Krush Performance

Krusher’s War On Sugar

This week, the Krush Performance WAR on SUGAR continues.

In 2014, Macleans Magazine ran a powerful article that rocked the sugar industry. It was titled “Death by Sugar: How the sweet killer is fueling the biggest health crisis of our time.”

Since then, it has been all out war as research has linked excess sugar consumption to brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, cancer & recently lung cancer, reduced testosterone and of course obesity and diabetes – for these last two, the numbers are beyond scary!

Laura Swim, Nutrition Manager for Fresh Fit Foods, joins us to wade through the numbers and look at solutions and options.

Also, we discuss World Health Day.

The theme for this year is “Beat Diabetes.” The World Health Organization says Westerners need to SLASH SUGAR intake by Two-Thirds, to just between 6-12 teaspoons of sugars/day.

In 1822. the average adult consumed 6.3 pounds of sugar per year – today 107.7 pounds!! It would take the average adult 5 days to consume the amount of sugar in one 12oz can of soda. TODAY, we eat that much sugar every 7 HOURS!!!

It’s WAR!!!

Join me as I dedicate one show each month to the Krush WAR on SUGAR and follow me on Twitter – @jeffkrush – for updates, facts and other cool stuff.

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...

To Use Or Not To Use

Make no mistake every serious athlete will be touched by performance enhancing drugs, directly or indirectly, at some point in their careers. They may have a team mate who uses or a competitor and at some point they may be faced with the moral, ethical decision….To use or not to use.

On this episode of Krush Performance, we continue our look into doping in sport. We’ll discuss why athletes turn to the dark side. We’ll look at athlete support, resources, and options with Ben Nichols of WADA.

We’ll also talk with a former professional player who lived through the question…. To use or not to use.

A very special episode of Krush Performance as tackle the issue of Drugs 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 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.

Listen to Krush Performance on Radio Influence 

Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Stitcher

Why Diets Fail

On this episode of Krush Performance, the fix is in!!!! That’s the “The Diet Fix” – Dr. Yoni Freedhoff’s new book on Why Diets Fail and how to make yours work.

From sport to business to school, there is little else that has the potential to impact your performance or your health like your daily diet.

Whether you are eating to lose weight, improve performance, gain muscle, or simply feel better, there are tricks of the trade that can increase your odds of success and Dr. Freedhoff will out line his research, the book and a 10 day plan to get the best out of any diet.

Join us as we tackle the monster topic of “Why Diets Fail!”

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

Listen to Krush Performance on Radio Influence 

Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Stitcher

Baseball Is In The Air

On this episode of Krush Performance, we spend a day with the Los Angeles Dodgers and talk with Krush favorite Chris Woodward, the team’s third base and infield coach.

I ask Woody about his transition from player to coach and how his experience playing the game and the coaches he had along the way are now helping him make some of the best infielders in the game even better.

Also, we’ll talk with former Blue Jays’ GM and the Dodgers’ new VP of Baseball Operations Alex Anthopoulos about his transition to the West Coast and the difference between putting together a team rather than just building a collection of talent.

Spring is here and we’re talking baseball & performance cultures 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

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

Listen to Krush Performance on Radio Influence 

Subscribe to the show on iTunes and

Sport Performance Vision

Do you have high performance vision? What should you be doing to improve your vision and your competitive game?

Vision is one of the most undervalued and untrained factor in sport performance!

While your sight is how well you see, vision is how well you process the information.

In this episode of Krush Performance, Daniel Laby, Doctor & Sport Vision researcher from the Harvard Medical School, joins us as we look at the science of vision and how it can impact what you do in life and how it can take your sport performance to new levels.

Studies done on Babe Ruth proved his eyes were 12% faster & 90% more efficient than the average person.

Find out if you have High Performance Vision and what you can do to improve your visual performance 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

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

Injury Prevention & Innovative Treatments

In this episode of Krush Performance, we look at injury prevention and innovative treatments.

The number one priority in the world of sport performance is injury prevention and you only have to look at the numbers to see why.

From the hundreds of millions and even billions spent & lost in professional sport to the alarming injury rates at the amateur and recreational levels, along with the stress sport injuries are putting on the health care system it is easy to understand why Prevention is so critical.

In this episode of Krush Performance:

– We look at how and why injuries are happening.

– Physiotherapist Linda Truong of teh U of A joins us to look at the very latest in knee health and injury prevention.

– We talk innovative treatments with Dr. Terry DeFreitas of the Glen Sather Sport Medicine Clinic – could a Platelet Rich Plasma Injection (PRP) be a treatment for your soft tissue and over use injuries?

– And we’ll look at a fantastic program geared to prevent ACL injury and improve performance: The KneeFit Program with Physiotherapist Doug Gilroy

And we’ll also look at some of the current injury statistics on this Episode of Krush Performance.

We’re here to Help You Think Like an Athlete.

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 ta...

Organized Crime & Sport: Former mafia Boss Michael Franzese

A few years back amid the corruption and match fixing scandals in professional soccer and the accusations of potential match fixing in other sports, I got fed up!!

So I set out to dig a little deeper to find out:

1) If it is true & if so, how much fixing is going on?

2) If it is true and it is happening, how far down does it really go or how far up – could it reach the top levels of professional sport?

3) If it is happening, who’s masterminding this whole thing and how in the hell are they making it happen!?

So I went to the best source I could think of, a former Mafia Boss who masterminded brilliant scams from auto dealerships to union kickbacks and financial services and a multi-billion dollar gasoline tax scheme. He was earning millions in cash every week and a big part of his business in his prime were profitable scams in the sports and entertainment industries.

I tracked down former Mafia boss Michael Franzese to ask him how organized crime engaged in illegal sporting scams and what we got was a whole lot more.

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.

“The Sports Gene – Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance with Author David Epstein

Were you Born to Perform? Do you have the potential to be a Top Performer or Elite Athlete?

I can comfortably say that the best athletes are not playing sport – heck, they may never have had a chance.

Today on Krush Performance. we are proud to present David Epstein, award winning writer for Sports Illustrated and Author of “The Sports Gene.” We’ll discuss his research on athletic success and discuss the great debate of “Nature vs Nurture” and the controversial topic of genetic testing of our kids and athletes.

In his book, Epstein dispels many of the perceptions about top performers and how they achieve such high levels of performance. He shows why some skills that we assume are innate, are not, and why other have important genetic components.

Were you born to play? Do you have the Sports Gene?

Find out on 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

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

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Where are we at when it comes to doping in sport?

The topic is front and center with the recent NHL suspension of Shawn Horcoff.

This week on Krush Performance, we speak with David Howman, the General Director of World Anti-Doping Agency, and we’ll look into the slipper slope of legalizing HGH

In November, WADA and the IAAF dropped one of the biggest doping bombs sports have ever seen with the suspension of the entire Russian Athletic Federation. Now, we’re seeing a push to legalize certain PED’s like Human growth hormone with high profile people like Marc Cuban leading the charge.

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

Listen to Krush Performance on Radio Influence 

Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Stitcher