He is the director of the Exercise Science Program at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and also serves as executive editor of Cycling Science and Performance Conditioning for Cycling . Burke also consults with several companies in the areas of fitness equipment design, nutritional products, cycling, and fitness programs. Harvey S. Newton, CSCS , Harvey S. Newton, MA, CSCS, has been in the health and fitness industry for more than 20 years. While serving as the national coach for USA Weightlifting from 1981-84, Newton coached the 1984 U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team. He has lectured extensively overseas and nationally on strength training and weightlifting.
Newton holds a master's degree in sociology and a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Topper Hagerman, PhD , was director of the U.S. Olympics Sports Physiology Labs in Colorado Springs. After 15 years, and more than 35,000 patients, Hagerman and his partner founded Topper Sportsmedicine, a company that provides simple and effective home fitness and injury prevention products. Hagerman completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin and earned a PhD in exercise physiology from Ohio State. John Atkins, MA , has worked with his partner, Topper Hagerman, for 20 years - first in Lake Tahoe, NV and then Vail, CO where they own and operate a training and rehab center. Atkins holds a black belt in Tak Kwon Do, and has been involved in martial arts most of his life.