SWIS SYMPOSIUM 2015 Presenter Bios and Topic Description Fri. Nov. 13 8:30-9:00

Opening Presentation - Dr. Ken Kinakin and Presenters

1000lbs Squat Demo with Shane Church and live EMG Testing with David Sandler

Shane Church, Professional Strongman

He started competing in Strongman in Canada in 2007. With nothing to do in the winter, he started competing in Powerlifting and never looked back. Shane currently trains in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and has personal best lifts of 1036 pound squat, 644 pound bench, and 749 deadlift, and a Canadian record total of 2402 pounds, all in the 242-pound weight class.

David Sandler, MS, CISSN, CSCS*D, RSCC*D, HFD, HFI, FNSCA, FISSN

He has been a consultant and strength and conditioning coach for the past 25 years and has worked with the nations top organizations and some of the worlds best athletes. David is the President of StrengthPro, a training and nutrition consulting group. David is the former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). David has been the lead exercise and sports physiologist for more than 40 episodes of television for National Geographics series Fight Science, Super Strength, the Science of Steroids, and Impossible Science, and the Emmy Award winning Sport Science series on Fox Sports Network. In addition, David was the Science Advisor and Sports Physiologist for Jesse James is a Dead Man, the series, with Spike TV and has filmed several episodes as the Science Expert for History Channels Stan Lees Superhumans. David is a former powerlifter and three-time U.S. national bench press champion and his research and passion is with strength and power development.

Shane confirmed that he is going to Squat a 1000 Pounds at SWIS Symposium 2015 on November 13, 2015 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Yes you read that correctly... Shane is going to Squat a 1000 pounds for everyone at the opening of SWIS 2015. You see, I have been racking my brain as to who to get for a keynote presenter for SWIS 2015, since I have the best in the world presenting at it. So instead of getting another presenter, I want to create an experience for everyone. Most people have never seen a 1000 pound squat and it is incredible to see it live. I saw Lee Moran squat 1003 pounds in 1984, and I was only 30 feet away when he did it at the Senior National Powerlifting Championships in Dayton Ohio. It was incredible and will never forget it.

And we are going to amp it up one better. My good friend David Sandler, who did a lot of EMG testing on the TV show Sport Science, and is also presenting at SWIS 2015, is bringing his Blue Tooth EMG equipment and Shane has agreed to be hooked up to surface electrodes as he is squatting the 1000 pounds. We are going to hook up David's computer to a projector and you will see in real time which muscles fire and how much when Shane is squatting. This has never been done before and will be incredible to see what muscles fire and how much with this weight. This will be history making research and you have to be there live to experience it.

Fri. Nov. 13 - 9:30-11:00

Matt Nichol - The Art of Coaching Matt Nichol, who is one of the top Strength and Conditioning Coaches to Elite Athletes in the country. Matt is a veteran Strength and Conditioning Coach who has trained professional and elite amateur athletes since the late 1990s, working with numerous individuals and teams from the NHL, NFL, CFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA and CIS, Basketball Canada, Tennis Canada, Gymnastics Canada, Bobsleigh Canada and the Canadian Track and Field Association. In 1998, Matt founded his own company; now called Paragenix Systems Inc. (Paragenix). He is the President, Head Coach and Nutritionist at Paragenix, the home of Canadas premier summer, off-season hockey camps for NHL and elite amateur players. Every detail of the programs offered at the camps, from musculoskeletal functional assessments, to individualized training program design and nutritional plans, is designed and led by Matt with support from a carefully selected group of professional coaches, trainers and other expert personnel. Kelly Armstrong - How to Treat Scars that Turn Off Muscles Using the Neurostim

