About Us

Chris Jackson  was a multi-sport athlete in high school and attended Brigham Young University where he played collegiate volleyball. He transferred to and graduated from ASU with a degree in Language (Spanish).

After several coaching positions at the community and club level, Chris accepted  assistant vollyball coaching positions at the University of Southern California (USC) and Grand Canyon University. Chris is currently assistant volllyball coach for Team USA now in preparation for the 2012 Olympics.

In his coaching experience at USC, Chris became exposed to the unique concepts of neuromuscular intensification training and witnessed the significant favorable impact it had on the volleyball players on his team. Chris now uses those methods in his coaching endeavors in volleyball and in his personal training protocols at Elite Performance Athletics

Follow Chris's blog on Team USA in Brazil at http://www.usavolleyball.org/blog/post/1284
 

Travis Townsend was an All-American in Cross Country at Deer Valley High School in Arizona, and attended Northern Arizona University on a cross-country and track scholarship, specializing in middle distances. He graduated with a degree in  Education.

During the past eight years Travis has coached high school and community sports teams and continued his own involvement in athletics by competing in adult softball, tennis and basketball leagues as well as  road races, triathlons and adventure relays around the US.

Over his athletic career, Travis has explored numerous approaches to physical development and athletic training. His involvement with Elite Performance Athletics is the result of his own personal experience with the limitations of today's conventional personal training programs available to high school and college athletes. His belief is that neuromuscular intensification and plyometric training can maximize the performance of every athlete or fitness seeker, regardless of their genetic makeup.

 

Lindsay McHugh is a consultant to Elite Performance Athletics. She was a member of the Arizona 5A state cross-country  championship team at Deer Valley High School in Glendale Arizona, and attended Northern Arizona University on a cross-country and track scholarship where she achieved All-Big Sky honors. Lindsay graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

Lindsay has continued her running career,  participating in road races and adventure relays around the country including the Hood to Coast Relay in Oregon and the Relay del Sol in Arizona. She recently qualified for the Boston Marathon at the 2008 Eugene marathon in Eugene Oregon.