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Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology

You should be able to find links to your course administration documents, lecture notes, sample exams and study questions. Many of the documents are in Adobe pdf format so you may need to download a free pdf reader program. The link is in the right column. My work related interests are discussed below.

Physical Conditioning, Fitness Testing & Nutrition

I teach Kin 143 (Exercise: Health and Performance) which teaches basic exercise physiology and the design of physical conditioning programs. I am also the course author and supervisor for the correspondence version of this course. The follow-on course from Kin 143 is another course I often teach (Kin 343) which deals with assessing fitness, health counselling and design of fitness programs. I also co-developed a correspondence version of this course (Kin 342). I teach Kin 140 (Contemporary Health Issues). In addition to physiologic conditioning, I am interested in nutrition and the amazingly poor science, and hence poor information, that pervades the discipline. If you are interested in athletic conditioning and nutrition these pages contain links to good websites.

Biomechanics of Human Motion

I teach our core biomechanics course (Kin 201) and occasionally Kin 380 (Occupational Biomechanics). I worked full-time as an Ergonomic Consultant for two years and then for many years doing some part-time contract work and some applied research. Currently I focus on fitness and sports biomechanics and skilled movement analysis.

Additional Interests

I have an interest (passion!) for sports and athletic conditioning. I am a Soccer B-National Licensed coach, a professional member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a CrossFit certified trainer. I was originally trained as a Physical Education teacher and have numerous coaching qualifications in swimming, lifesaving, squash and basketball. Currently I am Head Coach of my local district select soccer program (plus I coach my daughter's soccer team). I have taught soccer clinics for B.C. Soccer and have been a National Coaching Certificate Program (NCCP) course conductor. If you are interested in NCCP certifications there is a link to the Coaching Association of Canada on this page.