Our Coaches

Bio

Coach Donald has worked with hundreds of athletes of various sports across Pennsylvania, Texas, Kenya, and Belize. He's a former collegiate sprinter/hurdler with a Masters of Education in Exercise Science.  Guiding people to improve themselves is something Donald takes pride in as his unique quality in life & it's reflected throughout GHP. Donald is a USA Track & Field Certified Level 1 Coach, earned his NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Certification, and is an EXOS Certified Performance Specialist.

Donald fosters his experience across many backgrounds into an artful fitness experience that allows people with various goals to harmoniously train together.  Having experience successfully coaching:

• building resilient fast runners from HS sprints to adult marathons
• grooving athletic performance with ultimate frisbee & other sports
• post PT injury rehabilitation
• creating healthy habits to create a healthy nutritional & activity based lifestyle

He has cultivated GHP to be a place where people from many worlds come together and train alongside each other to get more out of their bodies and life.

Away from GHP, Donald is enjoys traveling, coaching track, playing ultimate frisbee, nerding out on sci fi (or anything), and exploring desserts!

Donald enjoys anything that has blueberries in/on it and has a weakness for cheesecake.

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Coach Leslie is a Pittsburgh native. She grew up on the east side of the city where she fell in love with the sport of basketball at her local YMCA at the age of 7. In high school she continued to play and eventually picked up running by joining the cross-country team. She continued to run and play basketball throughout high school and college. In her collegiate years,  she would win four Division III AMCC titles at La Roche University for basketball. She went on to graduate with a dual degree in Business Management and Marketing. 

After college, Leslie used her degree to manage and oversee multiple franchised restaurants across the state. She would then become an IT specialist for PNC. During this time, she couldn’t shake her love for sports and athletics and decided to leave the corporate world to pursue a path in the fitness industry. She started coaching high school basketball, got into CrossFit and went on to get her Level 1 CF certification. When the pandemic hit, Coach Leslie started running and training for her first half marathon. Since then, she has run multiple half marathons and two full marathons. While training, she quickly realized that she needed to dial in on her nutrition. This became an obsession of hers which prompted her to get certified as a nutrition coach to help other athletes in their journey to health and wellness. 

Now as a certified personal trainer and nutritionist, she spends her days helping athletes become their best selves in and outside of the gym. 

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Coach Ananya joined the fitness industry because of her passion for soccer. She grew up playing competitive travel soccer in New Jersey all the way through high school. She paused her soccer career to pursue a Computer Science degree at Carnegie Mellon University and spent her early career working at Duolingo. During this time, she developed strong roots in the Pittsburgh soccer community playing and captaining for her company team and playing in various leagues including PSL, Sportsmonster, and a women’s league run by AHN Sports Complex. Prior to GHP, Coach Ananya has been teaching group spin classes at LA Fitness.

She deeply resonates with GHP’s mission of moving past pain and into performance given that she’s had to recover from three knee surgeries in the last 10 years. She’s excited to help people find joy in their lives when they’re able to achieve what they want. 

Outside of GHP, Coach Ananya enjoys board games, video games, reading, cuddling with her cats, and dabbling in acro yoga. 

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Timothy Lyman is a health and wellness professional specializing in fitness program design, development and management. Tim has built large-scale group training programs, designs small group sessions and enjoys one-on-one coaching.

Tim’s previous role was as the Director of Training Programs at Fleet Feet Pittsburgh, where he was responsible for developing, executing and managing large scale training programs. Prior to that, he was the Head Personal Trainer at the PNC YMCA, tasked with overseeing personal training and small group programming. 

He first got his start at Point Park University, as the Assistant Cross-Country Coach and Recreation Center Manager. Tim coached cross-country at the High School level for several years at Seton LaSalle, and you can currently find him helping with the Middle School Cross Country program at Winchester Thurston.

 His training focuses include health coaching, strength-training and running performance. Tim strives to create environments that are positive, purposeful and productive. He has been a resource for VeryWellFit, Elite Daily, NBC News, Insider, Shape, Byrdie, LiveStrong, PopSugar, Real Simple, Yahoo!, USA Today, Reviewed and Runner's World.

Tim is an talented long distance runner having competed in several major marathons putting down plenty of sub 3 hour efforts.  Tim is also a former college basketball player at Point Park University.  

He has been a longstanding supporter of GHP and has invited us to aid in many of his athletes growth through their training journeys over the years.  

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Coach Parker joined the team in June and has been helping coach Summer Trackside as well as capturing content for GHP's social media.  We coached together at Woodland Hills '18-'21 back when I was at that school.

With a decade of training experience under his belt, Coach Parker brings a unique blend of expertise and passion to Global Human Performance. A distinguished athlete in his own right, Coach Parker honed his skills as a standout track athlete at Woodland Hills High School and later as a collegiate competitor at Cal U. His events of choice included the 200m, 400m, and the 4x400m and 4x800m relays. Today, he leads the track team at Woodland Hills High School. Beyond the track, Coach Parker's influence extends into the realm of gym transformations. As a transformation specialist, he possesses an unparalleled understanding of what it takes to sculpt and refine the human physique.  In addition to his roles in fitness and education, Coach Parker is a father, entrepreneur, and social media content creator.  

His brand "PARCORE" is likely what is on your GHP gear!

Coach Parker lives and breathes his mantra, "Only You Can Change You," embodying the belief that true transformation starts from within. 

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Coach Adam coached here at GHP in 2021-2022 and rejoined the team in January 2023.  He is still using his skills as a coach an educator in a new role! Adam will be helping lead the training science education for our coaches and also is in charge of GHP's Remote Coaching program as he now lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and infant daughter. Adam has a passion for education and improving outcomes for his clients through the lens of postural restorations and sports performance. Adam holds a masters degree in kinesiology from the University of Georgia and is excited to help fulfill GHP’s mission.

Adam works full time as a clinical research coordinator for oncology trials. In his free time, you can expect Adam to spend time with his 4 month old daughter, train in the gym, and play ultimate frisbee.  He has played professionally with the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds & Atlanta Hustle.