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This EP is a performance conversation with three of Canada's leading performance nutrition practitioners.  Dana Lis is located in Lake Tahoe now and does a great deal of work with the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors and elite tour cycling in Europe. Jen Sygo is in Toronto and has consulted with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a part of the championship season with the Raptors, both are registered dieticians and sports performance nutrition practitioners. Trent Stellingwerff is an exercise physiologist with a bend in performance nutrition and has been a performance lead at the Pacific Institute of Sport for many years now.  All three represent the best in the world of human performance and this is a great conversation around the current beliefs and controversies in performance nutrition today. 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

Nick is currently the Programs Director for ALTIS.  ALTIS is an elite training environment for athletes and a global leader in the provision of education for sports performance.  Nick is in charge of building education and training resources that share ALTIS experiences and extend their processes to the performance community at large. The complexity of managing both the Performance and health of athletes is at the heart of the ALTIS approach.  Nick has a substantial and diverse resume having worked in teaching environments, and multiple performance environments, as well as having been a competitive athlete himself. He’s been in the world of human performance professionally since the early 90’s emigrating to Canada on several occasions for work in sports performance and returning to the UK where he is originally born, to take on roles with GB Paralympic skiing, the Sheffield Eagles Rugby League team, UK’s Talent Athlete Scholarship Scheme as well as building the first regional and national strength and conditi

In this EP I speak with Hannah Roediger-Day a business owner/entrepreneur in the health & neuro space. Hannah takes foundational health & high-performance protocols and combines them with applied neurology, positive psychology, emotion code, yoga, human design, and behavioral science to create personal freedom for her clients - physically, emotionally, and mentally. Her own story of injury, healing, and self-discovery is the foundation for her work and her drive to help other people through difficult times. Hannah is a self-described introvert, outdoor enthusiast, trail runner, foody, and interested in all things human health and experience. She has never accepted general answers because she believes everyone deserves more than a one-size-fits-all approach to life and health. Her coaching programs and online courses reflect that kind of individuality. As a teenager & young adult. Hannah was struggling with chronic pain, emotional instability, and exhaustion. She decided to find ways to thrive thro

In this EP I talk with Ivi Casagrande. Ivi is a high-performance consultant currently serving as a Technical Expert Consultant for FIFA and UEFA. Ivi is also part of the Human Performance Council for Under Armour.  Ivi started her coaching career as a Performance Coach for the Women’s Soccer program at Bowling Green State University, before joining Redline Athletics as their Director of Sports Performance and a Network Sports Scientist with US Youth National Teams. In 2019, she was the Lead S&C Coach for the NWSL team Orlando Pride, and her latest role was as a Sports Scientist for Brighton and Hove Albion Women’s & Girls team. Ivi is married to her wife Jieke Stroobant and has a beautiful dog called Marley. Her entire family is back in Brazil, where she is originally from. Currently moved countries and now resides in Brighton, UK after spending the last 10 years in the United States. If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social cha

This week's EP features an NHL Veteran Therapist, Curtis Bell. Curtis is currently the Director of Sports Performance for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He began his career in hockey with the Flint Generals of the Colonial Hockey League and then went on to work for the Lightning, Devils, and Panthers until 2008.  He took a sabbatical of sorts from the league working in an ortho clinic, and then for the Edge School in Calgary, Alberta. In 2012 he returned to the NHL with the Penguins and has been there ever since, winning two Stanley Cups in the process.  He is Athletic Trainer, has a master’s in clinical nutrition, and graduated from Chiropractic College in 2017, all this after starting by dropping out of high school and joining the US Navy. Lots of great takeaways in this one, 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 th

