Background:
Born in Nova Scotia and no stranger to high performance sport himself, Adam has competed at an elite level in Baseball, Hockey, Football, and Basketball. He earned the opportunity to pursue several athletic US scholarships for both Baseball and Football. Unfortunately, chronic injuries due to imbalanced muscle development and poor conditioning lead to a decline in his performance and was forced to stop playing competitive sports.
With a true passion for the world of sport, and always wanting to be close to the competition of sport, Adam pursued a degree in Kinesiology and a career devoted to building better athletes. He has had the privilege of helping some of the most elite athletes from a host of different sports including hockey, football, mixed martial arts, skiing, wrestling, boxing, etc. His accomplishments and constant drive to learn has led Adam to be recognized as a premier strength and conditioning professional among his peers and colleagues.
Philosophy:
Adam believes in taking a holistic approach to athletic performance based on functional movement assessments, exercise related nutritional evaluations, specific corrective and dynamic exercises, and a host of other measurements. This detailed analysis ensures efficient movement patterns, balanced muscular development and optimal nutrient intake for overall health, body composition, and performance.
When an athlete trains they should train with a purpose, and that is to perform. Far too often athletes forget their purpose and train for other things, like big muscles. While these forms of training have a purpose, it's not for performing efficient movements like the athlete's body should. This approach typically results in a race between stimulating muscle as much possible before frying the central nervous system. Unfortunately, it's that same nervous system that continues to run the entire body after you train. And it's that same nervous system that masterminds improvement in performance.
With a better feeling for the nervous system, whole body balanced movements and good nutrition, an athlete can significantly improve the effectiveness of their training. These are the core fundamentals of Adam's approach to training both athletes and personal clients.
Qualifications:
Exercise Physiology Consultant (Humandynamix), Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (Brock University), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), Certified Precision Nutrition Specialist (Precision Nutrition), Volunteer Kinesiologist/Exercise physiology consultant (Accelerated Health and Wellness Center)
Recent Highlights:
This past summer, Adam ran the strength and conditioning component of the National Hockey Institute (NHI, now referred to as Pro Playmakers), an innovative Hockey Development Program for elite Hockey players at Ridley College in St. Catharines. During the program, Adam was fortunate to work with NHL hall of fame legend Igor Larionov, as well as with hockey players of all ages and development levels including; 8-15 year old boys and girls, elite European prospects, OHL/NCAA top prospects, as well as NHL superstars.
Current Focus:
Working for and learning from friend and mentor Andy O'brien, who is the president of Humandynamix and is the most sought after human performance specialist in the world. Adam is now working with some of the top athletes from a variety of professional sports (Buffalo Bandits of the NLL, Canadian Olympic Wrestling and Ski Programs, OHL/NCAA/NHL players, etc).
Continuing to collaborate with friend and mentor Dr. John Berardi, president of Precision Nutrition and world renowned exercise nutritionist. Dr. Berardi has helped Adam broaden his knowledge of high performance sport nutrition which he uses to help athletes achieve optimal nutrient intake for performance and overall health.
