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Teamwork, Leadership, & Performance Cultures w/Yvonne Camus

We are joined in Studio by Yvonne Camus, a High Performance Specialist, former Eco-Challenge Participant, and one of North America’s most trusted speakers on Teamwork & Performance in sport, Business & in life. She is also the COO of the very successful and award winning World Heath Clubs in Edmonton, Alberta.

Yvonne gives us her take and some great insights into teamwork and building performance environments.

It’s a very interesting time in sport:

The MLB All-Star Game is right around the corner. We can look at the standings and probably have a very interesting discussion on team performance cultures.

The MLB, NHL, and NBA drafts are all past as organizations plan and build for the future. We assume these plans are well laid out, thoughtful, and strategic but we know what happens when we assume things…

In my opinion, the biggest story in all of sports right now is the Rio Olympics and all of the issues facing these games.

So I want to get to our question of the day right off the top:

Knowing what we know right now & if you were an athlete, coach or parent of an athlete, do you compete or not?

Our Twitter Poll from @jeffkrush had 76% of people saying they would not compete in Rio.

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what its truly like to achieve Human Maximum Performance.

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Jeff Krushell is regarded as a noted expert in the area of talent development in sport and through his work has gained unique insights into the process of improving performance… ‘It’s a human thing’.

Over the last 20 years Jeff has worked in the world of high performance sport helping athletes tap into their potential to truly understand what it is like to achieve Human Maximum Performance. Engineering his unique blend of sport science and training techniques with the holy grail of success; ‘motivation’, Jeff’s expertise lies in creating the next generation of top performers.

Jeff has forged relationships with athletes, Olympians and internationally renowned sport elitists; coaches, sport scientists, doctors and researchers. All of who are constantly pushing the boundaries of human performance. Jeff’s message relates to all levels of human performance and is not exclusive to sport.

• Host & Founder of The Krush Performance Radio Show aired on TSN 1260 Edmonton

• Current Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Major League Baseball International

• Current Performance Consultant for CTV, Edmonton

• Current Strength & Conditioning Consultant for Vauxhall Baseball Academy

• Current Performance Consultant for Link Management

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Edmonton Eskimos

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter: @JeffKrush

Visit KrushPerformance.com for more information on Jeff Krushell and his various programs and research.

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Chasing Down The Dream – The Long Haul & Performance Nutrition

When do you quit – step down change direction?

It’s different for everyone and I believe that too many athletes give up way too early.

So today, I wanted to talk about chasing down the dream. When do you call it quits & what the hell are you supposed to do to create opportunity for yourself so you can break into the next level?

We’ll talk with Krush Performance athlete, pitcher Tyler Vavra, about his career to this point and why he is not giving up the chase. It’s a great story of perseverance. Will he succeed? Can he make it to professional ball? Time will tell.

Then, we’ll talk performance nutrition with Ricky Ng, – sport nutrition expert from Revivewellness.ca.

Ricky has his International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sport Nutrition, is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, and a Nutrition Consultant for the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL.

Nutrition is the #2 priority in our developmental/performance model and it can be all powerful if you know what you are doing. However, there is so much information and misinformation out there that it can be confusing and even over whelming at times.

I’m here to put your mind at ease, It’s not that hard but you need to start with the basics. I’m really looking forward to this conversation as we help you push the limits of your performance right there on Krush Performance.

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what its truly like to achieve Human Maximum Performance.

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Jeff Krushell is regarded as a noted expert in the area of talent development in sport and through his work has gained unique insights into the process of improving performance… ‘It’s a human thing’.

Over the last 20 years Jeff has worked in the world of high performance sport helping athletes tap into their potential to truly understand what it is like to achieve Human Maximum Performance. Engineering his unique blend of sport science and training techniques with the holy grail of success; ‘motivation’, Jeff’s expertise lies in creating the next generation of top performers.

Jeff has forged relationships with athletes, Olympians and internationally renowned sport elitists; coaches, sport scientists, doctors and researchers. All of who are constantly pushing the boundaries of human performance. Jeff’s message relates to all levels of human performance and is not exclusive to sport.

• Host & Founder of The Krush Performance Radio Show aired on TSN 1260 Edmonton

• Current Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Major League Baseball International

• Current Performance Consultant for CTV, Edmonton

• Current Strength & Conditioning Consultant for Vauxhall Baseball Academy

• Current Performance Consultant for Link Management

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Edmonton Eskimos

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter: @JeffKrush

Visit KrushPerformance.com for more information on Jeff Krushell and his various programs and research.

