MMACA Faculty

Anthony Carey, MA, CSCS, CES

Anthony holds a Masters degree in biomechanics and athletic training and is PFP Magazine’s 2009 Personal Trainer of the Year. He is the owner of Function First in San Diego, California. Anthony has authored two best selling books; Relationships and Referrals: A Personal Trainer’s Guide to Doing Business with the Medical Community and the Pain-Free Program: A Proven Method to Relieve Back, Neck, Shoulder and Joint Pain. His work has received national attention, including the New York Times, Time Magazine and Oprah’s “O” Magazine. His clientele includes professional athletes, entertainers, heads of industry, physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, acupuncturists, moms, dads, sons, and daughters.

Anthony presents and writes internationally for the fitness community on biomechanics, corrective exercise, functional anatomy and motor control and their relationships to musculoskeletal pain and function. He consults for the some of the largest equipment manufacturers and health clubs in the world. His current professional passion is to bring the benefits of his invention, the Core-Tex, to people of all abilities. Visit Anthony’s site

 

Scott Gaines, MS

Scott Gaines has been training in martial arts for over 17 years. He is an experienced martial arts instructor with a 3rd degree black belt in the traditional Korean art of Tang Soo Do. He has studied under Royce Gracie and Dan Severn. He is the Senior Vice President of the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) as well as an adjunct professor of Functional Biomechanics at A.T. Still University. Scott oversees the development of NESTA’s educational programs for fitness professional and is the author and contributor to many of them. He is a national speaker on fitness in areas such as biomechanics and cardiovascular program design. Scott’s education includes a Master’s Degree in Human Movement with an emphasis in Corrective Exercise from A. T. Still University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine.

 

Martin Rooney MHS, PT, CSCS, NASM

Martin Rooney is an internationally recognized fitness, business leadership and martial arts expert with a Master of Health Science and Bachelor of Physical Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science from Furman University. He is the creator of the Training for Warriors system and currently the COO of the Parisi Speed School.

Martin was a member of the United States Bobsled team from 1995-1997, 2000 and a four-time All Conference, and four-time MVP performer in Track and Field at Furman. Martin has also presented for numerous companies on leadership and teamwork including Fortune 500 companies such as Marriot International and Hasbro. He has traveled as far as Brazil, Finland, Mexico, Japan, Russia, England, Holland, Thailand, Italy, Germany, Austria and the Middle East to train, compete, and conduct seminars and help prepare world class athletes for competition. Martin has been the martial arts consultant to the NY Giants and the NY Jets and coach of the 2007 IFL World Team Champion New York Pitbulls. In addition to UFC fighters like Frankie Edgar, Dan and Jim Miller, Rolles Gracie, and Rafaello Olivera, Martin has also used his training system with Jiu Jitsu World Champions like Roger Gracie, Braulio Estima, and Kyra Gracie, US National Judo Champions, and Collegiate Wrestling All-Americans. Martin is currently a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under UFC fighter Ricardo Almeida and a black belt in Kodokan Judo under Olympian Teimoc Johnston-Ono at the prestigious New York Athletic Club.

Martin has been featured on ESPN, ESPN2, Spike TV, Sports New York, Fox Sports Net, Fox Fight Game, the NFL Network, HDnet, NBC.com, Bodybuilding.com and in the New York Times, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Journal, The Sporting News, Stack Magazine, Fight Sport, Fighters Only, Grappling and Sports Illustrated for Kids. Martin has lectured for the American College of Sports Medicine, the College Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the UK Strength and Conditioning Association, the Finnish Coaches Association, American Fitness Professionals and Associates, Perform Better and has been commissioned by Nike to run speed testing camps at a number of major universities. He has written four books called “Train to Win”, “The Team Renzo Gracie Workout”, “Training for Warriors”, and “Ultimate Warrior Workouts”, the latter two published by HarperCollins. Martin is also on the editorial council of Brazil’s Gracie Magazine. Martin has also produced a 10-part DVD series on the Parisi Training Method and a 2-part series entitled “The Secrets of GameSpeed”. In all, these products have sold in excess of 100,000 copies to date.

In addition to training many world champion martial artists, Martin has also been a speed and conditioning consultant to the New York Giants, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona State University, University of Alabama, Oregon State University, Rutgers University, Montana State University as well as other athletes from the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA and numerous top Division I colleges across the country. He has also trained numerous Olympians including one gold, four silver medalists, and one US Olympic Trials champion.

