Ben Peterson

Ben Peterson, M.Ed., CSCS

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota

Ben is a graduate of Northwestern University where he played football for the Wildcats. During his tenure he developed a passion for discovering what makes the human body tick -- creating and implementing new methods to train, develop and improve sport performance. Ben started his career working for the Minnesota Twins as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2008. Over the past four years, Ben’s passion and creativity have allowed him to work with hundreds of professional athletes in the NFL, NHL, and MLB; helping them maximize the limits of their athletic potential. Most recently, Ben has been a consultant for Octagon Hockey, spending the NHL off-season working with their athletes in the Minneapolis area.

Ben is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology at the University of Minnesota. At the university he helps run the Sport Performance Lab while assisting to teach two courses within the kinesiology department; Strength/Power Development and Health and Wellness. His research looks at repeated sprint ability in anaerobic athletes, specifically as it pertains to energy system efficiency and fatigue. His research also looks heavily at power and rate of force development in athletes and its dynamic correspondence and transferability to sport.