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To perform better
For athletes, executives and others whose lives ask a great deal of them, capacity creates more options—not only in performance, but in life.
Founder · Coach · Writer · Builder
I have spent my life studying what helps people move forward.
For more than three decades, I have helped people understand their bodies, regain confidence in what they can do and build the capacity to participate more fully in their lives.
30+Years in practice
TorontoCanada
Why I do this
Movement is where I begin.
The person is where I focus.
My work began with movement, but it has never been only about exercise. The way a person stands, breathes, sleeps, recovers and responds to difficulty tells a larger story. I pay attention to that story.
Two people may arrive with the same goal or limitation, but they rarely arrive with the same history, motivations or needs. My responsibility is to understand the person in front of me, see what may be holding them back and find the place where meaningful progress can begin.
How I learned to see
The science of movement.
The art of seeing people.
My academic background in Human Kinetics and Fine Arts gave me two ways to understand this work. Human Kinetics taught me to examine how the body moves, adapts and performs. Fine Arts strengthened my ability to observe, interpret and recognize relationships that others might overlook.
Together, they taught me to see both the mechanics of movement and the person doing the moving. Good coaching begins with knowledge. Exceptional coaching also requires attention, curiosity and a willingness to look beyond the obvious answer.
Three decades in practice
No two bodies arrive with the same story.
I have worked with people across the human-performance spectrum—from professional athletes and executives to people rebuilding after complex injuries. Their objectives differ, but the work always begins by understanding what matters to them.
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To trust the body again
After pain, injury or a long period of limitation, progress begins by replacing fear and uncertainty with understanding and earned confidence.
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To remain fully in life
As priorities and bodies change, intelligent movement helps people continue doing the things that give their lives meaning.
Methods matter, but they remain tools. The person always comes first.
A way of thinking
The right effort, in the right place, at the right time.
I do not begin by asking which exercise someone should do. I begin by asking what their body is prepared to do, what their life demands and what they want to be able to do again.
That thinking led me to P.A.S.S.E.S.—Position, Alignment, Stability, Strength, Endurance and Speed. It is not a rigid exercise system. It is an order of operations for deciding what a person needs next and resisting the temptation to rush toward performance before its foundations are ready.
01PPosition
02AAlignment
03SStability
04SStrength
05EEndurance
06SSpeed
Momentum does not require constant intensity. It grows when we apply the right effort, in the right place, at the right time—and allow capacity to accumulate.
A wider definition of capacity
The work has always been about expanding what becomes possible.
Coaching is one expression of that belief. Entrepreneurship, education and philanthropy are others.
2001
Balance Personal Training, Fitness & Rehabilitation
I co-founded Balance to create a more thoughtful and individual approach to movement, performance and rehabilitation.
2010
Jamaican Children’s Fund for Technology
I established the fund with Rogers Communications, IBM Canada and the Sandals Resorts Foundation. Our first project equipped Manning’s School with 82 computers, two computer laboratories and an internet café.
2014
Devon Colbert McGregor Scholarship
Victoria College at the University of Toronto established the scholarship to support students pursuing mathematics and science.
Today
A broader view of wellness
Through the Momentum Active Company, I continue to explore how movement, health, hospitality, technology and design can create better experiences of wellness.
The work beneath the work
People do not need another impossible standard. They need an honest understanding of where they are, a meaningful reason to move forward and a place to begin.
My work today
Two ways to work together.
The setting may change, but the purpose remains consistent: to help people understand themselves more clearly and make progress that means something to them.