Ken B.

I am a Conditioning Coach with an emphasis on mechanics and skills development. I have had the privilege of coaching athletes from nearly every sport you can think of... hockey, football, golf, rugby, baseball, MMA, ballet (yes ballet dancers are incredible athletes), and others - at every level, from high school to university to professional and Olympic athletes.

I specialize in energy production and swing mechanics to Maximize Athletic Performance... supported by life choice and life style education.

Rhino Athletics
HEAD Coach - Athletic Performance
1990 – Today Plymouth Minnesota

Head Coach/Assistant Coach
Wayzata Girls Rugby Club
2002 – 2012 Plymouth, Minnesota USA

Assistant Coach/Conditioning Coach
Minnesota Select Rugby - High School Boys
2007 – 2010 Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota
To date at least 5 of our players have gone on to play for US National Rugby teams.

University of Minnesota
Assistant Coach - Women's Rugby Team
2008 – 2009 Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota

I have been coaching athletes and teaching fitness for 20+ years - I still have an intense passion for personal and performance evolution.

NOTABLES:
- Athlete: Ultra Marathoner - age 59
- Event: The FANS 24 Hour Race - Lake Harriet
- Previous Best before Fitness Training: (age 58) 55 miles, finished last in age group
- After 4 months of Fitness Training: (age 59) 104 miles, first in age group - second overall and only 4 miles behind event winner (age 28).

- Athlete: Tae Kwon Do Competitor - age 18
- Event: U.S. Olympic Team Trials (for Sydney) - Colorado Springs
- Before Fitness Training: nationally ranked #2 behind the U.S. and world Champion. Suffered from a severe hip condition requiring daily therapy to keep the hip usable. We (the athlete and I) designed a Fitness and nutrition program that fit her needs AND wants.
- After 7 months of Fitness Training: she was able to compete and dominate her Olympic Trials matches, getting her into the finals to face the one person ranked above her. Competitive Tae Kwon Do is primarily a kicking sport, on her first charge to score, my client kicked and her hip failed - she could no longer kick with that leg... so she became a one legged wonder, countering and parrying every charge by her opponent, attacked and charged for all three rounds - the only competitor in the whole tournament to force the world champion to all three rounds - and finally lost by one point in the end. An amazing performance, she battled and nearly beat the world champion on one leg! Because of her amazing drive and dedication to her Fitness Program.

- Athlete: Professional Baseball Player, Pitcher - age 29
- Event: Spring Training (weigh in)
- Before Fitness Training: 270 pounds > told to lose 30 pound by spring training (a 3+ month window) or give up $600,000 of his $8,000,000+ salary for the next season.
- After 5 weeks of Fitness Training: he was able to weigh in at 238 pounds and keep his $600,000 > he waited until the last 5 weeks to get rid of the weight, so in the interest of maintaining performance, we could not starve him to lose the weight (and I refuse to use any illegal techniques or short cuts), yet he was never hungry the whole five weeks... tired, in a good way, but not hungry... we utilized the principles of Performance Nutrition and hard (smart) work to get it done.

First session is ALWAYS a Functional Performance Assessment.
Based on your current training phase and the data generated by the assessment, we design a program that best serves your Fitness needs and Wants.

Most sessions comprise of a Warm Up segment followed by the specifically designed training segments scheduled for that day - these sessions could be held in a gym, at a city park or on a sandy beach... highly varied, never boring always different:
"Coach Rhino has been my conditioning coach for over 9 years, I don't think we ever once did the same workout twice..." - Peyton "the Artist" Russell, IKF Champion