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title: About Ultimate Athlete | Performance Gym in Huntersville, NC
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ABOUT
HUNTERSVILLE, NC / EST. 2013
# BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT MORE.
Ultimate Athlete is a performance training gym in Huntersville, NC built on a simple idea. Training should make you better at what you do outside the gym.
PERFORMANCE /// PURPOSE /// COMPETITION /// COMMUNITY
THE UA STORY
## THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE JUST ANOTHER GYM.
When Ultimate Athlete opened in 2013, the goal was to create the kind of training environment athletes actually needed. A place built around performance, not trends. Coaching, programming and space designed to help people get stronger, faster, more powerful and better conditioned.
More than a decade later, that hasn't changed. The athletes on the floor have. Some are chasing a roster spot, a starting job or the next level. Some are training for HYROX. Some haven't competed in years but still have that competitive switch.
THEY ALL TRAIN LIKE ATHLETES HERE.
2013
ESTABLISHED
8,000
SQ. FT. TO TRAIN
LKN
HUNTERSVILLE / LAKE NORMAN
HYROX
OFFICIAL AFFILIATE
THE FACILITY
## BUILT TO TRAIN.
UA isn't filled with equipment just to fill space. The facility is built around what athletes and active adults need to move, train and perform.
+ STRENGTH
+ SPEED & AGILITY
+ CONDITIONING
+ SPACE TO MOVE
STANDARD
THE UA STANDARD
## THE WORKOUT ISN'T THE GOAL.
We don't train for the sake of being good at working out. Training is a means to something bigger: performing better, staying healthy, competing longer and becoming harder to break. The work has a purpose.
01
INTENTIONAL
Training is programmed for adaptation, not randomness.
02
PROGRESSIVE
What you do today should prepare you for what comes next.
03
COACHED
Good programming matters. Good coaching makes it work.
04
COMPETITIVE
The people around you should make you want to get better.
LEADERSHIP + PERFORMANCE CARE
## THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STANDARD.
FOUNDER & OWNER
JEREMY
MARTIN
Jeremy built Ultimate Athlete around the belief that training should improve performance, not just produce exhaustion. His career has centered on sports, coaching and performance, and that philosophy still shapes the way UA trains today.
He holds a master's degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a concentration in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention.
[LEARN MORE ABOUT JEREMY →](https://www.ultathlete.com/about-us/jeremy-martin-owner)
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
MANNY THARRINGTON
Manny leads day-to-day operations at Ultimate Athlete, helping make sure the experience on the floor matches the standard behind the programming. From members and athletes to coaches and classes, he helps keep UA moving.
ON-SITE SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPIST
LOGAN
WALTERS
DPT, SCS / TELOS PERFORMANCE THERAPY
Logan is the on-site Sports Specialist Physical Therapist at UA and owner of Telos Performance Therapy. His work bridges rehab and performance, helping athletes return from injury with the goal of being better prepared than they were before.
His testing-driven approach has been shaped by years of working with athletes from youth through professional levels.
[LEARN MORE ABOUT TELOS →](https://teamtelospt.com)
THE STANDARD HAS BEEN TESTED
## FROM THE NEXT REP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UA has spent more than a decade developing youth athletes, active adults and competitors at the highest levels of sport. Different goals require different programs. The expectation for how you train doesn't change.
[MEET OUR NEXT LEVEL ATHLETES →](https://www.ultathlete.com/alumni/)
NFL
OLYMPIC
NCAA
NASCAR
THE PEOPLE MATTER
## SERIOUS TRAINING. GOOD PEOPLE.
UA is competitive, but not exclusive. You'll train beside people with different goals, different backgrounds and different starting points.
What they have in common is that they came here to work. If that sounds like your kind of place, you'll fit right in.
UA
COME SEE FOR YOURSELF
## COME SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
The best way to understand Ultimate Athlete is to train here. Adults can train free for 7 days and youth athletes can try one class free.
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