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Dave Smith,
Ph.D. has a first class BSc degree in Sports Studies
from Staffordshire University, England. He is currently Lecturer
in Applied Sport Psychology at Chester College, England, and
has completed his PhD in the psychophysiology of mental practice.
He has had articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals
and popular magazines, and has also won an award for his research
from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.
Dave has coached many individuals in strength training, and is
a strong advocate of high-intensity training principles. He acts
as an advisor for the International Association of Resistance
Trainers education institute and has contributed to Exercise
Protocol and Synergy.
Dr. Mauro
Di Pasquale, MD has been involved in helping people get
fit and lose weight for almost four decades. He is a licensed
Canadian physician, specializing in Nutrition and Sports Medicine.
He was a world-class athlete for over 15 years, and a professor
at the University of Toronto for over a decade. During this career,
he has written several books and hundreds of articles on weight
loss, nutrition and exercise for a variety of international magazines
and journals. You can visit his web site at www.MetabolicDiet.com.
Dr. Ken Kinakin is a chiropractor, certified strength
and conditioning specialist and a certified personal trainer.
He has also competed in bodybuilding and powerlifting for over
20 years. He regularly lectures across Canada and United States
to doctors and personal trainers on the areas of weight-training,
rehabilitation and nutrition. He is also on the Canadian and
International Powerlifting Medical Committee. He maintains a
private practice in Mississauga, Ontario and is the founder of
the Society of Weight-Training
Injury Specialists - S.W.I.S.
Ellington
Darden, Ph.D. has been
involved in sports and fitness since 1959. He spent five years
at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and earned B.S. and M.S.
degrees in physical education. In 1968 he entered graduate school
in Tallahassee Florida, where he earned his Ph.D. in exercise
science, as well as taking courses in motor learning and nutrition.
Author of many books, Dr. Darden also experienced first hand
working with Arthur Jones and the Nautilus corporation. You can
visit his site at www.DrDarden.com.
Ken Mannie,
MS, BPHE is the strength
and conditioning coach for Michigan State University. He has
authored nearly 100 articles on athletics, conditioning and the
use of anabolic drug use. Mannie is the host of Roid Roulette:
A Dangerous Game, an NCAA-recommended educational video tape
on the hazards of steroid use. He also writes a monthly column
for Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director, USA's premier coaching
publication, and is a frequent contributor to the Championship
Performance newsletter and various I.A.R.T. publications and
journals. Prior to working with Michigan State University, Mannie
had experience with the University of Toledo, has helped to bring
The Rockets to win the Mid-American Conference title, and worked
with the Buckeyes' Big Ten championship football team.
Tom Kelso,
B.S., M.S.,
with 20 years
experience as a strength and conditioning professional at the
collegiate level, Kelso currently is the Strength and Conditioning
Coach for St. Louis University. Prior to that he was head strength
and conditioning coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago
where he worked with all 16 men's and women's athletic teams.
From 1991 to 2001, he served in a similar capacity as the Head
Strength and Conditioning Coach at Southeast Missouri State University.
He first started in the strength and conditioning field as an
assistant coach at the University of Florida in 1984, eventually
assuming duties as the Head Strength Coach from 1988 to 1990.
While at Florida, he was also a weight training instructor for
the Department of Physical Education from 1985 to 1988. Kelso
received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Iowa in
1981 and his Master's Degree in Physical Education from Western
Illinois University in 1984. He was a member of the Track and
Field team at Iowa and served as a Graduate Assistant Track &
Field Coach while at Western Illinois. In 2001 he received an
honorary certification from the I.A.R.T. In 1999 Kelso was named
the NSCA Ohio Valley Conference Strength and Conditioning Professional
of the year. He has worked with Olympic athletes as well as athletes
in the NFL, NBA, WTA and in MLB. Along with speaking and working
at various clinics and camps, he has written several training
articles that have appeared in Coach and Athletic Director,
H.I.T. Newsletter, Exercise Protocol, N.S.C.A Journal, and
chapters in the texts Maximize Your Training and Synergy
annuals.
Michael Bradley,
M.S.,
is a fourteen year veteran of major college strength and conditioning
coaching. He is currently the Basketball Strength and Conditioning
Coach at Florida State University. Before arriving at FSU, Coach
Bradley had been an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
at Stanford University, the University of Miami, the United States
Military Academy, the University of South Carolina, and Southern
Methodist University. He has trained a large variety of men's
and women's sports, including football, basketball, swimming,
diving, softball, baseball, volleyball, field hockey, soccer,
and track and field.
