Dr. Wightman speaks with Angus Mugford, Director of High Performance for the Toronto Blue Jays about how the pandemic has influence player and team culture performance.  Change is a constant, but the pandemic is change that alters what you can control as well as the behavior that represents your methods for excellence.  How you practice has been altered; the conditions you face during pre-game are familiar nor do they allow for individualized consideration for how you prepare.  What will players and teams do differently and yet not sacrifice the quality of their performacne outcomes.  Will injury levels increase?  Will I/we be emotionally prepared to meet all competitors?  Do pandemic changes take control out of my hands and thereby diminish my capability for historic performance excellence? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Science mom of the summer!?  If covid vaccines are effective will our families interact with a mask on or a mask off?  Family nurse practionner Aimee Morin shares insights and caution that will help you make an informed decision.  Dr. Wightman implies human performance is challenged when facts and science are not genuinely applied.  How much is your participation and performance diminished because you hesitate making decisions?   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Injury recovery can be very scientific and complicated.  So, simplified recommendations are easily acquired at your local food store or garden when you have nutritional facts that create a plan.  Discover foods that offer vitamins, minerals and amino acids that promote injury healing with helpd from functional nutrtitionist Nikki Burnett, Taste Life Nutrition.  This show offers methods for promoting healing blood flow and the foods that deliver the minerals and vitamins for injury recovery. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

360 Performance and Dr. Wightman proudly welcome Laurel Wright and Wes Lunsferd share their stories for managing their beat.  They perform two songs from their soon to be released album as they talk about mental health, creating a positive mindset and staying true to themselves.  These two geniune authentic professionals openly share their personal thought about performance obstacles and what they recommend for anyone to try for overcoming anyone or anything that holds them back. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

How can music provide a rhythm that will deliver a elite performance Pace?  Dr. Wightman believes tasks and challenges have a rhythm and pace that you can use music to prepare for. When you select a play list that aligns its rhythm with the tone of the next challenge you will preform at a pace that will deliver outcomes beyond your expectations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Dr. Wightman, Coach, looks internally to his recent shoulder surgery for insights to create a Rehab Mindset.  He stretches his reality as a metaphor for lessons on community awareness, taking deliberate actions, and intersecting your capabilities with a personal flow that supports recovery from injury.  Coach reminds us, if you want expected outcomes consider  Take your time Do what the doctors and therapists tell you Find activities that distract you and keep you focused on healing.  Puzzles are a great distractions. Take a moment to honor the memory and spirits of those 10 lives lost in Boulder, CO., for individuals who shared community favor and love from family and friends.  Be aware of those hurting in your community so we may assist those troubled before they use violent actions to reconcile their discomfort. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Dr. Wightman "Coach" and Jeffrey Cambell look at sport lockerRooms as centers for educating athletes about appreciationg differences without ignoring social realities that are found outside the lockerRoom.  A look at statements from Richard Sherman, NFL player and Denver Broncos' head coach Vic Fangio, illustrate subtle but meaningful differences in when and where racism is recognized in the lockerRoom.  Discovering how to create safe space outside of the lockerRoom and why communities resist recognize behavioral bias regarding racism. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Consideration for how and when you renew and recover should be a constant and is not initiated from injury or failure.  Without constant consideration for how you renew and recover you may discover more injury and error than you will tolerate.  Coach Wightman shares stories from elite preformers that offer strategic insights into methods for structuring your renewal and recovery plans.  One of your take aways should be that those people and things that provide you with trustworthy support are essential for you to have agile renewal and recovery plans.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Dr. Wightman talks about his upcoming rotater cuff surgery and how planning your health creates priorities that are better aligned with personal goals versus just having a healthy plan.  Having a health network that provides on going health support should also be prepared to support you in an emergency; like dropping a 360 snowboarding and then loosing the landing to a torn rotater cuff.  Oh well, it was a hell of a good run.  Good recovery means back on the golf course sooner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message

Coach Scott Rawles talks about training evironments that support World Cup Freestyle Mogul skiers.  Scott emphasizes how important training 12 months a year is essential and to do this you must follow the snow.  Summer time you find southern hemishpere snow and in the fall you look North.  Coach Rawles points out that environment's influence on skiing is unlike any other sport.  "Athletes must have an attitude the promotes no excuses and no regrets.  Point yourself downhill and ski your race, own it!" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lowell-wightman/message