Bruce S. Cohen completed his doctoral candidacy in August of 2004. He graduated from the Kinesiology Department located in the School of Education at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.  His main area of interest lies in healthy behavior (exercise) change, adoption, adherence.  His advisor is/was Dr. Michael Sachs.  Bruce has a Masters degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Northeastern University (1991) and a Bachelors degree from Rutgers College (1985) in pre-physical therapy and psychology.  

Dr. Cohen has 20 years experience as a wellness/fitness consultant/coach/trainer with the U.S. Public Health Service/Division of Federal Occupational Health, Temple University, Continuum HealthCare, AreUFit Health Services, CIGNA HealthCare, Independent Blue Cross, 1 to 1 Personal Training and Evolution Sports Science.  During this time he has assessed, designed, and implemented health promotion, corporate wellness, personal fitness training, sports specific conditioning, and occupational health services. 

I am interested in turning short-term healthy habit adoption into long-term healthy habit maintenance.  I believe that the largest area responsible for future gains in health, fitness and performance can be found in countering the psycho-social barriers, or excuses that limit and interrupt individual's desired patterns of participation.  Reducing sedentary lifestyle can be achieved in part by preventing or limiting time spent in inactive relapse.  Developing strategies to counter these excuses is the purpose of EXCUSERCISE.   - Dr. Bruce