Our Team

Jeremy was an all Canadian and National Player of the year during his high school career on Vancouver Island, for the Ladysmith 49ers. During that time Jeremy also played hockey, and was drafted to the WHL’s Calgary Hit Men who later traded him to the Swift Current Broncos. Upon completing high school Jeremy received a full NCAA division 1 athletic scholarship to Eastern Washington University to play basketball. Jeremy competed at EWU for 5 years winning multiple conference championships, including 1 trip to the NCAA Tournament (March Madness). Jeremy was then able to continue his basketball career and play professionally for 8 season in Europe, Asia and North America. During his career he has been trained by qualified strength and conditioning coaches from all over the world. Helping to enable a successful career that lead to multiple championships in Finland, Germany, Romania, and Thailand that included many personal awards and achievements.

Jeremy Retired from basketball in 2013 and moved to the Yukon and began work for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation as the Manager of Education and Recreation. During his time in Old Crow, Jeremy gained a better understanding of the North and our Yukon communities. After spending 3 years in Old Crow Jeremy accepted a position with Sport Yukon as the Yukon Physical Literacy Coordinator. This position travelled to all Yukon communities to promote active living, sport, and implement the Yukon Physical literacy Curriculum.

Jeremy then made the transition into strength and conditioning coaching and passed his CSCS exam in 2018 to join Ben Mcpherson as the co-owner of Northern Strength Academy where he has been coaching and mentoring through his personal experience professional, collegiate, national and international athletes from the Yukon Territory

 Adrienne is a certified Schwinn Indoor Cycling Instructor and ACE Group Fitness Instructor. Over the last three years, she’s taught indoor cycling with Habit Health and Wellness, regularly including strength and endurance components to her classes. Adrienne has worked in recreation for over 15 years, having received a degree in Recreation and Tourism Management from the University of Vancouver Island in 2006. She brought her expertise and passion home, and now provides Yukoners with opportunities to be active and healthy, both during her

full-time work as a Community Recreation Consultant for the Sport and Recreation Branch of the Yukon Government, and through teaching classes.

Growing up playing competitive soccer, Adrienne was a starter for the ACAC Red Deer College Queens soccer team from 2000 to 2003, earning her an athletics academic excellence award. She loves to participate in outdoor recreational activities and community events, from the Montane Arctic Ultra marathon, to paddling the Yukon River, to hiking the West Coast Trail. Adrienne is always ready to take advantage of new adventures that will continue to challenge her mind and body. Join Adrienne for a dynamic ride that features a mix of strength and endurance drills, themed rides, great tunes, and a lot of fun. Her classes will be sure to leave you feeling energized and sweaty.

Brayden received his Bachelor of Science Kinesiology degree (with Distinction) from the University of Lethbridge in 2020 and passed his NSCA-CSCS exam in November of 2022. A lifelong athlete, Brayden started in Track and Field as a Decathlete. In University, he was a 2x Academic All-Canadian with the Pronghorns track team and qualified for the 2017 USports Track and Field Championships in the Heptathlon. After graduating, he decided to focus his energy into sprinting. Brayden was noticed by a local coach and is now a Skeleton athlete with the Snipers Skeleton Club. He has had the opportunity to train at the fastest track in the world and absolutely loves the sport. Brayden is looking forward to sharing his passion in strength and fitness to everyone he coaches. 

Kiki is a former competitive track and field athlete. Growing up in Quebec, she competed for 9 years, and participated twice in the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest Track & Field competition in the United States. She competed throughout North America where she won multiple medals as a sprinter.

Her passion for sports and performance brought her to study Kinesiology at the University of Sherbrooke. After University, Kiki had the opportunity to coach national-level track and field athletes. Kiki later entered a post graduate certificate program in Therapeutic Exercise, to become a kinesiologist and kinesiotherapist, specializing in therapeutic exercise and musculoskeletal conditions.  

She has also acquired certifications in athletic taping, Méthode Mézières, (Sport Massage) running analysis, self-massage techniques, and more.  

Kiki uses a holistic approach to assess her clients’ tension, injuries, imbalances, posture and gait. She then combines massage techniques, soft-tissue mobilization, trigger points, tension reduction techniques and stretches in her rehabilitative treatment. After providing treatment, Kiki prescribes therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises for her clients. 

Kiki is currently specializing in Sport Massage, Olympic lifting and gate analysis at NSA, Reach out to book something with her today!

Leon is a lifelong athlete, starting at age 7 in Scotland with Judo then further expanded into Boxing, Jiu Jutsu and Brazilian Jiu Jutsu, among other martial arts, he then began assisting with coaching at 14, and has competed and medaled at National Level Judo in Scotland, England and Canada and further competed in Brazilian Jiu Jutsu in Canada.

In 2009, Leon Immigrated to Ontario and began working as a freelance Personal Trainer and later, a Strength and Conditioning Specialist, during this time he started to develop a passion for strength sports, competing in both Strongman and Powerlifting events and began expanding his client base to athletes from all around the globe, including; Germany, Estonia, America and Vietnam, often acting as a consultant or assistant to other Strength Coaches.

Over the years  he has worked with a diverse range of athletes, from powerlifters and strongman competitors to combat athletes and military personnel, developing, blending and learning about a variety of different training methodologies for many different fields of performance.

Leon specializes in strength, power, and mobility training as well as injury management and has worked in guiding individuals in overcoming both chronic and acute injuries and supporting them on their path to peak performance along and finds personal pride in aiding beginner and novice athletes reach elite levels of strength and athleticism.

Leon is certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Powerlifting Instructor from the International Sports Sciences Association, a Certified Personal Trainer from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and a Sports Injury Specialist from the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association.

She studied and got her qualifications in Sydney, Australia and she is a qualified personal trainer (Diploma in Fitness), ASCA S&C Coach level 1, Athletics Australia Coach level 2 and Massage Therapist (Certificate 4).

In Australia Cora worked as a speed & agility coach with high level coaches and trained A league teams and athletes from a variety of sports including rugby, AFL and soccer. 

Angus brings not only a lifelong passion for sports but also a deep personal connection to the power of S&C. Diagnosed with a chronic illness early in adolescence, Angus faced a continual struggle to maintain his health, making diligent training paramount in his day-to-day life. For him, strength and conditioning became the truest form of medicine. Having played hockey and soccer from a young age and taken up Muay Thai along the way, Angus continues to stay active in hockey and soccer today. To deepen his expertise, he spent months shadowing at NSA while studying for the rigorous CSCS exam, which he recently passed, earning him the gold standard certification in the industry. A former accountant, Angus shifted careers to follow his true calling, bringing humility, intelligence, and a contagious positive energy that makes him a valued addition to our team.