At Global Human Performance we help people improve how their bodies move, feel and look. We aim to optimize your life. Whether your seeking peak performance in competitive sports, increasing fitness to keep up with the kids, or working to look good for the beach, we've got you covered.
We use a scientifically backed training system with methods to help YOU reach peak performance in sports and life. We just need you to bring consistency, intensity, and the desire to maximize yourself.
Our coaches are highly trained and certified to help you achieve your goals and prevent injury. We all aim to transform your physical body, enlighten your mind and nurture your spirit to help create balance, empowerment, and self-confidence.
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:
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.
Qualifications
Bio
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.
Qualifications
Bio
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.
Qualifications
GHP conducts training for sport coaches & personal trainers abroad looking to enhance their knowledge on fitness, strength & conditioning, sport nutrition, speed & agility, etc. Check out our video below highlighting our most recent educational experience.
Sessions are generally at 2-5 days. English understanding is needed although sessions can be partially conducted in Spanish or Swahili when planned in advance enough.
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