EP38: Brian Doyle - From the Rugby Pitch to Inventor and Entrepreneur
Release Date: 04/03/2019
Make Your Mark
Four USA Softball Olympic Medalists in one room! WOW! Listen to these impressive athletes and hear their stories of rising to the top of their sport, their grit, determination and tenacity needed to achieve victory, and how they have leveraged their athletic excellence into business success! The Win Again Clubroom is proud to present "4 Team USA Softball Legends in the Win Again Clubroom - Winning the Gold on and off the Diamond" with: Leah Amico - 3X Gold Medalist – USA Softball | Public Speaker Cat Osterman - 3X Olympic Medalist - USA Softball | Commentator| Softball...
info_outline EP68: Rowing Across the Atlantic with Robert Hamilton OwensMake Your Mark
Who's up for rowing across the Atlantic? Not me. Not a big fan of being in the middle of the ocean for 40 seconds, much less 40 days! But one of my heroes, Robert Hamilton Owens, is joining 11 other brave souls and making the dangerous and exhausting journey to raise money for the Mark Crampton Memorial Trans-Atlantic Row. Robert is taking on the challenge to row 3500 miles across the Atlantic to raise awareness of, and funding for, the prevention of veteran suicide, in honor of his friend, retired Navy SEAL Mark Crampton, who took his own life in April 2022. Robert is a...
info_outline EP67: Concussions, TBI, & How to Heal - Curtis Anderson, Clint Malarchuk, and Christina Smith with Mark MoyerMake Your Mark
"Concussions, TBI, and How to Heal” - An important discussion surrounding the impact concussions and TBIs have on athletes, including challenges to their mental, physical and emotional health with a panel of athletes who have been fighting their own battles for years. Curtis Anderson – (Brain Injury – Mental Health Advocate | Public Speaker) Christina N. Smith – (Canadian Olympic Bobsledder | Brain Injury Advocate | Author | Public Speaker) Clint Malarchuk – (NHL Alumni | Mental Health Advocate | Best Selling Author | Public Speaker) Please dive into this...
info_outline EP66: Vance Johnson (NFL Vet) - The 12 Yards Between Rock Bottom and RecoveryMake Your Mark
Heartbreaking. Gut-wrenching. Shocking. "Vance Johnson came home from playing his first Super Bowl, sat in the dark of his bedroom suite, and tried to slit his wrists." WHAT? Vance Johnson - The 12 Yards Between Rock Bottom and Recovery - w Mark Moyer in the Clubroom Hosted by: Mark Moyer – Transition Coach & Business Connector for Athletes and Entrepreneurs | Founder - Win Again & Clubroom Event Series | Author Wait until you hear this incredible story, the alcohol and drug abuse, 8 divorces, 7 kids who wanted him dead, so much pain, unforgivable behavior, trauma and steps backward,...
info_outline EP65: Theo Fleury and Eric Kussin - Your Mental Health Post COVIDMake Your Mark
“The biggest epidemic of 2021 isn’t Covid. It is mental health, trauma and addiction”- Theo Fleury I’ve had plenty of Make Your Mark podcast guests and Clubroom events that have focused on victory of bad over good, overcoming hurdles, challenges and struggles. Plenty of laughs too. But having both Theo Fleury and Eric Kussin in the Clubroom to talk about mental health issues as we continue our march through Covid was worth every second of this event. Each suffered through significant trauma, and as you listen to this podcast you will not only hear their life experiences, but also...
info_outline EP64: Clint Malarchuk - NHL Goalie | Mental Health Advocate | Best Selling Author | Suicide SurvivorMake Your Mark
Clint Malarchuk’s life can’t be summarized in a few words. But I’ll try. Very successful NHL career as a goalie. Great sense of humor. Strength, kindness, and a huge heart. Rancher. Tougher than nails. Mix in severe mental health illness, anxiety, crippling OCD, depression, alcoholism, rehab centers, and a suicide attempt. “I’ve had a lot of surgeries, a lot of physical pain. I tell you what. The most painful thing in the world is mental illness. I’d rather have my jugular vein cut again. If God gave me the choice “Hey Clint, want to have your vein cut again and get rid of...
info_outline EP63: Brandi Chastain and Haley Rosen - from the pitch (field) to the pitch (boardroom)!Make Your Mark
What's more impressive than two accomplished women's soccer players? How about if they are both successful entrepreneurs scoring goals in the business world! "You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things." - Brandi Chastain Another big time coup for and the Make Your Mark podcast to have both AND discuss their path from the pitch (field) to the pitch (boardroom)! Brandi and Haley each scored...
info_outline EP62: Joe De Sena - Spartan Founder, Mobster Neighbor, and not That Pool Guy!Make Your Mark
Obstacles are inevitable, whether you run a business, hold down a job, or simply just try to get through your day. Who would want to face them if we didn't need to? Well, I know a few people who can't wait! Founder and CEO is one of them! My Podcast guest is the true definition of a badass! “Rather than wrapping the kids up in bubble wrap like most of us parents do, you wrap them up in barbed wire. You give kids obstacles and make it harder for them. You make them take the stairs and walk to school. We’re not looking to put them in danger but we are looking for them to learn how to...
