Bio

Faith Brown M.S., SCCC, CSCS, USAWL1-SP is a PhD student in Education specializing in Interdisciplinary studies at George Mason University. She is also the Associate Director of Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University directing the strength and conditioning programs for women’s basketball and volleyball.

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She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Shaw University and her Master’s degree in Health and Movement Science from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her current research interests are comprehensive athlete load monitoring including use of microsensor technology, force plate technology, and subjective exertion and wellness questionnaires. As a researcher, her goal is to fill gaps in the literature involving human performance and load monitoring, identify metrics and trends that are likely to predict performance decline, and provide evidence-based insight and solutions that practitioners can easily implement. As a daily practitioner, she utilizes the knowledge gained through her research to identify and manage risk, and prescribe and adjust training loads in her athletes.

Faith is an advanced CrossFit athlete; worldwide she has been ranked inside of the top 10% of athletes in the sport with her highest finish in the top 4% worldwide.

When she’s not researching or working with athletes she enjoys competitive training for CrossFit, riding around Northern Virginia on her motorcycle, and coming home to spend time with her rescue dog, Sammie.