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  • Critical thinking,  Fitness,  Fitness testing & measurement,  Principles of exercise

    Fit vs Physically Active

    April 20, 2018/

    One of my graduate assistant roles at the University of Alberta was to conduct fitness tests for the Faculty’s Fitness Testing Unit. The Unit targeted the general population and their health and wellbeing and was well subscribed. We followed standardised…

  • Critical thinking,  Fitness,  Fitness testing & measurement,  Physical activity,  Strength & conditioning

    The devil’s in the detail

    April 5, 2018/

    Sometimes I wonder about the supposed advances in sciences, particularly the rapid emergence of technologies, and whether they are often more problematic than helpful. We live in a world where we prefer to see things as causes and effects. Mostly…

  • Critical thinking,  Fitness testing & measurement,  Functional exercise,  Gimmicks

    Functional? Movement? Screen?

    March 22, 2018/

    Measuring what for what? I’ve just been working on a chapter from our book (longest title ever – Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Practice) and I touched on Functional Movement…

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