The Principles of Performance

Gwen Lawrence has been named Best of Westchester, and featured in ESPN Magazine as “The Best Innovation In Sports Medicine” and to date has personally trained over 3,000 MLB, NFL, NHL, MLS, LPGA and NBA. Gwen has been a practicing fitness professional since 1990. Her current practice includes private yoga trainings, class instruction, team instruction and her Power Yoga for Sports, sports specific training, International travel to teach, TV appearances, Writing, Workshops and radio contributions.. You can become a certified Yoga Coach through her online training, like people around the world in 18 countries are taking advantage of. Gwen’s unique combination of dance, massage therapy, and yoga training experience, coupled with her extensive knowledge of anatomy and nutrition, provides her clients and athletes with overwhelming results. Gwen is the yoga instructor for many teams over the years including the NY Giants, NY Knicks, NY Mets, NY Redbulls, NY Rangers, NYC FC and members of the NY Yankees, several major colleges like: Columbia, Yale, Manhattan, UNC and many more. Her writings appear in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Women’s Health, Women’s Fitness, Cosmo, Fitness Magazine, Shape Magazine, Yoga Journal, Yoga Digest, Yoga Magazine, Details and espn.com and espn.com. Gwen Starred as co-host in her own Nationally Syndicated on NBC TV show The Better Man Show and makes regular appearances on NBC TODAY SHOW, Good Day NY, and Dr. Oz as well as many Radio and TV news shows. Gwen owns her own Yoga school registered to certify students with 200 and 300-hour trainings along with her online Power Yoga for Sports Teacher Training. Gwen has 9 Power Yoga for Sports sport specific DVD’s, a feature DVD with Gaiam, and published books Body Sculpting with Yoga, Tactical Mobility and Teaching Power Yoga for Sports. You can take advantage of working with Gwen through Gaia TV, her Power Yoga for Sports APP, Audible Yoga and her You Tube Channel Gwen Lawrence Yoga. Top 108 influential yogis Online.   Links: www.gwenlawrence.com @GwenLawrence on Twitter and Instagram

Derek is an International Sport Performance Consultant that has been working with athletes all ages and abilities in speed, strength and power sports since 1988. His coaching career started in Track and Field, providing instruction to sprinters of all ages eventually working with collegiate sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. His career evolved rapidly working closely with some of the top performers in the world as a coach and a consultant – including Olympic medalists, world record holders, Canadian National team athletes, and professional athletes from numerous sports. He worked as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Simon Fraser University for 14 years, the first non-US member of the NCAA. He also serves as a performance consultant to numerous professional teams in the NFL, NBA, MLS and NHL, as well as major NCAA Division 1 programs throughout North America, specializing in speed development, strategic performance planning, return-to-competition protocols and neuromuscular electrical stimulation programming. Derek is asked to speak on speed development and high-performance training on a regular basis for major events around the world and has also authored a number of books, chapters and journal articles on these subjects.   Links: www. sprintcoach.com @ DerekMHansen on Instagram and Twitter

Rett Larson is a Strength and Conditioning / Sports Performance Coach currently training the German Women’s National Volleyball Team. He has work with athletes and organizations all over the world including China and The Netherlands, serving as the former Vice President at JuzPlay Performance Training, Project Manager – EXOS China at Athletes’ Performance and Director of Coaching at Velocity Sports Performance.   Links: @rettasaurus and @PickleballStrengthCoach on Instagram @rettlarson on Twitter

Greg Dea is a Registered International Sports Physical Therapist, as well as an International Instructor in diagnosing movement dysfunction. He has over 20 years of competing in track sprinting, Australian Football, soccer, golf, basketball, cricket, swimming, cycling and road running. Greg also has over 20 years of working in sport at professional football and rugby teams, institutes of sport in Australia and China (netball, rugby league, football, swimming, hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, handball, tennis, track sprinting and endurance running, field events) and World Cup winning Womens Volleyball and he is the head of medical services for the Frankston Football Club.   Links: www.preparetoperform.net www.performancephysicaltherapies.net @gregdea on Instagram

