Greg Wells

Bio

Dr. Wells is an Assistant Professor in Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto.  He is also an Associate Scientist in Physiology and Experimental Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children.  Previously, Dr. Wells served as the Director of Sport Science at the Canadian Sport Centre, taught elite sport coaches at the National Coaching Institute and worked with the Royal Canadian Golf Association as its Exercise Physiologist. As a coach, scientist and physiologist Dr. Wells has amassed more than 20 years of world-class experience with the extremes of human health and performance.

Dr. Wells has coached, trained and inspired dozens of elite athletes to win medals at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Olympics.  He makes regular appearances on national television and radio as a health and performance expert, contributes articles for numerous magazines, research papers for scientific journals and is a high-demand speaker for better health, fitness and performance around the world.

Dr. Wells was also the host of the Gemini-Award winning “Superbodies” segments for Canada’s national Olympic broadcast, and the on-camera sport science and sport medicine analyst for the CTV Broadcast Consortium, ABC News and ABC’s 20/20 during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. As a writer, Dr. Wells is the author of Superbodies: Peak Performance Secrets from the World’s Best Athletes, a book which decodes the science behind Olympic performance to understand the magic of the human body and includes high-performance tips for people of all ages and abilities to improve their health and fitness.

In his free time, Dr. Wells practices what he preaches.  Once an international level competitive swimmer, he has also competed in three marathons including the Nanisivik Marathon, one of the world’s toughest marathons 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle, various triathlons and the Tour D’Afrique – which at 11,000 kilometers is the longest bike race in the world.