Brian Anthony - B. A.
Brian has gained vast experience in both the Strength and Conditioning/Sports Performance and Health/Fitness fields. He also has enjoyed a successful career as a professional athlete, as well. Brian received his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology from Slippery Rock University.
Upon completion of his degree, Brian worked as an intern at the University of Pittsburgh as a Strength and Conditioning Coach. After completing the internship Brian was asked to remain on staff as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Varsity Sports. In that position, he was responsible for the design and implementation of all aspects of performance training for the Women's Soccer and Tennis teams. This included plyometric training , speed and agility, strength development, balance and flexibility. Brian also worked under the guidance of Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Gary Wateska in the design and implementation of the workouts for all 18 varsity sports including the Men's and Women's Varsity Basketball teams.
Brian also worked as an intern during the mini and training camps of the Pittsburgh Steelers Professional Football Organization. As an intern he worked under the tutelage of Head Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Chet Fuhrman. In his role as an intern, Brian was responsible for overseeing the daily strength and conditioning workouts of all the players, including strength development, flexibility, and position specific conditioning and skills workouts.
Brian recently worked at Velocity Sports Performance in Gibsonia, Pa. During his time at Velocity, Brian was a Sports Performance Coach utilizing the integrated training program designed by legendary speed coach Loren Seagrave. At Velocity, Brian was responsible for the athletic development of athletes ranging in age from age 8-18 in all sports. The program utilized a progressive approach focusing on an athlete's core and neuromuscular conditioning for strength and explosive power development integrating flexibility, balance and joint stability and coordination exercises. Brian worked on each individual athletes movement mechanics emphasizing starts and acceleration, transition phase to max velocity, and multi-directional movement skills. These programs also included plyometrics, ladder drills and resistance training to increase neural innervation and improve movement mechanics.
Currently, Brian works at Fitness Innovations, Inc. in Mt. Lebanon, PA as a Personal Trainer. There he is responsible for designing and overseeing the workouts for a variety of clients ranging in age from 10-80+ years. As a trainer he also provides basic nutrition advise to his clients.
During much of his post-high school period, Brian enjoyed a successful career as a Professional Wrestler. While wrestling, he won several regional and national titles and was rated as one of the Top 500 Wrestlers by Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine 5 times. During his 15 year career as a wrestler, Brian had wrestled for such high profile companies as the WWE and the Philadelphia-based ECW.
Brian also wrestled for the NWA (now TNA Wrestling) where he was a two time NWA World Heavyweight Champion and one of the top rated singles and tag teams wrestlers.
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