Leave Your Mark

This Episode features Kevin Kirsch. Kevin is an educator, sports performance coach, physical therapist, and the co-owner of The Athlete’s Edge Rehab and Performance. An athlete all his life, Kevin played multiple sports growing up and ultimately was able to play collegiate soccer at the Division 1 Level for Saint Joseph’s University.

After college, he obtained his Doctorate of Physical Therapy. While in graduate school, he worked as a personal trainer and coach at a local Crossfit gym and competed at the Mid Atlantic CrossFit Regionals in 2012. Kevin went on to compete in multiple olympic lifting and powerlifting meets in addition to some amateur strongman competitions.

 He has since transitioned his focus to helping other individuals achieve their goals. Kevin has been privileged to work with a variety of athletes competing at the state and national levels. His goal is to help each client realize their individual potential by providing proper education, enhancing movement capacity, and instilling the right mindset on how to address injury and pain. It is his sincere belief that establishing a proper foundation of movement allows everyone to maximize their ability to enjoy life.

Kevin spent his first 8 years in practice in Boulder, Colorado, where he founded Blue Door Physical Therapy and Performance. He and his wife, Erica, and their daughter, Zoe, recently moved back to New Jersey and are excited to give back to the communities where they grew up. 

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This episode features a human performance pioneer, Vietta "Sue" Wilson. Sue is a world-renowned performance enhancement specialist considered the “grandmother” of biofeedback for sports performance. 
 
She is a professor emeritus from York University where she dedicated much of her career to studying the connection between stress and its effect on physical health and mental performance, with expertise in the teaching of brief self-regulation skills validated by psychophysiology measurement.

Sue has worked with many executives, coaches, and elite athletes, from intermediate to world champions. You can find out more about what she has been doing at her website https://vewperformance.com/

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This week's guest, Michol Dalcourt, is an internationally recognized leader in the health and human performance industry. He is the Founder and CEO of the Institute of Motion, the inventor of ViPR and ViPR PRO, and Co-Founder of PTA Global (acquired by The National Academy of Sports Medicine). 

He's served as Adjunct Faculty at the University of San Francisco in the Department of Sports Science and also as Adjunct Faculty at the NAIT’s College School of Health Sciences. Michol currently sits on several Health Advisory Boards for Health and Human Performance

Michol has given hundreds of international lectures and has been a featured speaker at many of the world’s top health and coaching conferences and many colleges and universities around the world. 

He has done extensive work in the areas of health and human performance, and consults with many of the health and performance industry’s biggest companies - including Microsoft Health and Nike -among others.  Above all of his accomplishments, he is also a father of a 14-year-old daughter.  There's a lot of great insight in this session, enjoy!

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In this EP I decided to talk alone about an important subject to me, mentorship. Informal and formal mentorship can shape the experiences of your life.  If it's done well, it challenges you to self-reflect and grow.  

A good mentor will not only give you advice but will challenge you to understand why you want to do what you want to do in the first place.  Making decisions is the easy part of life, understanding why you want to go one direction or the other is the hard part. We are not encouraged to look inside ourselves early enough in life.  Instead, we are encouraged to follow the protocols of life, the directions acknowledged and advised by society at large.  This leads inevitably to the mid-life crisis, the burnout, or the sense of disappointment that is often medicated by all the vices of life that become the insulation for the fear and pain of our circumstances. 

It doesn't need to be this way, you can begin to find a quality internal compass much earlier in life that will allow you to follow a path you own and believe in, one that creates real fulfillment and joy.  This is the reason I began the LYM Life Lab, and I begin a new cohort in September should you wish to join at www.LYMLab.com 

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This EP features Andrew Hauser. Andrew is the owner of Continuum High Performance in Phoenix, AZ, specializing in integrated rehab, as well as strength & conditioning for college and professional athletes of all sports. 

Andrew has worked in a variety of roles in his 14 years of experience as an athletic trainer and strength coach in professional baseball, with his most recent role being the Director of Performance Rehab with the Los Angeles Dodgers during which time he was a part of their 2020 World Series team. 

Andrew's passions lie in both the strength and medical aspects of sports, but also in professional development and education. Before moving to L.A., he served as the Director of Health & Performance for the Atlanta Braves where he oversaw medical and strength staff and was able to integrate departments both in the Major League and Minor Leagues all while continuing to develop and refine his and his colleagues' skills. 

Andrew's experience in sports extends beyond baseball. He has worked with several professional athletes in the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, MMA, MLS, and track/field and has become a sought-after consultant, educator, and public speaker for professionals, teams, and athletes.

