Articles and Media
Men's Fitness Print
Women's Fitness Print
Endurance Athletes
Go Ahead and Jump: Using plyometric training to improve running performance
Canadian Running Jul/Aug 2010
Run Strong: Effective Strength, Power and Core Training for the Endurance Runner
BC Coaches Perspective Fall 2010
Power Your Way to Speed: Improved Strength Leads to a Faster You
Canadian Cycling Magazine Feb/Mar 2012
Media Appearances
- Jon quoted in My Glutes Look Amazing. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Beware: The Group Fitness Crutch. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 8 Ultra Effective Workout Moves that Top Fitness Trainers Love. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in How to Minimize Your Risk of Injury When Lifting Heavier Weights. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Why Deadlifts are Worth the Hype and How to Do Them Safely. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Here’s How To Start Running, Stick With It, And Not Totally Hate It. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Become a Better Pick-up Basketball Player with These Strength Exercises. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in How to Breathe when Working Out and Running. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in The Real Weight Loss Workout. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Supersize Your Biceps – Without a Single Curl. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in A Simple Way to Build New Muscle. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Is This Making You Fat? Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Is Your Body Made For Running? Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in How Long Should it Take to See Muscle Definition. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Build Muscle Fast: 5 Training Methods You Forgot About. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Trainer Q&A: Are Machine-Workouts Dead? Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Strength Training for Marathon Runners. Link HERE.
- Thomas King quoted in 6 Exercises that Naturally Increase Testosterone in Men. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 5 Exercise Machines That Aren’t Worth Your Time. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 5 Smarter Ways to Train Your Heart. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 9 Reasons Not to Skip Leg Day. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in The CrossFit Craze: Should You Try It? by Jessica Smith for iVillage. Link HERE.
- Contributed to How to Run Your Best Half-Marathon (ever) put together by the folks at the Greatist. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 18 Running Workouts to Try Something New. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Trainers Reveal: The Best Total Body Moves of All Time. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 8 Cardio Myths That Are Making You Fat. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 15 Exercises Trainers Would Never Do. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Trainers Reveal: Motivational Mantras That Get Results. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in The Best Inner-Thigh Exercises for Women. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Trainers Reveal: The Exercise I’m Loving Right Now. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Ask a Health editor on Flare.com on the topic of muscle cramps – June 2008. Link HERE.
- Interviewed on the Bodycast podcast, Ep. 8 on perfecting your running stride. November 2012. Link HERE.
- Interviewed on the Canadian Running Magazine Podcast on Running Resolutions. January 2012. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Snow Shovelling for Runners. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Overtraining: What Is It and How to Recognize It. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 20 Top Trainers’ Best Motivational Quotes on Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in What Muscles Do Wide-Grip Pullups Work? on Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in How Often Should You Take a Break From Lifting Weights? on Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in How to Build Muscle Power on Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Circuit Training Barbell Exercises on Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in 9 Essential Strength Benchmarks for Women on Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- Interviewed on WeightTraining.com. Link HERE.
- Jon quoted in Infuse your classes and training sessions with the fun factor written by Amanda Vogel in the April/May 2010 issue of ACE Certified News.
- Jon quoted in 7 Ways to Maximize your Workout. Link HERE.
Online Articles
- Hybrid Density Training: The Best Fat Loss Workout You’re NOT Doing. Link HERE.
- 10 Reasons You’re Not Building Muscle. Link HERE.
- The Abdominal Trifecta Workouts. Link HERE.
- Intensity Amplifier: Four Rep Tempos in One. Link HERE.
- 6 Recovery Strategies for the Workout-aholic. Link HERE.
- 11 Reasons You’re Not Breaking Through Training Plateaus. Link HERE.
- 4 Weightlifting Tips to Master. Link HERE.
- 5 Ways to Fire Up Your Cardio. Link HERE.
- 8 Ways to Spice Up a Plank. Link HERE.
- Two Weeks to Strength Workout. Link HERE.
- Workout Finisher: Metabolic Cardio Mix Up. Link HERE.
- Two Weeks to Burn Fat Fast. Link HERE.
- 5 Reasons You’re Tired of Working Out. Link HERE.
- Time Crunch Training: 15-minute Chest Routine. Link HERE.
- Time Crunch Training: 10-minute Back Blast. Link HERE.
- Time Crunch Training: 15-minute to Wider Shoulders. Link HERE.
- Time Crunch Training: 10-minute Arm Blow Out. Link HERE.
- Time Crunch Training: 10-minute Leg Circuit. Link HERE.
- Workout Finisher: The Single Plate Complex. Link HERE.
- 10 Ways to Build Strength Without Size. Link HERE.
- 10 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Workouts. Link HERE.
