Smith Training Systems is owned and operated by Laurie Smith, BSc, MA, MES.  Laurie has been in the health and fitness industry for over 18 years. This former athlete made Toronto her professional base for many years, but relocated to Vancouver in the summer of 2007. She is certified with the American Council on Exercise, IDEA and the America Academy of Health, Fitness and Rehab Professionals. She has numerous accreditations in other specialty fields such as programming for older and mobility-challenged adults, special populations with pre-existing medical conditions, pre and post natal exercise program design, postural and biomechanical analysis, and functional programming for competitive athletes. Laurie is also a certified group class instructor and does thermogenic acupressure massage therapy.

Laurie’s affiliations and memberships include the Ontario Kinesiology Association, Mensa Canada, ACTRA and the United Church of Canada (where her paintings won her the title of “Artist of the Scriptures”). Her literary credentials include giving corporate presentations on a wide range of health related topics and being used as an “expert reference” for health and exercise focused magazines. She recently accepted a place on AAHFRP’s Canadian faculty to teach post rehab courses to other fitness professionals. Among her hobbies she lists hiking, nature photography, parkour training, target shooting at the local firing range, cooking nutritionally superior meals, catnapping and watching CSI Miami on TV.