STACK Experts - Page 4
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.
Brad Leshinske is the founder and owner of Athletic Edge Sports Performance (Evergreen Park, Ill.). He has trained athletes for more than seven years. He also serves as an adjunct professor of sports performance in the Exercise Science Department of North Park University in Chicago. Leshinske also writes for baseballstrengthcoach.com.
Brandon McGill is the sports performance director at Velocity Sports Performance, where he served as head nutritionist and strength and speed coach for the 2010 NFL Combine class. Previously, he worked for the Scottish Institute of Sport, coaching Paralympic silver medalist Libby Clegg and British Olympic field hockey player Stephen...
Brandon Wood is the Director of Team Training and a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Parisi Speed School in Fair Lawn, N.J. His drive to help athletes succeed comes from his experience as a collegiate athlete. Although he believes increases in speed, agility and strength are important, he...
Now in his third season as director of strength and conditioning for the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Brent Rogers has a strong background in strength and conditioning. He was most recently the assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Kentucky. Prior to that, he worked...
Brett Bartholomew is a performance specialist at Athletes’ Performance in Phoenix, where he works with elite college, high school and youth athletes. Prior to joining AP, he was a volunteer football strength coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale....
Brian Lebo is the owner and director of Athletic Performance Training Center, a strength and conditioning facility in North Royalton, Ohio. He specializes in helping athletes improve their performance through the development of strength, speed, agility, and athleticism. A National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist...
Brian Neese is a copywriter and content writer residing in the Greater Chicago area. With over three years of professional writing experience, he works with both Fortune 500 companies and small businesses.
Brock Christopher, the founder of Accolade Athletic Performance, has worked with youth, high school, collegiate and professional athletes for nearly a decade. He previously worked for Velocity Sports Performance in West Los Angeles as the company’s sports performance director and general manager. Prior to that, he worked for Proactive Sports...
The founder of The Spot Sports Performance (Lodi, N.J.), Bron Schuler is a strength and conditioning specialist and fitness writer who has worked with high school, college and professional organizations and athletes in the NBA, NFL and MLS. He is NASM, NCSF and TRX-certified. Email Bron at 40InchVert@gmail.com.
Bryan McCall, CSCS, is the performance director with the Michael Johnson Performance Training Center at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. He has worked in the performance enhancement field for more than a decade, most recently as performance director at Champions Training Academy. McCall has also done sport-specific training for the...
