He completed his PhD at the Sport Medicine Centre at the University of Calgary in Medical Science with a specialization in Joint Injury and Arthritis. A research methodologist by training, his main research interests are the design and reporting of randomized controlled trials as well as measurement tool development and validation. He has consulted for Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness magazines as well as Experience Life” magazine, and sits on the editorial board for the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, and also on the advisory board of Examine.com. He blogs at Evidence-Based Fitness, a site that critically examines research topics in fitness and nutrition.