Christopher Mohr, PhD, RD, is a consultant, author, and freelance writer. Through his company, Mohr Results Chris has worked with countless individuals and athletes, from football players to soccer moms and everyone in between. He has written nearly 500 articles for a variety of national men's and women's publications, such as Men's Fitness, Muscle and Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, Weight Watchers, and Fitness. He has been personally interested in training and nutrition since his early teens. As a competitive athlete, Chris always tried to improve his performance through better training and nutrition. He later followed his personal interests into the classroom at Penn State, where he earned a bachelors of science in Human Nutrition. He next completed his dietetic internship at the University of Delaware, allowing him to sit for the national registration exam to become a Registered Dietitian. From there, Chris attended the University of Massachusetts to pursue a masters of science in Nutrition Science. While at UMASS, Chris was a Sports Dietitian who worked with most of the 23 Division I teams at the University. This experience allowed him to counsel hundreds of varsity athletes and work with team coaches to enhance the performance of the players. Knowing the importance of physiology as it relates to sports nutrition, Chris went on to pursue a PhD in Exercise Physiology at the University of Pittsburgh. Here Chris' PhD focus was on the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity. In addition to working on a number of NIH funded behavioral weight loss research trials, Chris also worked on a study involving a popular weight loss supplement and its effects on weight loss and fat metabolism. Chris is currently a consultant for Discovery Health Channel and the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association and has worked with supplement companies to provide research and/or formulations for dietary supplements. He is a sought after expert on diet and training and is on the Scientific Advisory Boards for Men's Fitness and Fit Fuel and is the Nutrition Editor for a new magazine, OC FLAIR. He has also co-authored one sports nutrition textbook and authored or co-authored three other textbook chapters, which will each be published in 2006. |
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For the past sixteen years Alwyn Cosgrove has been committed to achieving excellence in the field of fitness training and athletic preparation. Specializing in performance enhancement, Alwyn has helped countless individuals and athletes reach their goals through sound scientific training. Born in Scotland and initially exposed to fitness training through an intense competitive sport martial arts background, Alwyn began reading and studying any training related material he could get his hands on. This led to formal academic studies in Sports Performance at West Lothian College and then progressed on to receiving an honors degree in Sports Science from Chester College, the University of Liverpool. Alwyn is also certified with distinction as a strength & conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has been recognized as a Master of Sports Sciences with the International Sports Sciences Association. Alwyn is also recognized and certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine, the British Association of Sports And Exercise Sciences, Kingsports International Australia, the Society for Weight Training Injury Specialists, USA Weightlifting and the Chek Insitute of Corrective High Performance Exercise Kinesiology. A former Taekwon-do international champion, Alwyn has utilized his personal experience as an athlete and combined it with the advanced theories of European Sports Science and the principles of modern strength and conditioning systems. Through the years in this field Alwyn has been recognized as a specialist in Athletic Preparation by The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and has studied extensively each country's different approaches to athletic preparation. During his career as a strength and conditioning coach, Alwyn has worked with a wide variety of clientele, including several Olympic and national level athletes, five World Champions and professionals in a multitude of sports including boxing, martial arts, soccer, ice skating, football, fencing, triathlon, rugby, bodybuilding, dance, and fitness competition. Alwyn is a sought after ‘expert' for several of the country's leading publications including a monthly column in Men's Fitness magazine.
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Christopher R. Mohr, PhD, RD 
Alwyn Cosgrove MS, CSCS
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