This EP features an innovative performance practitioner, Chris Gaviglio. Chris has been involved with Elite sport for over 20 years working across multiple Winter and Summer Olympic sports and professional football codes in both the northern hemisphere with Bath Rugby, and the southern hemisphere with Queensland "Maroons" Rugby League team, the Wallabies of the Australian National Rugby Union, and the Gold Coast SUNS of the AFL Aussie rules football league.  Chris still does train several winter and summer Olympic athletes, and currently consults with the Brisbane Broncos. During his time in the UK Chris was involved with UK Sport in multiple applied sports science projects. Chris has several papers already published as a result of this work and other collaborative work with other applied sports scientists. He is also an entrepreneur and enjoys designing training products that complement his strength and conditioning passion. The first two products he produced were back mobilization tools, the Thera

EP 261 is the fourth anniversary EP of LYM. We are proud of what we have accomplished at the podcast, and we've learned a lot from our guests over these past four years.  In this episode, I share with you six of the key learnings I've acquired through all the listening I've done these past four years. It's been an amazing ride, and I can't wait for four more! Check out our LYM Caps at www.LYMlab.com today and you can also DL a FREE Life Lab Starter kit with a few powerful learning modules to help you make a change in your life today! All the 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 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:ww

Rhonda is a physiotherapist and athletic therapist currently working in private practice with Craven Sports Services in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has been the therapist of the Canadian Women’s National Basketball team and the Head Therapist for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for 21 years.  She has been in high-level Canadian sports for much of her career and has been a mentor and educator to countless young performance professionals throughout her career. She is married to her husband Ryan of 30 years. 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 Phil Poirier who is a bit of a living legend in my neck of the woods. He was a part of bringing the freestyle life to skiing. Growing up watching the snowboard revolution, he and a group of other locals began to play in the snowpark against all odds, adopted twin tip skis, and created a new genre of skiing.  His story is rich and full and I wanted more than just local peeps to hear it.  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

EP 258 out tomorrow is a comebacker with one of my good friends and peers, Doctor Matt Jordan!  The good doctor and I talk about life, growth, navigating change, how to balance science with practice, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  These are the conversations I put on repeat because there are always new nuggets to glean from each time I listen.  It's what I love about podcasting, it's what I love doing. I hope you get some powerful takeaways as well.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 Mike Potenza, the President of the Strength and Conditioning Coaches of Professional Hockey (SCAPH) and Lead of Performance for the San Jose Sharks and I chat about all things professional development.  Our experiences, formal, informal, conferences, mentorship, and life.  It's a great conversation to preface the work we are doing this year to bring the community of hockey performance people together in one place to explore the game we love.  It's a great conversation with a man of much experience.  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 Justin Roethlingshoefer.  Justin has worked with many professional athletes and leaders in the world of business. He is an Amazon best-selling author for his books: Intent, Blueprint, and the Own It Manual. They focused on peak performance, human optimization, and applying data and testing to create personalized blueprints. After completing his MS in Sports Performance and Human Biology, Justin sought out post-graduate work in functional medicine. He has worked as a Performance Coach in the NHL & NCAA and founded a private camp for professional hockey players focusing on healing them from the inside out.  Justin has a knack for making the complex simple. He takes the latest research on nutrition, training, and recovery, packages it into digestible, systematic, and applicable steps, and delivers it with the Outer Energy team within his business Own It Coaching. Justin has always been self-motivated to improve, developing the discipline and work ethic necessary to excel. At 13 years old his

EP 255 of the LYM podcast is a combo session with my friend and colleague Mark Fitzgerald.  Mark is one of Canada's leaders in the field of athletic performance.  He has a special affinity to hockey, having trained many developmental and elite players, and having served as the Lead of Performance for the Anaheim Ducks. This conversation sets the table for his workshop at this year's IHPS where he will dive deep into how to develop younger hockey athletes, a subject for which he has a great passion.  His business ETS turns 10 years old this year, and it has been a lighthouse for how young athletes of any sport should prepare for success. Come join us in Mont Tremblant, June 10-12 for an amazing event that will bring the best in hockey performance together in a beautiful place, check it all out at www.reconditioninghq.com todayIf 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 Livingst

