The Principles of Performance

Michael Mullin is a clinically-based athletic trainer with over 30 years of experience in training and rehabilitation. He is the Owner/Clinician of Integrative Rehab Training LLC and sees clients out of a studio at his home in Cumberland Center, ME. He is an NATA Certified Athletic Trainer and a registered Physical Therapy Assistant in California. He is on the adjunct faculty at the University of New England teaching in the Master’s Program for Athletic Training and is a Certified Clinician through the Postural Restoration Institute. Michael specializes in the treatment, rehabilitation and training of individuals and has worked with all levels of athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL teams, the US Ski Team, Top Ten PGA golfers and gold medal Olympic athletes. Michael has also co-authored a book titled Comprehensive Approach to Sports Injury Management, a chapter in Knee Ligament Rehabilitation called “New Techniques in Cartilage Repair and Replacement” and published articles in multiple professional journals and mainstream publications such as Training & Conditioning, Shape, Women’s Sports & Fitness, Women’s Sports Connection, Men’s Fitness, Skiing, and Windsurfing magazines.   Links: https://www.mjmatc.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjmatc Facebook: https://www.mjmatc.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mjmatc/

This podcast explores the importance of warmup programs, including age considerations, intent and focus, learning opportunities, addressing mobility and movement restrictions, workout/task specific warmups, warming up for big lifts, extensive and intensive ramp ups, adjusting for readiness, and cool downs. The hosts also discuss the significance of warm-ups for older individuals, breathing patterns, customizing ramp-up time for optimal performance, the importance of specificity in training, and having a purpose and scientific basis in training.

Michael Campanella was an All-New England sprinter in High School and College. While in College, Mike realized that his team strength & conditioning program was sub-par, so he and his co-Captain basically re- wrote their program, sparking his passion for fitness. At the time, he was an American Studies major at Trinity College and was going to go to law school and while studying for his LSATs, took a part-time job at Train Boston, where he met Mike Perry, and fell in love with personal training. Much to his parents’ dismay, he decided to stick with it as a full-time career. Mike was also competitive in the MMA world and fought 19 times in 4 years, but kind of burnt out. Shifting gears, he starting focusing on working with the general population on the business side of fitness, and trying to grow the model that he had been working on, which led to creating PEX, a beautiful facility that rents space to private businesses so that they can make more money than anywhere else in the industry   Links: Website: http://pexhealthandfitness.com/ Blog: https://pexhealthandfitness.com/newsletters/ Facebook: facebook.com/pexhealthandfitness Instagram: instagram.com/pexhealthandfitness

Dr. Meghan Helwig is a sought out Doctor of Physical Therapy in Southern California. She started Primal Strength Physical Therapy on the east coast and then packed up to follow her dream to live and practice on the west coast. Dr. Meghan Helwig graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from UMDNJ. A native of Morris County, NJ, Dr. Helwig earned a finance degree from Villanova University where she was the starting goalie all 4 years for the Div. I Big East Field Hockey Team. While working in NYC Meghan started to go to PT for an injury sustained while training for a half ironman triathlon. This is where her passion for PT was born. Dr. Helwig made the career change in 2006 to pursue something she loved. Being an athlete her entire life Dr. Helwig has that competitive mindset and understands the demands on the body. Her goals are to educate her patients, help them continue to do what they love in a safe manner and unlock their full potential.   Links: https://primalstrengthpt.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/primalstrengthdoc Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/primalstrengthdoc LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/primal-strength-physical-therapy/ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@primalstrengthdoc

This week’s episode is a little different as Eric and Mike run the show without a guest to discuss the “Fitness Client Journey”. They discuss all aspects of the fitness and personal training industry from both the professional side, as well as from the perspective of the client, including: -Client Niches vs Training Niches -Training Outliers and Getting Lucky -It’s Not About YOU -The Cheesecake Factory Menu and Choosing Exercises -What Makes YOU Special? -Understanding Empathy as Coach or Trainer -The 2-4-4 System for Programming Warmups -Are You a “Scratch Kitchen” or “Chipotle” Coach? -Dynamic Programming -Don’t Just Assign Exercises – EDUCATE! -Hiring a Pro vs Doing It On Your Own -Are You the “Tuesday Guy” or the “Friday Guy”?   For more information on the Principles of Program Design and all of our courses, visits www.principlesofprogramdesign.com or to get our FREE eBook and LIVE Webinar go to www.principleswebinar.com

