various organizations representing athletic therapy and sports medicine, perhaps the most honorable of wh

This episode features some of the best human performance practitioners on the planet (Dan Pfaff, Stu McMillan, Matt Jordan, Matt Price, Jeremy Sheppard, Duncan French, and the host, Scott Livingston) in an open conversation about mentorship, vertical vs horizontal development, performance culture, performance environments, and a myriad of topics.  An interactive and empowered conversation amongst respectful peers. 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 episode features one of Canada's great Alpine Skiers Manny Osborne-Paradis. He made his Olympic debut in Turin in 2006 and since then has competed at the Olympics in Vancouver, Sochi, and Pyeongchang. During the 2008-09 season and 2009-10 season, he won six WC medals including three gold, the most of any downhiller during that time. An ACL Injury and broken fibula in a horrific crash sidelined him until 2012. He returned to the podium in Lake Louise with a Silver medal in 2014. In 2017 he claimed a bronze medal at World Championships and stood on the podium with his friend and teammate Erik Guay. In 2018 he suffered another horrific crash at the beginning of the season in training and has been rehabbing ever since. He is forever hopeful of making a comeback to the circuit. He is a proud papa and lives in BC full time. 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 Livingsto

This episode features Matt Price who is currently the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Los Angeles Kings. Before taking on this role, he had been the lead strength and conditioning coach for Alpine Canada's Men's Speed Team, as well as previously holding the same position for the women's national team. He's been a game-changer in the world of performance monitoring and the use of data to support training programming and on-ice loading.  He brings a wealth of knowledge and a passion for the game that he played competitively to high levels including time spent as an Acadia Axmen!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 e

This episode features a legend in self-defense and fear management Tony Blauer.  Tony has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combative industry for over four decades. He founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BTS) in 1985 and it has grown into one of the world's leading consulting companies specializing in the research and development of performance psychology, personal safety, close quarter tactics & scenario-based training for law enforcement, military, and professional self-defense instructors. Tony’s programs have influenced over three decades of trainers and coaches as well as most contemporary reality-based martial artists. He resides in California with his wife, kids, and dogs but still travels extensively working with individuals, corporations and government organizations around the world providing solutions for training, performance assessment and credentialing. His company is dedicated to enhancing the mental and physical safety of everyone they help train. His story is

This episode features Jon Torine. As a coach and founder of Lean In Coaching, Jon believes we can transform the sports experience so that we may grow and develop virtuous leaders who are a force for good. His coaching career in the National Football League started when the Buffalo Bills named him assistant strength and conditioning coach. Three years later, the Indianapolis Colts made Jon their head strength and conditioning coach, the youngest ever to be hired in that role in the NFL.  His tenure with the Colts is highlighted by a Super Bowl championship but he considers the relationships developed along the way as the larger prize. Following his seventeen years in the NFL, Jon became Director of Pro/Elite Sports for EXOS where his role was specifically dedicated to the NFL Players Trust Program supporting former players in the transition to the next chapter of their lives. He has recently been appointed as an educator within the Sports Safety Program run by the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City

This episode features Derek Evely, Derek consults globally for various federations on all aspects of coach and athlete development, specializing in high-performance training systems and youth development programming. He is the owner & founder of EveltrakSport.com, a training information resource for coaches, trainers, teachers & parents.  Derek has been involved in the sport of athletics most of his life as both an athlete and a coach. He has been coaching for the past 35 years, 25 of them professionally and during that time has served on numerous Canadian and British national teams including the Olympic Games, IAAF World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games, and European Championships. Derek is also a husband and father of three children.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 Lif

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, and owns, EarlyToRise.com. His first book, The Perfect Day Formula, has helped over 35,000 high performers own the day and take back control of their lives. Today, Craig coaches entrepreneurs to make more money and work less using the techniques in his Wall Street Journal bestseller, Unstoppable, and new book, The Perfect Week Formula.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://ly