Dr. John Rusin is an internationally recognized strength coach, speaker, and writer, whose work has appeared in Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Testosterone Nation, Bodybuilding.com, Stack Magazine, and Muscle & Strength, to name a few. His innovative PPSC courses in-pain-free performance training systems have been taught to thousands of personal trainers, strength coaches and rehabilitation professionals from across the world. John holds advanced degrees in both exercise science and physical therapy, Dr. Rusin has developed performance, regeneration, and aesthetics programs for some of the world’s best strength, power, and endurance athletes. Dr. Rusin’s present and past client list include MLB All-Stars, NFL All-Pros, Olympic Gold, Bronze and Silver Medalists, World-Record-Holding Powerlifters, Elite Bodybuilders and Figure Competitors, All-World IronMan Triathletes, and top professional athletes from eight of the major American professional sports leagues.   To find out more about John, go to: www.getPPSC.com www.drjohnrusin.com @drjohnrusin on Instagram

Kevin is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the NSCA and is a Strength Coach employed at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in Woburn, Massachusetts. He has a BS in Kinesiology and Minor in Psychology from The University of Massachusetts-Amherst and is also a Licensed Massage Therapist. He is the Co-Founder/Educator at Certified Functional Strength Coach as well as the Co-Founder/Head Therapist at Movement As Medicine and is the Owner of Strengthcoach.com and MBSC.TV   To find out more about Kevin visit: Instagram @movementasmedicine @Certified Fsc @strengthcoachdotcom @MBSC.TV Twitter @coachkevincarr

Ryan received his Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from Stockton University in 2009. He has 13 years experience practicing orthopedic / sports Physical Therapy with emphasis on the rehab and training with baseball ball players Ryan is the Owner of Peak Performance Sports PT in Northfield New Jersey, as well as the Head of PT for the Baseball Performance Center and 220 Baseball Academy. He is FMS/ SFMA / OnBaseU Certified, as well as certified in Dry Needling and IASTM (Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization) and has extensive Training in Biomechanics.   You can follow and connect with Ryan on social media here: https://twitter.com/ryanbuccadpt?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/buccafurniryan/

Greg Rose is a board-certified Doctor of Chiropractic and holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from the University of Maryland. Greg specializes in 3-D biomechanics, strength and conditioning, manual therapy, rehabilitation, nutritional supplementation and therapeutic exercises as they relate to golf. Greg is the co-host of the Golf Fitness Academy and a co-founder of the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California, as well as OnBase University for baseball and softball and RacquetFit for tennis. Greg is also a Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner and a Fellow in the International Academy of Clinical Acupuncture. Utilizing his background in engineering combined with his expertise on the human body, Greg has helped pioneer the field of analyzing computerized 3-Dimensional motion capture models of the golf swing.   Links: www.mytpi.com http://www.onbaseu.com http://www.racquetfit.com

  In this episode, Eric and Mike answer and discuss questions submitted by our listeners including: -Split vs Full Body Routines -Techniques for Developing Punching Power -Programming Reps and Sets for Power Exercises for Explosiveness -Power/Plyos/Speed/Agility Training for clients over 40 -Energy System Development -Training to Avoid Pulled Hamstrings -Case Study – Challenges Improving the Leg Raise

Dr. Adam Wright – Director of Mental Performance – Washington Nationals Adam is a high-performance and executive coach, consultant, and educator who serves a broad range of elite performers whose craft demands peak performance in extreme, volatile, and high-stakes environments. He is privileged to work with athletes across various individual and team sports, including elite high school, collegiate, national and professional levels. In addition, Adam also serves business executives, law enforcement and military professionals, creatives and performing artists, and medical professionals. While coaching in such disparate performance arenas as the front office of the NFL, MLB, the European PGA, MLS, Hollywood, and Wall Street, he notes several shared characteristics amongst elite performers: a fierce commitment to self-knowledge and feedback, crystalized passion, purpose, and principles, grit, and a relentless drive toward deliberate practice in the pursuit of uncommon excellence.   Dr. Nick Holton – Co-Director of Human Flourishing & Optimal Performance Coach Dr. Nick Holton’s work focuses on helping individuals, teams, businesses, and organizations become better version of themselves through the application of the cutting-edge science of human flourishing, a synergistic development of both peak performance and overall well-being & fulfillment. Nick currently serves as a private coach and consultant, working with individuals and groups ranging from professional athletes, NCAA programs, educational institutions, and fortune 500 businesses. He is also a peak performance coach for the Flow Research Collective and the Co-Director of Human Flourishing for the Shipley School. His work international, having worked with clients, given talks or delivered trainings across the U.S. and Europe, India, Australia, Uganda, Singapore, Mexico, South America and many more.   For more information visit: https://www.theantifragileathlete.com