Born and raised on a beef farm, outside of a rural town in central Pennsylvania, Jeremy grew up playing sports, working hard, and learning the value of finding a way to get things done. Growing up on a farm, and juggling sports and honors academics taught him about discipline, commitment, and hard work.

He began organized sports competition at the age of 5. He is the middle of 3 boys, all who worked hard to make the most of the opportunities presented to them. As the son of an avid athlete and coach, coaching has always been in his blood.

"Working on the farm at an early age I was often lifting 100 pound bags of feed, or buckets of water, tossing around bales of hay, or carrying large stones and other large objects from the field. I also remember carrying these objects across the barnyard and doing whatever it took not to let go or drop anything?not too bad for a skinny 11 year old."

With two busy parents, and the time commitment needed on the farm, he wasn't able to travel to the nearest town for team training . He was forced to improvise his training routine and use non-conventional training methods and apparatus. Using creativity and lessons from generations of strong farmers and workers, he was able to report each year for his sports seasons in better shape and stronger than others on his teams. It was at this time that he realized there were many ways to achieve great results through hard training and commitment to a purpose. Little did he know at that time, that what he was learning, and the type of training he was doing, would prove to be some of the most beneficial training available today.

"I used to spend my summers on the farm physically lifting and tossing around as many heavy items as possible. I would also offer my services for hire to any farmers within walking, biking, or running distance. Imagine a 12 or 13 year old boy asking a farmer to hire him to walk around his fields with a wheelbarrow and a shovel to remove all of the big, heavy rocks that may be damaging the farm equipment and slowing down the harvesting process?it didn't take long for word to spread and I soon found myself lifting heavy rocks and tossing heavy bales of hay all summer long?"

At the age of 13, Jeremy was taken under the wing of his uncle, an avid power lifter and strong man, and patient teacher and communicator, to learn how to properly begin using weight training to help his athletic performance. It was at this time the he found a passion for weight training and exercise, and has worked hard to develop that passion and help others in need.

Later, when Jeremy was 14, with the help of his grandfather, his father converted a section of the barn into a sports facility-he put up a basketball hoop inside the barn and lined the floor with wrestling mats.

"Even after working 12-14 hour days, I remember my father taking the time to work with me and my brothers on pitching and running bases and hitting in baseball. I am especially thankful for him connecting and knowing enough to find the resources to help us learn wrestling, and weight training when he felt this was not his area of expertise."

"My dad and grandpap are the two hardest working men I've ever known. I've had great role models in my life that exemplified hard work, honor, and that mental toughness that most people only hear about in books or see on the big-screen. I was fortunate enough to live it and breathe it every day."

 His training began as bodyweight training and farm training as a young kid and progressed to intense weight training sessions instructed by his uncle, beginning at age 13. He early training routines consisted of such things as running, hill sprints, off-road climbing and mountain running, hill jumps, farming (carrying cows, throwing bales of hay, chopping wood, carrying and pressing logs, pull-ups using tree branches, push-ups, digging holes, driving fence posts in hard ground, moving heavy rocks-odd shaped objects-out of fields, heavy unbalanced wheelbarrow training-and then included weightlifting exercises such as squats, deadlifts, cleans, bench press, and a large number of additional exercises.

At an early age, Jeremy was an avid reader and learner of the health sciences, including nutrition, and was able to successfully learn how to pack on muscle for football and then quickly and safely lose bodyfat while maintaining strength and power for wrestling season. Then, after wrestling season, he learned how to quickly pack on useful muscle to increase strength and power for track and field.

After high school, he went to Susquehanna University for 2 years, where he majored in Athletic Training, before transferring to Slippery Rock University (SRU). He graduated from SRU with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science, and then he attended California University of Pennsylvania for his Master's Degree in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention.

While in college, Hoy competed in Track and Field (Discus, Javelin, Shot Put), wrestling (197lbs, heavyweight)(NCAA Division 1), and played football (outside linebacker, defensive end). He is an active supporter of the Slippery Rock Univeristy wrestling Alumni Association.

Professionally, Jeremy has the highest credentials a coach can receive. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the NSCA (National Strength & Conditioning Association), certified Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) with the NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine), a Certified Speed Specialist with NASE, and a certified Flex Band specialist by Jump Stretch, Inc.

