Welcome to Episode 25 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Brayden Miller who is the Sports Science/Strength & Conditioning Coordinator of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League. We dig into Brayden's journey into the Strength & Conditioning field and his role with the Blue Bombers. We discuss the training schedule and challenges that come in the CFL, how he separates the roster into different training groups and how important it is to communicate with your athletes, especially when you are new to a role or spor ..read more

Welcome to Episode 24 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Jennifer, Love who is the Head Athletic Therapist of the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club in the Ontario Hockey League. We dig into Jennifer's journey into the Athletic Therapy field and her role with the Sting. We discuss some of the performance gaps that she has seen in her 3 years with the Sting as young players enter the Ontario Hockey League and how performance coaches can help them prepare for the physical and emotional side of playing in the OHL. We chat about some of the performan ..read more

Welcome to Episode 23 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Tanner Care, who is the Director of Performance: Head of Strength & Conditioning of the Vancouver Bandits as well as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. We dig into Tanner's journey in the sports performance field from athlete, to the private sector, to his current role out west with the Vancouver Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. We chat about how professional sport and the athletes in the CEBL dif ..read more

Welcome to Episode 21 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Danielle Rancourt, who is the CEO/Lead Dietitian at Pivot Nutrition Coaching. Danielle is originally from Sudbury, Ontario but now calls Grand Forks, North Dakota (USA) home. We dig into Danielle's journey into the nutrition coaching field, how her personal experiences as a former NCAA Division I hockey player showed her the impact proper fueling can have on sport performance. We also chat about her "pivot" into starting her own nutrition coaching business, the Four-Phase Approach ..read more

Welcome to Episode 20 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Carmen Bott, who is the Founder/Sports Performance Coach at Coach Bott Consulting Services, as well as a Full-Time Lecturer of Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University. Coach Bott is based out of beautiful Coquitlam, British Columbia.  We dig into Carmen's journey in the the performance coaching field, her extensive background working with a variety of athletes and sports, how to get clear on the demands of the sport when it comes to developing Repeat Sprint Ability, as well as ..read more

Episode 19 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Scott Willgress who is the Physiology/Strength and Conditioning Lead at the Canadian Sports Institute (CSI) Atlantic based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  We dig into Scott's journey in the performance coaching field, what lead him to his position at CSI-Atlantic, what athletes and programs he works with, some of the things that went into the planning and preparation for the Women's Olympic Softball team in the four (five with the Covid-19 Global Pandemic) years leading into the Tokyo Olympics ..read more

Episode 18 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Callen McGibbon who is an Entrepreneur, CEO and Strength and Conditioning Coach. He is the Founder and Performance Director of Healthy Living Dynamic Fitness Centre as well as the Founder of REPerformance which is a Physical Education Platform/App for Physical & Health Education Teachers. Coach Callen is based in Sudbury, Ontario. We dig into Callen's journey in the performance coaching field, what lead him to creating REPerformance, his passion around helping students and PHE Teachers bu ..read more

Episode 17 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Katie Mitchell who is a Physiotherapist, Athletic Therapist, Educator and PhD Candidate. Katie is the Founder of Thrive Neurosport Rehabilitation and Performance in Elmira, Ontario.  We dig into Katies's journey in the rehabilitation and performance coaching field, what Neurosport training is and who it is for (spoiler alert...it is not just for concussion rehab), how sport performance coaches, trainers, therapists and sport coaches can integrate Neurosport training into their sessions w ..read more

Episode 16 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Richard Sylvester who is the Owner of Essential Performance & Fitness, LTD Advisor with Sport For Life as well as a Newcomer Youth Leadership Coach in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We dig into Richard's journey in the performance coaching field, his PhD research titled "Sprint Characteristics in Youth Female Athletes Across Maturation", setting up an optimal overall training environment - Mental aspect, Emotional aspect, Social aspect, Learning aspect, as well as his work with the Newcomers Youth L ..read more

Episode 15 of True North Strong: A Sports Performance Podcast. Join me this episode as I catch up with Adrian Wellman who is the Founder, CEO and Head Lifestyle Coach at Priority Me who's purpose "is to support you in creating and sustaining healthy habits, create structure in your life for a sense of ease, and excel in reaching your goals." We dig into Adrian's journey in the performance and lifestyle coaching field, from co-owning a performance training facility as a Strength Coach/Athletic Therapist to his struggle to thrive vs merely survive which ultimately lead him to create Priority Me ..read more