Over the last 10 years Martin has helped to develop one of the top NFL Combine training programs in the country producing the fastest athlete at the 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006 NFL Combine and first place finishers at ten different positions, including five all-time records. 127 athletes Martin has trained have been drafted to the NFL including the #2 pick overall Chris Long in 2008.Visit his site: parisischool.com & trainingforwarriors.com

 

Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS

Todd Durkin, MA, CSCS, is a performance coach, personal trainer and massage therapist who motivates, educates and inspires people worldwide.  He is the owner of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, where his wonderful team of 35 focuses on personal training, massage therapy, Pilates, yoga, sports performance training and nutrition to help transform the bodies, minds and spirits of a broad clientele.  Todd trains dozens of NFL and MLB athletes, including 2010 Super Bowl XLIV Champion and MVP Drew Brees. He is the head of the Under Armour Performance Training Council and is a featured presenter on the Perform Better educational circuit. He is a two-time Trainer of the Year (IDEA & ACE). Additionally, Todd provides motivational talks and programs to companies and conferences worldwide.

Men’s Health recently named his gym, Fitness Quest 10, one of the Top 10 Gyms in the US.  Todd has appeared on 60 Minutes, ESPN, NFL Network and has been featured in Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Business Week, Prevention, ESPN the Magazine, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Journal, Stack Magazine, Self, Shape, Fitness, the NY Times and Washington Post.  Todd has authored 35 DVDs on strength and conditioning, functional fitness, massage/bodywork and business/personal growth.  His new book, The IMPACT! Body Plan debuts in October 2010 and is a 10 Week program designed to create world-class performance. You can sign up for Todd’s FREE award-winning Ezine newsletter, the TD TIMES, at www.FitnessQuest10.com or www.ToddDurkin.com. 

 

Bradford Jurica, M.A.

Brad Jurica, M.A. is a former Division I collegiate athlete, national presenter, author, and consultant for elite
and professional athletes around the country. He is the COO, and Director of Mental Training Inc., a performance
enhancement-based consulting firm that serves as a catalyst to optimal performance by providing athletes,
executives, and performers the tools and support to strengthen their mental skills and find their performance “zone”
more often. Brad’s personal mission is to educate his client’s on the power of the mind by increasing awareness,
facilitating cognitive growth, and being a positive agent for change as he helps each individual reach each of his/
her health and fitness goals. Brad also currently works as a professor at Weatherford College in Decatur, Texas.

He teaches classes on topics ranging from Intro to Psychology to Developmental, Health and Sport Psychology,
as well as Abnormal Child Psychology. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in both philosophy and psychology
with Honors, and has almost ten years of personal training experience. Starting in 2002, Brad began working
with elite, professional and Olympic athletes back home in Southern California in a variety of capacities (i.e.,
consultant, personal and mental trainer). Since coming to Texas, Brad has worked with both clinical and nonclinical
populations holding workshops on topics such as: goal setting, team cohesion, anxiety management, progressive
muscle relaxation (PMR), the importance of self-esteem, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, eating disorders, anger
management, leadership development, mental toughness, and team building. He has several publications in both
regional and national magazines as well as peer-reviewed journals throughout the country. Currently, he is a member
of Division 47 (Sport and Exercise Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and has served
as a Western and Southwest regional representative for the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) since
2003. In addition, he has been an active member of the Surfrider Foundation for over a decade and is an advocate
for keeping our beaches and coastal wetlands pollution free. In his spare time he enjoys taking Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
(BJJ) and mixed martial arts (MMA) classes, traveling, surfing, competing in half and full marathons, and spending
time with his 5-year old black lab “Zehn”. Visit Brad >>>

 

Alan Kemp
Boxing Coach

Alan Kemp first entered a boxing gym at the age of 9 after winding up on the losing end of several skirmishes with bullies in his tough Buffalo, New York neighborhood. His father Al, a former boxer and experienced trainer, thought it was time for his young son to learn how to defend himself. Under his watchful eye and careful tutelage, Alan spent the next years transforming himself from a skinny boy into a fine practitioner of what his father called the “Sweet Science” – or the Art of Boxing.

By the time he was 15, Alan had won the first of three Golden Gloves boxing championships, going on to claim 45 wins in 52 bouts as an Amateur. Eventually becoming a professional middleweight, Kemp achieved a record of 12 victories and 2 defeats, scoring 11 knockouts.

As a boxing coach, Alan Kemp strives to bring the same dedication and passion to the sport that his father did. “Whether for competition or physical fitness, I believe that the relationship between coach and athlete is a collaborative one, with the coach guiding the athlete to reach for his or her greatest potential. The process of training is hard work for both but, it can also be fun and ultimately, very satisfying”, says Kemp.

