Avery Faigenbaum, Ed.D., CSCS, FACSM, is an associate professor of exercise science and physical education at The College of New Jersey. He is nationally recognized as a leading authority in the area of youth strength training, and has written two books and over 100 articles on fitness and conditioning, he is certified by the NSCA, ACSM, and United States Weightlifting Association, and lectures across the country to fitness and sports medicine organizations. Rita La Rosa Loud is the associate fitness research director, working with Dr. Wayne Westcott at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts. A 1994 graduate of the University of Massachusetts–Boston, Rita is an ACE/AFAA CEC provider. The founder of Fitness Network – an aerobic instructor training program, Rita serves on the Massachusetts Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports and the National Youth Sports Foundation.