Author: Chris Chapman
Chris the Director of Sport Science at PUSH and a strength and conditioning coach. Before joining PUSH in 2016, he worked as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO), the government not-for-profit that supports Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes. He was directly responsible for the training and testing of their national teams in CanoeKayak, Gymnastics (Trampoline), and Freestyle Ski (Slopestyle). He also worked with numerous other national and provincial teams including Ice Hockey, Figure Skating, Cycling (Mountain/Road), and Basketball.
He has an undergraduate degree in kinesiology from McMaster University, specializing in athletic therapy and exercise physiology, and a Master’s of Science in Biomechanics from the University of Toronto, specializing in quantitative motion analysis and lower limb mechanics. He holds numerous designations including Certified Exercise Physiologist (CSEP-CEP), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Kinanthropometrist (ISAK-1), and coach trained through the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) in Olympic weightlifting and athletics (sprints and jumps).
There are many ways to assess the quality of your kettlebell training. One is being mindful of how your training feels. Another, admittedly more scientific way, is to keep tabs on how fast your body is moving to determine how fast and hard you’re swinging, cleaning, snatching, or pressing the bell. In other words, how […]
