Strength Talk & Shop

AJ joined FDU as the Strength & Conditioning Coach in September 2016.

AJ was the graduate assistant at FDU from 2015-16, and previously spent one year interning in the Cumberland University Strength and Conditioning Facility. AJ served a short stint at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, working with their Olympic Sports. Additionally, he interned with the University of South Carolina football during the summer of 2016. 

While in college, he worked two and a half years as Student Intern in the Grand View Viking Strength and Conditioning Department. AJ interned at the University of Kentucky for the 2015 summer, working with the Olympic Sports.

AJ is a graduate of Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. His undergraduate degree is in Health and Wellness Promotion with a focus in Kinesiology. He also earned Masters Degree from FDU in Sports Administration.

At Grand View he was apart of 3 NAIA Team National Championships, earning a spot as a 2015 NAIA Daktronics Academic All-American.

MATT HINKLEY

B.S. HEALTH & HUMAN PERFORMANCE - EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY

NSCA-CSCS, FMS

IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF KANSAS CITY STRENGTH & CONDITIONING. MATT BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE FITNESS INDUSTRY WHILE STUDYING AS AN UNDERGRADUATE AT EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE EARNED HIS DEGREE IN HEALTH PROMOTION. WHILE AT EMPORIA STATE, MATT WAS A PITCHER WHERE HE WAS A VITAL PART OF THE 2014 MIAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, THE 2015 MIAA CONFERENCE RUNNER-UP TEAM AND A PARTICIPANT IN TWO NCAA DIVISION II REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS.

UPON GRADUATING FROM ESU, HE TRAINED AND COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP AT CRESSEY SPORTS PERFORMANCE IN JUPITER, FLORIDA DURING THE SUMMER OF 2015. WHILE IN FLORIDA, MATT WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH LEVEL COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, SEVERAL MILB/ MLB PLAYERS, SOME NFL TALENT AND EVEN A PGA GOLFER.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF MATT'S INTERNSHIP WITH CSP, HE MOVED BACK TO KANSAS CITY, AND BEGAN WORKING AS THE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR AT PREMIER BASEBALL KC. AFTER A YEAR MATT TEAMED UP WITH JOHN RENZI TO FORM KANSAS CITY STRENGTH & CONDITIONING. MATT TAKES A VERY DETAIL-ORIENTED APPROACH TO ASSESSING ATHLETES INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, ARM CARE PRESCRIPTION AND EXERCISE SELECTION AND EXECUTION.

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Jim McGuire enters his second year as Fitchburg State’s head strength and conditioning coach.

McGuire came to Fitchburg State after serving as the assistant strength and conditioning coach as the University of Delaware from 2015-2018. Prior to that, Jim was the assistant director of strength and conditioning at Merrimack College from August 2012-June 2015.

Prior to his stint as Merrimack, coach McGuire was a volunteer football strength and conditioning coach at Boston College (June 2012-August 2012), a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Springfield College (August 2011-May 2012) and a football strength and conditioning intern at the University of South Carolina (May 2011-July 2011).

Jim began his collegiate strength and conditioning coaching career at the College of the Holy Cross as a volunteer strength and conditioning intern from December of 2009-January of 2010.Following that, Jim had stints at Achieve Performance Training (June 2010-August 2010), Springfield College (August 2010-December 2010) and at the University of Connecticut (January 2011-May 2011).

Coach McGuire holds the following memberships and certifications:

National Strength and Conditioning Association: Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

Functional Movement Screen-Level I Certification

American Red Cross: Adult CPR/AED Certified & Infant CPR Certified

Phi Epsilon Kappa Physical Education Honor Society

Jim graduated from Plymouth State University in May of 2010 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education, while also holding a Master’s of Education in Exercise Science and Sports Studies with a concentration in Strength & Conditioning from Springfield College (2012). Instagram is coachmcguirefsu Twitter @FSUFalconSC

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Clay Bewley is currently serving as the Speed, Strength, and Conditioning Coach at Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear, AZ. Clay is responsible for the development and implementation for the all in-school offered Strength and Conditioning courses and the athletic development for all 22 school sponsored sports at EFHS. In addition, Clay is responsible for the weight training and athletic performance courses offered by EFHS. This roughly accounts for about 500 students and student athletes in the EFHS Strength and Conditioning program. Before arriving at EFHS Clay spent time coaching at Northern Arizona University, Jacksonville University, Angelo State, UNLV Football, and Faith Lutheran High School. He is passionate about aiding all student athletes regardless of background and ability. Clay was named the 2019 Rocky Mountain Regional Coach of the Year by the National High School Strength Coaches Association (NHSSCA). Clay currently lives in Buckeye, AZ with his wife of 7 years, Stephanie and his daughter Lindelle. (3)

