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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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