Performance Consulting
I draw upon years of accumulated wisdom in the coaching, education, and clinical spheres to help improve performance and provide results.
Hey, I’m Aaron.
The athletes I’ve coached, my troop mates, and my best friends like to call me Chew or Chewie. I’m a proud former Auxiliary Constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and former enlisted member of the Canadian Armed Forces.
At a young age,, I fell in love with learning and passing the lessons I learn to the next generation. This led to a 15-year career in coaching, education, and clinical work, and a quest to become an expert educator, healer, and coach. I hold a Master’s in Kinesiology (UBC), a Bachelor’s in Criminology (SFU), a diploma in massage therapy (Ontario College), and a certificate in medical acupuncture (McMaster University). I am also a sessional instructor for the UBC School of Kinesiology teaching anatomy and physiology, and have lectured at other post-secondary institutions including Capilano University, Langara College, and Douglas College.
Throughout my career as a coach, I have provided leadership for thousands of athletes and students across all levels from grassroots to the top 1%. The pinnacle of my career spanned more than it should have: winning a basketball national championship on home court in Toronto in 2022, three-months month later moving to Kamloops with the honour of being named the first head strength coach in Thompson Rivers University history, and then helping the TRU Wolfpack Men’s Soccer Team to a national championship on home turf at Hillside Stadium in the Tournament Capital of Canada just five months after that. Around that same time, I was able to secure a $500,000 donation from the Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund (KLSF) and tasked to imagine, design, and build the gym of my dreams. This dream of mine is now known as the Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund (KLSF) high performance training centre in the TRU Old Gym. Previous to this, I spent five seasons in professional sport with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and BC Lions football clubs (CFL), and have worked with other championship programs including Canada Basketball, Basketball BC, the University of Washington, and Simon Fraser University.
Personally, I’m a basketball player and Olympic weightlifter. A lifetime on the hardwood being mentored by Hall of Famers and Canadian National Team members instilled a passion and obsession with bettering myself and others around me. Now, I use their lessons along with a barbell and weights to meditate, reflect, and fuel my competitive fire. In my spare time, I like to play basketball, lift weights, practice muay thai, play chess, cook food, study philosophy, and create art.
What I love about health, sports, and high-performance is the intentionality required to create harmony between body, mind, and spirit. And, I admire the cultivation of identity, character, and leadership through self-reflection. But most of all, I’m endeared by sport’s ability to transcend sociopolitical barriers and foster meaningful relationships with like-minded people through the embracement of adversity, introspection, and growth.
If these values resonate, it would be my pleasure to work together.
Years of post-secondary education in kinesiology, clinical science, physiology, psychology, and philosophy.
Years of leadership across elite high school, collegiate, provincial, national, and professional levels.
Seasons in elite professional sports as an Integrated Support Team (IST) member (S&C/RMT/AT).
Collegiate institutions across Canada and the United States (NAIA, CCAA, USport, and NCAA).
National Champion (x2). Provincial Champion (x5). Let’s win another one together.
I draw upon years of accumulated wisdom in the coaching, education, and clinical spheres to help improve performance and provide results.
Enhance recovery from training and competition using deep tissue massage, Fascial Stretch Therapy, and neurofunctional acupuncture.
Speed, strength, agility, and power development including increasing lean muscle mass and improving body composition.
Rehab and reconfigure your body for maximum performance and recovery with neurofunctional acupuncture and electrical muscle stimulation.
Spreading knowledge, wisdom and understanding through lectures, curriculum design, and course delivery. Build your career.
Elite quality performance care with convenience and affordability. Customized care and agile programming that grows with you.