STACK Experts
The best sports performance experts in the country—trainers, nutritionists, sport psychologists
and others—contribute STACK's Sports Performance content. These men and women work with top athletes
and teams, at both the collegiate and professional level, to help them get better and make smart training,
nutrition, skills and gear choices. They regularly offer the benefits of their experience to help STACK's readers
and web visitors become better athletes. Read about their backgrounds and find their articles and posts—all
designed to help young athletes safely and effectively boost their performance.
The American Council on Exercise® (ACE) is the world’s largest nonprofit fitness certification organization, dedicated to providing education that helps individuals live their most fit lives. After more than 25 years of providing comprehensive, unbiased scientific research impacting the fitness industry, ACE has become a leading and established resource for...
Adam Bornstein is an award-winning fitness and nutrition writer and editor. Named ”one of the most influential people in health”, Bornstein was previously the editorial director for Livestrong.com and the fitness editor for Men’s Health magazine. He is the author of "Man 2.0: Engineering the Alpha," as well as five...
Adam Kessler is a speed coach who has worked with state championship teams, as well as with athletes in different sports, many of whom have competed in the NBA, NFL and overseas. He is the owner of Fitness Planning Consultants (Columbus, Ohio), and he is the founder of howtorunfasternow.com, a...
Adam Lockhart is the head strength and conditioning coach at Crash Conditioning in Calgary, Alberta, where many top hockey players and prospects train, including NHL defensemen Duncan Keith and Mike Green. His coaching strengths are in speed and agility training, as well as Olympic weightlifting. He has coached members of...
Adam Redmond, CSCS, owns RedTech Innovations, a software development company that analyzes the stride of hockey players. He also trains athletes at Crash Conditioning, and he has worked for more than a decade with Steve Serdachny, the Edmonton Oilers’ skating and skills coach. Redmond played hockey for the University of...
Alan Stein is the owner of Stronger Team and the head strength and conditioning coach for the nationally-renowned DeMatha Catholic High School boy’s basketball program. A performance consultant for Nike Basketball as well as the head conditioning coach for the annual McDonald’s All-American game, the Jordan Brand Classic and the...
Alessandro Brazzit is the strength and conditioning coach for junior performance development at FC Treviso. He has worked as a strength and conditioning coach with several high school basketball teams in Italy and as a personal trainer in Australia. He received his M.S. in Sport Science from the University of...
Alex Boyd currently serves as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Middle Tennessee State University, where she works with the women’s volleyball, soccer and softball programs. She previously served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Eastern Illinois University and as a sports performance intern at Stanford...
Ali Hyatt is a marketer and writer with a background in creating successful brand strategies and products for consumer, athletic and apparel brands. She has also worked on the development of and strategy for a mobile health tracking device, and she is always on the lookout for new mobile and...
Allen Langford is the director of performance coaches at Athletic Body Mechanics in Houston. A former four-year starting cornerback at the University of Wisconsin, he was nominated for academic All-Big Ten, All-Big Ten (twice) and team MVP in 2008. He graduated with a degree in Business and Communications.
He interned...
