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Mike Gough, BSc. CSCS

Mike Gough, BSc. CSCS

Founder and President

A world class strength and conditioning specialist who has trained athletes that have competed in the Olympics, World Championships, NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL.

Mike is the owner of Athletic Edge Sports Performance Conditioning in Bradenton, Florida. Over the past 12 years Mike has trained many elite amateur and professional athletes looking to elevate their sport performance conditioning. This list includes 5 NFL 1st round draft picks, over 85+ NFL Players, NBA, NHL and MLB athletes along with Olympians.

In addition to his training Mike speaks to a wide variety of groups both nationally and internationally on performance training. He has been featured on ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, TSN Canada and write for Mens Health and Mens Fitness magazines.

His innovative training methods and unyielding dedication to his athletes maximizes their performance to the highest level of excellence. The effectiveness of Mike’s work is best measured by his client’s success. After training with him, many of his athletes have gone on to compete at the highest levels of amateur and professional sport.
His style of coaching exudes passion and energy that physically and mentally motivates and inspires those around him.

Garrett Niewold CSCS

Garrett is a Sports Performance Specialist with AES. A native of Sarasota, Garrett attended the University of Central Florida where he studied and obtained his degree in Exercise Science. After working with athletes at UCF he came back to Sarasota to be the Strength and Conditioning coach at Sarasota High School. Garrett received his CSCS certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Dr. Christian Carson DC