Hey everybody. Welcome to Muscle Intelligence Podcast. I'm your host, Ben Pocolsky. As always,

we frame this podcast around living your greatest life in a body that you love. And today's guest

is going to contribute to our understanding of optimization of performance. He is the head of

performance of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the professional hockey team here in Tampa,

Florida, in the National Hockey League. Mark Lambert joins me today to talk about all of the

unique and intricate dynamics at play when dealing with pro athletes and the dynamics amongst

all of the team. Mark takes a really unique approach to training as clients, training as athletes,

and in understanding how to treat each athlete differently. Obviously, in a pro team with such

special considerations around how often they're training when they're playing an 82 game

schedule, the amount of training would actually surprise you. It's actually quite low. And

Mark spends most of his time,

in fact, managing their stress, managing their recovery, making sure they're able to perform at 100% every night rather than optimizing the training and performance. It's a really unique discussion

around all those other things that go into, how do I get this guy or person to show up at

100% of their potential every single night?

And you guys know my fascination with not just what goes on inside the gym,

but what goes on outside of the gym to optimize your performance,

your cognitive performance, your emotional resilience,

so that when you step into the arena, you're at your

absolute peak. So I really enjoy this conversation with Mark Lambert and I'm able to.

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