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I started coaching people to make a difference in their lives for the better, teaching them about training in the pool and on land. Whatever your goals or starting point is, All my energy goes into helping you get fitter and become the best version of yourself!
If you are looking for a coach to challenge you appropriately given your athletics abilities and levels of fitness, if you are looking to work and commit to improving your health and make better lifestyle choices, if you are looking to understand why you will perform specific exercises or why I give you a correction, you have come to the right place.
You will move better. You will become stronger. Furthermore, you will live a healthier and happier life!
If you are looking for a coach to challenge you appropriately given your athletics abilities and levels of fitness, if you are looking to work and commit to improving your health and make better lifestyle choices, if you are looking to understand why you will perform specific exercises or why I give you a correction, you have come to the right place.
You will move better. You will become stronger. Furthermore, you will live a healthier and happier life!
- Coach Boivin
Coach Boivin
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Jason's Story
Jason started swimming competitively on his 8th birthday and continued to swim until past his 24th birthday. He swam at the Pointe-Claire Swim Club, competing locally, provincially and nationally. When Jason was in his teens, he coached kids during the summers in Montreal’s West Island. At McGill University, he studied Civil Engineering and swam for the varsity team.
In the fall of 2012, Jason returned to coaching during his final semester at school, taking on a role with the McGill Triathlon club. Falling in love with coaching again, he decided to pursue coaching full time. His career quickly picked up steam. The next year, he worked with the McGill Masters Swimming, the McGill Triathlon Club, the Varsity Team and individual clients. At the same time, he became a Strength and Conditioning coach, training the same groups of athletes on land.
Jason eventually went on to teach at McGill. He began mentoring 4th-year Kinesiology students in 2014 and lecturing 1st-year Kinesiology students in 2016 and 3rd-year Phys-ed students in 2019.
Over the next few years, Jason spent all his free time and energy learning. He read books, listened to expert presentations, and travelled the continent to take classes and seminars from those he believed could teach him most. Learning is not something you start to finish, it is an ongoing experience, and it is something he loves. Whether the student or the teacher, you are always learning provided you have the right mindset.
In November 2017, Jason had a bike crash that changed his life. On the way to morning coaching for the McGill Triathlon Club, he slipped on an icy path. The crash resulted in a concussion and whiplash, in which the symptoms lingered for years. In the process of recovery, Jason began to understand the mental side of training and recovery.
Seeking a change, in the fall of 2019, Jason started his master’s degree at the University of Ottawa in Human Kinetics, with a concentration in Intervention and Consultation. At the same time, he began working with the uOttawa Geegees varsity swimming and the HPC centre at uOttawa.
After two years at uOttawa, Jason left the university context to pursue MPC and entrepreneurship full time.
Jason has a very dynamic and holistic coaching style. He understands that the client is, first and foremost, a human being. Many factors besides what is done in the gym go into helping clients achieve their goals. He is unafraid to take multiple approaches for the client to know what they are doing and, most importantly, why. Programs often include the foundational lifts, Olympic lifts and cyclic and mixed modes of conditioning work, along with support and guidance. If he is not able to make you laugh with his cheesy puns, at least you will improve your life!
In the fall of 2012, Jason returned to coaching during his final semester at school, taking on a role with the McGill Triathlon club. Falling in love with coaching again, he decided to pursue coaching full time. His career quickly picked up steam. The next year, he worked with the McGill Masters Swimming, the McGill Triathlon Club, the Varsity Team and individual clients. At the same time, he became a Strength and Conditioning coach, training the same groups of athletes on land.
Jason eventually went on to teach at McGill. He began mentoring 4th-year Kinesiology students in 2014 and lecturing 1st-year Kinesiology students in 2016 and 3rd-year Phys-ed students in 2019.
Over the next few years, Jason spent all his free time and energy learning. He read books, listened to expert presentations, and travelled the continent to take classes and seminars from those he believed could teach him most. Learning is not something you start to finish, it is an ongoing experience, and it is something he loves. Whether the student or the teacher, you are always learning provided you have the right mindset.
In November 2017, Jason had a bike crash that changed his life. On the way to morning coaching for the McGill Triathlon Club, he slipped on an icy path. The crash resulted in a concussion and whiplash, in which the symptoms lingered for years. In the process of recovery, Jason began to understand the mental side of training and recovery.
Seeking a change, in the fall of 2019, Jason started his master’s degree at the University of Ottawa in Human Kinetics, with a concentration in Intervention and Consultation. At the same time, he began working with the uOttawa Geegees varsity swimming and the HPC centre at uOttawa.
After two years at uOttawa, Jason left the university context to pursue MPC and entrepreneurship full time.
Jason has a very dynamic and holistic coaching style. He understands that the client is, first and foremost, a human being. Many factors besides what is done in the gym go into helping clients achieve their goals. He is unafraid to take multiple approaches for the client to know what they are doing and, most importantly, why. Programs often include the foundational lifts, Olympic lifts and cyclic and mixed modes of conditioning work, along with support and guidance. If he is not able to make you laugh with his cheesy puns, at least you will improve your life!
What clients are saying about Jason
Jason’s philosophy is about trusting the processes and seeing the steps along the way, not focusing on the end result all the time. As well as being down-to-earth and realistic while helping us achieve our potential. " He also has good banter, so that’s huge. " |
Jason’s philosophy is very much based on making the athlete understand WHY they are doing what he makes them do. " On the pool deck and at competitions, Jason is very attentive to the mental aspect of swimming. Swimmers easily get down about a bad race, but you put it in perspective and attend to those mental needs as required. " |