- 5 Ways to Amp Up Barbell Complexes. Link HERE.
- 9 Ways to Amp Up a Pull Up. Link HERE.
- Uncommon Exercises to Combat Training Problems. Link HERE.
- 5 Ways to Amp Up Muscle Growth. Link HERE.
- December Bulk Fest. Link HERE.
- 5 Ways to Progress Your Workouts. Link HERE.
- Build Mass with Squats and Milk. Link HERE.
- 6-Week Fat Blast. Link HERE.
- 5 Tips for Cold Weather Training. Link HERE.
- March Madness Strength & Conditioning Program. Link HERE.
- Medicine Ball Exercises for Strength Training. Link HERE.
- Strategic Exercise Pairing for More Size. Link HERE.
- Strategic Circuit Training for Maximum Calorie Burn. Link HERE.
- Stagger Your Stance for More Gains. Link HERE.
- A Surfire Way to Learn the Clean. Link HERE.
- A Surfire Way to Learn the Snatch. Link HERE.
- 2-a-Day Training for Radical Gains. Link HERE.
- Why The Word ‘Cardio’ Doesn’t Make Sense. Link HERE.
- Single Arm Training: The Ab Solution You’ve Never Thought Of. Link HERE.
- The Real Tabata. Link HERE.
- The Misery Machine: 4 Brutal Fan Bike Workouts. Link HERE.
- The Road to Two-Plates. Link HERE.
- 3 Rules for Effective Sandbag Training. Link HERE.
- How 4 Letters Can Spell Fitness Success. Link HERE.
- How to Strength Train for Cycling. Link HERE.
- Safely Improve Your Shoulder Strength and Mobility. Link HERE.
- 5 Rules to Faster Running. Link HERE.
- In Pursuit Of Speed: 6 Sure-Fire Tips To Make You Run Faster. Link HERE.
- 3 Ways to Spice Up the Rear-Foot Elevated Split Squat. Coauthored with Thomas King. Link HERE.
- 5 Ways to Spice Up the Lateral Raise. Coauthored with Thomas King. Link HERE.
- The Ultimate Hybrid Size Workout. Link HERE.
- 5 Bodybuilding Rules You Have to Break to Add Size. Link HERE.
- Fat Loss Methods: Which is Right For You? Link HERE.
- Become a Basement Badass. Link HERE.
- My Top 3 Eye-Openers from the DVRT Ultimate Sandbag Training Level I & II Certification Course. Link HERE.
- Training in 3D. Link HERE.
- Work Your Core Off the Floor. Prevention.com. Link HERE.
- 16 Exercise Favorites from the World’s Best Trainers. Livestrong.com. Link HERE.
- The Death of “Functional” in Personal Training. The Personal Trainer Development Center. Link HERE.
- What are Strength Exercises for Runners? The Science and the Programming. Link HERE.
- GPP: Train for Life and Prepare for Anything. The Greatist. Link HERE.
- How to Fix the Most Common Workout Mistakes. The Greatist. Co-authored with JC Deen. Link HERE.
- The Ultimate Sandbag Full Body Workout. The Greatist. Link HERE.
- Optimal Core Training for Runners. Link HERE.
- Squat Like It’s Hot. Link HERE.
- Warm-up Tips for Race Day. Link HERE.
- 5 Reasons You’re Not Getting Stronger. Link HERE.
- The Crunch-less Core Workout for Runners. Link HERE.
- 3 Lunge Variations You Should Be Doing. Link HERE.
- 6 Injury-Reducing Exercises for Runners. Link HERE.
- 5 Olympic-Lifting Variations for Runners. Link HERE.
- Coach’s Corner: Troubleshooting the Front Plank. Link HERE.
- Coach’s Corner: Troubleshooting the Kettlebell Swing. Link HERE.
- Coach’s Corner: Troubleshooting the Deadlift. Link HERE.
- Coach’s Corner: Troubleshooting the Reverse Lunge. Link HERE.
- Coach’s Corner: Troubleshooting the Squat. Link HERE.
- Dumbbell Complexes for Faster Running. Link HERE.
- An Introduction to Sandbag Training for Runners. Link HERE.
- 6 Exercises to Work Your Glutes. Link HERE.
- Quoted in The Importance of Back Strength for Runners. Link HERE.
- How Runners can Improve Foot Strength. Link HERE.
- 5 Steps to Engage Your Glutes During Strength Training. Link HERE.
- Planks Gone Bad. Link HERE.
- What’s in Your Gym Bag? Link HERE.
- Natural Running. Link HERE.
- Strength Work for Runners. Link HERE.
- Exercise of the Month: Angled Barbell Squat. Link HERE.
- 3 Tips to Improve Your Core Training. Men’s Running, UK.