About

Julian has been involved in high performance strength and conditioning for the past 12 years for elite, national and amateur level athletes. This has given him extensive skills and experience in the field of sport performance conditioning and research development.

He was a full-time strength and conditioning coach at the Singapore Sports Institute for the past 8 years. His past experience in coaching badminton, basketball, bowling, gymnastics and track and field athletes has assisted him in developing evidence-based training programs, specifically through the development of power, speed and quickness.

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Most recently, he was the strength & conditioning manager at Sportsline Asia, overseeing the training delivery and coaches at its facilities in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Currently, he is the performance manager at EXOS, leading human performance training, programming, teams and facilities across the Asia-Pacific region.

Julian has also completed his master degree in strength and conditioning research, investigating the effects of post-activation on maximal sprint performance of Singapore’s national track and field athletes. His post-graduate studies had enabled me to gain knowledge in the area of strength/power performance monitoring (eg. force plate and linear transducer system integrations.) This has translated into scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals investigating the efficacy of PAP protocols in enhancing athletic performance.

He is also a firm believer in movement-based training and prehabilitation through the Functional Movement Screen™ system. This has shaped his coaching philosophy to train athletes with sound movement patterns that reduce injury potential, while enhancing athletic competency.

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Professional DEVELOPMENT

2020

• India and Singapore Conference on Applied Strength & Conditioning | Australian S&C Association 

• Continuous Education Summit | EXOS

• Apprentice Coach Program | ALTIS

• International Conference on Applied Strength & Conditioning | Australian Strength & Conditioning Association

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2019

• Workload Monitoring And Athlete Management Workshop |Dr Tim Gabbett

• Southeast Asian Conference on Applied Strength and Conditioning | Australian S&C Association

• Annual Congress | European College of Sport Science (ECSS) 

• Sprint Training Workshop | Dr Mike Young (Athletic Lab)

• Using Weightlifting Derivatives for Sports Performance | Dr Tim Suchomel (Carroll University)

2018

• 2018 NSCA Taiwan Strength & Conditioning Conference |National Strength & Conditioning Association, USA

• Conference of Professional Sports Physiotherapist For Tennis | Stefan Duell (ATP World Tour Physiotherapist)

• Conference - Sports Medicine For Basketball (Panelist) | Marco Núñez (LA Lakers Head Athletic Trainer)

• Phase 2 Performance Mentorship | EXOS

• Southeast Asian Conference on Applied Strength and Conditioning (Presentation) | Australian S&C Association

• BodyReading® Master Class with Tom Myers | Anatomy Trains

• Strength Training Workshop with Nick Tumminello | Performance University

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2017

• Southeast Asian Conference on Applied Strength and Conditioning | Australian S&C Association

• Sprint Mechanics Workshop by Loren Seagrave | Singapore Athletics

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2016 

• Phase 1 Performance Mentorship | EXOS​

• Rehab Essentials workshop | Rehab Trainer: Australia

• Anatomy trains workshop (for movement & fitness professionals) | Anatomy trains: Thomas Myers

2015

• 6th ISN International Sports Medicine & Sports Science Conference | National Sports Institute of Malaysia

• Building the Ultimate Back Seminar: From rehabilitation to high performance | Dr Stuart McGill, Canada

• Injury Prevention Workshop Series | R-Body Project: Dr Takeshi Suzuki, Japan

2014

• Basketball, Cricket and Soccer Strength & Conditioning Coaches Workshop (Volunteered in Mission Trip) | Athletes in Action (Phillipines & India)

2013

• Sports Medicine Congress | Asian Federation of Sports Medicine

2012

• International Conference on Applied Strength & Conditioning (scientific poster presentation) | Australian Strength & Conditioning Association

• Physical Preparation Seminar | King Sports International:Ian King, Australia

• Functional Training Workshop Series | R-Body Project: Dr Takeshi Suzuki, Japan

2011

• Annual Conference | UK Strength & Conditioning Association

• Strength & Conditioning Attachement | English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, United Kingdom

2010

• International Conference on Applied Strength & Conditioning | Australian Strength & Conditioning Association     

