We have a team of professional coaches at Altitude ready and capable of helping athletes of any skill level achieve their health, wellness or sporting goals.
Josh Downer
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Josh’s passion for fitness and high performance sport began at an early age with martial arts training and later expanding into training and competing in bobsleigh. Driven to learn how to improve his own training and help others Josh graduated from the University of Guelph-Humber receiving a Bachelors of Kinesiology as well as a Diploma in Health and Fitness Promotion. Over the past few years Josh has spent numerous hours continuing to further his understanding of respiration, GAIT (locomotion achieved through movement), and functional anatomy.
Now Josh uses an extensive battery of tests to assess client and athletes physical capabilities. Using these tests and an in-depth understanding of human movement, functional anatomy and high performance athletics Josh develops individualized programs to help clients and athletes improve their movement quality, reduce risk of injury and improve their performance.
Josh is currently a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and an Eleiko Certified Olympic Weightlifting Strength Coach.
Martina Coulas
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Martina played a variety of sports growing up including karate, swimming, baseball, soccer, track, and cross-country skiing. She recently picked up snowboarding and cycling. Given her experience with plenty of outdoor physical activity Martina looks forward to exploring alongside clients how altitude training can improve performance. Martina is a graduate from the University of Toronto Kinesiology and Physical Education program. This program provided her with a solid foundation when she worked with various populations including children, geriatric individuals, and individuals with disability. Martina also has experience working in rehabilitation settings and coaching. She is now completing her Master’s of Professional Kinesiology at the University of Toronto with a specialization in Adapted Physical Activity. Martina is passionate about making physical activity as accessible as possible and is excited to collaborate with people during classes to help them reach their individual goals.
Yaath Rajshankar
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Growing up Yaath played a variety of sports such as basketball, volleyball, track, and frisbee while also competing in high-performance soccer for many years. He transitioned into studying Kinesiology at the University of Toronto with the primary goal of becoming a high-school gym teacher. Yaath has now become an avid outdoorsman with a strong passion for backcountry camping, canoeing, rock climbing, and mountaineering along with a strong desire to gain experience with ice climbing and snowboarding. His goal is to push his limits and become a big wall climber and strong mountaineer. Yaath strives to combine his life passions with academia and professional practice at Altitude.
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