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Jarrod Jordan (born 22 February 1978) is an industry expert in the sports world. He is one of today’s leading authorities in athletic development, sports training, and facility design. Jordan is founder and president of Jordan Sports, Inc., where he uses a biomechanist approach to train professional and elite athletes the world over. He has been awarded numerous accolades, including “Global Industry Expert” by the Gerson Lehrman Group.

He is a graduate of Columbia University.

Professional Career
Jordan has received wide acclaim for his work, and has been featured in over 60 magazines, newspapers and television shows. He is best known for co-creating and designing Chelsea Piers BlueStreak, a state-of-the-art training center for professional, elite, high school and collegiate athletes. Under Jordan's leadership, Club Industry Pro reported he was "Ahead of the curve" and foreshadowed the facility’s astounding benchmark when it eclipsed its 2 year pro-forma in just nine months. . Within the ﬁrst year over 500 athletes went through his program. To date, Jordan's program has sent dozens of high school players to Division 1 programs and nurtured college athletes into professional hockey, basketball and football players.

Television
In 2007, Jarrod Jordan was featured in an episode of ESPN U's reality TV show, "Open House" hosted by former All-Pro, Chris Spielman. For the episode, Jordan tested the strength, speed and agility of the nation’s top football recruits. Centered around the facility Jordan created, his training and his biomechanist approach was featured throughout the episode as each athlete was measured against their potential.

Also in 2007, Jordan was also featured in a segment on "Destination Tennis: New York" where he was brought on as the authority on the importance of training and proper biomechanics for tennis sprinting. In the episode, Jordan trains host, Mieke Buchan.

On MSNBC, Jordan was asked how a woman can get a larger back side and he joked, "...Someone with 'no butt' probably won't be able to get overly bootylicious, but you can still beef up your backside if you work at it..." In another MSNBC interview, he discussed how to integrate functional training into your workspace.

Jarrod Jordan has also been featured on ABC News, FOX News, CNN, and NY1.

Print
In his early twenties Jordan was a pioneer in implementing functional training into the commercial gym. He was featured in The New York Times for his revolutionary approach. In that article he coined the phrase, "It's training for life, not events," a phrase that is used ubiquitously in countless functional training articles and flyers across the country. The article also states how Jordan's approach was, "very much the direction of the fitness industry."

Jordan was also an editors pick in Time Out New York where he occupied an entire page. In the article, Jordan is seen giving tips to the editor-in-chief, Brian Farnham on training and how to increase a vertical jump

New York magazine featured Jordan discussing how to train efficiently and de-stress.

Big Apple Parent interview Jarrod Jordan and his client, Ariel Ho Kjaer, a figure skater and public personality, where he discussed how functional training is so important for developing bodies. Ariel's mother Angela Ho, a daughter of the famous industrialist and entrepreneur in China, Stanley Ho, is quoted as saying, “I noticed her alignment and her posture were all wrong and that her coach wasn’t noticing that,” explains Angela. After many visits to physiotherapists and doctors, Angela hired a trainer. “[Jordan] has been very, very helpful,”

Early entrepreneur
An avid and natural entrepreneur, Jarrod Jordan incorporated his first company at the age of 13. When child labor laws restricted him from being employed, he created his own company selling sports memorabilia. He solidified his career in sports by working for the Dallas Stars where he became a manager under Steve Shilts. He also had a hand in coaching rookie camp workouts and youth programs.

In 2002 Mr. Jordan switched gears and started his private training business and instantly built a reputation for positive results. Jarrod Jordan is known for being very involved in his clientele. “We will work with athletes as they move through their competitive careers,” he said in an interview. “We can improve the jumping skills of a 12-year-old figure skater or the sprint speed of a 22-year-old N.C.A.A. [soccer] striker.”

The Creation of Chelsea Piers BlueStreak
In 2005 he began to shop the idea of building an elite sports training center in New York City. 2 years later, he was opening the doors to Chelsea Piers BlueStreak. For this project, Chelsea Piers invested more than $1.3M in the idea. With a 360º understanding of the science behind how athletes begin, improve, and excel, Jordan designed and built BlueStreak from the equipment, to the employees, to the exercises.

Jordan Sports
With an increasing demand for his counsel and industry expertise, he created Jordan Sports, Inc. in 2009. Jordan Sports currently trains and advises several professional athletes from the North America, Europe and Asia

Education
Jarrod attended Columbia University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Evolutionary Biology. He attended Tilton School as a boarding student where he played varsity hockey, tennis, and cross country.