CSEP Webinar Series

Short Bio

Dr. Stuart Phillips is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a member of the School of Medicine at McMaster University. He is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. Dr. Phillips' work centres on the interaction of exercise/physical activity, aging, and nutrition in skeletal muscle and body composition. Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). He has been in the top 1% of cross-field (nutrition and physiology) highly-cited scholars globally for six straight years 2018-2023.

CSEP Webinar: Being Strong to Live Long(er): What’s the Key Formula?

The ’other’ part of our 24h movement guidelines espouses the virtues of being strong. We are told to engage in strengthening activities twice weekly, and yet the number of people who engage in this portion of the guidelines is shockingly low. Is this a problem? New evidence sheds light on the fact that strengthening activities, including resistance training, share much more in common with aerobic activities in terms of health risk reduction than previously thought. In this webinar, the aim is to provide an up-to-date review of the health-promoting effects of resistance training and why it just might be as, or more, important as aerobic exercise for promoting health, especially as we age.

Dr. Greg Wells Bio

 Physiologist | 5X Best Selling Author | Peak Performance Expert

Dr. Greg Wells is a world-leading physiologist, keynote speaker and best-selling author. Dr. Wells has a PhD in Physiology, served as an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and as a Senior Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children.

Dr. Wells has participated in the grueling Nanisivik Marathon 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Ironman Canada and the Tour D’Afrique, an 11,000 km cycling race that is the longest in the world.

He is author of five best-selling books – Superbodies, The Ripple Effect, The Focus Effect, Rest Refocus Recharge & Powerhouse.

As a TV analyst, Dr. Wells hosted the award-winning Superbodies series, which aired on Olympic television broadcasts worldwide in 2010 and 2012.

He is currently the CEO and founder of Wells Performance, a global consulting firm committed to achieving the moonshot of helping teams, schools and businesses become places where people get healthy, perform optimally and ultimately reach their potential.

Dr. Wells has spoken to audiences all over the world at events such as TEDx, Mastermind Talks and The Titan Summit.

CSEP Webinar: The Science of Sleeping Soundly

Practice sleeping better to craft health and high performance.

Dr. Greg Wells presents a clear path towards exponential health and performance in this keynote based on his international best-selling book, The Ripple Effect. Discover how sleeping soundly more consistently can have an exponential impact on your overall health and performance.

Sleep serves as a cornerstone for brain health, and healing, repairing, and regenerative functions kick into high gear during our resting hours. Quality sleep can improve cognition, learning creativity and innovation making sleep a core practice for all who want to improve wellbeing and sustainable performance.

Drawing from his extensive background as a scientist and physiologist, Dr. Wells will guide you through the science of exponential sleep as it relates to health and performance, offering actionable insights and tactics you can use to optimize your wellbeing.

Dr. Wells will present the 7 keys to sleeping soundly, which are practices that can be installed in everyone’s daily routines and rituals to elevate the ability to rest and recharge via consistently sound sleep.

Audiences will learn:

• The physiology of how the brain heals repairs and regenerates when we sleep
• The 2 specific aspects of sleep that reduce mortality and extend lifespan
• How much sleep we really need and when the brain is most likely to sleep deeply and soundly
• What types of naps work and what type makes you feel worse and how to program these into your day and week if needed
• The key practices that you can install in your routines to improve your sleep quality and your recovery and regeneration
• The one habit that is the most damaging to your sleep
• What metrics to track when using a wearable device that tracks sleep
• The 7 keys to sleeping soundly

Speaker bio

Dr. Ada Tang (she/her) is a physical therapist, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Rehabilitation Science) at McMaster University. Dr. Tang has extensive clinical experience in neurological rehabilitation, which she carries into her research program with the MacStroke Canada research team where they focus on the role of exercise and physical activity on cardiovascular health, fitness, function and recovery after stroke. Dr. Tang and her team incorporates important considerations of sex, gender, and other variables related to recovery after stroke, always with a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion, along with environmental sustainability. Dr Tang received a YWCA Woman of Distinction for her work in stroke rehabilitation and recovery that has been recognized nationally and internationally. She previously held Clinician-Scientist awards with the Ontario Heart & Stroke Foundation, and is an associate editor with Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.

CSEP Webinar: Bridging exercise science and rehabilitation science for stroke recovery

Limited mobility after stroke can contribute to physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours, which can compromise recovery and contribute to higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Exercise and physical activity can help improve many cardiovascular risk factors and may be an effective strategy for primary and secondary prevention. This webinar will explore new research in stroke and exercise that bridges exercise science and rehabilitation science to advance stroke recovery. We will discuss clinical considerations for prescription, effects of training intensity to optimize outcomes, approaches to promote physical activity, and knowledge translation to promote best practices in care after stroke.