Joey Buchanich - Personal Trainer 

Personal Trainer Specializing In:

• Personal Training for Seniors

• Functional Movement Specialist and Mobility Enhancement

• Baseball Performance Specialist (Former College Baseball Player)

Education:

• B.S. University of Pittsburgh

  • Major: Sports Medicine

  • Minor/Concentration:

• M.S. Gannon University

  • Major: Sport and Exercise Science

  • Minor/Concentration:

Certifications:

• NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

• American Red Cross CPR/AED Certified

Background

My background involves an undergraduate degree in Sports Medicine from The University of Pittsburgh and a Graduate Master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Gannon University. With both of those, I have gained experience in Gannon’s human performance lab, doing testing in body composition with air plethysmography along with metabolic cart testing on many of the athletic teams. I have gained skills in body composition, exercise physiology, and strength and conditioning from both programs. Along with these skills, I am a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA and have experience with helping correct functional movement issues to attain better overall mobility.

Along with my lab experience, I have experience working with college students, athletes, and the elderly populations.  In graduate school I had internships with Gannon’s competitive Cheerleading and women’s lacrosse teams as their strength and conditioning coach. I was in charge of exercise prescription and any testing needed in the human performance lab. I also worked at Gannon’s recreation and wellness center where I gained building supervisor and customer service skills. During my graduate study experience, I also interned at Lewis Performance. There, I helped as a strength coach for athletes ranging from late middle school to the minor league level.

I most currently was a floor manager/personal trainer for golf and tennis athletes at the Elk River Club in Banner Elk, North Carolina. There, I assessed clients and provide exercise prescription/coaching, along with motivation to reach their goals. All of these experiences are important in the creation of my coaching ability to best help clients reach their desired goals.

Q & A With Coach Joey

1. Favorite Exercise:

   • Deadlift, we have to pick things up every single day and deadlifting puts an emphasis on doing that correctly for daily life functions.

2. Favorite Food:

   • Chicken Alfredo

3. Favorite Movie:

   • Inception

4. How many Siblings do you have?

   • 9 … I am the oldest

5. Favorite thing about Become Better:

   • The sense of family feeling with everyone that comes in to the gym

6. 3 items I would live with:

   • My Fishing pole, My Gameboy with Pokémon, a whole gym

7. Favorite Superhero:

   • Thor

8. Go to karaoke song:

   • Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

9. Favorite Sport:

   • Baseball

10. Favorite Sports Team:

    • Any Pittsburgh Team

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