College of Kinesiology

The Williams Exercise and Testing Centre located in the Williams building is reserved for research participants and is closed to the general public. The Training Centre has a mixture of various aerobic machines, weight machines and free weights. There is a variety of testing equipment available to measure:

  • Body composition with a DXA machine (Body Composition Suite)
  • Bone quality with a Bone ultrasound
  • Assessment of muscle size with a muscle ultrasound unit
  • Blood collection to measure metabolic blood markers with a level 2 blood collection lab
  • Heart rate and blood pressure
  • Anthropometric measurements such as height, weight and waist circumference
  • Functional ability through Seniors fitness testing
  • Balance testing
  • 1 rep max strength testing