Mark Asanovich enters his second season as the Jaguar's Strength
& Conditioning Coach. A nine-year National Football League
(NFL) veteran, Asanovich was hired by Head Coach, Jack DelRio,
on February 1, 2003 after spending six seasons as the Strength
& Conditioning Coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the
2002 season as the Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
for the Baltimore Ravens. Prior to that he served as the Assistant
Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Minnesota Vikings in
1995. Asanovich was one of the first fifteen Certified Strength
& Conditioning Specialists and former Minnesota State Director
for the National Strength & Conditioning Association. He
is also a Certified Health Fitness Instructor, former Professional
Education Committee Member, and former Healthy People 2000 State
Director for the American College of Sports Medicine. He has
also served as an executive board member/consultant for the National
Dance-Exercise Instructors Training Association. In addition,
he served as a member on the Minnesota's Governor's Council on
Health & Physical Fitness and on the Executive Board for
the Minnesota Association of Physical Education, Health, Exercise,
Recreation & Dance. Recognized in Who's Who Among American
Teachers, Asanovich was a contributing author in Death in the
Locker Room II: Drugs and Sports (Elite Sports Medicine Publishers,
1993), and High Intensity Strength Training (Perigue Books: Putnam
Publishing, 1993). He has also published articles in The High
Intensity Training Newsletter, Synergy, and The Conditioning
Quarterly. Asanovich earned his bachelor's degree in education
from St. Cloud State University and his master's in exercise
science from The Ohio State University. As a clinician, Asanovich
has spoken nationally and abroad. He speaks annually in Japan
at the Strongs Japan Football Clinic. He has also spoken at such
national events as: the 1998 American Football Quarterly University,
the 1998 Nike Coach Of The Year Football Clinic, the 1994 Minnesota
HPERD State Convention, 1994 ACSM Northland Fall Tutorial, 1994
& 1995 Minneapolis In Motion, 1993 New Jersey HPERD State
Convention, 1987-95 Midwest Strength & Conditioning Seminars,
1992 University of Toledo Strength Clinic, 1991 MSHSCA All-Star
Clinic, 1989 Coach of the Year Clinic, 1989 McGregor-Nautilus
Clinic, 1985 NSCA National Convention etc. He has also served
as a clinician/faculty member for the American College of Sports
Medicine, Hamline University, and St. Thomas University (St.
Paul, Minnesota).
Brian D. Johnston is
the Founder, Director of Education, a theoretical exercise scientist,
and President of the International Association of Resistance
Trainers, who taught exercise science courses through Canadore
College's distant education program. He is the author of Exercise
Science: Theory & Practice, Scientific Inquiry for Fitness
Clinicians, Apex, No Turning Back, Prescribed Exercise, Origins:
Linking Exercise to the Sciences, Individualism, Fit Marketing,
Metamorphose Optimus, Stress & Recovery, System Analysis:
Critiques of Problematic Training Methodologies, Charting
for Success, and Strength Training: Objective Principles
of an Exact Discipline. He has co-authored other books, including
Rational Strength Training: Principles & Casebook, Kettlebells:
Application & Historical Perspective, Master Trainer Specialist,
the I.A.R.T. Reference Manual, Standards, Ethics and Guidelines
and Nutrition Protocol. He is the developer of the DI-Chi
method of progressive martial arts. He has contributed to the
highly acclaimed medical reference The Merck Manual and
to the book Maximize Your Training. He has produced and
written several videos, including Annihilation, Maximum Technique,
Blitzkrieg, Modern Kettlebells: Basic & Advanced Applications,
and Casey Viator's Video #1. Mr. Johnston has contributed
to various newsletters and magazines, including Exercise Protocol
(Editor-in-Chief), Master Trainer (Contributor),
Fitt Quarterly (Editor-in-Chief), Adrenaline (Editor-in-Chief),
X-ercise Files (Editor-in-Chief), and Ironman (contributor).
Currently he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of
Applied Fitness. He has lectured at various conferences, including
SWIS (Symposium for Weight-training Injury Specialists) and the
Motor City Strength and Conditioning Clinic. He has consulted
for the Fitness Standards Council and is a former bodybuilding
judge under both the Canadian Body Building Federation and the
International Natural Bodybuilding Association. He has coached
numerous competitive and non-competitive athletes in the last
20 years. Mr. Johnston was formerly the Canadian Strength Training
Advisor to MET-Rx and sat on their judging panel for their World's
Best Personal Trainer contest. He is co-designer of the Pendulum
Multi-Station Hybrid exercise machine. He worked for two years
at SpinalWorx, a MedX-based lower back rehabilitation clinic.
Finally, Mr. Johnston is the Director of Operations for Prescribed
Exercise training facilities, and sits on the advisory board
of Sports Science Research.
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