COACHES

 BRAD LESHINSKE BS. CSCC Owner and Sports Performance director:


Brad has been a life long athlete. After HS, Brad went on to play college football. Brad finished his football career at North Park University as a captain, starting as an outside linebacker. He played semi-pro baseball for 2 years and played third base. Brad majored in exercise science and started working at Athletico physical therapy, where they focused on athletes and rehabilitation. Brad earned his strength and conditioning certification in 2004, which is widely regarded as the best certification for training athletes. Since obtaining his certification and degree, Coach Brad has been published twice and has done 3 presentations on the topic of strength and conditioning. Brad went on and continues to work at Highland Park Hospital, where he focuses on personal training. Last year, Brad worked as the head sports performance coach for TPSports and trained many high level athletes. TPSports moved to Lockport and Brad decided to open Athletic Edge Sports Performance to continue training local HS and grammar school athletes in the Southside Chicago area. He has been published in Stack magazine for acl injury prevention and numerous times in the Beverly Review. He is also an adjunct professor at North Park University teaching in the major of exercise science.

JOHN GRIFFIN BS CSCS CO-OWNER HEAD COACH:

Coach Griffin is a graduate of St. Ambrose University where he majored in fitness and human performance witha  focus on kinesiology. Coach Griffin also played basketball for the university as well. While at Ambrose he was the basketball,  womens volleyball and mens volleyball strength and conditioning coach. After St. Ambrose coach Griffin started training athletes on the south side of Chicago brinining what he learned from his education and playing experience at St. Ambrose.

 

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Athletic Edge Sports Performance specializes in sports training, athletic training, athlete performance and physical therapy in Evergreen, Oak Lawn, Darien, Lamont Chicago Ridge, Downers Grove, Willow Brook, Grange and Chicago. They also have a Physical Therapist on staff.

 

Our areas of expertise include:


  • Balance Training
  • Body Toning & Sculpting
  • Circuit Training
  • Lifestyle Management
  • Teen Fitness
  • Traditional Strength Training
  • Women’s Health
  • Young Adult/Youth Fitness