The Principles of Performance

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/

Alex Hutchinson is an author and journalist in Toronto. His primary focus is the science of endurance and fitness, which he covers for Outside magazine (where he is also a contributing editor and writes the “Sweat Science” column), The Globe and Mail (where he writes the Jockology column), and Canadian Running magazine. Alex has also covered technology for Popular Mechanics, where he earned a National Magazine Award for my energy reporting, and adventure travel for the New York Times, and was a Runner’s World columnist from 2012 to 2017. Alex’s book ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance is an exploration of the science (and mysteries) of endurance. Before that, he wrote a practical guide to the science of fitness, called “Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise”, which was published in 2011, as well as the book “Big Ideas: 100 Modern Inventions That Have Transformed Our World”, in 2009. Alex actually started out as a physicist, with a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge then a few years as a postdoctoral researcher with the U.S. National Security Agency, working on quantum computing and nanomechanics. During that time, he competed as a middle- and long-distance runner for the Canadian national team, mostly as a miler but also dabbling in cross-country and even a bit of mountain running. Alex still runs most days, enjoy the rigors of hard training, and the occasionally race.   Links: http://www.alexhutchinson.net Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sweat_science/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/sweatscience/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/sweatscience

Jason Glass is one of the world’s top Golf Strength & Conditioning Specialists. Jason owns and operates Tour Performance Lab and Kinetica Golf Performance in Vancouver BC; specializing in training rotary athletes, biomechanics, physical assessments and functional strength training. Jason is a consultant for many top professional athletes from the PGA Tour, European Tour, Nationwide Tour, LPGA to professional snowboarding. He is also the head strength and conditioning coach for the Canadian National Team. Jason is also a lead presenter and the head of the Titleist Performance Institutes (TPI) Fitness Advisory Board. Jason has been featured on the Golf Channel, Golf Canada Magazine and CBC Sports. Jason has his own TPI TV show “The Jason Glass Performance Lab”. Jason has published 3 DVD’s specializing in creating explosive rotational power in athletes. Jason graduated from University of British Columbia with a bachelor of Human Kinetics and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with the NSCA.   Links: https://www.jasonglasslab.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonglasslab/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCiEfVQDfpzomILSeJLJAGg

Paul Kolody earned his Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training and his Masters of Science in Physical Education, with a concentration in Exercise Science as well. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association, (NATA/ATC), as an Athletic Trainer, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, (NSCA/CSCS), as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and USA Weightlifting as a Level One Club Coach. Paul started his career as an Athletic Trainer including serving as the Athletic Trainer and Strength Coach for the Somerset Patriots Baseball Club from 1998 to 2004. In 2003 he helped open Somerset Medical Center’s Sports Performance & Rehab Center, managing that facility and training athletes at the middle school, high school, college and professional level. He now serves as the strength coach at Hunterdon Central Regional HS in NJ.   Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/HCSportsPerform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.kolody.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reddevilstrength/

Christine Yu is an award-winning journalist that writes about sports, science, and health, specifically the intersection of sports science and women athletes and she has written a new book about it that is soon to released: UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes Her reported features, profiles, and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Outside Magazine, Runner’s World, Family Circle, SELF, Eating Well, VICE, and espnW, among others. Christine earned her B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and my Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two sons and is a lifelong athlete who likes to run, practice yoga, hike, swim, and surf.   Links: https://www.christinemyu.com Instagram: @cyu888 Twitter: @cyu888 Christine’s Newsletter: https://christinemyu.substack.com