He is 10 years married to his wife, Valerie, a physical therapist and they have a daughter, Norah who recently turned 2. There's a lot of value in this conversation, enjoy!

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This EP features Brandee Waite.  Brandee is a physician and a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at UC Davis School of Medicine. She holds additional sub-specialty certifications in both Sports Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. 

She serves as the PM&R section chief for Sports Medicine, medical director for UC Davis Health Sports Medicine Clinics, Fellowship Director for the Sports Medicine Fellowship, and Thread Leader for Preventive Medicine for the UC Davis School of Medicine Curriculum.

Brandee treats a wide range of patients with musculoskeletal issues, including collegiate and professional athletes, while being featured as a presenter at national conferences and international venues. 

She has worked as a team physician with Team U.S.A. Track & Field, the NBA and WNBA, the Sacramento Ballet, and has been the medical director for the World’s Strongest Man Championship event. 

She serves as the physician leader for the Sacramento Republic FC professional soccer team and UC Davis intercollegiate athletics. 

A California native Brandee enjoys swimming, hiking, snowboarding, and most outdoor activities. She thinks she may be the only Professor in a US medical school who has the distinction of having danced on the TV show “Soul Train.”  A lot of wisdom in this session, enjoy!

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EP 384 features Patrick Boivin. Pat is a career executive and leader in amateur and professional sports, driven by foundational change opportunities and fostering visions that can disrupt how things are done.  

Pat has a soft spot for human performance, health, and wellness startups that will generate societal shifts. He has a strong track record in organizational pivots and evolutions tied to growth management.  He carries a belief in business fundamentals tied to clear culture, brand value, and equality, and welcomes being the underdog.

His career began in marketing with the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club in the early 2000s, shifting into hockey operations in the early 2010s. He then acted as the Administrative Director of Concordia Universities Athletic Department from 2013-17, followed by three years as the CEO of the Montreal Alouettes’ Football Club. He is currently involved in the LangLeven group in Montreal, and also spent last year building the new women's professional soccer franchise coming to MTL in 2025. 

He is also a proud husband and a father.  You're sure to find a great deal of insight in this session, enjoy!

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This EP features Geralyn Coopersmith. Geralyn has 30 years of experience creating cutting-edge programs and leading teams for best-in-class wellness brands. Geralyn was a full-time personal trainer and group exercise instructor based in New York City and The Hamptons for the first decade of her career. 

In 2004, she took a corporate role with Equinox that evolved into being the head of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute (EFTI). In that position, she was responsible for training and educating all personal trainers and coaches across the portfolio. During her ten years at Equinox, Geralyn created numerous new service offerings, designed curricula for five levels of fitness professionals, and founded the Equinox Academy, a trade school for aspiring personal trainers.

Since her tenure at Equinox Geralyn has held senior leadership roles at Nike, EXOS, Flywheel Sports, Forme Life, and most recently Weight Watchers. Her experiences have spanned learning and development, operations, marketing, digital product creation, service design, quality assurance, and talent management.

Geralyn lives in Southern California with her husband Evan (a career personal trainer) and their two senior labs, Calvin and Dexter. Their full-grown son, Logan, lives nearby. There is much wisdom in this session, enjoy!

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This EP features fitness entrepreneur Louis Stack. Louis is the Founder and President of Fitter International a Canadian-based company that has been “Leading the World to Better Balance” since 1985.  

The Fitterfirst brand is recognized as the premium North American leader when it comes to professional and personal products that help people maintain Stability, Agility, and Mobility.

He's been a Calgary's Small Business of the Year Award winner and featured in INC. Magazine’s “Business Case Study”. 

He was a member of the Canadian National Speed Skiing Team from 1990 – 1995. Most importantly, He is the father of three happy kids. There's a lot of entrepreneurial wisdom in this one! Enjoy. 

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Stefania Rizzo. Stef is a physiotherapist currently working with the Brooklyn Nets.  She’s been in practice for 23 years.

Before working with the Nets she worked one year with the Buffalo Sabres.  She had been working at Fortius Health and Sport and was one of the first three physiotherapists to help set up this incredible performance center in Burnaby, BC.  She has a great deal of sports experience and has done two Olympic cycles as a physiotherapist with Alpine Canada.

Her philosophy is to stay curious and learn from everything, and interpersonal relationships are as important as your skill sets.  She is married to her husband Dan, a retired Firefighter, and together they live in New York City. 

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