TED EDWARDS

Ted Edwards, (MS, CSCS, USAW, FMS) is a High Performance Specialist, Sports Management Consultant and  Sports Nutritionist providing organizational structure development services for sports performance organizations who govern elite athletes, such as professional triathletes, NFL players, tactical operators, Olympians, marathoners and MLB players.  He takes on the role of high level general manager facilitating successful and effective high performance programs.  Having experience with all facets of sport from hands on coaching, research, organizational leadership,  teaching and policy making/implementation, he use his diverse experience to train not only athletes, but to teach coaches, to start programs and  solidify  organizations.

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Ted earned his Bachelor’s of Science Degreee Biochemistry/Genetics and his Master’s Degree in Exercise Biochemisry/Biomechanics with extensive studies in nutrition.  He played many sports growing up such as baseball, basketball and track and continued as a Division-1 college football player (linebacker) at San Diego State University. This competitive environment helps him strive for success in everything he does.

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His strength and conditioning experience continues to be in high-level sports performance.  He has been a high performance specialist, strength & conditioning coach and nutrition consultant for some of the top sports teams in the country and the world for the last 15 years.  Ted was a Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Shanghai Sports Institute where he worked with Chinese professional and national team athletes preparing them for the upcoming seasons.  He has worked with Chinese leadership for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) to create a solid foothold for the NSCA to start the certified practice of strength and conditioning in China.   As an NSCA program facilitator Ted taught seminars to coaches on a variety of scientific and practical applications in the sports performance field.   He also spent time coaching in Spain.

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Ted has also worked as a Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the 1st Marines Special Operations Battalion at Camp Pendleton, CA part of MARSOC (a division of SOCOM).  He designed and implemented programs for the Marines Special Forces Critical Skills Operators so they could be deployment ready and able to perform maximally during intense combat.  Ted was required to obtain United States Government Secret Clearance from the Department of Defense for this position and still holds this clearance.

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A variety of schools, organizations have utilized Ted’s services including:  The Minnesota Vikings for 2 seasons winning a Division championship, the University of Florida on 2 separate occasions and winning the College Football National Championship, The University of California-Berkeley, and the Chinese Olympic committee just to name a few.

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Ted has experience working with many sports including basketball, American football, rugby, field hockey, swimming, ice hokey, lacrosse, diving, softball, baseball, volleyball, track and field,  soccer handball, gymnastics, judo, wushu, tennis, golf and more.