About Coach Bott:

Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Kinesiologist, Sports Performance Coach and Educator

Coach Bott: Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Kinesiologist, Sports Performance Coach and Educator

Carmen Bott holds a Master's Degree in Exercise Science, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA; C.S.C.S.) and a Practicing Kinesiologist (B.C.A.K).

As a Physical Performance Coach, Carmen has 20+ years of hands-on experience training athletes from the Learn-to-train level to the High Performance & Professional level. Carmen is passionate about helping athletes reach their full potential by improving athletic performance through program design, strength training and conditioning, mental skills coaching and more. Give her a puzzle and watch the problem-solving unfold. She has returned many athletes to sport after injury.

Carmen has evolved into an International Educator. She is sought after for her methodology & coaching tactics in preparing Combative & Repeat-Sprint Team Sport Athletes. She has consulted worldwide, been the guest on many podcasts and was a Keynote Speaker at the 2019 ASCA Conference. After several years of working with top Wrestlers, Carmen published The Wrestler's Edge. It has sold 100's of copies worldwide.

Carmen surrounds herself with other leaders in her field who share the same core values and level of experience toward seeking mastery through a relentless commitment to the process.

Carmen is also a Full-time Lecturer at Simon Fraser University. Her interests lie in teaching applied kinesiology and she engages her students in the following courses:

  • BPK 143 - Exercise: Health and Performance

  • BPK 343 - Assessment and Exercise Prescription

  • BPK 375 - Human Growth and Motor Development

Carmen is forever curious about the potential of the human form and mind and has boundless energy to help athletes and students achieve their goals.

Outside of teaching and coaching, Carmen spends her free time with her family; her husband Jim and her son Jackson. She also has a Golden Retriever named ‘Stevie’ who joins her on all her hikes in the mountains.