 

Sean Waxman, CSCS
Olympic and Powerlifting

Sean Waxman has dedicated his life to the pursuit of improving human performance. His journey started as an eleven year old as he watched the 1980 Olympics with amazement. He had one profound question: “What do you have to do to become that strong and fast”?

From that moment on, he has sought the answers. As a boy he would spend hours reading “The Soviet Sports Review”, “Strength and Health”, “Bigger Faster Stronger”, or any other magazine or book that spoke about how to get stronger and faster.

As he became a teenager he started experimenting on himself using the very methods he was reading about. At that point, he began to understand the answers to his question. Although Sean was a gifted high school and collegiate athlete, his true passion was always in the weightroom. After giving up a promising football career, Sean decided to become an Olympic Weightlifter. From all his research and experimentation, he knew unequivocally that Olympic Weightlifters were the quickest, strongest, and most powerful athletes in the world. He wanted to find out not only why this was true, but also what he needed to do in order to illicit those changes in his body, as well as in others.

Sean then spent the next decade of his life immersed as an athlete and student in the world of Olympic Weightlifting and Exercise Science. Under the direction and guidance of USAW Hall of Fame Coach Bob Takano and NSCA Hall of Fame Strength Coach Dr. John Garhammer. Sean spent four to six hours a day, six days a week, fifty weeks a year, in the trenches training, observing, and learning with some of the best coaches, scientists, and athletes in the sport. This high level of skill driven by his passion and perseverance made him one of the top Olympic Weightlifters in the country from 1995-2001, earning him a spot on the National Team, a National medal, and five California state championships. While training as a Weightlifter, Sean attended Graduate School at California State University at Long Beach under the tutelage of Dr. John Garhammer, studying Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Biomechanics.

During this time, Sean started his strength and conditioning career. In 1995, Los Angeles City College hired him to work with Men’s Basketball. After two years working with the team, they won their first state championship. Sean had similar successes at all of his stops as a head strength and conditioning coach. After two years of working with Women’s Volleyball at College of the Canyons, they captured their first conference championship. After one year working with the boys’ volleyball team at Mira Costa High School, they captured their first National Championship. After only one year of working with girls Volleyball at Redondo Union High School, they won their conference for the first time and set a new school record for wins. He has also coached the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the I.H.L. and worked with Arn Tellum of SFX management preparing draft picks for their first NBA season.

In late 2000, Sean started Pure Strength, a private training facility located in Southern California. Since its inception, he has developed dozens of NCAA Division I-A scholarship athletes in several different sports. Included in this list are four Southern California High School Volleyball Players of the Year, three California High School Volleyball Players of the Year, one California High School Baseball Player of the Year, one National High School Volleyball Player of the Year, and four members of the USA Junior National Volleyball Team. During this time Sean has also trained MMA stars Lyoto Machida, Rico Chiapparelli, Vladimir Matyushenko, Frank Trigg, and Mac Danzig. In all, Sean has developed hundreds of athletes from a dozen sports.

Sean is the owner of Pure Strength Incorporated; a consulting company that helps coaches, athletes, and athletic organizations reach their performance goals. By identifying and solving their most critical and challenging problems, Pure Strength helps clients eliminate barriers to success. His newest client is the Nicaraguan Olympic Weightlifting Federation, which Sean is a National Coach and special advisor to President Nino.

He is a contributing writer and technical advisor to “Muscle and Fitness” and had his own monthly column titled “Power and Strength.” He also writes and is a technical advisor for “Muscle and Fitness Hers”, and “MuscleMag International” magazines.

His popular monthly seminar series that focuses on different aspects of athletic development have become the “must attend” events for anyone serious about learning how to correctly and effectively coach athletes.

Sean’s training methodologies and ability to make complex movement skills seem simple makes him one of the most sought after “coach of coaches” and lecturers in the country.

