The Art and Science of Athletics

Athletic Strategies is a complete training and conditioning system—the culmination of almost four decades of research, practical application, development and innovation in the health and fitness industry.

Our aim is to help professionals, athletes and teams be at the top of their fields. We do this by offering world-class education, coaching and instruction, and providing individuals and teams the framework and tools they need to optimize their health and performance.

We work with professional athletes, as well as individuals at all levels of athleticism. Of course, there are differences in the intensity and goals of our clients, but we are happy to help anyone who is serious about his or her health and well-being work towards genuine fitness.

The Art and Science

of Athletics

Athletic Strategies is a complete training and conditioning system—the culmination of almost four decades of research, practical application, development and innovation in the health and fitness industry.

Our aim is to help professionals, athletes and teams be at the top of their fields. We do this by offering world-class education, coaching and instruction, and providing individuals and teams the framework and tools they need to optimize their health and performance.

We work with professional athletes, as well as individuals at all levels of athleticism. Of course, there are differences in the intensity and goals of our clients, but we are happy to help anyone who is serious about his or her health and well-being work towards genuine fitness.

Welcome to a

whole new world

of athleticism and fitness possibilities!

True athleticism is the art of combining strength, power, endurance, flexibility, and much more! Using all the tools available to build the human body and its integrated systems, we enter an exciting new arena of maximum success and utmost potential.

Of course, there is no single method of training to achieve outstanding results. But, having had the good fortune to learn from some of the greatest fitness mentors and coaches in the world, we are able to draw from a wide range of techniques to customize your training to your needs. And we continue to explore the newest and most advanced methods in neuroscience, strength and conditioning, martial arts, athletics and human performance to help you reach a whole new world of athleticism and fitness possibilities!

“To me, he’s the best in the business, somebody who, if you want to be great, you’re going to work with.”  

Isaiah Thomas, Professional basketball player

“The physical conditioning and the mental preparation are like nothing else. It helped to elevate me to the best I could be in the game of basketball.

These last 10 years of my career, winning multiple championships, were well worth all the hard work daily we did together.”

Stephon Marbury, Professional basketball coach and former player

Chris Hoffmann

MEET OUR FOUNDER

Chris Hoffmann, founder of Athletic Strategies, brings an extensive background as a cutting-edge trainer and athlete, with over 35 years of experience. A promising young German soccer player in his late teens, on the verge of signing a professional contract, he was badly injured in a game and was never able to play again. The back pain that resulted from the surgery that followed led Chris to seek out doctors and specialists to relieve the pain, but without any real results. So he began to study physiology, kinesiology, and anatomy with the aim of learning how to improve his condition.

His studies finally brought him to some of the best experts in the US including Dr. Mike Clark, Founder/CEO of Fusionetics, Founder NASM, and Team Physical Therapist for the Phoenix Suns, as well as a leader in human performance. He also studied with Dr. Vince Guagliano, Founder of AIM Sports Medicine and Dr. Eric Cobb, Creator and Co-founder of Z-Health, one of the world’s leading experts in harnessing the power of the neurology of movement to create extraordinary change in the human body. To his amazement, during one session with Eric, Chris’ pain immediately disappeared and his functioning was fully restored.

Chris went on to study intensely with Mike, Vince, and Eric, and, drawing from his own history as an athlete, he became one of the most sought-after trainers today, working for over 15 years with international athletes such as Stephon Marbury and the Beijing Ducks basketball team and Sun Yang, Chinese Olympic Swimmer and World Record Holder, as well as other high-level clients from the NBA and NFL. He recently coached a professional basketball player whose career seemed to be at an end, but who, thanks to Chris’ training, has returned to the field at the highest level. He has coached a variety of clients with different health and pain issues—from athletes to CEOs—and has helped them completely resolve their health and performance challenges where traditional approaches had failed.

With an arsenal of advanced techniques at his command, Chris takes a comprehensive approach identifying imbalances by looking at the body holistically while searching for movement inefficiencies and dysfunctions. He continues to test and employ the ever-evolving and cutting-edge training methods in neuroscience, strength and conditioning, martial arts, athletics and human performance fields. Chris’ programs are some of the most complete and successful in strength and conditioning today for those who take their training and health seriously.

Chris holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Munich as well as certifications as a Performance Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiologist and Z-Health Master Trainer. He is also specialized in soft-tissue techniques, which he uses to restore function and balance the body