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Daniel Payne M.S., CSCS

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Daniel Payne is a strength and conditioning coach at SAPT in Fairfax, Virginia and a former strength and conditioning intern for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. He is also the owner and founder of Paramount Strength & Performance LLC. Daniel holds a Masters degree in Exercise Science from George Mason University and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) from the National Strength & Conditioning Association.

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Alex Makin Hanover College

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- BS in physical education Saint Joseph’s College (05/11)

- MS Liberty U human performance (completed 06/20)

- Australian Strength and Conditioning level 2

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Alex Makin BS CSCS is Currently the Director of Sports Performance at Hanover. Alex began at Hanover as a volunteer at the end of 2017, working with in season programs for women’s basketball and on field work with men’s soccer. Since then he has officially created the Hanover Sports Performance Program and has escalated to working with all 14 varsity sports (23 teams) with year round programming. In addition to this, he has assisted in achieving the first male national indoor track participant, individual national qualifiers for track and field and national tournament appearances for football, basketball and soccer in the previous 2 years. Prior to Hanover, Alex has worked back in Australia with Randwick Rugby Club and in the Private sector at Performance Personal training where he was in charge of team session program, group strongman sessions and individual clientele. He was certified in Reflexive Performance Reset in November 2017.

Certifications CSCS, SCCC, USAW-1.

McNeese State University Associate Director of Strength & Conditioning- Current

Experience

Colorado State Football S&C Intern 2015

University of Wisconsin football S&C Intern 2016

Colorado State Football S&C Graduate Assistant 2017-2019

McNeese State University Part Time Assistant Strength Coach 2019

Nate Harvey, MS, CSCS, is elitefts' executive equipment specialist and brings years of experience and knowledge of athletic disciplines to our customers. Nate developed his vast athletic history as the former head strength coach of Olympic sports at The State University of New York at Buffalo. During his 10 years at UB, he coached their first-ever national champion (shot put), four team conference champions (one back-to-back), eight of the school's twelve total All-Americans, 18 Olympic trial qualifiers, over 50 individual conference champions, 16 individual national qualifiers, and over 75 individual regional qualifiers using the conjugate method. He is also a strength and conditioning consultant for the New York Jets. He was certified in Reflexive Performance Reset in February 2017. His best total is 2,450 in the 308 weight class multi-ply division. In the 275-pound class, his best total is 2,250 sans supraspinatus. His best lifts are a 1,000-pound squat, a 750-pound bench, and a 750-pound deadlift. Nate looks forward to helping address all of your equipment needs. Contact him at [email protected]

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Originally from Akron, Ohio, Don Day is the director of strength & conditioning for Olympic Sports for Georgia Southern Athletics, a role he assumed in May of 2019. He moved into this role after serving as the assistant director for the football team in the 2018-19 year. In his position, he oversees all aspects of strength & conditioning for 16 Eagle sports out of Iron Works.

Day came to Statesboro after serving as the interim director of strength & conditioning at the University of Buffalo.

Day has also contributed as a columnist for EliteFTS.com and also has had stops at Western Kentucky University, American University, Robert Morris University and The University of Akron.

At American, he worked with the track/cross country program and designed the speed/agility program for men’s/women’s soccer and field hockey. At Robert Morris, he worked with the softball and football program.

Day received his Master’s at the University of Akron in sports science and coaching while doing his graduate assistantship with the football strength staff. He received his bachelor’s degree in strength and conditioning at The University of Findlay while also playing football for the school.

He is certified through the CSCCA with the S.C.C.C (strength conditioning coaches certification) and USAW certification.

Contact for Coach Don [email protected] 330-256-8108

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As a member of the Northwest Missouri State football team, Kolton fell in love with resistance training and its effect on his life. While pursuing his Masters at NWMSU, he focused on studying fat loss and training strategies. Over the years he has worked in multiple settings, coaching a diverse group of people to a better quality of life.

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