Jude Massillon, the driving force behind The Sports Performance Group, holds 15 certifications and degrees in Exercise Physiology, Sports Development, and Strength and Conditioning. For more than a decade, Jude has coached professional strength and conditioning, created and led health and fitness seminars, and designed, managed and operated several successful facilities.
On the world-class track and field level, Jude has coached 4 world championship medalists, 14 Olympians over the last 4 Olympics, and national champions from 16 countries. He has also taught Olympic lifting techniques and plyometrics on a competitive level.
Jude is a long-time member of USA Track and Field, of which he is a Level 3 Coach. He is a lecturer for the International Amateur Athletic Federation and American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Currently, he is the President of The Sports Performance Group, formerly Vitesse International, which continues the tradition of developing world-class track and field athletes.
Time and again, you ask yourself: What are the champions doing? Where are they training? Well, if you're a Long Island athlete, you may travel up to an hour to Rockville Centre, NY to train with The Sports Performance Group. Located at Sportset Health and Fitness Club and known to its athletes as SPG, the group of a half a dozen trainers have been instrumental in creating Long Island champions in every sport. They have worked with a dozen All-Americans and over 50 current Division 1 athletes. Jude Massillon is designated by Nike as one of the rare 150 Nike Sparq trainers in the country. SPG at Sporstet is a Nike Sparq training site and the only one of its kind on Long Island in Rockville Centre.
Jude Massillon, the driving force behind The Sports Performance Group, holds 15 certifications and degrees in Exercise Physiology, Sports Development and Strength and Conditioning.
He is the author of the Motivation, Nutrition and Preparation books in The Athlete's Body Within series of books. Jude designed these books to help us find the athlete's body within each and every one of us whether you are able to visit his location or not. You can read more about his books at www.theathletesbodywithin.com or on Amazon.com.