info_outline EP61: Dale Moss - From the Gridiron to the Glossy Magazine Covers!Make Your Mark
A dramatic pivot from sport to a totally different career is what truly excites me about the potential of athlete transition, and today’s guest on my #MakeYourMark podcast, Dale Moss, has become an impressive entrepreneur, and oh, did I mention, one of the first professional athletes to become a professional model? Hundreds try to sign with world-renowned Wilhelmina Models, and Dale has made the cut! “The biggest thing I can say to any athlete who is 100 percent into their sport and doesn’t have or has not begun the process of building outside of that, is to start building a team....
info_outline EP60: Jesse Cole - Fans First! Running a Baseball Team in a Yellow Tuxedo!Make Your Mark
Dancing grandmas? Baseball players skydiving to their positions? Just a normal day at the office for one of the most exciting, interesting, and big-picture thinking owners in sports, and my guest on the Mark Your Mark podcast, Jesse Cole. Oh, did I mention the yellow tuxedo and top hat that he wears more often than not? “I found out only 200 fans were coming to the games, and the team had been there for seven years. I made ten phone calls out to the community. The first seven phone calls no one had even heard of the team, the next two wouldn’t work with us, and the last one hung up on me....
info_outlineTurning dirt to gold. That is what Brian Doyle, today’s guest on my #MakeYourMark podcast is doing. As a professional rugby player, Brian was keenly aware of the physical struggles it took to endure to be successful for so many years. But it was a serious injury years ago that created that light bulb moment that is quickly becoming the go to exercise equipment for core training and recovery.
“Tearing my ACL was my first introduction to a real injury, and there’s a whole mental aspect of that, but also the physical demands that you go through if you want to return to play. I was able to make it back in about 5 months, which is pretty quick for an ACL. First you get the knee fixed, you do the repair, and then is the physical therapy. I became really tight with my physical therapist, and I had to spend time actually getting mobility back in my knee. While I was transitioning out of physical therapy into a more strength and conditioning program, I had this concept at the top of my head, and I really just wanted to build a tool that helped recreate all of these motions. This is how I ended up launching this product called Axius Core as I was transitioning out of the rugby world.”
Brian has combined his keen understanding of the importance of maintaining balance in your core, increasing your endurance and stamina, and developing a product that is easy to use, transport, and get used to, along with a stellar support system to create Axius Core. Just a few minutes a day using it’s wide variety of capabilities will lead to a dramatic improvement in your foundational strength and healthier joints.
“I think people are willing to spend money on things that are going to give them the outcome that they want, and that’s our job as a brand to help you achieve your outcome. We are going to do whatever we can within our power to make it as easy and convenient as possible for you as my customer to accomplish your goal.”
Brian and I covered his switch from basketball to rugby, what brought him into the incredibly competitive world of exercise equipment, and how he hopes to have a product in the same league as Peloton and others, and I’m certain that Axius will get there. Make sure you listen to Brian’s transition from athlete to entrepreneur!
“I was a decent student but I fell in love with rugby. I remember the first game I played I realized how incredibly difficult it was just to feel like you’re doing anything, like I was so unfit! I remember looking at the other guys who were so impressive, how are they not so tired? So I wanted to see if I could do it. There are training elements that are necessary to play rugby well. You have to be strong, as there are contact and tackle situations, and just the fitness and the endurance required to be able to do both. There is running around like a soccer player, but having to be able to deliver contact like a football player. It was a challenge, I started getting into the training, going to the gym, to make myself better; I think that was more the hook for me.”
“One of the cops I used to work out with all the time was a rugby player for Brockport College, he was very good. He said ‘Oh, you’re going to URI, you gotta play rugby!’ and I answered ‘I’m not gonna play rugby with you, are you nuts? It is not what I’m going to do at all!’ So he started getting in my ear about it, then I ended up going to URI, and actually the first week I was there I received a package with rugby boots and an impassioned note basically saying ‘Go to rugby practice now!’. I played basketball just for fun, but rugby got me hooked, and that was it!”
Some Topics we talk about in this episode:
- Introduction - 0:30
- New York state (born and raised) - 1:09
- Basketball background - 3:23
- Basketball to Rugby transition - 4:27
- First game experience - 8:30
- The hook: Can I do it? - 9:38
- Being part of a real team - 10:20
- Culture of the game - 10:40
- Still a new professional game - 15:20
- After graduating, now what? -16:34
- Receiving the first cap in Rugby - 18:30
- First injury - 20:17
- Launching the product-Axius Corp - 22:49
- Building the product - 28:40
- Opening up market possibilities - 31:20
- Business development - 32:12
- Helping people achieve their goals - 34:45
- Creating different models of the product - 36:00
- Explaining the “why?” instead of the “what?” - 40:35
- Associate long-term health with Axius product - 42:00
- Commercial Market - 43:50
- Different outcomes - 45:00
- Being an entrepreneur and rugby athlete - 49:26
- Wrap-up and Takeaways - 53:03
How to get involved
- Be sure to connect with me on Social Media @MarkMoyerCoach and go to my website, www.markmoyer.com to get access to the tips and strategies that my coaching clients get directly.
- If you’re looking for ways to Make Your Mark, send me an email [email protected] and I’ll get you going right away.
If you liked this episode, be sure to subscribe and leave me a quick review on iTunes. Your reviews and ratings will help me reach more people with ways to make their mark in life, business and career!