Bio - Mike Klinefelter

Specialist Coach Mike Klinefelter began his journey in the sports and athletic industry in various exercise science departments from 1983-97. A former state, regional, and national body building title holder with experience in power & Olympic weight lifting training. Mike traveled the United States putting on exhibitions with the World's Strongest Man, Bill Kazmier, & other world class athletes and record holders. At the NFL's Strongest Man in Football competition, "the Kas" demonstrated his strength by bench pressing repetitions of over 600 pounds while Klinefelter displayed muscle endurance by squatting 405 pounds for multiple sets of 20 repetitions.

In the 90's, Klinefelter entered the track & field arena founding & coaching track teams. By 2002, he was coaching the 4x400 relay team of the Georgia Express, a Jr. Olympic team competing on the National level. Under Klinefelter's training and coaching, the Georgia Express won 1st place at the state level, 2nd at the Miami Youth Nationals, and 4th at the USTAFA Nationals. He was then hired as the speed development coach for the sprint team at KSU where, in their 1st year as a D1 school, KSU's 4x400 relay team took 1st at the indoor conference championships.

In addition to coaching track and owning his own training facility, Klinefelter began the in depth study of plyometrics and speed development training. By the late 1990's, he was incorporating this research into his teachings. Recognizing the success of the local athletes he was training with plyometrics and speed development, and the lack of exposure in the local market, he opened The Sports Training Center & Speed School in 2002. Today, after decades in the industry and with his reputation as a plyometrics and speed development specialist, he has been featured in Sports Illustrated, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Marietta Daily Journal, and Northside News. His Sports Training Center & Speed School now has hundreds of athletes training annually.

Because most sports require the athlete to reach top speed quicker, change directions, and react to their position, sport, and situation, his primary focus is on teaching reaction speed and overall athleticism - not just straight away speed. This style of training has been used at the professional level and taught at major universities over the past several decades. As younger athletes incorporate speed and plyometric training, in addition to the weight room, their generation will set new standards of performance.

In 2008 Coach Mike was brought in by National Co. "Speed To Win" developers of "THE SPEED STATION". STW provides high schools & collages around the county with a state of the art out door speed development training facility. Mike & Tony Vallani of XPE design the training protocols & curriculums & now teach & train coaches how to train athletes in speed development & plyometrics, Techniques used to train NFL & elite athletes at the professional level, "the future of training is here".

In 2009 “The Speed School” became the official training facility for MMA “Hardknox” & its fighters. Coach Mike trains the MMA fighters with the same techniques to train other athletes only adjust the drills for this particular sport. MMA has become the fastest growing sport in the world, its athletes require more training hours then any other professional athlete.

In 2010 “The Speed School” is selected as the official training facility for NUC “National Underclassmen Combine”. In conjunction with Ultimate 100, National Passing Academy & Rivals.com. NUC holds 2 Atlanta Combines each year as Coach Mike will be preparing the athletes for the event.