Visit Sean at www.Purestrength.com

 

Mike Mahler

Mike Mahler is a fitness information provider based in Las Vegas, NV. Mike has been a strength trainer and kettlebell instructor for over seven years and has taught workshops all over the US and overseas. His current focus is on the field of hormone optimization via nutrition, training, and lifestyle. Mike is also working on a book entitled, "Live Life Aggressively! What Self-help Gurus Don’t want you to know which covers how to carry the lessons that you learn from training to other areas of lifeMike is also a respected writer, known for his honest and fluff-free style, and has written over a hundred articles for publications such as: Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Fitness, Hardcore Muscle Magazine, Planet Muscle, Testosterone Magazine, Ironman Magazine, Ironman Magazine Japan, Industry Magazine, and Exercise Magazine For Men. Mike has also been featured in Muscle & Fitness, UPN News, and CBS News. Mike has done over eighty kettlebell workshops since 2002 across the United States and overseas. Some of the locations where Mike has taught kettlebell seminars include: Washington DC, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, New York City, Portland, Oregon, San Jose, Miami and Phoenix.

Mike is well known as one of the leading experts on effective kettlebell training for size, strength, fat loss and conditioning. In addition to his highly in-demand workshops, Mike is the author of three best-selling kettlebell training DVD’s: The Kettlebell Solution for Fat Loss and Mental Toughness, The Kettlebell Solution For Size And Strength and Kettlebell Solutions For Speed And Explosive Strength, as well as two best-selling kettlebell training e-books: The Aggressive Strength Kettlebell Training Manual, The Aggressive Strength Solution for Incredible Kettlebell Training and The Aggressive Strength Solution for Size and Strength. Visit mikemahler.com

 

Josh Henkin, BS, CSCS

Josh Henkin is a graduate of Arizona State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science/Physical Education and was a member of the Men’s Basketball Team. Coach Henkin is the owner of Innovative Fitness Solutions, a premier strength and conditioning company in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is a prominent member of the fitness and sports performance arena.

Coach Henkin often makes guest appearances on television and radio programs where he presents cutting edge fitness concepts. In 2005 Coach Henkin released Sandbag Fundamentals. The book was a smash hit and created a high demand for additional products. Coach Henkin has answered the call with the creation of The Ultimate Sandbag and High Octane Sandbag Training: the DVD, soon to be released. In addition, Coach Henkin has teamed up with strength coach, Troy Anderson, to create SMASH: Total Body Conditioning with Sledgehammers, a unique DVD guarenteed to give you that extra edge you’re looking for. To learn more about Coach Henkin’s upcoming seminars and projects keep visiting sandbagexercises.com.

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John Brookfield, Creator of Battling Ropes

John Brookfield is internationally known in the world of strength and conditioning as both a coach and competitor. He is a multiple world record holder who has set many records when it comes to sustaining strength, speed and power over time. John has been featured on many television shows such as Regis and Kathie Lee, The Today Show and Good Morning America. He has been listed in Ripley’s Believe it or not and the Guinness book of world records. John has also produced over a dozen instructional training DVDs and written numerous books including Mastery of Hand Strength and is currently finishing up his new book Mastery of Physical Prowess.

Most recently John is known for his Battling Ropes training system which is being by countless athletes from NFL teams, Olympic athletes, MMA stars, elite military units and simply anyone who is trying to get in the best shape of their lives. The Battling Ropes is completely unique and unlike any other training methods due to the fact that the athlete is forced to be physically and mentally engaged at all times. This is due to the fact that the user is forced to use velocity and non momentum training instead of relying on momentum, leverage and gravity. With the Battling Ropes training there is no lull in the action and the result gives the athlete the ability to train or compete at a much higher rate of intensity for longer durations of time. The system is also very progressive and there are seven different concepts to the system and seven different levels of progression.

Just like the Battling Ropes, John has also developed several other training systems never seen before which he is just now in the process of releasing including his new Chain Reaction program and the Weight of Water program which were designed and developed to give the user a much higher level of work capacity, physical prowess and mental toughness. John has been a popular presenter at many NSCA conferences over the years where coaches and athletes have embraced his unique unconventional methods which are guaranteed to produce results.

PERSONAL RECORDS

1- Pulled a twenty six thousand pound semi truck the distance of one full mile by himself in the time of one hour and seventeen minutes. The record pull was done without the use of any pulling ropes.

2- Pushed a Emergency Medical Service truck the distance of one full mile by himself.

3- Performed 1200 kettlebell snatches with a 53 lb. kettlebell in the time of one full hour. the kettlebell was not set down during the duration of the endurance record.

4- Tore 100 decks of plastic coated poker cards in half in the time of two minutes and fifteen seconds. This record was performed for The Today Show.

5- Rolled up 1/4 mile of steel nonstop in 59 minutes. This World record was done by using 62 twenty foot steel bars which were 9/16 in diameter. Each bar was lying on the ground and had to be rolled up so tightly that they fit into a small suitcase. Get details >>>