Performance Nutrition

Your Mom was right!!!!! You are what you eat and there is no escaping poor nutrition no matter what you do!

Today, we talk with Brian St Pierre of Precision Nutrition and look at the Precision approach to performance eating for sport, business, school life in general.

When it comes to performance, we build all of our programs around rest and recovery. It’s the measure for the amount of work we are able to get done over a period of time. Inside of our R&R programs….Sleep is King!

Then, you have nutrition. Again, there is no escaping poor nutrition. It affects everything you do and the implication in the area of health and wellness is a big issue!

What if I told you that diet and weight related diseases have taken over from smoking as the number one preventable causes of death? With about 2/3 of the population dealing with weight management issues, you would think we’d have it all figured out but it’s not for lack of effort.

It was recently shown that of people with significant weight issues, 60% have tried to lose weight more than six times and of those who have tried more than six times, 34% have tried 20 or more times and 66% have lost count.

The fact is….. according to Dr. Freedhoff, 90% of all diets fail. DIETS DON’T WORK!!!!! That info is very concerning when you consider that the North American weight loss industry generates over $60 billion dollars per year.

So what can you do?

First, exercise regularly. It’s a critical component for over all health but when it comes to making a difference in your weight, exercise is a distant second to diet choices.

Exercise can only influence 20% of your over all modifiable weight where your diet and daily diet choices influence the other 80%.

Second, eat right!

Learn how in this episode of Krush Performance.

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what its truly like to achieve Human Maximum Performance.

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Jeff Krushell is regarded as a noted expert in the area of talent development in sport and through his work has gained unique insights into the process of improving performance… ‘It’s a human thing’.

Over the last 20 years Jeff has worked in the world of high performance sport helping athletes tap into their potential to truly understand what it is like to achieve Human Maximum Performance. Engineering his unique blend of sport science and training techniques with the holy grail of success; ‘motivation’, Jeff’s expertise lies in creating the next generation of top performers.

Jeff has forged relationships with athletes, Olympians and internationally renowned sport elitists; coaches, sport scientists, doctors and researchers. All of who are constantly pushing the boundaries of human performance. Jeff’s message relates to all levels of human performance and is not exclusive to sport.

• Host & Founder of The Krush Performance Radio Show aired on TSN 1260 Edmonton

• Current Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Major League Baseball International

• Current Performance Consultant for CTV, Edmonton

• Current Strength & Conditioning Consultant for Vauxhall Baseball Academy

• Current Performance Consultant for Link Management

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Edmonton Eskimos

The Mental Game: Getting Control of Your Mind for Top Performance

Today, we are going to look at the power of the mind in sport and take a good & hard look at the power of the mind and the area of Sport Psychology with John Stevenson from Zone Performance.

We have a very good grasp on skill and technical & tactical development. We know about strength & conditioning. If you want to get faster, jump higher, or be stronger, no problem! We can make that happen. We have a very good grasp on nutrition & hydration but I believe we are just on the frontier side of harnessing the power of the mind when it comes to human performance.

We’ll also look at the innovative programs that are using bio & neural feedback to help athletes get control and stay in control of their mindset and mental state and the performance out comes are incredible!!!

Later in the show, I run through the top priorities for athlete development.

If you are not on the right track here, you are going to have a very hard time reaching your potential but if you do it right getting really good at something is much easier than you would think.

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what its truly like to achieve Human Maximum Performance.

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Jeff Krushell is regarded as a noted expert in the area of talent development in sport and through his work has gained unique insights into the process of improving performance… ‘It’s a human thing’.

Over the last 20 years Jeff has worked in the world of high performance sport helping athletes tap into their potential to truly understand what it is like to achieve Human Maximum Performance. Engineering his unique blend of sport science and training techniques with the holy grail of success; ‘motivation’, Jeff’s expertise lies in creating the next generation of top performers.

Jeff has forged relationships with athletes, Olympians and internationally renowned sport elitists; coaches, sport scientists, doctors and researchers. All of who are constantly pushing the boundaries of human performance. Jeff’s message relates to all levels of human performance and is not exclusive to sport.