This EP features a FIFA World Cup football referee, and the Director & Lead Facilitator of Holistic Leadership and Development Consultancy, Matt Conger. Pre-pandemic, Matt refereed full-time between the Chinese Super League, Saudi MBS Pro League, ISPS Handa Premiership (NZ), and OFC and FIFA competitions. Alongside active refereeing, he is passionate about developing the holistic capability of referees from the grassroots to the elite level.  In 2018 Matthew refereed at the FIFA World Cup Finals in Russia, taking the whistle in the Iceland v Nigeria group stage match, 4th Official on the Round of 16 matches between England and Colombia, and was one of a select few referees to stay through to the Final. Matthew moved to New Zealand with his wife, Sharon, in 2001 and formally immigrated to NZ in 2006 where he completed his Bachelor of Education worked for eight years as a full-time primary school teacher while also pursuing a refereeing career as a New Zealand Football National Referee and a FIFA Referee. M

This EP is my meanderings around the idea of the Olympics. What it should mean for us, instead of what it seems it has become. We should celebrate the effort and opportunity to be on that stage, exposed and open to the possibilities. Instead, we focus too often on winning and losing, and on the judgment we so often prescribe.  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 Duff Gibson. In 1989, having completed his undergrad at Western, Duff Gibson moved to Calgary to earn his master’s degree in kinesiology at the University of Calgary and begin a twenty-five-year journey in high-performance sport.  As an athlete, Duff was a provincial champion speed skater, a national champion and national team member in bobsleigh, and then a world and Olympic gold medallist in the sport of skeleton. Duff was also named Canada’s male athlete of the year for 2006.  In his four years as the national team head coach, Duff led six different athletes to the podium at a World Cup or World Championship level and considers the work they did on mindset and collaboration as being the key to their success. Having moved on from coaching after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Duff launched Dark Horse Athletic in early 2016. Dark Horse is about developing physical literacy, a growth mindset, and, above all, inspiring kids to participate for the love of the sport. Most recently he published his book

This EP features Dayna Del Val who works with people through weekend retreats, one on one coaching, and her writing and speaking to inspire and motivate people to shake up their day-to-day to find what’s beyond their current reality, to get comfortable being uncomfortable and to articulate, and create a tangible plan of action and pursue their next dream. Dayna and her husband Dr. Mazz Marry host a twice-weekly Livestream called Daily Dose of Dr. Marry & DD around their mission to openly share their experiences with Dr. Marry’s fall into alcoholism and climb back to sobriety. They are committed to helping people and couples navigate the treacherous addiction path to hope and healing while also helping to erase the shame and stigma of addiction. She is also President & CEO of The Arts Partnership in Fargo, ND, an umbrella arts nonprofit agency dedicated to cultivating the community through the arts. You can find more at daynadelval.com. She writes, speaks, and lives by straddling extraordinary, at the

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 in coaching would take longer than we have in this space to introduce a guest but suffice to say his influence in the world of Athletics is extensive, and the mark he has left on the Canadian sports system has been significant.  I am honored to have him on the show today, welcome Les. Head Coach, Athletics Canada                                                                                                                                      2005-2008Director of Speed Power Programs, Athletics Canada                               

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 including leaders like Shaquille O'Neal, Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Robin Sharma, Tony Robbins, and many, many more.  YLCC has grown far beyond just a summer camp. Each year YLCC works with close to 200,000 youth, educators, parents, and corporations across Canada and around the world. He has grown from a small summer camp to a multi-million-dollar company. Living by his credo, Purpose before Profits.  In 2018, he was awarded the Barry Sharp Award of Excellence for his work to promote and foster student leadership across Canad

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 published more than 70 scientific articles across the spectrum of human performance and has been featured in the Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, the New York Times as well on the Golf Channel.  His work has encompassed a wide array of high-performing individuals including PGA Tour winners, collegiate National Champions, Olympic Champions, X-Games Champions, military leaders, special forces operators, as well as corporate leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Above all his accomplishments he is a father to his two girls Kelsey and Maggie,