A former professional athlete, Dr. Hoffman has coached elite athletes and conducted research on them throughout his professional career. He has published 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has reviewed articles for nine journals in the field. He's won numerous awards, including the Editorial Excellence Award -2001 Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and the NSCA Young Investigator of the Year Award in 2000.He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, American Physiological Society, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He earned a bachelor's degree in athletic administration and pre-med from St. John's University at Jamaica, New York, and a master's degree in exercise physiology from Queens College at Flushing, New York. He earned his PhD in exercise science from the University of Connecticut.