Milo Bryant owns MILO-Limitless Fitness, a completely outdoor performance- training gym in Del Mar, CA. He is the founder of the Coalition for Launching Active Youth (C.L.A.Y.), an organization he established to help the fight against sugar, boredom, video games, televisions and adults who have lost their inner child and fundamental movement is Milo’s weapon of choice. Milo gets children, and those of us not so childlike, moving nationally and internationally while educating them on youth health and fitness. Milo is a Life Coach and is an advisory board member of the Titleist Performance Institute and is an also award-winning journalist who co-authored “Movement: Functional Movement Systems: Screening, Assessment, Corrective Strategies” along with Gray Cook.   Links: http://milostrong.com Instagram – @nobullfit

Brian Nguyen has had a very unique and successful career in the fitness and performance industry. After graduating from UCLA where he studied Sports Medicine, he went on to become an assistant athletic trainer with the Jacksonville Jaguars and then became the head trainer and strength coach for the Los Angeles Avengers in the Arena Football League. Switching paths into the fitness world, Brian started BRIK Fitness in Redondo Beach, CA and began to build a celebrity clientele that has included big names from Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Anthony Mackie, Mila Kunis to Will Farrell. In 2017, he started “Elementally Strong” and shares his wisdom and passion for functional fitness as a consultant for organizations including TRX, Functional Movement Systems, Perform Better, Everlast and UnderArmour.   Links: Instagram – @dragonmasterbri

Coach Duane Carlisle has been in the performance industry for over 25 years and now serves as the Fitness Coach for the National Football League Officials, as well as the founder of Carlisle Training Systems in the Bay Area in California. Coach Carlisle has worked with thousands of athletes, from beginner to elite, as well as six professional sports teams, including working as the Speed Development Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Rays. He is the former San Francisco 49ers Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and also served as the Director of Sports Performance at Purdue University, overseeing training for all their Sports programs. Duane is a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association and Boston University Track & Field “Wall of Honor” inductee   Links: https://www.coachcarlisle.com Instagram – www.instagram/coachduanecarlisle LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachduanecarlisle/ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachDuaneCarlisleProCoach

George Lockhart is a former Marine who is now considered one of the world’s foremost experts on weight cutting, performance nutrition, and weight management. In addition to working with the biggest names in combat sports, George, along with his partner Dan Leith, have become the most respected teachers in the space with their Weight Cutting Specialist Course. They have worked with top-level fighters like Conor McGregor, George St. Pierre, Daniel Cormier, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, and many more, as well as other celebrities.   Links: https://lockhartandleith.inspire360.com/welcome Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lockloadedmma Twitter – https://twitter.com/@LOCKloaded Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/george.lockhart.3

Dr. Brandon Marcello holds a PhD in sports nutrition from Baylor University, and a MS and BS in Exercise Science from Marshall University. He is a recognized author, researcher, and international presenter, he routinely speaks around the world on a number of topics pertaining to elite-level performance. His work appears regularly in numerous journals, textbooks, and periodicals. For the last 25 years, Dr. Marcello has worked with some of the most high-level individuals and organizations in human performance in the world, starting back to his time as a Performance Specialist at the International Performance Institute (IPI) of the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. From there he joined Mark Verstegen in 1999 out in Tempe, Ariz. to help create EXOS (formerly Athletes’ Performance (AP)), a world-class training facility for professional and elite athletes.   Since then he has also served as a consultant with Draper Laboratories for the U.S. Military and Special Forces, many Division-I programs, International Sports Federations, as well and Adidas, Under Armor and Nike. Brandon was also the Director of Performance for USA Softball and Stanford University and now serves as the Chief Innovation Officer for JAG Consulting.   Links: https://www.brandonmarcellophd.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/bmarcello13/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/bmarcello13 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/bmarcello13/