Troy Dalton
B.Comm, BCRPA
Strength and Conditioning Consultant
In 2004 Troy co-founded Groundwork Athletics with lifelong friend and training partner Jon Bula. This was the culmination of two years of planning setting out to become a top training platform for athletes: elite and recreational. As a former professional hockey player, Troy knows what it takes to set and achieve strength and conditioning goals. He now has adjusted his training converting himself into an endurance athlete focusing on adventure racing and trail running. Troy is a natural leader who through Groundwork Athletics combines his three passions: people, fitness, and business. “See you on the training floor.”
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Jon Bula
MSC. BHK, CSCS, PFLC
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Jon Bula entered the field of strength and conditioning with the goal of being the best. To fulfill his goal he dedicated himself to achieving the highest standard of education, certifications, and practices of the newest and best techniques in the field of strength and conditioning. Jon has worked with many different athletes of varying experience and ability including NHL, WHL, and Junior A hockey players in both a strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation setting. He has worked with professional, national, and provincial level soccer and rugby players. He has also worked with professional baseball players. Jon enjoys working with all types of people as long as they are passionate and want to improve at what they do. He is a highly motivated person who demands a lot from his clients, but never any more than he would be willing to do himself. Jon feels that everyone can be an athlete with the only difference being their respective level of competition. Working with him you will quickly realize this; his training style is movement based with the focus on improved athleticism and the ability to perform.
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BHK, CSCS
Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Jon has been an avid soccer player since a young age. He was a member of the BC provincial team and played metro soccer throughout his youth. He played for both Capilano College and UBC after high school while attaining his degree in Human Kinetics. He won both the CCAA and CIS National Championship in 2003 and 2005 respectively. While at Capilano College he was team MVP in 2003 as well as a National Championship All Star. Jon was named the CIS National Championship MVP in 2005 as well as championship All Star. Jon also played one year with the Vancouver Whitecaps reserve team. Jon also grew up snowboarding while in Canada, and surfing while living in Mexico. Jon is a certified personal trainer through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology, and is currently attaining his certification as a Certified Exercise Physiologist. Jon’s goals are to attain a Masters of Science within the next couple of years, and continue training individuals with the most innovative and scientifically based methods to date.
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BHK, BCRPA
Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Emilia grew up in Vancouver involved in many different activities including swimming, biking and hiking. One that stuck with her was martial arts. At the age of five, Emilia begun practicing Tae Kwan Do and was able to obtain her black belt at the age of eleven. It became apparent to her that physical fitness was a very important factor in her life, giving her the realization that this is where she wanted to be – always.
Emilia took the steps to go about and achieve this goal applying and being accepted in the UBC Human Kinetics Program; becoming a registered personal trainer though BCRPA; and working towards obtaining her Exercise Physiologist certification through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists.Emilia is excited able to share her passion and enthusiasm for physical fitness and all that it has to offer.
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Alan Winterflood
BCRPA
Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Alan’s passion for health and fitness goes back 17 years when he began training himself in his high school gym and has been hooked ever since. Although training in the gym is very important and highly enjoyable for Alan his real passion is sports. It began with playing for his high school baseball team and helping his team the regional finals for the first time in team and school history. Alan attended Seneca College in Ontario following high school and during that time he began training to be Firefighter. After 1 year of intense training and schooling sessions Alan was hired as a professional Firefighter where he stayed on as a volunteer for 3 years. In The fall of 2000 Alan made the move to Whistler where he taught snowboarding as a certified snowboard instructor for 3 seasons. Alan has a strong passion for snowboarding and continues to ride the mountains as many times as possible every year. Once arriving in Vancouver Alan became certified as a Personal Trainer and has not looked back since, countless sessions later Alan has helped a number of clients reach their goals.
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Stella Purac
BSc. BCRPA
Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Stella fell in love with long distance running at 13 years old and has been running and occasionally competing ever since (that’s 27 years + in case anyone is curious)! She also loves mountain biking, trail running, kayaking, kickboxing and pretty much any sport! Stella has never been the best athlete in school, but she was the one that gave everything she had, came to every practice early and always tried to improve her game. This is still the attitude that she has today. Her positive, infectious enthusiasm encourages individuals of all levels of fitness and athleticism to try their best and push them to their potential. Her personality and drive convinced Groundwork Athletics to train her throughout her Personal Trainer training and certification studies. She shadowed them for over 6 months intensively.
Initially intending to go to medical school, she started her career with researching cancer therapeutics within the biotechnology industry after her BSC in Microbiology/ Biology. After many years, it became apparent that her personality was more suited to bossing people around and whipping them into shape… er… being around people and promoting physical activity! She changed her focus from treating illness to preventing it.
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