• Host & Founder of The Krush Performance Radio Show aired on TSN 1260 Edmonton

• Current Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Major League Baseball International

• Current Performance Consultant for CTV, Edmonton

• Current Strength & Conditioning Consultant for Vauxhall Baseball Academy

• Current Performance Consultant for Link Management

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Edmonton Eskimos

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what its truly like to achieve Human Maximum Performance.

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Follow Jeff Krushell on Twitter: @JeffKrush

Visit KrushPerformance.

Match Fixing with Declan Hill: Where are we at with FIFA and Professional Tennis? Will the Rio Olympics be Cancelled?

Today, we take a look at one of the dark sides of sport. A side that may be more concerning than any other as it strikes right at the heart of sport integrity. It is thought to be worse than an athlete cheating by using banned substances or performance enhancers worse yet than an athlete or ref betting on games.

It’s Match Fixing.

Is there anything worse in sport? Players deliberately throwing matches or curbing effort to control an out come?

I wanted to check in to see if FIFA’s new leadership is fairing any better than the previous Ousted corrupt & controversial leadership group that nearly ran the sport into the ground! With pay offs – bribes & match fixing.

Also, late in 2015, the tennis world erupted once again with serious acquisitions of match fixing in that sport. Is it real and if so, how high up does it go? Grand Slam level?

The Games in Brazil are faced with one of the most serious issues a major sporting event can be faced with – Public & Athlete Health – Should the Rio Games be postpones – moved or Canceled?

The Zika Virus / polluted water are at the epicenter of the issues. Exactly how serious are the health risks?

Today, we ask those questions and more with one of the world’s leading experts on match fixing, Declan Hill, journalist, academic, consultant & author. Declan is one of the foremost experts on the topic of match fixing & corruption in sport.

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what its truly like to achieve Human Maximum Performance.

Invite your teammates, coaches, family and friends to join in as we work to push talent and performance to new heights.

Jeff Krushell is regarded as a noted expert in the area of talent development in sport and through his work has gained unique insights into the process of improving performance… ‘It’s a human thing’.

Over the last 20 years Jeff has worked in the world of high performance sport helping athletes tap into their potential to truly understand what it is like to achieve Human Maximum Performance. Engineering his unique blend of sport science and training techniques with the holy grail of success; ‘motivation’, Jeff’s expertise lies in creating the next generation of top performers.

Jeff has forged relationships with athletes, Olympians and internationally renowned sport elitists; coaches, sport scientists, doctors and researchers. All of who are constantly pushing the boundaries of human performance. Jeff’s message relates to all levels of human performance and is not exclusive to sport.

• Host & Founder of The Krush Performance Radio Show aired on TSN 1260 Edmonton

• Current Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Major League Baseball International

• Current Performance Consultant for CTV, Edmonton

• Current Strength & Conditioning Consultant for Vauxhall Baseball Academy

• Current Performance Consultant for Link Management

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Former Strength and Conditioning coach for the Edmonton Eskimos

Krush Performance is a trusted source of sport performance and athletic development information that brings together the athletes, the coaches, the researchers, the parents & fans in a community dedicated to sharing the very latest sport performance trends and research to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE and help you understand what...

Obesity and Overweight: Obesegens – Part 4

On this Episode of Krush Performance, we wrap up our four part series looking at the serious issues surrounding the alarming increase in global obesity.

Today, we are joined by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, family doctor, Assistant Prof. at the University of Ottawa, and founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, as we look into big food and the governments roll in the battle on obesity.

We’ll discuss the issues revolving around government food policy, the marketing strategies of the big food companies and what we need to do if we are going to set the next generation back on track for longer healthy lives.

Do we ban advertizing aimed towards children? What is the governments roll in the fight on obesity? Is public health really their main concern or are they more concerned with pleasing the big food companies and protecting profits and the bottom line?

Let’s find out as we are joined by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff.

If you have any questions or comments, ideas for future shows get to us at KrushPerformance.com.

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Obesity and Overweight: Obesegens – Part 3

Today on Krush Performance, we continue our special series on obesity.

The rapid increase in obesity and diabetes over the last 30 years can’t be totally explained by a simple lack of exercise and poor diet. Are there other factors that have been contributing to this global issue?

On today’s show, we talk with Dr. Bruce Blumberg about his research on Obesegens, chemicals in our food chain that are contributing to the populations rapid weight gain and all of the health issues associated with the increasing waist lines.

