The Principles of Performance

Latest Episodes
Podcast 142 – The Journey to Fitness Entrepreneur and Celebrity Trainer with Don Saladino
Don Saladino is a coach & fitness expert known for his work with celebrities & athletes. He opened his first NYC Gym in 2005 and after operating gyms for 15 years, he expanded to a global on
Podcast 141 – Building a Legendary Career in Fitness & Performance with Joe Defranco
Building a Legendary Career in Fitness & Performance Guest: Joe Defranco Bio: Joe DeFranco is a world-renowned strength & conditioning coach and the owner of DeFrancos Gym. Joes training t
Podcast 140 – The Language of Coaching with Nick Winkelman
Nick Winkelman is the head of athletic performance & science for the Irish Rugby Football Union. His primary role is to oversee the delivery and development of strength & conditioning and sports scien
Podcast 139 – Strength, Resiliency and Self Care with Gwen Lawrence
Gwen Lawrence has been named Best of Westchester, and featured in ESPN Magazine as The Best Innovation In Sports Medicine and to date has personally trained over 3,000 MLB, NFL, NHL, MLS,
Podcast 138 – The Coaching Craft with Jon Torine with Special Guest Faith Shaw – Recorded Live at the NJ NSCA Conference
Jon Torine spent 17 years as a Strength Coach in the NFL starting with the Buffalo Bills and then 3 years later became the youngest head Strength & Conditioning Coach in the NFL when he wa
Podcast 137 – Empower Her Game: Training the Female Athlete with Alex Pleasic
Alex Pleasic is the Athletic Performance Director for Varsity House Gym. She attended the University of Rhode Island where she completed her degree in Kinesiology and Health studies, as well
Podcast 136 – Barefoot Training and Footwear with Michael Lyon
Mike Lyon is the Co- Founder of Pedestal Footwear. Pedestal Footwear is a company that specializes in ultra-durable, barefoot- style training footwear designed to enhance natural movement. T
Podcast 135 – Modern Day Periodization for Real Life with Eric and Mike
In this jam packed episode, Eric and Mike discuss the topic of periodization in training and how its principles can be used (or not) with modern day athletes: Defining Periodization, P
Podcast 134 – The Perfect Training Session with Eric and Mike
In this episode we discuss the considerations that trainers and coaches need to make in order to build high level training sessions, including: Pre-Session Planning -The restaurant with no m
Podcast 133 – Training to Compete, Win and Thrive in College Sports with Angelo Gingerelli
Angelo Gingerelli has helped thousands of student-athletes compete at the highest level of Division 1 athletics. As the Strength & Conditioning Coach at Seton Hall University since 2005 he r