The Principles of Performance

Kevin graduated from Purdue University in 1984, and received his Masters degree from Indiana University in 1995. He has received his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) credentials through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is also the Co-Founder of the National High School Strength Coaches Association (NHSSCA). Coach Vanderbush has received five different national award including the National High School Strength Coaches Association (NHSSCA) Hall of Fame, the American Football Monthly’s Samson High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year, the NSCA – High School Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year Award, the AFLAC – National Assistant Coach of the Year Award and the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society – National High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Award. Coach Vanderbush is in his 40th year as the strength and conditioning coach for all sports at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, IN. He teaches advanced weight training, which is a class that involves both strength training and athletic enhancement activities.   Links: Twitter – @CoachVanderbush E-mail: kevin.vanderbush@wayne.k12.in.us

Eric Cressey is president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, with facilities located in Hudson, MA and Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Eric is perhaps best known for his extensive work with baseball players, and his role with the New York Yankees organization as Director of Player Health and Performance. An accomplished author, Cressey has authored over 500 published articles and has been featured in such local and national publications as Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, ESPN, T-Muscle, Yahoo Sports, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Baseball America, The Worcester Telegram, Perform Better, Oxygen, Experience Life, Triathlete Magazine, Collegiate Baseball, Active.com, The Metrowest Daily News, Parents and Kids, and EliteFTS. Eric has published five books and co-created four DVD sets that have been sold in over 60 countries around the world. Eric has been an invited guest speaker in six countries and over 20 U.S. states. He serves on the advisory boards for both the IYCA and Precision Nutrition, and is a baseball consultant to New Balance. He also served as the strength and conditioning coach to the USA Baseball Under-18 National Team that won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup in Osaka, Japan. As a competitive powerlifter, Eric holds several state, national, and world records. A mainstay in the Powerlifting USA Top 100 lifts in his weight class, Cressey has competition bests of 540 squat, 402 bench, 650 deadlift, and 1532 total in the 165-pound weight class.   Links: https://ericcressey.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/ericcressey/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/CresseyTrainingSystems Twitter – https://twitter.com/ericcressey YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/ecressey

Dr. Mike Hartle is not only a chiropractic physician, but he is also a board- certified Clinical Nutritionist (DACBN), a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP), an Active Release Technique (ART) provider since 1995, and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He is also a Master StrongFirst Certified Instructor with StrongFirst (StrongFirst.com). He is the co- developer of the StrongFirst SFL Barbell Certification. Dr. Michael travels around the USA and the world teaching barbell and kettlebell certifications. He is currently in his second year of getting his Ph.D. in Exercise Science. A former nationally-ranked powerlifter, who has won several national titles with USA Powerlifting, Dr. Michael was the Vice President for 2 years in addition to being the Drug Testing Chairman for 5 years. He was also the Chairman of the Sports Medicine Committee of USA Powerlifting (USAPL) for over 20 years, a committee he created in 1994 with USAPL. Starting in 1998, he was the Head Coach of the USAPL World Bench Press Team for 8 years, coaching the US Team to the 2004 International Powerlifting Federation World Championship Team Title. His best competition lifts are 705 lb. squat, 535 lb. bench press and 635 lb. deadlift with a best combined total of the three lifts of 1,840 lbs. in the former 275 lb. weight class. For the next 10 years, he was playing semi-pro football, defensive tackle, and loving it! His football team, the Adams County Patriots, won the National AA Semi-Pro Football Championship in 2008 and were undefeated for 2 years straight   Links: https://chiropower.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/drmichaelhartle/?hl=en Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/DrMichaelHartle Twitter – https://twitter.com/drmichaelhartle?lang=en LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michael-hartle-68164411/

Tony Abbatine is a mental skills coach and college professor who specializes in vision and its effect on performance. He is the author of the book “Beyond the Ball: The Visual and Emotional Habits of High Performers”. As a Certified Open Focus Coach (COFTC) his work in the area of Visual Psychology has been featured in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek and ESPN. He has been a consultant to several Major League Baseball teams, numerous college programs and for the last five years has been the Performance Coach for the USA Women’s Olympic Softball team. Tony is a regular on the speaking circuit in the US and internationally, with recent presentations made in Dubai, Italy, France, Germany, Holland and Japan. He is the Founder and Director of Performance at Frozen Ropes, a US based company that offers coaching support to amateur athletes and coaches. He is also a national columnist for Baseball America where he writes on the latest issues in player development.   Links: https://www.tonyabbatine.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/tonyabbatine/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/tony.abbatine Twitter – https://twitter.com/tonyabbatine YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/FrozenRopesCorporate

