The Principles of Performance

Mark Fisher is an international speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur. Through keynotes, courses, and coaching, Mark helps training gym owners achieve financial success and personal freedom. Mark’s most popular topics include building cult-like cultures, time management, and “sales and marketing for good human beings.” He is a proud alumni speaker of TEDx Broadway. Mark and Michael Keeler founded Business for Unicorns (BFU) in 2016 and have since worked with many of the leading fitness studios across the US, the UK, and Australia, as well as Sony Music, Sylvan Learning, Novus Surgical, and Security Scorecard. In addition to consulting through BFU, Mark is the co-founder of Mark Fisher Fitness, one of the most unusual gyms in the fitness industry. MFF operates a physical location in midtown Manhattan and a fast-growing online “virtual” location. MFF was recognized as #312 on the 2015 Inc. 500 fastest growing companies in America, as well as one of Men’s Health’s “Top 20 Gyms in America.” Links: https://markfisherfitness.com https://www.businessforunicorns.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.fisher.9619 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markfisherhumanbeing/

Coach Johnston is currently the quarterbacks coach at Monroe College in NY. Previously he served as the Offensive Coordinator at Hudson Catholic Regional HS in Jersey City, NJ in Jersey City, NJ, where his Quarterbacks received post-season honors in each of his last five seasons. Coach Johnston was also previously the Quarterbacks Coach at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, NY. Coach Johnston also served as the Defensive Coordinator, Assistant Head Coach, and Quarterbacks Coach at Xavier High School in New York, NY. Coach Johnston’s assessment and coaching skills have earned him a solid reputation among his coaching peers and thousands of athletes for his ability to develop Quarterbacks.   Links: https://completeqb.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CompleteQB X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CompleteQB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/completeqb2000 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompleteQBVideos

Dr. Lisa Thomson is a board-certified Doctor of Chiropractic in the greater Los Angeles area and the Immediate Past President of the California Chiropractic Association. She has extensive knowledge in treating many pain-related conditions and has helped thousands of people get out of pain. Her true passion, however, is sports performance. Due to her extensive knowledge of human biomechanics and functional movement, she is considered an expert in her field and speaks at events all over the country sharing her knowledge. Dr. Thomson is an Upstate New York native and a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. At Plattsburgh she was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, was selected to be on the Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities list and was captain of the women’s soccer team. She is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Florida Campus. Upon graduating from Palmer Dr. Thomson drove out to California where she opened her practice.   Links: https://linktr.ee/drlisathomson https://backbodymind.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomsonlisa/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlisathomson/

Christie Aschwanden is the author of GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery and co-host of EMERGING FORM, a podcast about the creative process. A lifetime athlete, Christie has raced in Europe and North America on the Team Rossignol Nordic ski racing squad. She’s the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Washington Post. Christie is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She’s also been a contributing editor for Runner’s World and a contributing writer for Bicycling. Her work appears in dozens of publications, including Discover, Slate, Consumer Reports, New Scientist, More, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, NPR.org, Smithsonian and O, the Oprah Magazine. A frequent speaker at writer’s workshops and journalism conferences, Christie is the founder of the Creative Convergence freelance writing workshops, which she developed with funding from the National Association of Science Writers. She has taught at the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop, the Boulder Magazine Writer’s Conference, the Telluride Writer’s Guild and at the Northern California Science Writers Association professional workshop series.   Links: https://christieaschwanden.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristieAschwanden Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cragcrest/

Dr. Jimmy Yuan treats some of the most elite athletes in the world. Dr. Yuan was a member of the treatment team for the winners of the 2018 Ryder Cup, Team Europe. He is an instructor for Functional Movement Systems for the Functional Movement Screen and Selective Functional Movement Assessment. In addition to being a certified FMS instructor, Dr. Yuan also has a Fellowship in medical acupuncture from the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture, is a certified Graston Techniques provider, Titleist Certified Golf Fitness Instructor, Registered Trigenist, and StrongFirst Team Leader. Dr. Yuan also instructs for Titleist Performance Institute and TRX. Dr. Yuan is experienced as a personal trainer and was a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Dr. Yuan received his Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from the State University of New York, Binghamton. He earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the New York Chiropractic College and the Consumers’ Research Council of America listed Dr. Yuan as one of America’s Top Chiropractors. He is also listed in the 2007-08 Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition.   Links: https://warriorrestoration.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054445751251&ref=embed_page X/Twitter: @WarriorRestore Instagram: @ warriorrestore