Kelly Armstrong has been an Occupational Therapist for 17 years and currently has a private practice in Jacksonville, FL. She has worked in various settings and populations during her career. She has specialized in Pediatrics, Pain Management and has recently turned her focus to Womens Health Issues. She is certified in MPS-SRT (Scar Release Therapy), Sensory Integration (SIPT), Interactive Metronome, and Therapeutic Listening. She has also extensively studied Oriental Medicine, Neuro-Anatomical Acupuncture, Integrative Pain Therapies, and Erik Daltons Myoskeletal Techniques. Kelly is author of Functional Acupuncture for Womens Health, and co-author of Functional Acupuncture for Pain Management. She helped to develop Advanced Pediatric Lecture Protocols for Acumed Medical. Kelly is a MPS Therapy Instructor and a Master Pain Practitioner (MPP). Kelly has a published article on the National Pain Report website and her own blog, Healing for Womens Health, (www.queenofscars.com) Kevin Darby - Fascial Stretch Therapy Techniques for the Shoulder

As Director of STWI (Stretch to Win Institute) Canada, Kevin is a natural leader. Innovative and forward thinking he is the perfect choice to expand the reach of FST (Fascial Stretch Therapy) and the Institute. Head Instructor, business owner, husband and father are just a few of the many "hats" Kevin wears on a daily basis.

Kevin is the owner of Darby Training Systems: www.darbytrainingsystems.com which offers educational courses for personal trainers and health care professionals focused on improving client outcomes.

Kevin has been involved in structured physical conditioning programs for over twenty years. He has competed in, coached and officiated several sports at the provincial, university, national and international levels, included representing Canada as a member of the Canadian Forces Military Pentathlon Team.

During that period of time, he has been exposed to different training methods and philosophies including internships with Charles Poliquin and the St. Louis Blues (NHL). He has been a part of the course conductor staff for the Poliquin International Certification Program (PICP) and

Fascial Stretch Therapist Certification (Stretch to Win Institute). He has trained and treated both professional (NHL, NLA, CFL and WTA) and amateur athletes (Olympic Games Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, FIS) and has published research that focuses on movement quality and fitness.

He is a published research and holds a Bachelor of Education degree and is a NSCA Certified Personal Trainer.

Presentation Description:

Fascial Stretch Therapy (FST) is a cutting edge PNF based stretching system that is very effective in improving joint range of motion, promoting recovery and breaking down barriers that inhibit strength and power. In this session, you will learn practical techniques that you can apply immediately to your clients. These techniques currently used on athletes in every major sports league in North America will improve range of motion and can facilitate improved performance. Join us for this practical session and add a new skill that can enhance your clients recovery and results.

Dr. Jordan Moon - Advanced Muscle and Fat Physiology, Biochemistry, and Measurement

Dr. Jordan R. Moon is currently the MusclePharm Sports Science Center Research Director, NSCA Colorado State Director, as well as a faculty member for the Department of Sports Exercise Science at The United States Sports Academy. Dr. Moon is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction (CSCS*D) and a Certified Health and Fitness Specialist (HFS). Dr. Moon has trained all levels of athletes, including professionals in Major League baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, as well as college athletes and teams in addition to youth and fitness clients. He has presented at multiple scientific conferences and has published more than sixty research articles and abstracts in the areas of sports nutrition and human body composition and changes regarding age and fitness level. His publications can be found in The British Journal of Nutrition; The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Clinical Nutrition; Dynamic Medicine; The European Journal of Applied Physiology; The International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism; Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism; The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research; The Journal of The International Society of Sports Nutrition; Nutrition and Metabolism; The Sport Journal; and the Sport Digest.

Dr. Moon also serves as a research reviewer for the NSCA, the International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins / Wolters Kluwer Health, Human Kinetics, Springer Science+Busniess Media, NRC Research Press, Reed Elsevier PLC, Oxford University Press, The American Physiological Society, Assist Group Comp., BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. & the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and the Southern Gerontological Society, where he has reviewed articles for The International Sportsmed Journal; The Strength and Conditioning Journal; The International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance; The European Journal of Applied Physiology; The Journal of Physiological Anthropology; Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism; Clinical Nutrition; Nutrition Research; Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation; The Journal of Applied Physiology; The Journal of Sports Science & Medicine; The British Journal of Sports Medicine; The Asian Journa