Become a Personal Trainer | Personal Training Courses | Fitness Courses

Gray Cook - USA

MSPT, OCS, CSCS, RKC
A practicing physiotherapist and the creator of the Functional Movement Screen used around the World. He holds a faculty position at Averett University, USA.

Gray Cook, a practicing physical therapist, has spent his entire career refining and developing functional evaluation and exercise techniques. He has taken the Functional Movement Screen (a system he developed) and his advanced assessment practices and combined them with reactive-based exercises that enhance motor learning for both rehabilitation and performance. These two components were the pillars of the Reebok Core Training System which he developed in 2000.

Gray’s ability to teach at many different professional levels is the result of his diverse background as both a sports medicine and conditioning expert. Gray has lectured nationally and internationally in the fields of physical therapy, sports medicine, fitness and performance enhancement. He has served as a consultant to numerous universities and professional sports teams as well as Reebok University and the Titleist Performance Institute. His is author of the book titled Athletic Body in Balance which serves as a working example to trainers, coaches and athletes of the unique way Cook looks at assessment, movement, and exercise.

He is also the author of numerous text book chapters and articles related to these topics. He holds a faculty and staff position at Averett University. Cook has also produced a complete product line of educational material for rehabilitation and exercise professionals. These products and publications represent a paradigm shift in the way we will look movement science in the future. He lives in Southwest Virginia with his wife and daughters and enjoys a wide variety of sports and outdoor activities.