Our Team
Gary Bredehoft, CSCS, CPT, CHC
Gary Bredehoft, CSCS is in his 21st year as the owner of Tiger Coaching and Personal Training, a personal training, coaching, and athletic conditioning service business, located in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gary is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, a Certified ACE Personal Trainer for 30 years, Certified ACE Health Coach, a USA Triathlon Certified Expect Level II Coach, and a Road Runners Club of America and ASEP Certified Coach. Gary is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, where he was a past volunteer assistant coach for cross country and track. Gary is currently the head cross country coach for Lincoln Lutheran High School.
Gary has been actively involved in community organizations including Lincoln Marathon Race Director for 27 years, past sport director and board member of the Cornhusker State Games/Nebraska Sports Council for 30 years, past City of Lincoln WorkWell board member, past board member of the Lincoln YMCA, and a board member of the Lincoln Track Club for 30 years.
Nate West, CSCS, CSPS, USAW, TPI, SSDC
Nate West, CSCS is in his 9th year as a Strength & Conditioning Coach/Personal Trainer and his 6th year as the Director of Strength & Conditioning at Tiger Coaching.
Nate is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Certified Special Populations Specialist (CSPS) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA). Nate also holds a USA Weightlifting (USAW) Sports Performance Coach Certification, which focuses on the utilization of Olympic weightlifting movements to increase speed and power for various sports and activities. Nate also holds a Golf Level-2 Fitness Certification through the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) and has been able to apply that training to golfers of all ages/abilities, including a Nebraska High School State Champion. Nate recently became SURGE Strength Dryland Certified - a certification dedicated to educating fitness professionals and coaches on up-to-date strength training principles for age-group up to collegiate and professional-level swimmers. Previously held certifications include the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Level-1 certification, and Personal Training Certifications through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the Athletics & Fitness Association of America (AFAA).
Nate earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology & Sports Science from the University of South Dakota where he participated in their NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Program. Nate’s experience in the strength & conditioning component of his swimming training, his life-long interest in fitness, and inherent regard to help people around him were major driving forces in his motivation to become a strength & conditioning professional.
Outside of Tiger Coaching, Nate has four-years of coaching experience as an Assistant Swimming & Diving Coach at his alma mater, Lincoln Southeast High School. Nate values having been able to assist one of his most influential mentors, the late Sandra Babcock (previous Southeast HS Volunteer Coach and Special Education Department Chair), in advocating for a fully inclusive swimming & diving experience for all students. Additional related experience: Previous - EKG/Treadmill/Cardiovascular Stress Testing Technician (Bryan Health); Previous - Summer Tennis Strength & Conditioning Program Coach (Woods Tennis Center), Aquatics Director/Head Swim Coach/Personal Trainer (Firethorn Golf Club), Health Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer (Bryan LifePointe), Head Swimming Coach at Star City Shores (Lincoln Parks & Recreation).
Nate is currently attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a pre-med student working towards a second Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry with minors in Chemistry and Psychology. Nate has been involved at UNL as a teaching assistant for eight semesters and was granted the opportunity to serve under Dr. David Woodman as the Head Teaching Assistant for Human Anatomy Lab/Lecture from Fall 2019 to Summer 2020. His goal is to become a physician, combining medical training with his fitness knowledge to offer athletes and/or patients proactive ways to not only improve performance by getting healthy & staying healthy.
Abbie Leschinsky, MS, CSCS
Abbie is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through National Strength and Conditional Association (NSCA). She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Science and Master of Science Degree in Nutrition Health Science with a specialization of Nutrition and Exercise.
Abbie has experience working with elementary to high school athletes for sports performance at Speedway Village Pointe. During her time at UNL she was a volunteer coach for the Barbell Sports Club team working with college students from various athletic backgrounds/abilities and faculty members with various experience in weight training. Abbie also has experience playing on the UNL Club Ultimate team and has recently worked with ultimate athletes on increasing speed, agility, rotational power, and other skills pertinent to their sport.
Abbie has competed at the national and international level as a part of the USA Powerlifting association. She has placed in the top four at every national meet she has competed in and was first-place in her weight class at the North American Powerlifting Championship. Her consistent hard work and experience in the sport of Powerlifting was a key inspiration in becoming a strength and conditioning coach. Her greatest motive as a coach is guiding athletes and clients to achieve their fitness goals and aspirations - no matter if that means back squatting 400lbs or getting stronger to perform activities of daily living like getting up and down stairs at home with more ease.
Abbie’s future endeavors include obtaining an USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach Certificate (Olympic weightlifting). This certification would give her even more tools to train strength athletes and offer athletes from all sports additional methods to produce power/explosiveness. It is Abbie’s goal to eventually build a weightlifting gym that she would own and operate. The gym will primarily be focused on strength sports (Powerlifting, Strongman, Olympic weightlifting) but will also provide programming for sports performance training to all types of athletes/teams. Ultimately the gym would serve as a home base for strength sports teams talented enough to compete at the national level - something Abbie understands requires a culture of teamwork, accountability, and leadership.
Get Up and GO!
Running for Beginners part 1 and 2 of LNK Health special series