Bob Whelan

Current

• Owner, Fitness Director, Strength Coach at Whelan Strength Training

Past

• Columnist, Bob Whelan's Q&A at Hardgainer (natural weight training magazine)
• State Director for District of Columbia at National Strength & Conditioning Association
• Off-Season Strength & Conditioning Consultant at Boston Celtics

• Exercise Physiologist at NASA
• Instructor of Strength Fitness at Northern Virginia Community College
• Strength & Conditioning Coach at The Catholic University of America
• Special Agent at U.S. Federal Government
• Fire Fighter, EMT at US Air Force

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Education

• George Mason University
• Troy University
• University of Maryland University College

• Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, (CSCS), 1991 - Current

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Recommended

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Connections

168 connections

Industry

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Websites

• My Company
• My Website
• My Store

Bob Whelan’s Summary

Bob Whelan has a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and Health from George Mason University and a Masters Degree in Management from Troy University. He is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and is certified as a Physical Training Instructor by the International Combat Martial Arts Federation (ICMAF). Bob served as the District of Columbia National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) State Director for over 5 years. He has been making Washington, DC stronger since 1990 running Whelan Strength Training, one of the most comprehensive personal strength & conditioning programs in the world. He formerly worked as an exercise physiologist at The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and as the strength & conditioning coach at Catholic University. He taught a self-designed course, Strength Fitness, at Northern Virginia Community College. He has trained athletes from the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Womens Professional Basketball, and various combat and strength athletes.

He was an off-season conditioning consultant to the Boston Celtics for two summers. Bob competed as a powerlifter for seven years and set several military powerlifting records, going undefeated for a three year span. He lifted "raw" and had a bench press that was double his bodyweight and a deadlift that was triple his bodyweight. He was the base powerlifting coach and coached the team to the USAFE championship in 1983. He has written over 100 published strength training articles. He was a contributing author in the strength and fitness guide book, MAXIMIZE YOUR TRAINING. Bob is the owner of NaturalStrength.com and the founder and coordinator of 6 Capital City Strength Clinics. Prior to making his passion his profession, Bob served 8 years in the U.S. Air Force (as a crash/rescue EMT fire fighter), and served 5 years as a Federal Agent.

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Bob Whelan’s Specialties:

Bob is a master motivator and specializes in "extracting maximum energy" from people of all ages and conditions.

Bob Whelan’s Experience

• Owner, Fitness Director, Strength Coach

  Whelan Strength Training

  (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  September 1990 — Present (19 years 3 months)

  Personal trainer, strength & conditioning coach, private gym, one on one personal training, private coaching, located in downtown DC, near Gallery Place Metro. Call 202 638 1708
  
  Whelan Strength Training is one of the most comprehensive personal strength training, conditioning & fitness programs in the world. His duties include judging client/members physical capability based on functional limitations. He provides exercise prescription, rehab plans and testing exemptions (if applicable) for all client members. He plans and directs the development of long range plans and programs to include curriculum development, health and fitness activities, budget and facility requirements, and all equipment purchases. Bob uses the knowledge of his graduate level training in advanced exercise physiology, exercise prescription and program development, sports medicine, motor learning and sports psychology to make determinations of client/members training potential & limitations. He uses multiple training and medical data bases such as the National Strength and Conditioning Association, (where he served as the NSCA DC State Director for 5 years), and The American College of Sports Medicine as needed to make any determinations of capability and develop intervention plans. He has a strict standard of honesty in regard to a lot of the quackery in the fitness and nutrition field today and does not sugar coat information to get more customers to sign-up. He requires a one hour fundamentals orientation for new clients to be sure they understand what they must do to get results. Bob is a master motivator and can extract energy from anyone and also has a "total fitness" philosophy of body, mind & spirit which he tries to pass on to his clients. He's 100% against the use of performance enhancing drugs and his website NaturalStrength.com has been a world leader in the cause since 1999.
  
  
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• Columnist, Bob Whelan's Q&A

  Hardgainer (natural weight training magazine)

  (Sports industry)

  1994 — 2004 (10 years )

  Bob wrote over 50 articles for Hardgainer Magazine from 1994 - 2004 including his own column, Bob Whelan's Q&A. Hargainer was the leading natural training magazine in the world and was strongly against the use of performance enhancing drugs. It ended print publication in 2004, but is still online at Hardgainer.com.
  
  Bob also wrote for several other training magazines with over 100 training articles published. He was a contributing author, chapter 13, Balanced Training, in the classic strength and fitness guide book, MAXIMIZE YOUR TRAINING.

• State Director for District of Columbia

  National Strength & Conditioning Association

  (Sports industry)

  February 1996 — August 2001 (5 years 7 months)

  Coordinated 6 Capital City Strength & Conditioning Clinics.