Michael Boyle is one of the foremost experts in the fields of Strength and Conditioning, Functional Training and general fitness. He currently spends his time lecturing, teaching, training and writing. In 1996 Michael co-founded Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, one of the first for-profit strength and conditioning companies in the world. Prior to Co- founding Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, Michael served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Boston University for 15 years, also for the past 25 years he been the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Men’s Ice Hockey at Boston University. Mike also was the Boston Red Sox strength and conditioning coach in 2013 that won the World Series. In addition to his duties at Boston University and the Red Sox, from 1991-1999 Boyle served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Michael was also the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the 1998 US Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team, Gold Medalists in Nagano and 2014 Silver medalists in Sochi, and served as a consultant in the development of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michael has been a featured speaker at numerous strength and conditioning and athletic training clinics across the world and has produced 20 instructional videos in the area of strength and conditioning, as well as published his book Functional Training for Sports. Links: https://www.bodybyboyle.com https://www.strengthcoach.com X: @mboyle1959 Instagram: @mboyle1959

Dr. Kyle Matsel is on the faculty at the University of Evansville as an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy where he teaches in the musculoskeletal content areas of the Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum and is also the Program Director in Health Professions Education. Kyle received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Evansville in 2011 and his PhD in rehabilitation sciences from the University of Kentucky in 2021. His research interests are in the identification of musculoskeletal injury risk factors and the implementation of arm care exercise programs for baseball players. He is the Director of the ProRehab & University of Evansville Sports Physical Therapy residency program. He is a board-certified clinical specialist in sports through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. Dr. Matsel is engaged in patient care at ProRehab specializing in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation. Additionally, Dr. Matsel presents nationally on topics related to comprehensive, systematic movement-based assessment and testing and is a consultant with a number of collegiate and professional sports teams regarding injury prevention strategies.   Links: https://www.kylematsel.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kyle.matsel/ X: https://twitter.com/KyleMatsel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyle_matsel/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-matsel-bb3563223/   Bonus Link: This is the article on Hypermobility and the Beighton Scale that we refer to on the show: https://ericdagati.com/are-you-too-loose-how-stretching-can-make-some-people-worse/

Alwyn Cosgrove is legendary Coach, Educator and Presenter in the fitness industry. Born in Scotland and initially exposed to fitness training through an intense competitive sport martial arts background, Alwyn Cosgrove began reading and studying any training related material he could get his hands on. This led Alwyn to formal academic studies in Sports Performance at West Lothian College and then progressed on to receiving an honors degree in Sports Science from Chester College, the University of Liverpool. He is also the Co-owner of Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, California with his wife Rachel—twice named one of the top ten gyms in America by Men’s Health and Women’s Health magazines. In addition to their gym, he and Rachel are also owners of a fitness professional consulting company, Results Fitness University. As an Author, Alwyn is a sought after ‘expert’ for several of the country’s leading publications including a regular contributor to Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness magazines, Elite FTS, T-Nation, Bodybuilding.com and more. He has also co-authored several books along with Lou Schuler in the “New Rules of Lifting” series, as well as “Strong”. Links: https://linktr.ee/alwyncosgrove https://www.resultsfitnessuniversity.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachAlwynCosgrove/ X: https://twitter.com/alwyncosgrove?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwyncosgrove/

Dr. Robert Butler is beginning his eighth season in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals. As the Director of Performance, Dr. Butler oversees player physical development and prevention programs, nutrition, sports science, technology integration and mental health services for the St. Louis Cardinals organization as well as the medical care for the affiliate teams. Prior to joining the Cardinals, he served as an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory at Duke University for 5-1/2 years.   He is a native of Wilmington, Delaware and a graduate of Marietta College where he earned his Bachelor’s in Biology, Springfield College where he earned his M.S. in Biomechanics and Movement Science, and the University of Delaware where he earned his Ph.D. in Biomechanics. Following his doctoral training, he completed a post-doc at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of Evansville.   Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-butler-a00a0422b/

Dr. John Berardi is a Canadian-American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition coaching, education, and software company. John is also the founder of Change Maker Academy, devoted to helping would-be change makers turn their passion for health and fitness into a powerful purpose and a wildly successful career. He also hosts The Dr. John Berardi Show, a podcast that goes beyond the health and fitness industry to seek out important life lessons in a seemingly unlikely place, amid competing points of view. Over the years Dr. Berardi has advised Apple, Equinox, Nike, and Titleist, as well as the San Antonio Spurs, Carolina Panthers, US Open Champ Sloane Stephens, and 2-division UFC Champ Georges St. Pierre. He has also been named one of the 20 smartest coaches in the world and 100 most influential people in health and fitness.   Links: https://www.johnberardi.com https://www.precisionnutrition.com https://drjohnberardishow.com https://www.changemakeracademy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjohnberardi/?hl=en