Today I am joined by Tyler Lesher—an athletic trainer and performance specialist whose career spans the NBA, the G League, and one of the most intense environments in college sports: UCLA men’s basketball.

He’s now a private-sector performance therapist, creator of the Advanced Rehab Certification, and a mentor helping sports medicine professionals build both clinical mastery and entrepreneurial skill.

Tyler has seen every version of this field—from low-resource grind to high-pressure elite sport—and he brings a rare, unfiltered view of what actually shapes great practitioners. Inside today’s episode, you’ll learn three powerful lessons.

First, why the biggest career unlock isn’t more skills—it’s reframing your identity beyond your job title.

Second, how consistency, not complexity, drives both athletic performance and professional growth.

And third, why the future of sports medicine belongs to practitioners who combine technical mastery with business acumen—because the value you create shouldn’t be limited by the structure you work in.

This is a conversation for anyone who wants to grow past the traditional model and build a career with longevity, autonomy, and impact.

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For those who don’t know her, Dr. Courtney Johnson — better known online asThe Female Athlete Doc— is one of the leading voices in modern pelvic health and women’s performance. She’s a Doctor of Physical Therapy, a strength and conditioning specialist, and the founder of a 360wellness - a company that’s helping female athletes around the world lift heavier, run faster, and live without the symptoms they’ve been told are “normal.”

Her blend of clinical expertise, coaching skills, and entrepreneurial grit is what encouraged me to reach out to connect for a conversation. She also has this contagious energy that I now you will enjoy during the conversation.

In today’s conversation, you’re going to learn three big lessons.

First, why pelvic floor dysfunction often shows up in athletes who look strong on the outside — and how to recognize the early warning signs.

Second, how breathing mechanics, core control, and pressure management directly impact performance, recovery, and longevity.

And third, the business side: how Courtney built a scalable, virtual model that’s changing access to women’s health and creating new career paths for rehab professionals.

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For FREE Webinars, rehab tips, and performance plans, check out Adam's YouTube channel

Looking to upgrade your hydration? Check out SkyMD and use discount code ADAM20

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Adam Parr’s journey through Major League Soccer spans over a decade — from early heart-rate monitoring days at Chivas USA, to leading performance and sport science roles in Minnesota, San Jose, and now Charlotte. He’s is one of the practitioners who has lived the full spectrum: strength coach, sports scientist, high-performance director, and architect of long-term development pathways across academy, second-team, and first-team environments.

In this episode, Adam and I dive into three crucial lessons shaping the future of performance in pro soccer.

• First, why total distance is no longer a meaningful metric — and how acceleration loads, deceleration counts, and work-rate profiles give a far clearer picture of physical demand.
• Second, how load management must consider growth and maturation, especially when developing young athletes through peak-height-velocity windows.
• And third, why true applied sport science lives between the laptop and the training pitch — taking information from GPS, training design, and physical profiling to make decisions that keep players both healthy and available.

This conversation is about where the sport is going — and why smarter data beats more data every time.

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