You only get what you put in.

This is Eastern’s strength coach Sebastian Pearson´s philosophy. Pearson is the strength coach for Eastern’s soccer, tennis, Men’s basketball, track and field and swimming programs, he also assists with football.

Pearson is all about always putting the work in the weight room, he transmits this to his athletes by being the first one ready in the weight room at 4 a.m. and the last one leaving at 8 p.m., after he is done with the last weight session of the day.

Last month, Pearson won the Coach of the Month award, given by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Henar Urteaga, a player for Eastern’s women´s soccer, said that

“Since coach Pearson is working with the team, we have seen an increase in our performance, he explains to us the effect that the exercises have in our performance and also with him the trainings are more enjoyable because they are not repetitive and that makes that every day there are new challenges,” Urteaga said.

It was precisely during a women’s soccer game where he had his best experience at Eastern so far.

“The shutout win, the first conference game, that was one of the most nervous times of my life,” Person said.

The fact that an Eastern women’s soccer game was one of the more nervous moments in his life is surprising, coming from someone who has won a National Championship in rugby at the University of Western Ontario.

Pearson also played for the Canadian national team for four years, until 2015. When he was preparing to go to the rugby World Cup in 2015, he fractured his patellar tendon. At that time he had to make the decision to quit playing rugby because the rehabilitation lasted for two years, however this made him able to focus more on his career and becoming a better strength coach.

On top of coaching he is studying to earn his master’s degree in kinesiology and sports studies with specialization in sports administration. However, he affirms that dedicating so many hours a day to his job does not represent any kind of frustration for him.

“I absolutely love my job, and I love working with the athletes, so my job is not a frustration to me in any way,” Pearson said.

He explained that his objective as a strength coach is that his athletes are always healthy, so that they can perform at a high level and for them to become the best athletes they can be so that they can then focus on becoming a genius in their specialties.

In order to achieve this, Pearson is in permanent contact with the coaches of each team, he explains his workouts taking into account the requirements that each sport demands. In addition, he also takes into account the type of work they are doing in practice to be able to work the aspects that the athletes are not exercising during their trainings.

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