chris spencer
Strength & Conditioning Specialist
Hometown
West Vancouver, B.C.
Athletic background
Played collegiate basketball for UBC Okanagan in Kelowna
Played basketball, hockey, baseball, soccer, rugby and tennis, and participated in track and field at the school and community level
Loves to snowboard and cross country ski in winter
Experience
Strength and conditioning specialist at Level 10 since 2012
Coach for 3D basketball from 2013-2016
High-performance trainer for Basketball BC
Internship with Vancouver Whitecaps for two seasons as medical staff
Summer internship at Level 10 in 2011
Member of the UBCO Human Kinetics Student Union and Heat Athletes Council; student speaker at graduation ceremony
Some of my guiding principles
Educate and enable safe strength training principles with youth.
Promote improved strength while not sacrificing quality of movement.
Causes I care about
I coach boys' basketball at St. Thomas Aquinas School in North Vancouver.
I continue to educate and encourage youth athletes to effectively prepare for their sports using resistance training.
What my clients can expect
To have their weaknesses identified, challenged and transformed into strengths
To leave each session feeling better than before they arrived
Qualifications
Bachelor of Human Kinetics, specializing in clinical exercise physiology, UBC Okanagan
Certified Personal Trainer - Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist - CSCS
Level 1 USAW