The Human Kinesome Project: Recent Episodes
Gary McCoy
Welcome to The Human Kinesome Project. Host Gary McCoy is a performance evolutionist who’s coached baseball at the highest levels. Tune in as he interviews human movement thought leaders to gain a better understanding of the kinesome and its role in upgrading human performance.
Dr. Duncan French is the Vice President of Performance at the UFC Performance Institute. Dr. French has a PhD in exercise physiology and has worked with all levels of athletes from Olympians to the University of Notre Dame to the English Premiere League. He is currently helping to prepare the world’s finest MMA athletes from the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Rob Pacey is the founder of Sportsmith and has been sharing knowledge with sports practitioners through the Pacey Performance Podcast since 2013. With over 370 episodes under his belt as a host, it was a treat to flip the table on him to learn about his process.
Robin Biagioni, Director of People and Culture at Kinetyx, shares about her experience dealing with a near catastrophic knee injury, tears to her ACL, MCL, PCL, LCL, partial tears of her calf and hamstring in addition to a severed femoral artery she has had a long road towards recovery. Spoiler alert, Robin is back to running and recently had her first ride on a snowboard in 10 years. She embodies #remainmoved.
Molly Hurford is the author Shred Girls, and a regular contributor to a variety of movement centred publications. She hosts The Consummate Athlete with her husband Peter.
Sam's PhD work has been foundational in the development of the technology employed by Kinetyx. He's been instrumental in building a culture focused on scientific integrity and making information accessible. He's worked with a variety of high performance athletes and teams across a diverse spectrum.
Alex is a prolific writer and incredible communicator. He has a Ph.D from Cambridge, competed as a middle- and long-distance runner on the Canadian national team, is a father of 2, and plays the alto sax. Gary and Alex touch on most of these topics as they break down central governor theory.
Fill in hosts Cory Paddock and Tyler Fraser welcome Gary as a guest on his own podcast. Gary has an incredible background as a practitioner in baseball and he's been a leader with numerous technology companies. 11 episodes into The Human Kinesome Project felt like the perfect time to get to know him better.
Dr. Jeremy Bettle shares about his unique career as a high performance multi-sport practitioner. Dr. Bettle has worked in the NCAA, NBA, NHL, and is currently the Performance Director at New York City Football Club.
Jeremy has built a reputation as someone that has an incredible impact on team culture, a lifelong learner and educator, his experience across different leagues has been invaluable.
Bob Seebohar discusses his approach to food. Changing the question from, "how much do you consume?" to "why do you consume it?" Bob is a registered dietitian, an author, and founder of two companies. He is currently the lead nutritionist for the University of Denver Women's Gymnastics Team. In addition to completing 6 Ironman races, Bob is also a Leadman, which is quite frankly absurd.
Malindi Elmore sits down with us, for Episode 8, only 2 weeks after finishing 9th in the women's marathon in the Tokyo games. Malindi shares her race prep, her thought process through the challenging day, and answers the burning question, what happened to that red hat of hers at the end of the race?
Dr. Breanne Everett joins Gary to discuss her transition from medical doctor to founder and CEO of both Kinetyx and Orpyx. They go all the way back to her first lemonade stand to get a better understanding of what drives her, and take a closer look at why helping others to remain moved has become such a huge part of her life.
Breanne was recently named Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by WXN.
Gary and Carlyn look at data in youth sports. Understanding the challenges of data acquisition with a limited budget, ensuring data is valuable tool for youth athletes, and the importance of injury prevention from a young age.
David Nilsson, Australian national baseball team manager, former Milwaukee Brewer, MLB All-Star, Olympian, and the first Member of the Order of Australia to join the podcast, discusses the challenging decision the Australian team made to withdraw from the olympic qualification process. At the time of recording, Gary and David would have been coaching in Mexico at the qualification tournament.
Gary McCoy and Roderick Moore Jr. talk about their shared experiences in the sport technology industry. Roderick shares the experiences and philosophies that led him to the Atlanta Falcons.
Matt and Gary discuss tactics and strategies for finding the signal through the noise of movement data.
Gary is joined by Will Carroll and they discuss the injury pandemic currently plaguing baseball.