Mr. Balano taught the strength training portion of PE 8, Introduction to Fitness & Training; the main instructor was Mitchell Palacio.

Mr. Balano is the strength and conditioning coach for CCSF's intercollegiate teams. He brings a lot of knowledge and enthusiasm to the subject of strength training. He assigned quite a bit of work in the few weeks that he taught PE 8. These included an article review and a fairly large project in which students designed a training program for a hypothetical client.

Mr. Balano used PowerPoint slides and talked fast during his lectures. This was a bit of a problem, as there was no textbook or handout relating to the material he covered. I think it was the first time he had taught the class, though, so he may have refined his delivery since I took him in Fall 2006.