In this episode, Brijesh Patel discusses the critical role that leadership, character, and daily habits play in athlete development and long-term success, including:

• What coaches are really evaluating during recruiting and playing time decisions
• Common behavioral red flags that predict performance and developmental issues
• How to develop athletes who can handle adversity and lead themselves and others
• Practical strategies for improving mindset, communication, and resilience
• What athletes wish they had done differently earlier in their careers
• The habits and tools that help players thrive at the professional level

Evolve with Brijesh:

Instagram: @bpatel515
Website: CoachBPatel.com

Supporting High Performance
Metabolic Elite's entire line is designed to specifically support the health, performance, and recovery of high performers. Each product is formulated using research-supported ingredients and dosages using the highest quality ingredients, so you can be confident that every product you take will deliver the maximal benefit and effect.

Check out why Metabolic Elite's Liposomal Tablet delivery system is a game-changer: LPT White Paper

Save 15% using the code 'neeld15' at checkout here: Metabolic Elite

My personal go-to's:

• To improve focus, decision making, and coordination: Synapsin
• To improve inflammation and recovery: Tetra Cur
• To support the immune system and weight management: Viraxall
• To improve digestive health: Max 12 Probiotic

Contact Kevin:

Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Andrew Hauser discusses the significant impact respiratory training can have on both performance and recovery, including:

• The science of breathing and how the relationship between carbon dioxide and oxygen can impact performance 
• Specific breathing strategies to immediately impact short-term performance
• Longer-term adaptations to respiratory training
• Programming recommendations on how different breathing methods align with more traditional training practices
• Where athletes should start with respiratory training and objective measures to monitor progress

Evolve with Andrew:

• Instagram: @andrew_hauser_atsc
• Website: Continuum High Performance

Supporting High Performance
Metabolic Elite's entire line is designed to specifically support the health, performance, and recovery of high performers. Each product is formulated using research-supported ingredients and dosages using the highest quality ingredients, so you can be confident that every product you take will deliver the maximal benefit and effect.

Check out why Metabolic Elite's Liposomal Tablet delivery system is a game-changer: LPT White Paper

Save 15% using the code 'neeld15' at checkout here: Metabolic Elite

My personal go-to's:

• To improve focus, decision making, and coordination: Synapsin
• To improve inflammation and recovery: Tetra Cur
• To support the immune system and weight management: Viraxall
• To improve digestive health: Max 12 Probiotic

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

In this episode, renowned hypertrophy expert Pat Davidson does a deep dive on building muscle, including:

• The required stimulus for hypertrophy – what is required for your body to put on muscle
• Key training considerations to maximize muscular development
• How the longstanding assumption that a specific hormonal response to training was required for building muscle may be misguided
• Special considerations for athletes that want to put on muscle
• What “hard gainers” – people that really struggle to put on muscle – can do to maximize their progress
• Key nutrition and supplementation strategies to maximize hypertrophy

Evolve with Pat:

• Instagram: @dr.patdavidson
• Website: DrPatDavdison.net

Supporting High Performance
Metabolic Elite's entire line is designed to specifically support the health, performance, and recovery of high performers. Each product is formulated using research-supported ingredients and dosages using the highest quality ingredients, so you can be confident that every product you take will deliver the maximal benefit and effect.

Check out why Metabolic Elite's Liposomal Tablet delivery system is a game-changer: LPT White Paper

Save 15% using the code 'neeld15' at checkout here: Metabolic Elite

My personal go-to's:

• To improve focus, decision making, and coordination: Synapsin
• To improve inflammation and recovery: Tetra Cur
• To support the immune system and weight management: Viraxall
• To improve digestive health: Max 12 Probiotic

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Maria Mountain, who specializes in goalie-specific training for hockey, shares her insights on:

• What makes the goalie position unique from forwards and defensemen and the implications this has for off-ice training
• Why certain methods lead to goalies “over pushing” and getting out of position, and specific strategies to fix the issue
• The role of strength training for goalies, and important information for goalies who don’t want to get too “bulky”
• Differences in the conditioning demands of practices and games for goalies, and how coaches can alter drills to improve their goalies’ development
• Key considerations for avoiding hip injuries and maximizing durability throughout the season

In this episode, Maria provides several practical examples of exercises goalies should integrate into their routines. I'd highly encourage you to watch the video of this episode on my YouTube channel (Goalie-Specific Training) and to check out her social channels below, which are packed with exercise demos for goalies. 

