Travis Sterling PT, OCS, CSCS has developed Sterling Centre of Sports Performance, LLC to offer a one stop shop for anything related to sports performance, sports nutrition and Strength & Conditioning.
While an athlete in high school and college, Travis discovered the power of correctly utilizing Strength & Conditioning training to improve sports performance. At the same time Travis saw performance fads come and go. Some fads just cost the athletes and parents money, others had health consequences that will follow them forever.
Travis has designed Sterling Performance to use these criteria for everything the company offers. Science Based Sports Performance; that is if ask one of the staff why they do something they will offer a science based answer. This philosophy protects the athlete and also assures the most performance gains when working with Sterling.
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Travis Sterling PT, OCS, CSCS
Travis is the owner of the company. He is a native of Pekin, Iowa where he began his interest in Strength & Conditioning. He went on to continue his interest in athletics in college where he played football at Central College for Ron Schipper. He was a two year starter at offensive guard. He earned First Team All Iowa Conference recognition and was named the winner of the Bruce Wendt award as Central’s Outstanding Offensive Lineman. Travis is the first to tell you that he would have never played football in college or earned those awards without his dedication to Strength and Conditioning.
Travis has been a Physical Therapist since 1997 and he became a Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist in 2004. He founded Sterling Physical Therapy in 2007, a clinic that focuses on orthopaedic and sports cases.
Travis is very passionate in practicing and promoting physical therapy, orthopaedics, sports and sports performance.
Coach Jon Haugen MBL, CSCS
Coach Haugen is a 2004 graduate of Fredericksburg High School (Fredericksburg, IA), a 2008 graduate of Central College (Pella, IA), and a 2011 graduate of William Penn University (Oskaloosa, IA). While at Central he earned his B.A. in Exercise Science and was a four year starter at tight end for the Dutch football team. During that span they won three IIAC Conference Championships and played in the NCAA Division III playoffs three years. At William Penn University he earned his Master’s in Business Leadership (MBL). He was a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Penn while obtaining his degree.
Coach Haugen’s initial Strength and Conditioning experience came as an intern at Central College in the spring of 2008. While interning with Central Strength he assisted with Football, Volleyball, and Women’s Soccer.
After graduating from Central he was a Strength and Conditioning Intern at Drake University (Des Moines, IA) while also being a personal trainer at Aspen Athletic Club (Des Moines, IA). While at Drake, he assisted with Football, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Men’s and Women’s Track and Field, and Softball.
For the 2009 Major League Baseball season he was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Erie Seawolves (Erie, PA), the Double A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers organization. While there, he worked with many current Major League players. He was in charge of implementing the Tigers in-season strength training program, while also developing an in-season conditioning program.
From the winter of 2009 to the spring of 2011 Coach Haugen was a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at William Penn University. He was in charge of the yearly training programs for Softball and Baseball, while working closely with the Statesmen Football team as well.
As the Sports Performance Coach at Sterling Centre of Sports Performance, Coach Haugen’s goal is to help increase the knowledge in Iowa of how proper performance training can benefit athletes of all ages. The three main objectives he has for the athlete’s that he works with are:
1)Have a positive impact on the lives of the athletes
2)Prevent Injuries
3)Help obtain optimal performance levels