We aren’t alone. Research has shown that there has been unnatural weight gain in 20 different animals spanning 8 species that just can’t be explained by diet or exercise.

Get ready for an alarming look at Obesegens and the roll they are playing in the world’s most serious health crisis, obesity.

If you have any questions or comments, ideas for future shows get to us at KrushPerformance.com.

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Obesity and Overweight: Part 2

Episode 2 of the Krush Performance look into the obesity pandemic.

On this week’s show, we look at the issues of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes in youth.

Obesity in children has tripled in the last 30 years and along with this we have also observed a dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes which was previously viewed as an adult condition.

What are the causes of adolescent weight gain and type 2 diabetes and what strategies are being used to prevent and reverse the onset of these conditions?

Join us for this powerful and important look at Childhood obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.

If you have any questions or comments, ideas for future shows get to us at KrushPerformance.com.

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Obesity and Overweight: Part 1

On this episode of Krush Performance, we start a very important four part series looking into the serious issues surrounding obesity, overweight & diabetes. In adults, obesity has doubled since 1980 and it has tripled in children over past 30 years! This rapid increase can’t be totally explained by a lack of exercise or poor diet, there are other factors at work here.

This week, we get an overview of the situation with Dr. Arya Sharma, the founder and Scientific Director of the Canadian Obesity Network.

Some of the 2013 data look like this:

– Obesity in children has tripled in the last 30 yrs!

– Children who grow up obese live 10-20 yrs shorter

– Overweight and Obese people live 3-7 years less!

– Obesity costs American people over $170 Billion / Year!

– Diets do Not work!

– Exercise is not effective by itself for weight loss!

Join us for the start of an important four part series look into the issues of obesity & diabetes.

If you have any questions or comments, ideas for future shows get to us at KrushPerformance.com.

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Specialization In Sport

In this episode of Krush Performance, a very important conversation as we tear into specialization in sport.

Question: Do you think it is a good idea to specialize early or not?

We look at the success of sporting greats like Tiger Woods & the Williams Sisters and we think they did it so it must be the way to go. Then, you have to look at the majority of great athletes and when you do you’ll find that most come from multi sport back grounds.

Bo Jackson: Any sport he wanted!

Steven Nash: Soccer

Jerome Iginla: Baseball

Jim Thorpe: Pro football (13 yrs), MLB (7 yrs), Pro Basketball (2 yrs), 1912 Olympic gold in the Pentathlon & Decathlon

They don’t make ‘em like they used to!!!

On the surface, to specialize makes sense. If you have a young athlete that loves a sport, you want to support that with everything you have. Parents feel they need to give their kids an edge and focusing on a single sport is the way to go but could it be hurting your child’s athletic future? The evidence says yes! There is a big downside to specializing early!

Today, we talk with Dr. David Bell, Assistant Professor at the Department of Kinesiology Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin. He is also the Director of the Wisconsin Injury In Sport Laboratory.

They have done some great research on the topic of early specialization in sport we’ll look at their findings and get their recommendations and guidelines for what we should be doing & thinking when it comes to participation in organized sport

Later in the show, we’ll look at why kids Love sport & why the drop out rates are the highest they have ever been.

We’ll look at the science and evidence that shows that specialization not only increases risk of injury, burnout and dropout rates but it can also greatly limit an athletes long term ceiling of potential.

When it comes to injuries in sport, here are some of the things we know:

1) In the NFL, 70% of recent ACL injuries are non-contact injuries

2) In hockey, the majority of injuries, including concussions, happen in the third period.

3) Specialization has resulted in an increase of overuse injuries, burnout, & dropout rates have skyrocketed.

4) Dehydration impacts decision making & reaction time.

5) Athletes who experience two injuries that cause missed time in a single season have a 40% higher dropout rate than athletes who experience one or none.

6) Sport injuries made up 35% of all reported injuries!

The TOP 3 most common injuries roll out like this:

3) Tennis or Golf Elbow: Around 7% of all sports injuries are elbow injuries.

2) Shoulder Injury: Shoulder injuries, including dislocations, sprains and strains, make up 20% of all sports injuries.

1) Patellofemoral Syndrome: About 55% of all sports injuries are knee injuries & make up 25% of problems treated by orthopedic surgeons

If you have any questions or comments, ideas for future shows get to us at KrushPerformance.com.

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