In what will be the last podcast episode of the year, we connected with our good buddy and one of our closest clients, Scott Caulfield from Norwich University to chat all thing Strength & Conditioning. Scott Caulfield is the current Director of Strength & Conditioning at Norwich University, Vermont. Scott Caulfield was hired as the first Director of Strength and Conditioning in university history on June 18, 2021. Caulfield is one of the most well-known collegiate s...

Eric McMahon is a leading strength and conditioning coach with more than 15 years experience. He has worked with some of America's leading sporting organisations including the Texas Rangers Baseball Club (11 yrs as S&C), Milwaukee Brewers (3 yrs) and the Italian MLB International academy - Athlete development program (1 yr). In his chat with the High Performance Podcast, Eric, who is the current National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Coaching and Sport Science Progra...

The lads from the galaxy! Head of Sports Science Tom Williams and Assistant Coach/Director of Video Analysis Sam Green join the podcast to speak all things MLS and bring us into the inner sanctum of the LA Galaxy. We spoke with the gents about halfway through the MLS season to chat through their roles, day to day responsibilities and some of their key learnings. Both of these gents have had a wealth of experience within, not only the MLS but the wider sports science and high performan...

Alex Calder is the Head of Sports Science at the Houston Dynamo, having spent over 12 years in the United States working within both collegiate and professional sporting teams, Alex has built a wealth of knowledge in a range of different sports and high performance environments. We spoke in depth with Alex about the influx of Australian presence in sports science and high performance roles in the United States, and why Australians have built such a strong reputation in the industry. Alex is...

Taylah Jack is a driven and dedicated Strength & Conditioning coach looking to make a real impact on the world stage. Having spent time in the US with some of the best colleges in the country, particularly highlighting time spent at the University of Louisville where Taylah assisted Performance Staff in developing and implementing strength, conditioning, speed, agility and testing sessions for Olympic Sports such as Basketball, Baseball, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Rowing, Tennis. Tayl...

Steve Mckenna is a multiple time pro half IronMan distance champion working his way through the world ranks and mixing it with the best in professional triathlon. The Australian native known as the 'Lizard Triathlete' had an interesting entry to the triathlon world, playing Australian Rules football as a youngster he converted to triathlon after finding a passion for cycling whilst recovering from a serious leg injury. Steve is a multiple time South Australian triathlete of the year an...

Max Lankheit is the current Director of High Performance at the San Jose Earthquakes. Max's experience in the high performance sport world spans many countries over many years but sports and sports science wasn't always the goal for Max. In his more youthful years, Max studied acting where he discovered his creative flare and self labeled egotistical attitude that was quickly put back into place from his teachers and mentors. Although this may seem unrelated Max's experience with findin...

Adam Centofanti is the Head of Fitness at the Seattle Sounders FC which is one of the biggest MLS clubs in the North American League. Adam has been in the sports science circle for some years now and his story epitomises the 'sports science hustler' working and volunteering in many roles before landing in the US and working in the MLS. Adam spent over 5 years with the Melbourne City franchise formerly Melbourne Heart and was apart of the 3 championship victories during that time also. ...

Skylar Richards is the current Director of physiology and science at Orlando City SC. Skylar has a wealth of experience within some of North America's most recognisable sports organisations in particular within the MLS. Skylar started his career with a primary focus on injury prevention through scalable detection and recovery strategies for athletes. These strategies focus on increased training availability and physiologic monitoring which has been a strong focus for Skylar throughout his c...

Join us for Season 3 of The High Performance Project powered by Lumin Sports. On this first episode we chat with ultra athlete and adventure seeker Tim Franklin. After successfully running a marathon in his own home, climbing Everest without even leaving his apartment building, Tim has now set his sights on completing his most grueling challenge to date. #timrunstheworld was a initiative set up by Tim and his team to smash the around the world running record. This journey will see Tim r...

Olympic Gold Medalist Alex Hill joined the podcast to speak over his success at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and his journey into the sport of rowing. Growing up from very humble beginnings in Loxton North, Alex was your typical river kid, and always showed a strong liking to the water. However his passion for rowing was lost for a brief period during his high schooling in Adelaide. It was a piece of feedback given to him from a school rowing coach that made him double down on the sport and f...

Jake Giannakis - Head of Strength & Conditioning at Essendon VFL and High Performance Manager at the Academy joins the podcast to speak about his last 12-24 months in the world of high performance sport. Jake has built a wealth of knowledge in the sports science and high performance industry through his time spent with AFL teams Collingowood, North Melbourne and now Essendon. Working alongside some of some of the industries best and most respected people has allowed Jake to find h...

Stuart Gollan is the Lead Sports Scientist from the Adelaide United Football Club. 'Stu' as he is commonly know within the Lumin Sports team is a lover of all things performance and formulating ways to allow the human body to perform at its peak. Stu has worked within the world game now for a number of years now, before this completing internships with the Port Adelaide Football Club, working as a post graduate scholar at the Australian Institute of Sport and tutoring up and coming undergradu...

"Supporting people in their quest to flourish during and beyond their sporting careers", this is the mantra that Chris Lynch summaries his work with some of the worlds best athletes, in particular within his current role at the Australian Cycling Team. For close to 10 years Chris has been working to not only develop and support those around him, more importantly himself. His has for many years worked closely with athletes to build their mindset, resilience and professional capabilitie...

Paolo Menaspà is a world renowned sports scientists that has worked within some of the best sporting organisations and alongside of some of the most successful athletes in the world. Paolo has spent a lot of his career in particular in the sport of cycling. His work centres on research and development of strategies to best support athletes in pursuit of their goals. Paolo's previous role with the Australian Cycling Team included work with national coaches and the performance support team to i...

Jed Altschwager is a Para Rowing Athlete apart of the Australian Rowing Program. The South Australian lost his left leg in 2015 during a workplace accident. Jed himself describes it as 'his foot was squished and taken off' and post rehabilitation the Adelaide-local identified strongly with the sport of rowing. Jed's mindset and rehabilitation story is one to be admired, his strength through adversity and his gratitude for life is unprecedented. Jed speaks in depth about the emotions and...

The main man from Stanley Street Social joins us on the podcast to review and unpack the 2021 Tour de France. One of our most in depth episodes to date and it's fair to say that things may have gotten a little off track at times, however when we chat cycling, we go all in. In this episode Alex shares with us his thoughts and opinions on the Tour de France 2021 and explains a little more into the changes that the race has gone through over the past few years and what this means for spe...

Melody Cooper is another one of Australia's favourite "Adopted Kiwi's". Now working and living in Australia and working for the Australian Basketball Players Association as Head of Multicultural and Community, Mel now leads the programs, awareness and projects and initiatives that players are involved in outside of the game working towards changing the narrative in indigenous and multicultural education. In this episode we speak through Mel's playing days and olympic experience with...

Bruce Djite joins the Lumin Sports High Performance Project to chat about his career as a professional footballer, life as a youngster growing up in America and the Ivory Coast before moving to Australia. Bruce was always focused on his dream to play top tier football and his drive to experience football culture all over the world. Bruce played close to 300 games at international level including close to 30 caps for the Socceroos, before retiring where he is now the Director of Football at ...

Australian Track Cycling Sam Welsford joins the podcast to chat through his final phase of preparations for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sam is multiple time World Champion, National Champion, Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalist. His Cycling resume is very handy and Sam is still working towards some of his largest goals of winning olympic gold and scoring a professional road contract in Europe. Sam unpacks his story working through the ranks to become one of Australia's best Trac...