Dana Agar-Newman

Dana Agar‑Newman is a distinguished Senior Strength & Conditioning Practitioner based in Victoria, British Columbia, serving at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific and University of Victoria. In his role, he specializes in teaching, designing and implementing high-performance training programs for elite athletes.

Dana’s expertise spans a wide range of athletic domains, including rowing, rugby sevens, and swimming. Notably, he contributed significantly to the preparation of the Canadian Women’s Rugby Sevens team leading up to the Rio 2016 Olympics.

He is also deeply involved in academic research and practical application, frequently contributing to frameworks on  speed development, and training for jumping and landing. For instance, he co-authored chapters in several books including High‑Performance Training for Sports, Developing Speed and Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance; underscoring his leadership in performance diagnostics and plyometric training methodology.