“As a professional athlete for over ten years, member of the US Ski Team, 2x Olympian and World Cup ski racer I have worked with multitudes of strength and conditioning coaches in my career and Jimmy stands out as one of the best coaches I worked with! Jimmy has been able to share his vast amount of knowledge with me and coach me to returning to peak fitness after a severe leg injury and back onto the World Cup circuit. Throughout my recovery process Jimmy was not only creative and able to modify exercises to fit my needs but was supportive and motivating - making me feel that I really did have a chance to recover and compete at the highest level again. Without Jimmy's help and expertise I doubt I would be back on the slopes today feeling ready to perform my best again!”
-Alice McKennis, 2x Olympian and Alpine World Cup Ski Racer
“When I first started working with Jimmy I was unsure if the goals I had set for myself in my skiing career would ever be achieved. I was returning from severe knee and back injuries which made getting back into physical shape seem impossible. I many times wanted to give up. Jimmy helped me to push the mental block that I created out of my head. He motivated me every day and gave me hope that I could get back to where I needed to be. After working with many trainers none had been as adaptable and patient as Jimmy. He listened to me and understood my body's needs. Because of him, I was able to return to skiing and competing with the US Ski Team. Even when I had hiccups and long blocks home I knew Jimmy would still be dedicated to helping me. Through all my transitions from US Ski Teamer to D1 collegiate athlete I know I have an amazing strength coach that will always support me and be in my corner! And that feeling is amazing!”
-Nellie Talbot, US Ski Team and Montana State University Alpine Ski Team
“I started working with Jimmy at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I came to him with two big Olympic weightlifting goals so that I would improve my distances in both discus and shotput. These goals were very ambitious considering that I had only started Olympic lifting a month earlier. Throughout our time working together, Jimmy designed individualized workouts for me to accomplish both with him and on my own. He was patient and skillful when it came to teaching me the Olympic lifts. Due to the pandemic, Jimmy was forced to always be flexible as we were unsure of when my basketball, football, and track season were going to occur. The result ended up being that each season was condensed and overlapped from January - June 2021 which left very little time for recovery. Despite this, Jimmy was able to craft a program that increased my power while not making me too sore for basketball and football games. During this time, Jimmy utilized accelerometers to measure bar speed during certain exercises to keep me within a velocity that would leave me feeling fast and explosive while not tiring me out.
When it came time for track season, Jimmy structured my lifting so that I would peak during the last two weeks for the state track meet. Because of this, I felt rested and explosive at state and won both discus and shotput and set a discus state meet record. After track season we were finally able to lift without worrying about conserving myself for an upcoming event. The results of Jimmy’s program immediately revealed themselves as I was moving more weight than I ever had at fast speeds. Jimmy helped me surpass both of my goals within Olympic weightlifting before I left for college. I am so thankful that I was fortunate enough to work with Coach Jimmy as he not only helped me achieve my high school goals, but also left me feeling prepared for my collegiate career. Coach Jimmy was easy to train with, supportive of my goals and he has the knowledge and training to get his athletes to the next level of strength and endurance.”
-Avery Shunneson, Princeton University Track & Field
“I worked with Jimmy through SSCV training. He created programs that pushed your limits, but in a smart way to prevent injury from overtraining. I had never really liked olympic lifting, but Jimmy taught me great foundations and technique that helped me transition from simply club racing to D1 collegiate ski racing. When I tore my ACL, Jimmy was one of the most helpful people in my long return back to skiing, by creating strength programs that helped my leg regain strength, without the risk of re-injury.
A major injury like tearing an ACL can feel devastating at times, especially in the early weeks when you feel there is nothing you can do that will help you improve at your sport. However, Jimmy gave me creative cardiovascular exercises that wouldn’t put stress on my knee so that I was still able make use of my time. Later on, using the programs I was able to use all the time off snow to get stronger and come back to the sport with more strength and power, which led to great progress in my ski racing career! I will always be grateful for Jimmy’s support.”
-Reece Bell, Denver University Alpine Ski Team
I started working out with Jimmy junior year, I had goals of increasing lateral and linear quickness, being able to open to open up my hips, and overall explosiveness. Took a while considering I was 200 IBS and very skinny. Through out the couple years of training with Jimmy I gained around 20 IBS of weight and was able to move more like a basketball player. During the pandemic Jimmy was very flexible with his schedule fitting me in when he could and going with my basketball traveling schedule. He created a program that kept me in-shape and allowed me to gain strength, flexibility, and quickness without tiring me out.
During senior year basketball season I had little to no free time so we would fit in a couple sessions here and there and this allowed me to take my mind off of basketball and just talk and train with Jimmy. After the season, he created and program to help me get ready for when I get to Wake Forest in June. Jimmy has done an amazing job helping me reach my goals as a person and a player and I credit a lot of my strength and new abilities to him and his personal knowledge. Jimmy is more than a trainer, he’s a great friend and individual to talk to.
- Zach Keller, Wake Forest University Mens Basketball
"In our late 70's, we decided we needed to find some solution to deteriorating function as we age. We have enjoyed skiing/ water-skiing/ biking/ walking and hiking/ extensive gardening; but in retirement we found we could just no longer function as we had hoped. Jimmy has guided us/ instructed us/ encouraged us to the point that Susan, now 76 yo, who has been troubled for years by dysfunction in activation of leg and hip muscles/ IT Band problems, etc. is now enjoying all those activities, walking and hiking longer distances at greater speed; and she was recently informed by her PT folks that her legs are much more muscular and less fat than any time in the recent past! I, nearly 79 yo, enjoy much better flexibility/ improved strength/ much less pain and limitation in shoulders (past partial rotator cuff tears and dislocation) and can walk and hike much better/ lift weights required in gardening, etc.....and just plain function better. All this carefully executed by Jimmy so that we do not hurt ourselves in the process.
We should add that Jimmy has restored our faith in his Millennial Generation: he displays an exceptionally pleasant personality/ is respectful even of older clients/ works very hard and long hours/ lives frugally and is saving up in the process....everything you hope to see in a young man getting started. He is obviously a success already and is assured of a very successful career as he continues."
-Dr. R.J. Noble, M.D.
“In an effort to maximize the benefits of bariatric surgery, I began to work with Jimmy four years ago immediately upon completion of post-surgical rehab. Despite the vast disparity in our ages, and the age of his typical clients, we began, for me certainly, a tremendously successful relationship for which I am so extremely grateful. We have progressed dramatically from our beginning, based in no small measure on the approach he has taken with me. Each of our sessions builds on the previous, with a continuity based upon his planning and advance preparation. During this period, I have been continually impressed with his professionalism and his work ethic. Never patronizing in any respect, despite the multitude of opportunities, he continues to challenge me without intimidation, quietly urging with a balanced approach to strength and stamina. His success with my program dramatically underscores his analytical approach, serving the development of a client base spanning fifty years in age.”
-Robert Devoy