Peak Centre :: Our Team

Dr. Reed is a national award winning career sports scientist whose work with Canadian and American sports teams has been well recognized for three decades. He has won recognition as an exceptional teacher in the programs of the University of Ottawa and the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program. As the developer of a dozen national team training programs and twice as many sport specific fitness tests, he has created many of the tools in use by today's athletes and coaches. His original work continues with new contributions to the education, assessment, and vocational programs of the Centre.

Paul is the Head Exercise Physiologist at the Peak Centre in Vancouver. Paul completed his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, with a specialization in Biomechanics, from the University of Calgary. He is a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the U.S. based National Strength and Conditioning Association. Paul has almost a decade of experience working with a wide range of endurance athletes from beginner to elite as well a variety of speed/power and team sport athletes. Paul's sport background is quite varied as well. He has competed in marathons, triathlon (including Ironman Canada) and mountain bike racing. He has also represented Alberta in karate and is a 2nd degree blackbelt.

Ken Brunet obtained his exercise science degree at the University of Ottawa and is a Professional Fitness and Lifestyle Consultant with the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology. He was the director of the Exercise Physiology Lab at the Ottawa Sport Science Center for 7 years and is currently co-founder and President of the Peak Center for Human Performance; an Accredited Elite Athlete Testing and Training Center. Ken specializes in training monitoring, training plan development and consulting for many National Olympic and professional team athletes and coaches. While being part of sport science committees for National Sport Organizations, Ken also teaches, consults and gives seminars to various groups such as: physical education teachers, national coaching program, college level courses, personal trainer, fitness instructors etc..

Kevin obtained his Exercise Physiology degree from the University of Ottawa, with a concentration in High Performance Testing and Training in 1998. In 2000, Kevin co-founded the PEAK Centre for Human Performance; one of only eight accredited high performance fitness testing and training facilities in Canada. Over the past 5 years, Kevin has had the opportunity to work with over 20 Olympic and Professional teams (as a sport physiologist, fitness evaluator, coach consultant, training plan developer), and is currently a sport science consultant for Canadian National Gymnastics, Canadian National Sailing, Canadian National Cycling, Canadian Professional Golf Association (CPGA), and the Mexican National Golf Association. As well, Kevin also teaches sport and occupational physiology at local colleges in the Ottawa region.

Ed McNeely received his Masters degree in Exercise physiology from the University of Ottawa in 1994 and has been involved in the strength and conditioning industry for 15 years. He has been a consultant to 17 Canadian National and professional sports teams. Ed is the author of three books, One Hundred Strength Exercises, Training for Rowing, and Skillful Rowing, and is currently working on a book about integrating strength training into the High School and Middle School PE curriculum. He has published over 100 articles on training and athlete conditioning covering topics such as strength training, plyometrics, making weight, assessing fitness, speed and power development, planning and periodization, and aerobic fitness. He is a frequent resource for other writers, acting as an expert for articles in Muscle & Fitness, Outside Magazine, the Georgia Tech Sports Medicine Newsletter, the Rowing News, the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen and the Discovery Channel.