Performance Talk with Dr. Ewell Gordon

Troy Taylor is an internationally renowned human performance leader, with extensive experience developing and leading world class, multi-disciplinary teams and working collaboratively to connect high level strategic insights to operational execution. Troy is currently the Senior Director, Performance Innovation at Tonal. Troy leads a department established to drive evidence-based fitness and human performance thought leadership into all aspects of Tonal’s curriculum and product development as well as to conduct, commission and collaborate on peer-reviewed research to advance human potential through resistance training

Associate Professor Stephen Bird is an international award-winning performance scientist, researcher, and speaker with expertise in athlete preparation, strength and conditioning, and sport science. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, an Honours research degree in Chronobiology and a Bachelor degree in Human Movement. His works in the area spanning more than 20 years, with an extensive publication record. He currently hold the positions of Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Southern Queensland, Athlete Health and Performance Lead for Basketball New Zealand Women’s Senior National Team (Tall Ferns), Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association Journal.

During his ten year span as Director of Strength and Conditioning at the Western Region of Sport (WRAS), the program was four-time winner of the National Strength and Conditioning Association Strength of America Award in the USA, following which Stephen was recognised with the WRAS Life Membership Award and Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Mentor Coach of the Year.

Stephen’s international experience as an innovative performance science consultant is impressive. His previous clients include the Indonesian Olympic Committee, Basketball Scotland, British Basketball League, Basketball New Zealand, Scotland Rugby League, Poland Rugby League, Team UR Racing, Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation and the Solomon Islands Performance Institute. Working with the highest-performing athletes from around the world, Birdy has attended two Olympic Games (2008 Beijing and 2016 Rio), World Championships, World Cups, Commonwealth Games, Southeast Asian and Asian Games, along with multiple international pre-competition training camps.

Closer to home, Stephen has worked within championship-winning teams across the National Basketball League, Women’s National Basketball League, and National Rugby League. He teaches proven strategies to successfully embed integrated performance frameworks, translating scientific data into practical and applied performance strategies. Communicating complex performance issues through a simplified contextual unpacking process allows key personnel to fully understand the benefits to improve organisational performance. 

Working elite sport since 2000, “Birdy” as he is affectionately known, has implemented high-performance frameworks all around the world for developing youth athletes to elite juniors, through to World Champions and Olympic Games medallists.

Dr. Suchomel started working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Movement Sciences in the Fall of 2016. He is originally from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition and Director of the Sports Science Master's Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Director of Sport Science at Ultimate Fighting Championship

A PHD IN PHYSIOLOGY WITH 20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATION IN SPORTS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE.

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

• 20+ years experience in team leadership roles in sport science, technology, and professional sports.

• Founder of Research Institute of Sports for Olympic-level athletes.

• Launched 15 research labs and Mobile Labs for the national teams utilized in 4 Olympic Games.

SPORT SCIENCE

• Published 70+ original scientific articles, 2 books.

• Member of the American Physiological Society, ACSM, ECSS, SfN.

• Won 6 grants with a total sum of $ 21M.

• Amassed 30+ professional certificates, and 4 awards.

Responsible for the strategy, management, and delivery of a world-class high-performance program, encompassing sport science, sports medicine, performance analysis, S&C & nutrition:

• Strategic alignment of staffing roles & responsibilities with strengths & growth potential of staff to best leverage their expertise. Cultivated a culture of collaborative and player-centered working in High Performance team.

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Director of Strength & Conditioning for the UFC Performance Institute’s in Las Vegas and Shanghai, China.

Currently the global Director of Strength & Conditioning for the UFC Performance Institute & owner/operator of GCP Fitness.

Previously he led the UFC PI in Shanghai, China which is the first ever elite academy program in Mixed Martial Arts. This involved the optimisation of physical capacities amongst professional UFC rostered fighters, as well as the full-time academy athletes who are close to breaking into the greatest MMA corporation in the world.

In 2018, he worked as the Performance Manager for Team China Surfing, building a program to aid in the development of young surfers with the hope of qualifying for the 2024 Olympics and beyond. Prior to that, his role as Program Manager with American-based company EXOS saw him work with Team Shanghai at the 13th National Games of the People's Republic of China, where he and his performance team helped Shanghai win 33 medals, including 19 Gold.

With over 20 years experience training elite athletes and the general population in strength and conditioning, the opportunity to access this knowledge has been made available to anyone in the world via this online medium, GCP Fitness.

We hope you can become a part of the international crew and get your "Reward for Effort"!

Consulting Sports RD for the WNBA New York Liberty, previously served as Sports RD for the Miami Dolphins, UNC Chapel Hill, St. John’s University (NY), passionate about performance nutrition for athletes and active individuals

Committed to the education and growth of nutrition professionals- CPSDA SNIP Program, BWH Dietetic Internship, Boston University Adjunct Professor

Currently certified as Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Assosciation, by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as a Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) and Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) respectively.

Working in a Sports and as a Sports Medicine Doctor challenges , demands, pressure ethics, expectations etc...

Life look so flattering from a distance but reality is not as easy and cool as it seems.