Michael Wood, CSCS, PN1, is widely recognized as one the nation's top health & fitness experts. He is a certified strength & conditioning specialist and nutrition coach (PN1). He serves as the Director of Michael Wood Fitness, formerly known as the Sports Performance Group, Inc., established in 1988. The award-winning fitness-consulting company calls some of the biggest names in the athletic, academic, and entertainment industries their clients. The company has completed more than 35,000 training sessions to date under Michael's guidance. Michael is a consultant for Welltory, a data-driven assessment app and previously consulted for Sage Strategies, LLC, a premier management consulting firm specializing in the health and fitness. He is a Brand Ambassador for T-Pin Muscle Therapy and ElliptiGO (2018) and an advisory board member at Perch.fit and Koko FitClub. He is also as a member of the Fitness Industry Technology Council and a former two-time member of Power Bar Team Elite. Michael has raised money for two scholarship funds when he reached the summit of Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,340′) with Thompson Safaris. Michael's honors have included receiving the coveted Boston Magazine "Best of Boston" award and in both 2004 and 2005 Men's Journal named Wood one of the top 100 trainers in the United States. In the December 2004 issue, the magazine also included Michael on their trainer "Dream Team," comprised of the nine best trainers in the U.S. Michael is the author of The TBC30 Plan: A 6-Step Diet & Exercise Strategy for Life (Amazon Digital Services, 2017). His exercise programs have been featured in two other books, The 30-Minute Fitness Solution (by JoAnn Mansion, MD and Patricia Amend, Harvard Press, 2001) and Cut Your Cholesterol (David Katz, MD, and Debra Gordon, Reader's Digest, 2003). Michael was also featured in the List Makers Get-Healthy Guide book from the Editors of Prevention Magazine (Rodale Books, 2010). He is also a co-author on ten scientific research papers and abstracts. Michael taught undergraduate strength and conditioning courses at both Boston University and the University of Connecticut where he also attended graduate school. He attended Springfield College on an athletic scholarship before earning a B.S. in Human Performance/Exercise Physiology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and an AS in Physical Therapy (PTA) from North Shore Community College.
