About Me

I’m Mike Yelich an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer with over 40 years of high school coaching experience (Orchard Park, West Seneca East, Hamburg, Depew and Alden) and 48+ years of personal strength and conditioning practice and knowledge.

My own fitness journey began at 15 years old when I first started working out to prepare for football. I’ve continued my love for training and learning ever since. I developed a deeper understanding of differentiating my training as I prepared for my college football and lacrosse seasons at UAlbany.

Continuing to train each year beyond my college playing days increased my knowledge of strength and conditioning. One of the biggest things I learned is that training is not linear; you have to work in phases to grow and adapt. Changing things up is absolutely necessary. Another thing that was validated is that in order to progress you have to be consistent. If you want to be bigger and stronger stacking your weight room days can turn into years of health and fitness.

As I’ve coached high school football and lacrosse, I developed the training programs for West Seneca Lacrosse, Depew Lacrosse, Depew Football and most recently Alden Football. I’ve also designed personal programs for players, friends and family. I’d love to share my experience with sports teams or individuals looking to enhance their strength, conditioning or overall health and fitness.