Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Charity Involvement
Certifications
Leadership
Referees
Timeline
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Finlay Kroon

Dutton Park,QLD

Summary

  • Tertiary education with high-quality professional experience.
  • Working part-time as a Health and Wellbeing Coach.
  • Experience working in team and individual environments.
  • Open to attaining any additional qualification.
  • 10+ years of elite athlete experience - achievements include Australian national champion overall and 3x international medalist in gymnastics.


Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Health and Wellbeing Coach

Healthy Business
08.2023 - Current
  • Engaging with employees through site presentations, initiatives and walk-arounds.
  • Providing individualised and targeted health coaching to participants of Healthy Business’s wellbeing programs across 4 key pillars of health: Physical, Mental, Lifestyle, and Fatigue.
  • Using health coaching strategies to encourage the adoption of habits with participants that are conducive to a higher quality of life.

Exercise and Sports Scientist

Queensland Sports Medicine Centre
02.2023 - 05.2023
  • Performed subjective and objective testing using MMT and VALD equipment.
  • Exercise prescription and delivery to a diverse range of clients.
  • Daily collaboration with experienced exercise physiologists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, dietitians, and sports medicine physicians.
  • Weekly professional development sessions.

Exercise and Sports Scientist

Science Of Fitness
11.2021 - 05.2022
  • Created and implemented exercise programs for healthy populations, older adults, and children.
  • Conducted exercise testing, led group and one-on-one exercise sessions, and worked closely with qualified exercise physiologists and physiotherapists.

Education

Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science (Honours) -

University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD
07.2023

The Southport School
Southport, QLD
12.2017

Skills

  • Assessing and analysing balance, power, and strength movements using VALD Force Decks
  • Performing maximal exercise testing (VO2Max, lactate, and exercising ECG)
  • Performing anthropometric measures including 7-site subcutaneous skin fold tests and waist-hip ratios
  • Screening and risk assessments of clients
  • Maximal strength tests (bench press, squat, and deadlift) and associated regression exercises for novice/elderly clients
  • Flexibility measures (sit and reach test, knee to wall test and Beighton hyper-mobility exam)
  • Competence in using VALD DynaMo, NordBoard, ForceFrame, AirBands, HumanTrak, and TeleHab software
  • Critical analysis of scientific literature including assessment of research design quality
  • Conducting and interpreting blood glucose and cholesterol measurements

Charity Involvement

  • Kids Crusader - supporting Act For Kids: a Queensland-based charity for abused children
  • Participated in the collection and gifting of sporting goods and toys for Zambian Aids orphans

Certifications

  • Blue Card for Child Related Employment
  • HLTAID001 CPR
  • HLTAID003 First Aid
  • COVID-19 vaccinated
  • Full drivers license

Leadership

  • Shop and Social Committee – Cromwell College, UQ
  • Chapel Sacrosant – Year 12, TSS
  • School Captain – Five Dock Junior School, Sydney, NSW

Referees

  • Directors from previous businesses are willing to supply verbal references regarding my professional capability and work ethic should this be required.

Timeline

Health and Wellbeing Coach

Healthy Business
08.2023 - Current

Exercise and Sports Scientist

Queensland Sports Medicine Centre
02.2023 - 05.2023

Exercise and Sports Scientist

Science Of Fitness
11.2021 - 05.2022

Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science (Honours) -

University of Queensland

The Southport School
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