• Strength & Conditioning Attachement | Queensland Academy of Sport, Australia

2009

• National Conference | National Strength & Conditioning Association, USA

• Strength & Conditioning Attachment | US Olympic Training Centre, Colorado, USA

• Strength & Conditioning Attachment | Athletes’ Performance, USA

MEDIA

tv

• Mythbuster Sports Edition | SAFRA Tampines

• Sport Hacks for the Weekend Warrior | SAFRA Tampines

• Mobile Applications for Measuring Physical Performance in Sports | CoachSG

• Marco Nunez (Former LA Lakers Trainer) SINA 3x3 Golden League | Taiwan News Media

• Quincy Spencer Davis III Taiwan Basketball Strength & Conditioning | Taiwan News Media

• Quincy Spencer Davis III Taiwan Basketball Strength & Conditioning | Sportsline Asia

• Fitness Testing for Taiwan personalities for the 2019 Wing For Life  World Run | Sportsline Asia

• Cycling to Triathlon Training - S&C for a Taiwanese Social Influencer part 2 | Sportsline Asia

• Cycling to Triathlon Training - S&C for a Taiwanese Social Influencer part 1 | Sportsline Asia

• Conference - Sports Medicine For Basketball (Panelist) | Sportsline Asia

• Road to Rio| Liang Xiayu National Badminton Athlete S&C

• Singapore Sports Institute | Centre for elite sports performance

• Singapore Basketball National Team preparations | 2015 SEA Games

• Bowling Strength & Conditioning | Singapore Sports Institute

• Ballistic measurement system: Countermovement jump analysis | Singapore Sports Institute

• Launch of sports medicine network | Singapore Sports Institute

• Training support leading up to 2008 Bejing Olympic Games | Sport medicine & science center

articles

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• Leading the way in sports excellence |National Institute of Education

• Behind every breakthrough | Singapore Sports Institute 

• Getting to know our students | National Institute of Education

• AIA Singapore Holds Sports Performance Workshop | AIA Sports Performance

• Tenacity right up her alley: Bowling S&C training | Straits Times

• International Partnership in Philippines Impacts Others for Christ | AIA Sports Performance

• Express workouts | Urban: Straits times supplementary

• Our SSI’s Support Behind Team Singapore | Sport Matters (Sport Singapore newsletter)

   

Publications

• Measuring your fitness: Understanding fitness tests and how to ace them | Boys to Men: A Complete Guide for National Servicemen

• The effects of eccentric conditioning stimuli on subsequent counter-movement jump performance | Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research

• Effects of isometric and dynamic postactivation potentiation protocols on maximal sprint performance | Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research

• The Application Of Postactivation Potentiation On Sprint Performance | Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning

• Levels of Muscle Activation in Strength and Conditioning Exercises and Dynamometer Hiking in Junior Sailors | Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research

• Laser sailing: Strength and conditioning considerations | NSCA Performance Training Journal

• Strength and conditioning considerations for the elite ten-pin bowler | NSCA Performance Training Journal

• Intra Complex Recovery Intervals for Acute Lower Body Post Activation Potentiation in Elite Badminton Athletes | Journal of Athletic Enhancement

• Complex Training for Power Development: Practical Applications for Program Design | Strength and Conditioning Journal

• How to Enhance Performance with PAP and Complex Training Methods | Simplifaster Blog

• Accuracy of smartphone application compared with photocells in measuring change of direction performance time | European College of Sport Science (ECSS) 

• Relationship between dynamic balance and change of direction performance in female lacrosse athletes | European College of Sport Science (ECSS) 

• Measuring sports performance with mobile applications during the COVID-19 pandemic |Sport Performance & Science Reports

• COACHING BEHIND A MASK: COVID-19 implications for the S&C Coach|Science for Sport

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TESTIMONIALS

DEReK WONG

National Badminton Athlete

2x Olympian, Commonwealth Games & South-east asian Games medalist 

"Julian is a passionate and attentive coach. He learns as he coaches by playing the sport and analyzing every aspect that a professional badminton athlete needs. Be it in strength and condition he is always one step ahead in planning an all-round exercise program. He also provides me with overseas programs so that i can maintain my strength and flexibility."

Chase Tan

National basketball Athlete / Singapore slingers / mediacorp artiste

South-east asian Games medalist 

"Thanks Julian for coaching us for the past 4 years! As always you will push us at every training.

Glad that we had achieve great result together this few years. "

SHAYNA ng

National bowling Athlete

world champion, asian & South-east asian Games medalist 

"I felt that even though it's probably Julian's first encounter with bowlers, he did ample research and really came up with very specific exercises to cater to the needs of bowlers. It doesn't just strengthen our physical abilities but also helped vastly in injury prevention"