Devan McConnell is currently the High-Performance Director for the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League. Devan was previously with the New Jersey Devils where he served as their Director of Performance Science and Reconditioning. Prior to his time in New Jersey, he previously served as the Head of Hockey Performance and Sport Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Devan also previously served as the Sports Performance Coordinator at Stanford University from 2008-11 where he worked closely with the women’s basketball team as well as the men’s and women’s volleyball programs. During his time at Stanford, women’s basketball competed in three consecutive Final Fours while the women’s volleyball team competed in two Final Fours and the men’s volleyball program won the 2010 NCAA Championship. Devan is also the co-author, along with Justin Roethingshoefer, of the book “Intent – A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development”   Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMcConnell29 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmcconnell29/?hl=en

Joel Jamieson is one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy SEALS, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA, and more. Joel is also a best-selling author of the book Ultimate MMA Conditioning and the creator of the Morpheus System, the world’s first digital recovery coach. He also has created multiple education courses for trainers and coaches, including his BioForce Conditioning Coach, Recover to Win and Metamorphosis Courses.   Links: https://8weeksout.com https://trainwithmorpheus.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjoeljamieson/?hl=en

Jenny Rearick started out in the corporate world as a Presentation Skills Trainer & Communication Coach, but now she has turned her focus to the fitness industry and she is the founder of Fit to Speak, where she coaches professionals in being approachable and practical communication, speaking, and presentation skills training and coaching. She is also a coach and co-owner with her husband Brendon of Train Smarter and Harder, where they specialize in adult fitness and sports performance in California. Last but, not least, Jenny is an educator for the Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC) education system.   Links: https://fit-to-speak.com Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/fit_to_speak/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/getfittospeak Twitter – https://twitter.com/jenny_rearick LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-rearick-3603861a/

Dr. Kelly Starrett is a coach, physical therapist, author, and speaker. Along with his wife Juliet, Kelly is co-founder of The Ready State. The Ready State began as Mobility|WOD in 2008 and has gone on to revolutionize the field of performance therapy and self-care. Kelly received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2007 from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, California. Kelly’s clients include professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. He also works with Olympic gold-medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world-and national-record-holding Olympic lifting and power athletes, CrossFit Games medalists, ballet dancers, military personnel, and competitive age-division athletes. Kelly is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Becoming A Supple Leopard, Ready to Run and Waterman 2.0,. He is also co-author (with Juliet) of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Deskbound and their latest book is called Built to Move: The Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully. Kelly and his work have been featured on 60 Minutes, The View, The Joe Rogan Experience, CBS Sports, Outside Magazine, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal and dozens of other podcasts, magazines, and books — including Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Body and Tools of Titans. On top of co-founding The Ready State, Kelly and Juliet also started San Francisco CrossFit and StandUpKids together. In his athletic career, Kelly paddled whitewater slalom canoe on the US Canoe and Kayak Teams. He lead the Men’s Whitewater Rafting Team to two national titles and competed in two World Championships.   Links: https://thereadystate.com Instagram – @thereadystate – https://www.instagram.com/thereadystate/?hl=en Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/thereadystate/ Twitter – @thereadystate – https://twitter.com/thereadystate?lang=en YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnnB4zDBqZHhQ4uLTAX8eYA

Dr. Marc Bubbs is a Performance Nutritionist, Naturopathic Doctor and Author of the best-selling new book PEAK – The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sport. Marc currently serves as the Performance Nutrition Lead for the Canadian Men’s National Basketball Team, Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) and a portfolio of elite and professional athletes in Canada, USA, UK and Europe. He is also the host of the Performance Nutrition Podcast, bringing together insights from world-leading experts in health, nutrition, training, recovery and mindset. Dr. Bubbs is a Speaker at many corporate events and regularly presents at sports, medical and fitness conferences in Canada, USA, United Kingdom and Europe and consults with professional sports teams.   Links: https://drbubbs.com/home Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBubbs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrBubbs/?ref=hl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbubbs/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-jYKOZ4ZzlAJfVexEp0NtQ

Steve Jones is currently the Senior Vice President of the Steel Sports Coaching System with responsibility for providing Steel coaches with a continuing education pathway while overseeing their unique Professional Development Program. He visits Steel Sports groups across the U.S. and delivers coaching clinics and parent engagement events to Steel’s baseball, softball and soccer coaches and families. Steve grew up in England playing soccer and played semi-professionally in England and Scotland for several years. He obtained a bachelor’s degree In Physical Education from Liverpool University in 1984 and after teaching and coaching for five years, he emigrated to the United States to play and coach soccer in 1989. Previously, Steve spent over 20 years as UK Elite Soccer’s Director of Professional Development. In addition to 30 years of coaching soccer players and coaches from recreational to elite levels, Steve has 20 years of experience working with the Special Olympics of New Jersey in powerlifting and track and field. He is a licensed EFA (England Football Association), USC (United Soccer Coaches), SONJ (Special Olympics of NJ), BFUT (BFUT Football Institute), and USSF (United States Soccer Federation) as well as USA Baseball coach, and has presented to a variety of Organizations and at regional and national conferences on the importance of building character and leadership in young people through sports.   Links: https://steelsports.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-jones-5a848021b/