He has coaching experience working as a performance coach at the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, Duquesne University, Robert Morris University, as well as a variety of other coaching positions with athletes at many different levels.

As an athletic performance coach, he has directed and hosted many summer performance camps and clinics, speed and agility camps, and team training programs for sports such as hockey, wrestling, soccer, football, basketball, and tennis. He is the director and off-ice director of the annual NHL Style Elite Hockey Camp in Pittsburgh, featuring Jay Caufield and Rick Tocchet.

Coach Hoy is also recognized by various forums as an authority on training for ice hockey, wrestling, MMA, preventing injuries in young athletes, speed training, and women's sports and fitness.

Additionally, he is a highly sought after speaker/clinician and lectures each year on speed training and training for ice hockey at the Annual Pennsylvania State Strength and Conditioning Clinic attended by strength and conditioning professionals, athletic trainers, physical therapists and sports medicine doctors.

Jeremy currently resides in Pittsburgh's south hills with his wife and four children.

Athletic Performance Coach and Golf Fitness Director: Brandon Monin

Born and raised in Lancaster New York, a suburb of Buffalo, Brandon grew up playing a variety of sports. At a young age he learned the value of working hard to be successful in athletics. The discipline he learned through sports carried over into his academics and life.

He began organized sports at age 5 playing baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer, and wrestling. Brandon is the second oldest amongst his siblings, he has an older brother and two younger sisters. His father was a high school wrestling coach and Brandon never missed an opportunity to go to practice or competitions with his father. It was those experiences that sparked his interest in coaching.

At an early age Brandon learned the values of persistence and dedication when it came to training. He was constantly reading to educate himself about better training methods to help him become a better athlete.

At age 13, Brandon's parents bought him a membership to the local gym. It was there where he became passionate about weight training. He used the advice and knowledge from the owner of the gym to learn how to properly weight train and diet to improve his athletic performance.

Brandon began playing varsity sports in the seventh grade, when he was given the opportunity to be on the varsity wrestling team. He credits his dedication in the weight room and proper nutrition that allowed him to be successful against the older more physically mature wrestlers.

Throughout his athletic career Brandon suffered two major injuries. At age 15 he suffered a broken femur during a football game. He had to have a screw put in his leg and was in a cast for eight weeks. After the cast was removed he immediately began physical therapy and working out to get ready for the remainder of the wrestling season. Four weeks later he earned his spot back in the lineup and helped his team to finish second in the state.

During his senior season of football, having a great year starting at inside linebacker, Brandon had another set back. In the third game of the season he tore his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament).

He was told he wasn't going to compete in sports for six to nine months.

Brandon was the favorite to win the state championship that year and that was not what he wanted to hear, but his doctor told him that he wasn't going to deny him the opportunity to try and come back sooner. Immediately after the surgery he began physical therapy. In order to get his knee ready to wrestle his therapy was accelerated. Just one week post operation he was doing exercises that patients typically don't do until the fourth or fifth months of therapy. Brandon was able to make it back for the last month of the wrestling season after just three months post operation. He went on to qualify for the state tournament and place sixth.

"My ability to come back from such a major surgery so quickly was because I was willing to work hard and push through the pain. I did physical therapy five times a week and spent every day icing and stretching my knee to manage the swelling and get my range of motion back. I did whatever I could to stay strong and in shape, I biked, swam, and even went to the gym on my crutches."

After High School, he went on to Gannon University where he majored in Exercise Science with a concentration in Physical Therapy. He graduated from GU with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science and went on to earn his Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Pittsburgh.

While in college, Brandon was given a wrestling scholarship and competed at 141lbs his freshman year and 157lbs for the rest of his career. He went on to be a four-year starter, two time national qualifier, a three-time East Region place winner, and served as a captain his senior year. Brandon was one of the first true freshman in GU history to qualify for the national tournament.

Professionally, Brandon is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and he is a certified Golf Fitness Instructor by the Titleist Performance Institute.

Brandon is also currently the strength and conditioning coach for Gannon University's wrestling team and specializes in evaluating and designing programs for area golfers, and athletes participating in soccer, basketball, hockey, football, baseball, softball and/or volleyball. Through his advanced formal education and hands-on experience, he is trained to study sport movement and analyze the performance needs for athletes of any sport, level, and age.

Brandon currently resides in Pittsburgh and is single.