Move the Needle: The Human Performance Podcast
Episodes
Mike Boyle: Building a Legacy
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Boyle - Owner/Founder of MBSC - joins us for the 148th episode of MTN. On this episode of the pod, we take a look at Mike's coaching tree, we...
Dusty Anfuso: Pushing SoCal Performance
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dusty Anfuso - Owner of Athletic Culture SD - joins us for the 147th episode of MTN. On this episode, we talk through Dusty's business and how he&...
Nick DiMarco: Upgrading Football Performance
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nick DiMarco - Assistant Athletics Director for Peak Performance at Elon University - joins us for the 146th episode of MTN. On the show today, we div...
Cristian Plascencia: Making the Durable Athlete
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cristian Plascencia - CEO of the Durable Athlete - joins us for the 145th episode of MTN. On this episode of the show, we dive into Cristian's day...
Chris Korfist: Ground Up Speed Development
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Korfist - Track Coach at Homewood Flossmoor/Owner of Slow Guy Speed School - joins us for the 144th episode of MTN. On today's show, we dive...
CEO Series: Ben Watson - Hawkin Dynamics
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Watson - CEO/Founder of Hawkin Dynamics - joins us for the 143rd episode of MTN. On the show today, we talk about the decade long journey that has...
Alex Hubelbank: Becoming Undeniably Adaptable
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Hubelbank - Performance Therapist - joins us for the 142nd episode of MTN. On the show today, we dive into Alex's background that has taken h...
Eric Renaghan: Data Streamlining at The 'U'
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Renaghan - Executive Director of Sport Performance at the University of Miami - joins us for the 141st episode of MTN. On today's episode of ...
Jordan Cook: Processing Deceleration
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Cook - Director of Performance and Rehab at B3 Better Performance - joins us for the 140th episode of MTN. On today's show we dive into hor...
Trent Salo: Respondiendo a la Disfunción del Tendón
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trent Salo — Propietario y Fundador de Tendon Lab — nos acompaña en este episodio de MTN. En el episodio de hoy profundizamos en varios temas rel...
Trent Salo: Responding to Tendon Dysfunction
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trent Salo - Owner/Founder of the Tendon Lab - joins us for the 139th episode of the podcast. On today's show we dive into quite a few topics rega...
Bobby Whyte: Navigating the 'Crazy'
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Whyte - Owner/Head Trainer at HyPower Performance - joins us for the 138th episode of MTN. On this episode of the show, Bobby gives us a rundown...
Phoenix Mercury Roundtable: Navigating the W
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Wengertsman - Director of Health and Performance - and Garrett Kendall - Team Physical Therapist - join us for the 137th episode of MTN. On thi...
Matt Frakes: Managing Nutrition in Elite Sport
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Frakes - Performance Nutrition Director for the New York Giants - joins us for the 136th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the show, Matt...
Ryan Phillis: In's & Out's with BYU Football
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Phillis - Director of Football S&C at BYU - joins us for the 135th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the podcast, we dive into profil...
Dr. Sophia Nimphius: Stress is NOT Created Equal
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sophia Nimphius - Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sport) and Professor of Human Performance at Edith Cowan University - joins us for the 134th episode of MTN...
Luke Storey: Refining Basketball Assessment
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Storey - Senior Associate Athletic Director for Health, Wellness, and Performance at the University of California, Santa Barbara joins us for the...
John Garrish: Developing South Florida
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
John Garrish - Founder/Director, South Florida Prep & Director of S&C, North Broward Prep - joins us for the 132nd episode of MTN. On this epi...
Pat Lewis: Intersection of Nutrition & Performance
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pat Lewis - Director of Basketball Performance at UNC-Charlotte - joins us for the 131st episode of MTN. On this episode of the show, we really get in...
Mike and Hunter: The Gray Area of Performance
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter and Mike - Co-Founders of MTN - sit down for the 130th episode of MTN. On the show today, we talk about both of our transitions from college to...
Paul Valukas: Adapting Performance Systems
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Valukas - Assistant Director of Olympic Strength and Conditioning at the University of Wisconsin - joins us for the 129th episode of MTN. On this...
Ken Vick: Understanding Plyometric Performance
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Vick - President and High Performance Director for Velocity Sports Performance - joins us for the 128th episode of MTN. On this episode of the pod...
Jordan Pennella: In-Season Athlete Monitoring
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Pennella - Director of Sport Science & Return to Play Associate Coordinator for LSU Football - joins us for the 127th episode of MTN. On to...
Damian Harper: Clase Magistral de Desaceleración
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Damian Harper — Rendimiento Humano de Frenado y Profesor en la Universidad de Lancashire — se une a nosotros para el episodio 126 de MTN.En es...
Dr. Damian Harper: Deceleration Masterclass
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Damian Harper - Human Braking Performance & Lecturer at the University of Lancashire - joins us for the 126th episode of MTN. On this episode ...