Evolve with Maria:

• Instagram: @GoalieTraining
• YouTube: @GoalieTraining
• Website: GoalieTrainingPro.com

Supporting High Performance
Metabolic Elite's entire line is designed to specifically support the health, performance, and recovery of high performers. Each product is formulated using research-supported ingredients and dosages using the highest quality ingredients, so you can be confident that every product you take will deliver the maximal benefit and effect.

Check out why Metabolic Elite's Liposomal Tablet delivery system is a game-changer: LPT White Paper

Save 15% using the code 'neeld15' at checkout here: Metabolic Elite

My personal go-to's:

• To improve focus, decision making, and coordination: Synapsin
• To improve inflammation and recovery: Tetra Cur
• To support the immune system and weight management: Viraxall
• To improve digestive health: Max 12 Probiotic

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Vicki Bendus shares incredible insights into speed training for hockey, including:

• Key findings from her research on identifying the most impactful physical factors and related off-ice tests for on-ice speed
• Speed profiling strategies to identify where a player ranks relative to their peers and what qualities they need to improve to maximize their speed
• Specific training strategies players can use to improve their speed
• The difference between acceleration and max velocity, how each impacts the game and different training methods to improve each
• Important age-specific considerations and how to maximize speed in older players
• Impactful strategies to improve speed during the season

Evolve with Vicki:

• New publication: Linear skating speed key performance indicators in ice hockey: global or cohort-dependent?
• Instagram: @VickiBendus
• Twitter: @VickiBendus

Supporting High Performance
Metabolic Elite's entire line is designed to specifically support the health, performance, and recovery of high performers. Each product is formulated using research-supported ingredients and dosages using the highest quality ingredients, so you can be confident that every product you take will deliver the maximal benefit and effect.

Check out why Metabolic Elite's Liposomal Tablet delivery system is a game-changer: LPT White Paper

Save 15% using the code 'neeld15' at checkout here: Metabolic Elite

My personal go-to's:

• To improve focus, decision making, and coordination: Synapsin
• To improve inflammation and recovery: Tetra Cur
• To support the immune system and weight management: Viraxall
• To improve digestive health: Max 12 Probiotic

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!

Welcome to episode 0 of the Evolving Performance Podcast!

As a quick introduction, my name is Kevin Neeld, and I’m currently the Director of Performance for the Boston Bruins. Prior to working in pro hockey, I spent time with USA Hockey’s women’s national team, and as a director at a private sports training facility working with athletes across a wide range of levels and sports. In 2020, I got my PhD in Human and Sport Performance and continue to stay actively engaged in research through serving on committees for master’s and doctoral students.

The goal of this podcast is to identify topics that can have a meaningful impact on an athletes performance, their durability, their adaptation to training and their career longevity – and to bring on experts on those specific topics to help share practical insights that athletes and people working with athletes can start implementing immediately.

I’ve been very fortunate across my career to network with some incredible performance coaches, rehab and medical professionals, researchers and educators, athletes and coaches that we’ll welcome as guests on the podcast so you can benefit from their knowledge and experience like I have.

One of my other big goals with this is to involve you as much as possible. It’s important to me that the guests I bring on and the information shared on the podcast are actually helping you. As the listener, you will have a say both in what guests come on and what topics and questions we discuss. To start, I’ll be posting these types of requests for guests or questions for specific guests through my Instagram account (@KevinNeeld) so be sure to give me a follow there to keep up to date. 

So if you’re an athlete or you work with athletes, this podcast is going to be a great resource to help you learn new or more efficient ways to keep evolving your game. 

Contact Kevin:

• Follow me and suggest future guests, topics and questions: @KevinNeeld
• Watch the videos: @NeeldPerformance
• Get access to my FREE newsletter: KevinNeeld.com
• Email me: [email protected]

Thanks for listening!