• Off-Season Strength & Conditioning Consultant

  Boston Celtics

  (Sports industry)

  March 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 7 months)

  Trained a Celtics player who lived in the DC area in the off-season during the summer of 1997 and 1998. Worked directly with Celtics Strength & Conditioning Coach Shaun Brown. Read the Boston Globe Sports article: http://web.archive.org/web/20060514080125/www.naturalstrength.com/wst/athletes/pervis.html

• Exercise Physiologist

  NASA

  (Government Agency; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  July 1991 — March 1993 (1 year 9 months)

  Worked at the NASA HQ "Stress Lab"/ Fitness Center providing fitness, nutrition, exercise program prescription and development and motivational guidance to NASA HQ personnel. He worked under the guidance of the NASA Medical Unit that was adjacent to the Stress Lab and conducted exercise testing and fitness evaluations for all employees who elected to use the training facility. He worked part-time while attending graduate school at GMU. Bob received the NASA Special Service Award in October 1992 for outstanding service that contributed to the NASA mission and wellbeing of NASA employees.
  
  *Was a contract employee - Hummer Associates, Cleveland Ohio had the contract with the NASA Health Unit and Stress lab at that time.

• Instructor of Strength Fitness

  Northern Virginia Community College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 1992 — December 1992 (1 year )

  Instructor of a self designed Adult Education Course, "Strength Fitness" at the Manassas campus.

• Strength & Conditioning Coach

  The Catholic University of America

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 1991 — December 1991 (1 year )

  Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, (Volunteer - 20 hours per week)
  Mostly worked with Football Coach Rick Novak but was available to all varsity athletes.

• Special Agent

  U.S. Federal Government

  (Government Administration industry)

  September 1985 — September 1990 (5 years 1 month)

  Conducted background investigations on individuals applying for positions of trust with the US government and/or sensitive government contracts. Employed skills in interview and elicitation techniques, utilization of credit, court, police, and other record sources and report writing. Assisted with physical security surveys in addition to providing personal protection to visiting dignitaries. Received additional training in safety, first aid, CPR, counter terrorist tactics and qualified in the use of firearms. Top secret clearance granted after extended background investigation. Received two letters of appreciation and a cash incentive award for special assignments as Field Investigator. Resigned after he started graduate school in Exercise Science at GMU and decided to make his passion his profession.

• Fire Fighter, EMT

  US Air Force

  (Government Agency; Military industry)

  June 1974 — April 1982 (7 years 11 months)

  Honorable discharge.

Bob Whelan’s Education

• George Mason University

  M.S. , Exercise Science & Health , 1990 — 1993

  3.5 GPA

• Troy University

  M.S. , Management , 1982 — 1988

• University of Maryland University College

  B.S. , Business & Management , 1977 — 1982

• Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, (CSCS), 1991 - Current

Additional Information

Bob Whelan’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Store

Bob Whelan’s Interests:

Business, personal training, strength training, physical culture, fighting steroid use, (I hate steroid using morons), physical fitness, self- defense, martial arts, positive thinking, writing, internet, website work, making my wife happy.

Bob Whelan’s Groups:

Certified as a Physical Training Instructor by the International Combat Martial Arts Federation (ICMAF)

1978 NCO of The Year, 52nd CES, Spangdahlem Air Base Germany.

Whelan Strength Training featured in a two page article in the Boston Globe (sports section) in November 1997 for the outstanding work done training a member of the Boston Celtics in the off season. Player named a team captain after a "summer of rebirth under Bob's whip."

Lived in Germany from 1976 - 1984 in the Spangdahlem and Bitburg Airbase area.

Graduate of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and hosted a weekly talk show on WGTB, (Georgetown University Radio)

•    TheVanguard.Org
•    theCrossLinkNetwork
•    New England Patriots Fan Club (1700+)
•    Professional Athlete Network™
•    Fox News Networking Group
•    GMU Alumni Association
•    Sports Industry Network™
•    Baseball in the Blood
•    Fellowship of Christian Athletes
•    Strength and Conditioning Coaches
•    Fitness and Health Professionals
•    ATHLINKED
•    Positive Thinkers
•    NSCA
•    Fitness Professionals Networking Group
•    Mixed Martial Arts Industry
•    Conservative Networking
•    The MMA Network
•    Nutrition and Fitness Professionals
•    Nightingale Conant Fans
•    Red Sox Fan
•    Fitness Trainers and Coaches
•    American Independent Writers
•    Sports Employment Inc.
•    The Athlete's Business Team
•    Conservatives of America
•    Motivation Nation
•    TotalGamePlan
•    Mastermind Networking Group
•    George Mason University Athletics
•    Athlete Alliance
•    Perfect Pitch Marketing Group

Bob Whelan’s Honors:

Favorite Quotes:

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence

"Ah but a man's reach should exceed his grasp...or whats a heaven for." - Robert Browning

"Government is not the solution, government is the problem."- Ronald Reagan

"Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Satchel Paige

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthenth me." - Philppians 4:13

Bob Whelan’s Contact Settings

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