Tyler Lesher: Inside the Demands of Elite Care
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Lesher - Performance Therapist - joins us for the 125th episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, Tyler talks to us about his transition f...
Taylor Nelson-Cook: Bridging Youth and Elite Sport
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Nelson-Cook - Director of Performance at KNGDM Performance - joins us for the 124th episode of MTN. On today's episode, we dive into Taylor's t...
Matt Shaw: Lifelong Habits as Sports Performance
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Shaw - Senior Associate AD, Sports Performance at the University of Denver - joins us for the 123rd episode of MTN. On today's episode of the pod...
Tyler Owens: Developing Washington Football
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Owens - Director of Football Strength and Conditioning at the University of Washington - joins us for the 122nd episode of MTN. On the pod today...
Chris Chase: Elite Level Problem Solving
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Chase - Director of Performance for the Memphis Grizzlies - joins us for the 121st episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Ch...
Andrew Behnam: Virginia Baseball Performance
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Behnam - Director of Baseball Performance at the University of Virginia - joins us for the 120th episode of MTN. On this episode, Andrew gives ...
Rodrigo Alvira: Arquetipos, Plataformas De Fuerza y VBT
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rodrigo Alvira — Preparador Físico de los Detroit Pistons y Fundador de Spaniard Performance — se une a nosotros en el episodio número 119 de Mo...
Rodrigo Alvira: Archetypes, Force Plates, VBT
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rodrigo Alvira - Detroit Pistons Performance Coach & Founder of Spaniard Performance - joins us of the 119th episode of MTN. On this episode of th...
Jared Wilson: Taking Full Control
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Wilson - Owner/Founder of JW Performance - joins us for the 118th episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, we talk through some of the un...
Les Spellman: Unlocking Speed & Performance
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Les Spellman - Founder/Owner of Spellman Performance - joins us for the 117th episode of MTN. Les is one of the best coaches in the world. Speed, perf...
Daniel Shapiro: A Lifetime of Elite Basketball
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Shapiro - Associate Director/Head Performance Coach for the Los Angeles Clippers joins us for the 116th episode of MTN. On this episode of the ...
Erik Meira - Training, Testing, & Tendons
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erik Meira - The Science PT - joins us for the 115th episode of MTN. On this episode of the pod, we dive into tendon health, the difference between sp...
Hunter and Mike: Research to Application & Structuring Learning
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, the 114th, we sit down without a guest. Taking advantage of being in-person in the same city, we wanted to carve some ...
Todd Wright: Corralling Chaos
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Wright - Assistant Coach & VP of Player Performance for the LA Clippers joins us for the 113th episode of MTN. On this episode, we dive into ...
Jake Tuura: Talkin' Tendons
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake Tuura - Tendon Guy - joins us for the 112th episode of MTN. Jake has spent his career in the field of performance and has really niched down into...
Danny Foley & Chris Guarin: Tissue Tolerance
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danny and Chris - Performance Therapists - join us (in-person) for 111th episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, we have a roundtable discussi...
Megan Young: High Performance Sport, Higher Performing Humans
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Young - Performance Coach for the Seattle Sounders - joins us for the 110th episode of MTN. On this episode, we dive into the performance struct...
Cory Kennedy: Accel, Decel, & NBA Archetypes
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cory Kennedy - High Performance Coach - joins us for the 109th episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the way that Cory and his st...
Chris Miller: Access, Awareness, Capacity, Dexterity
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Miller - Performance Coach for Mount Sinai Health System - joins us for the 108th episode of MTN. On this episode, we dive into Chris's time wit...
Chris Guarin: Blending Pain & Performance
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Guarin - Performance Therapist, Guarin Posture & Performance - joins us for the 107th episode of MTN. On the episode today we dive into how ...
Adam Ringler: Structuring & Simplifying Sport Science Frameworks
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ringler - Assistant Director of Sports Performance & Head of Sport Science Research at the University of Colorado - joins us for the 106th ep...
Maggie Bryant: Diving Into LAC Performance & Medical
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Bryant - President of Performance, Health, and Wellness for the Los Angeles Clippers - joins us for the 105th episode of MTN. On this episode o...
Andrew Hauser: Unlocking Oxygen For Injury & Performance
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Hauser - Owner of Continuum High Performance - joins us for the 104th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the show, we compare and contrast s...
Dan Pfaff: Coaching is Teaching
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Pfaff - Legend - joins us for the 103rd episode of MTN. On today's episode of the show Dan shares his thoughts on a number of topics. We dive into...
Nicole Jimenez: Movement Quality as the Driver
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Jimenez - WBB S&C at Missouri St - joins us for the 102nd episode of MTN. On today's show we chat about the value of the subjective nature ...
