Gary Young

Sports Performance Coach Gary Young has a career spanning over twenty years. He has worked with professional athletes at Olympic training centers in America, Korea, and China. He has served as a head coach and director for the Texas-based Ultra Quest Sports Training performance camps, coaching hundreds of junior-level athletes for baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and track & field. Gary has served as a coach for the Aspen Basketball Academy, the Conley Soccer House, Reebok CrossFit, USARIEM (Warfighter Health and Performance), and the Tennis Academy of China. In 2020, Gary was the private performance coach for China's Female Olympic Weightlifting, coaching China's leading four women, who went on to win two golds and a silver medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Coach Gary’s athletes include national champions, China’s Four-year National Games gold medalists, and four Olympic Gold medalists, in track and field, tennis, weightlifting, and speedskating. Gary Young is NSCA CSCS certified (#200424029) and USATF certified (#L1.10.6080).

Track and Field, Speedskating, Triathlon, CrossFit
1) Winfield High School, All-state Cross-Country, State Championships Silver Medalist in Track & Field
2) NCAA Division I Cross Country, Track & Field Athlete
3) US Speedskating National Championships (Bronze Medalist, Intermediate Division)
4) New York Speedskating State Championships (Silver Medalist, Elite Division)
5) Butler YMCA Triathlon (1st Age Division, 13th Overall)
6) CrossFit (Worldwide) Open (Top 1000, N. America (Age Division)
7) South Korea Olympic Training Center Athlete (Short-track Speedskating)
8) Charleston Distance Run - 5K - 2nd Place Male Overall.

Today, high-level sports performance depends on two foundations: 1) The Sport-Specific Skill (like hitting a tennis ball or shooting a basket) 2) The Foundational Athletic Ability - Sprinting, Jumping, Quickness, Explosiveness, and the ability to do all of these efficiently and without tiring. A tennis player may have a beautiful swing and perfect placement, but they will not be competitive if they cannot hit the ball hard and cover the full court with speed and stamina. Sports Performance training is: Building an Athlete.

I use a comprehensive approach to BUILD ATHLETES by focusing on:
1) Sprint Mechanics
2) Full-body Explosive Strength (RFD - Rate of Force Development)
3) Hip and Spine Posture (Biomechanical Efficiency)
4) Abdominal Stability and Strength
5) Aerobic / Anaerobic Fitness Economy
6) Optimizing Recovery Through Eating Habits and Sleep Habits
7) Long-term, Progressive Training Programming

A seventy-five minute session will include:
1) MOVEMENT PREPARATION AND MOBLITY
2) SPINE / PELVIC CONTROL
3) EXPLOSIVE FORCE
4) MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT
5) POSTERIOR CHAIN / CORE
6) LPHC FLEXIBILITY (Lumbar-pelvic-hip Complex)
7) AEROBIC / ANAEROBIC CONDITIONING

Your program will be personally designed to your age, your sport, and your fitness level.
Every session you complete will be carefully recorded and intentionally progressed.
If you have an injury, we will train around the injury and include rehabilitation exercises.
Location: We can train at your preferred gym or at an agreed upon local gym or facility.