Robert has been working in the fitness industry since 1988. He started out in group fitness, teaching various aerobic class formats where he has taught, or still teaches, everything from high impact, to low impact, and trends like funk and slide, and (of course) step, where Robert became one of the most popular step instructors in the Toronto area, teaching every type of step format.

Robert's very first presentation was a step choreography workshop in 1993. He quickly became known as a teacher's teacher, with excellent musicality and cueing skills. That soon lead to his first conference in 1996 for Can-Fit-Pro in Toronto, presenting step to 350 people and a cueing workshop to over 200.

Some comments about Robert as a presenter (taken from evaluations):

"This is one of the best (conference) sessions I have ever attended...I loved it!"

"I liked his ability to teach, not just dazzle us with step (choreography)."

"...bring him back for more."

"You have so much energy - it's crazy!"

"...all usable for a class, very practical."

"He answered every question in (plain) English, so he was easy to understand."

"Robert knows his stuff!"

"Excellent presentation...lots to take away"

"I will definitely choose his session next year...please bring back."

Robert is the lead Master Trainer for Resist-A-Ball in Canada. He was first introduced to the ball, and Mike Morris, in 1995, and trained to be a master trainer in 1999. He had apprenticed directly with Mike and is experienced in all ball formats. Robert appears in 5 Resist-A-Ball DVDs, including leading "Peak Athletic Conditioning" and his signature "Resist-A-Ball Boot Camp". He regularly contributes articles, on various topics related to the ball, for Can-Fit-Pro's magazine.

For 5 years Robert worked as a professor at Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, and helped to develop the Group Exercise courses for the Fitness Leadership Diploma program. He currently sits on their Advisory Board. His experience as an educator is enhanced by achieving his certificate in Teaching Effectiveness, through Humber College, and a Diploma in the Art and Science of Neuro Linguistic Programming from the International NLP Trainers Association, based in the United Kingdom.

Robert is also well educated in mind-body disciplines. He started his yoga practice in 1995 when introduced to Power Yoga and is now a registered and certified yoga teacher. He took on Pilates in 2000 and had his reformer teacher training with Elizabeth Larkham. He was also part of the third group in North America to be trained in the Les Mills program Body Flow and has taught the Body Training Systems Group Centergy program as well.

Robert has had several highlights and achievements in his career, but one of Robert's proudest moments came in 1994, when he trained and choreographed himself, in only 7 months time, to become the novice Men's Individual Aerobic Champion and the bronze medallist in the National Aerobic Championship.