Dr. Matt Jordan: Jumping, Breaking, & Application
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Matt Jordan - Jordan Strength - joins us for the 101st episode of MTN. Matt is, without a doubt, one of the leading professionals within the inter...
Mike & Hunter: What Really Matters
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, the 100th, Hunter and Mike sit down with no guest to dive into numerous topics. We start by acknowledging the importan...
Brian Kula: Leveraging Resistance for Speed Development
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Kula - Owner of Kula Sports Performance - joins us for the 99th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the podcast, we dive into contrast trainin...
Randy Towner: Under the Hood with Kentucky Basketball
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Towner - Head Strength Coach for Kentucky MBB - joins us for the 98th episode of MTN. On today's episode we compare and contrast his stops withi...
Ryan Grubbs: Reconditioning with the Houston Texans
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Grubbs - Director of Reconditioning and Speed Development with the Houston Texans - joins us for the 97th episode of MTN. On today's episode of t...
Dr. John Harry: Dissecting the Countermovement Jump
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John Harry - Professor & Director of Sport and Occupational Neuromechanics Lab at Texas Tech University - joins us for the 96th episode of MTN...
Alex Effer & Connor Schoepp: Building Business in Performance
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Effer & Connor Schoepp - Owners of Resilient Training and Rehab and Rebuild: Performance & Rehab, respectively - join us for the 95th epi...
Mike Guevara: GBG Hoops
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Guevara - Owner of GBG Hoops - joins us for the 94th episode of MTN. On today's episode, we dive into the creation and evolution of GBG, Mike's j...
John Brasher: Building Bruin Football
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Brasher - Assistant Director, Football Performance at UCLA - joins us for the 93rd episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, we dive into t...
Brady Howe: Bridging Health & Performance In Professional & College Basketball
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brady Howe - Director of Sports Medicine at Grand Canyon University - joins us for the 92nd episode of MTN. On today's episode of the pod, we talk abo...
Jordan Pennella: Creating Sport Science Frameworks to Last
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Pennella - Director of Sport Science & Associate Coordinator of Return to Play for LSU Football - joins us for the 91st episode of MTN. Jor...
Dayannara Muñoz: Exercise, Infection, and Interference
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day Muñoz - Performance Coach at the University of Arizona - joins us for the 90th episode of MTN. Day has one of the more impressive backgrounds of ...
Cam Josse: Managing All Qualities of Sprint Performance
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cam Josse - FB S&C at Auburn University - joins us for the 89th episode of MTN. On today's episode, we dive into many of the facets surrounding de...
Kris Robertson: Performance in the G-League & CFL
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kris Robertson - Head S&C for the Raptors 905 & Sport Scientist for the Toronto Argonauts - joins us for the 88th episode of MTN. On today's e...
Anthony Cockrill: Mastering the Approach
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Cockrill - Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Southern Methodist University - joins us for the 87th episode of MTN. On this episode o...
Katie St Clair: Managing Internal Pressure to Create Force
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Katie St Clair - Owner/Founder of Empowered Performance Course and Academy - joins us for the 86th episode of MTN. Katie has a long history of coachin...
Ed Thompson: Building Husky Speed
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Thompson - Director of Speed & Athletic Performance at the University of Washington (FB) - joins us for the 85th episode of MTN. On today's epi...
Ola Eriksrud: Directional Deceleration Development
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ola Eriksrud - Head of Sports Science for 1080 Motion - joins us for the 84th episode of MTN. Ola has an incredible background in performance. As a pr...
Joe Murray: Mastering Rotation with Washington Baseball
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Murray - Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Washington - joins us for the 83rd episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, w...
Terrence Kennell: The Science Behind USF Football
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Terrence Kennell - Director of Applied Science and Speed Development for USF Football - joins us for the 82nd episode of MTN. This episode was a wide ...
Chris Martin: LSU Baseball & Understanding Tommy John
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Martin - Head Baseball S&C at LSU - joins us for the 81st episode of MTN. On this episode, Chris takes us through a handful of KPIs for both...
Cameron Ringstead: Elon Performance
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Ringstead - Head Sports Performance Coach at Elon University - joins us for the 80th episode of MTN. On today's show we dive into Cameron's jo...
Matt Watson: Power of Plyos
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Watson - Founder/CEO of Plus Plyos - joins us for the 79th episode of MTN. On this episode, Matt breaks down his Tier System of Plyometric Traini...
Jesse Green: Force Plate & CMJ Deep Dive
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Green - Director, Performance & Sport Science for the Pittsburgh Penguins - joins us for the 78th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the ...
Andre Carrera: From the NBA to College Hoops
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Carrera - Director of Basketball Performance at USC - joins us for the 77th episode of MTN. Andre joins USC in his first season with the Trojans...
