Since there are so many great minds on this board maybee its a good idea to get to know eachother a little bit better by everyone introducing themselves and give us an idea of their backroundstart.
1 Where are you?
2 What is your educational background in the sports sciences, if any?
3 Are you an athlete, coach, or other?
4 What sports do you compete/coach?
5ow long have you been training?
-NEW YORK!
-College Track athlete/Former college football player training for 8 years
-kineisiology major with concentration in Fitness Development
mike you stay out of this… your resume says it alll!!!!!!!!! anyone who needs to know anything about mike check it out. however i warn you its long youll be reading it for hours
mike would you be so kind as to post a link? i tried but it just wasnt working..
1. BA in psychology, certified rolfer/masage therapist, certified personal trainer (ace, nfpt) and opperating partner in “athlete’s edge performance nutrition” in calgary alberta…follow link for website
2. former national team triathlete, current football player (ya i know, big swing but there is an upside to being 50/50 fibre type ratio) more details in my profile
3. i work as a performance nutrition consultant and work with athletes from all sports but specialize with endurance athletes
4. i turn 34 in june and have been an athlete my whole life but training in a serious, systematic and orginized matter since turning 19
5. it has changed over the years but currently it is “less is more”, ive just recently gotten my head around the difference between training and preparing to play.
(1) Boston and Tampa (I travel a lot)
(2) Exercise Science BS
(3) I am a Certified Level II Coach for Track and ASCA certified Swim Coach.
(4) I ran and swam in HS and tried to continue training at the University of South Florida but the competition for women turned me into bodybuilding methods to enhance other "Goals".
I got into coaching after watching Linford Christie and Tony Dees train at USF. I worked for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for three years learning from some great people. I worked with a few Buccaneers to pay for my bills.
(5) I am working a site that should be up in a month…..It is just an amped up blog with cool links, articles, interviews, and other information. Thanks of course to star princess may!
1. i live in washington
2. nothing official, but i will be studying exercise science at eastern washington university next year. (finishing up my aa at community college now)
3. I am an athlete (long and triple jump) as well as a coach (sort of) because we don’t have a good jumping coach and I know the most compared to everyone else.
4. just track. formerly a swimmer and diver, but just track now.
5. I have been running track since 7th grade, competetively training since last season.
and i just want to throw in, this is such a great site!! i have learned tons of information!!
Utah State University
sprints, horizontal jumps, multi's
bad collegiate distance runner 86-90
B.A. History
Level II throws and sprints/hurdles
just finished 10th year as collegiate track and field cross country coach
My education involves a hell of a lot of research through messageboards, articles, books, etc. No degree, YET. Going to major in Kinesiology. And will be chasing a M.S.
Athlete…200/400 specialist. PB's are 23.91/54.42 and goals are <23.0 and <51.0 for next year.
Going on my third full year of training and first full year training alone. Trained the right way for 5 weeks and will never go back to the old ways again.
Head trainer at Custom Fitness
Former assistant strength coach at Ohio University. Teams I coached included Thowers, Women's golf, volleyball, lacrosse, football.
BS Exercise Science
MS Kinesiology
PhD Exercise Physiology (1st year)
Former D-IAA football
Former S&C coach D-I and D-II
Associate Director, USA Weightlifting Regional Development Center
Asst. Coach, Wichita Falls Weightlifting
Dotorate- Higher Education
MS-Bus. Admin, Pub. Admin & Adult Ed
Running for 33 years (includes a handful of titles way-back-when)
Currently Master's Track & Field/LDR W-40
Coaching youth x-c, t&f for 10 yrs (AAU/USATF club)
USATF Certified Official - Assoc. Level
Secretary, GA AAU Athletic Assoc.; Co-chair GA AAU X-C
Founded Summer Sprint Series~Savannah
