Photo by Ingrid Brice - Reebok Delli Fraine 2011
After retirement from his gymnastics career, he began practicing martial arts. Looking for ways to improve his physical abilities to its natural limits, he started CrossFit in 2009. Since he first started, he continued to pursue his development as an athlete and coach in both disciplines.
CrossFit: is a sport attempting to test physical competence in each of ten recognized fitness domains. Cardiovascular and Respiratory endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy.
Crossfit competitor results:
Crossfit Canada East Regionals 2011 – 26th/60
Crossfit World Open 2011 - 871th/13500
Crossfit Canada East Regionals 2010 – 39th/55
Crossfit Canada East Regionals 2009 – 26th/69
Gymnastics, Athlete, and Instructor
Trained for 7 years at Rikigym gymnastic club. Through his career, he won several individual competitions, but particularly, the Québec scholar championships in 1998. He was rewarded with the Athlete of the Year trophy for the periods of 1997-1998 and 1999-2000. As an instructor, he coached for 8 years and has a first level certification which allows him to teach recreational and pre-competitive groups.
Martial Arts
Currently studying Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Patrick Chan (2008 – current). This particular martial art concentrates on the proper utilization of human biomechanics. Balance in motion, timing, and adequate measurements of the distance are key concepts that are studied.
Soccer Player
Played through high school - MVP 2003.
Education
Optimal Performance Training Coaching Certification Program:
- OPT CCP Exercise Physiology: Assessment (practical component in progress)
- OPT CCP Exercise Physiology: Program Design (practical component in progress)
- OPT CCP Nutrition (practical component in progress)
- OPT CCP Lifestyle Coaching (practical component in progress)
- OPT CCP Buissness Systems(practical component in progress)
* Currently being trained by James OPT FitzGerald - former Crossfit Champion 2007
- Olympic Lifting certification & athlete under Pierre Roy (2010 - current)
- Mathieu Lalonde nutrition seminar 2010-2011
- Crossfit Trainer Level 1 (2010)
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Co-op Program & Biomedical Engineering Specialization, Dalhousie University (2002 –2007 Graduated May 2007)
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, McGill University Transferred to Mechanical Engineering Program At Dalhousie University (2001 - 2002)
The engineering programs offered at McGill and Dalhousie Universities are both limited-enrolment degrees that focus on mastery of the fundamental principles of Mechanical Engineering such as Engineering Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Probability & Statistics, Design and Graphics, Engineering Economics, Electric Circuits, Machine Design, as well as written and oral communication skills.
As an elective courses offered by the biomedical engineering department, I completed two graduate course; Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (BMNG 5040), and Biomechanical Engineering (MECH 4650.03). In BMNG 5040, some of the topics covered included the history of biomedical engineering, experimental design and instrumentation, approaches to equipment design, statistical principles for measurement and quality control, optimization principles, economic considerations and impact of technology on medicine, and ethical concerns in animal and human experimentation.
This second class (MECH 4650.03) focused on engineering analysis of biological systems in order to provide novel insight into evolutionary design of animals and plants and into the intelligent design of medical devices. This class examined the structure and function of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems using tools from solid and fluid mechanics. Topics included the heart as a pump, blood flow, arterial pulse propagation, the mechanics of breathing lung elasticity, muscle contraction, tissue mechanics, basic skeletal design, locomotion, and engineering of surgical implants.