Stu McMillan: Elite Speed Development
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stu McMillan - CEO of Altis - joins us for the 76th episode of MTN. As both a coach to athletes and other coaches, Stu has made a career combining his...
Rony Sieperda: Skyforce to the Miami Heat
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rony Sieperda - Head S&C Coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce (Miami Heat) - joins us for the 75th episode of MTN. On this episode, we recap Rony's ...
Hunter and Mike: The Tactical & Fatigue Spectrum
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Hunter and Mike sit down for the 74th episode of MTN. Every once in a while, Hunter and Mike like to sit down without a guest and talk about th...
Paul Robbins: Dissecting Data in the NBA
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Robbins - Sport Performance Specialist at Biocore - joins us for the 73rd episode MTN. Paul has spent the last 15 seasons overseeing in-game data...
Lauren Green: Merging and Managing Data
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Green - Hawkin Dynamics - joins us for the 72nd episode of MTN. Lauren has extensive experience of sport science and coaching with time with th...
Ben Hollander: Foundations in Neurology and Movement
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Hollander - Sports Performance Coach at the University of Arizona - joins us for the 71st episode of MTN. On today's podcast we discuss a handful ...
Scott Leech: Merging Football & Training
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Leech - Associate Director of S&C at the University of Rhode Island - joins us for the 70th episode of MTN. On today's episode, we dive into...
Matt Tometz: Individualized & In-Season Speed Training
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Tometz - joins us for the 69th episode of MTN. On today's show we dive into conversation around creating individualized programs within speed wor...
Dr. Adam Petway: Investigating Deceleration & COD
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Adam Petway - Adjunct Professor at Mississippi St University - joins us for the the 68th episode of MTN. Adam has an incredible background in high-...
Trevor Abshire: Simplifying Baseball Performance Science
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Abshire - Sport Science Analyst for the Cleveland Guardians - joins us for the 67th episode of MTN. On today's episode of the podcast, we break...
Tim Kettenring: Rugby Speed & Understanding Conditioning
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Kettenring - High Performance Director of NOLA Gold Rugby - joins us for the 66th episode of MTN. Today on the show, we dive into speed and condit...
Hunter and Mike: Long-Term Speed, Coordination, and Q&A
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the 64th episode of MTN - Mike and Hunter sit down without a guest (as we occasionally do) to have a chat around training. On this episode, we div...
Adam Virgile: Building a High Level Sports Science System
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Virgile - Director of Applied Sports Science and Performance Research - joins us for the 65th episode of MTN. On today's episode we dive into...
Bri Brown: Making Waves with Miami Hoops
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bri Brown - WBB Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Miami - joins us for the 63rd episode of MTN. On today's episode, we dive i...
Paul Comfort: Research, Application, & Sifting Through the Noise
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Comfort - Professor at the University of Salford (UK) - joins us for the 62nd episode, and our first international podcast, of MTN. If you...
Hunter Bell: Building Razorback Baseball
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter Bell - Director of Baseball Strength and Conditioning at the University of Arkansas - joins us for the 61st episode of MTN. Hunter comes from a...
Darcy Norman: Accel, Decel, and Soccer Peformance
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Darcy Norman - Head of Performance, USMNT - joins us for the 60th episode of MTN. We had prepared quite a few questions on performance for Darcy but r...
Matt Gebert: Pre-Season Prep with Arizona Football
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Gebert - Football S&C Coach at the University of Arizona - joins us for the 59th episode of MTN. Matt has an extensive background in college ...
Andrew Nilo: Increasing Human Bandwidth for Athletic Output
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Nilo - Assistant Director of Sports Performance at Oral Roberts University - joins us for the 58th episode of MTN. On the show today we dive in...
Jess Racz: Breaking Down the Basketball Performance Model
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jess Racz - S&C Coach at Complex Miami & Owner of JR Performance - joins us for the 57th episode of MTN. On the podcast today, we discuss with Jess th...
Matt Price: Speed & Power Development with the LA Kings
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Price - Director, Strength and Performance Science for the LA Kings - joins us for the 56th episode of MTN. On the podcast today, Matt talks us t...
Hunter Eisenhower: A Modern Approach to Basketball Performance
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, the 55th of MTN, we sit down with no guest (kind of). Being in Phoenix together, Mike and Hunter sat down to talk and flip the gen...
Daniel Day: Making the Most of Your Environment
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Day - Founder of CRFTD Athlete - joins us for the 54th episode of MTN. On today's episode we dig into what performance across the globe has loo...
Mike Sullivan: Structure & Skill of Speed Development
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, the 53rd of MTN, we sit down with no guest (kind of). Being in Phoenix together, Mike and Hunter sat down to talk and flip the gen...
Kyle Bolton: Speed School with Oregon Football
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Bolton - Director of Speed & Performance for Oregon Football - joins us for the 52nd episode of MTN. On this episode of the podcast, we talk with...