Curiosity always drove me as an athlete. At age 16 in 800 population Sutersville, PA, I convinced my Dad to purchase a Leaper, an isokinetic jump squat machine, as I was always looking for something to increase my vertical leap, and it did. A flaw at the beginning of the movement often strained my lower back which caused me to be bent over for a couple of days; it would improve and I would be back at it.

As my senior high school basketball season ended in 1976, my 5’9” 128 lb. frame had received small college offers, but I stubbornly wanted to prove, despite my size, that I could play Division I. Strength training for basketball was relatively new, but my chiropractor purchased a circuit of Nautilus machines that I started on that summer and I continued lifting at my junior college in hopes of, since my height was a given, looking more the physique part for D1. By the end of that first season I weighed 145 and signed D1 with The Citadel, where I continued to look for the best ways to train, always having, because of my size, to prove myself. I became a two-time All Southern Conference player, played in the top 64 nation’s Seniors Portsmouth Invitational, and in the NBA Summer Pro League.

I then, not being a true strength training professional, took the same curiosity into my 41 year basketball coaching career, just trial-and-error experimenting with some knowledge gained here and there for some anecdotal success, helping athletes with gains that I had achieved as an athlete. This led to developing a unique squat machine with a brilliant inventor, Larry Vittone, and a deadlift bar/platform while I was still coaching. A defective hip replacement surgery took me out of coaching, and the Lord put me on a different path where I am blessed to collaborate full-time with expert and creative geniuses in the athletic performance world who can refine my curiosity, and guide us to launch groundbreaking products that will serve all walks of life.

All I was ever really concerned with before was running faster, jumping high – we are doing amazing things in these areas – and injury prevention would take care of itself in our training. But it is now also very personal. I have granddaughters playing soccer and basketball and I can help them with ACL injury prevention with groundbreaking, ground-based tools and exercises for applying force into the ground and absorbing force, and decelerating capabilities that our world has never before been able to access.

For the betterment of athletes and the everyday person to move better safely and rehab better

I’ve always had an interest in lifting and lifting equipment.  It started well before ‘Strength Coach’ became a hired position. There were many fun days of building and using a flat bench made out of oak slabs and 2×4’s that were really 2” x 4”.

Growing up in northwestern PA, we made the most out of a second-floor gym on top of a shoe store. No heat, no plumbing.  Our first trip to York Barbell to buy a few 310 lb. Olympic sets and a set of dumbbells was the highlight of our lives up to that point.

Further down the road, as a sales rep for PosiTrak, I met Tom Myslinski at a Nike’s Coaches Clinic, who was a starting guard for the Steelers at the time.  Tom introduced me to Buddy Morris at Pitt.  They told me to go see this guy in Ohio that was really making some news in his gym.

That started a 26-year friendship and working relationship with the guy in Ohio, Louie Simmons.  I was fortunate enough to see and be a small part of Westside Barbell equipment development off and on, over the years.  It was fascinating, to say the least, to see how Louie could slap together some pieces of steel from a thought in his head.  In a way that that could enhance the performance of any athlete of any sport.

He would let me know when I came up with a decent idea and he would let the whole gym know when I came up with a dumb one.  I learned from that.

I met Randy Nesbit, Larry and Bill Vittone of PosiTrak in the mid ‘90’s from a quarter page advertisement I saw on a Christmas Eve to leave a message.  Randy answered and schooled me on the Natural Balance Squat machine functions and benefits.  I sold that machine to nearly every person that would physically try it.  Except Louie Simmons, who refused to be standing within 2 miles of any squat machine.

Now, teaming up with Randy again, and a cast of brilliant minded strength coaches at the D1 to high school levels, engineers and a clinical practitioner, I am heavily involved with performance equipment development.  For athletes and non-athletes.  Our goal is to bridge the gap between athletic and clinical performance.  We think far outside the box with a relentless effort to elevate training results.  We’re unafraid to go against the grain and we have zero desire to just ‘make a sale’.  Our sole purpose is to make better athletes and to create better quality lifestyles.  I sincerely hope you will take a look at a new, raw, exciting approach to training.

“PosiTrak’s unique way of devising new training concepts always makes me look forward to finding out what’s next.”

Jon Yen – Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Truett McConnell University

“I compete in the 182 lb weight class. Just prior to my 19th birthday, I hit a PR of a 585 lb squat. I credit a lot of my success to the balance squatting feature on the PosiTrak Natural Balance Squat machine. And it just doesn’t build my strength. I have made huge gains in my quickness and vertical.”

Luke Nesbit, Powerlifting champion,  Athens GA

“I have seen excellent benefits and athleticism gains in my players when using PosiTrak training systems.”

Doug Novak, Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Army

“Posi-Trak makes you re-think traditional athletic performance concepts.”

Jason Taylor, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Newberry College

“After doing my first workout doing magnetic squatting, I was surprised in the next days how well i jumped and moved on the court.  Particularly on defense. I love it.”

Sebastian Tidor, 6’5″ Freshman Roane State, 1st Team All Conference – Tennessee Community College Athletic Association