Training for Elite and Emerging Elite Track & Field Athletes
Athletic Lab provides a world class training environment and professional coaching from Dr. Mike Young to help you reach your potential.
Under the coaching of Dr. Mike Young, elite and emerging elite Track & Field athletes will join a team based structure that offers an uncompromising training environment. If accepted in to the program, you will receive:
Decathlete Jack Flood talks about his experience as a member of the Athletic Lab Track Club
Coach Mike Young has coached high school, collegiate, open and masters Track & Field athletes to the highest levels of the sport. As the coach for Athletic Lab Track Club (previously HPC Elite), Mike has coached 16 USATF National Championship Finalists in 7 different events including 2 National Champions and 2 World Championship competitors. Several of his international athletes have also represented their respective countries including Nick Newman (Great Britain) and Tiina Magi (Estonia).
He has coached on 4 NCAA Division 1 staffs including Ohio University, Louisiana State University, the United States Military Academy at West Point and North Carolina State University. Most notably he assisted LSU to 6 team National Championships in 4 years. Young has been no less successful with Masters Athletes, having coached athletes to over 20 Masters National Championships and 1 Masters World Championship.
Mike’s contributions to the sport of track and field have been extensive. He is a Level 1, 2, and 3 Instructor for USATF and has served as the Director of Technology, Biomechanics Chairperson, Sport Science Chairperson and Vertical Jumps Chairperson for USATF’s Coaches Education division. He is only one of two people to be a Level 3 instructor in three different event disciplines (sprints, throws, and jumps).
In his role as a USATF Coaches Education instructor, Mike became the youngest Level 2 (at the age of 26) and Level 3 (at 28) instructor ever in the 40 year history of the program. He has also taught more Level 1 schools than anyone in the history of the program. Beyond coaching education, Young has worked for USATF in a variety of capacities including sports scientist, coach educator, high performance administrator, and world championship support staff. More recently, he served as the sport science chair and one of the lead instructors for the USTFCCCA’s Coaching Academy.
Young has a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Physiology, an MS in Coaching Science and a PhD in Biomechanics. He is recognized as a USATF Level 3 Coach in the Sprints & Hurdles and a Level 2 Coach in the Throwing and Jumping events. He also holds numbers other credentials including Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach (CSCS) and USA Weightlifting Sport Performance Coach. Mike is considered one of the foremost educators on speed and power development in the world. He has lectured extensively across the US as well as in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Germany, Korea, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey.
Over an 8 year existence, the Athletic Lab Track Club has produced many success stories including:
