25 YEARS EXPERIENCE
James Gleeson is a health writer for The Carousel and has over 25 years experience as an athlete, athletics coach, consultant, personal trainer, educator and speaker.
James Gleeson
James competed as a track athlete in the United States in 1991 as part of the San Francisco State University track team. His studies included psychology, sports coaching and personal training with the American College of Sports Medicine.
Throughout the 90s he worked as athletics coach and personal trainer in the US. In the early 2000s, he worked in Snow Sports throughout Japan and returned to Australia in 2008 to continue wellness research and personal training in high end health clubs in Sydney to the present day.
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James' focus is on the psychological foundations of health and performance including willpower, habit formation, sleep optimization, meditation, stress management and the amelioration of compulsive behavior.