Case Study

Boys and Girls Club of Mid Central Coast, California

Safe, Professional, Interval Training for Youth

I.M.F.A.S.T. (In Motion Functional Athletic Strength Training) is a comprehensive youth fitness program that is easy to teach and incorporates necessary features to stimulate the successful development of each child’s ability to become fit while also mastering self-control.

The Covid-19 pandemic not only created new health issues, but also underscored existing ones. Specifically, the problem of inactivity and CHILDHOOD OBESITY. With little to no school activities happening, kids are missing out on 7,000 to 10,000 steps a day.  This is adding to the huge decrease in physical activity being constantly created by the convenience that technology has had on increasing computer and phone use, television and video games, and to some extent general life activities.

School age students are becoming more overweight and developing behavior patterns that worsen this already persistent pattern.

I.M.F.A.S.T. has successfully addressed these issues. The result is better physical condition and the knowledge to have a more productive and health-enhancing attitude toward everyday life, for today and for the future.

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SpeedSac Cross Training System is Helping local kids get healthy

Santa Maria Times by Elliot Stern | Dec 22, 2018 Updated Jan 18, 2021

Ontiveros Elementary School students work out with SpeedSac cross training bags during the ASES after school program on Thursday in Santa Maria. (Elliott Stern/Staff)

Building the building blocks for life

Santa Maria Times by Elliot Stern | Jul 19, 2016 Updated Jul 20, 2016

NFL Hall of Famer Will Shields, right, and SpeedSac Cross Training creator Monte Nash discuss the philosophy behind Shields' Big Picture Athletics lineman camp Tuesday in Santa Barbara. The retired Kansas City Chiefs star held a two-day camp at Santa Barbara High School with his good friend Nash and several area football coaches. (Elliott Stern/Staff)

SpeedSac training demo coming up

Santa Maria Times by Elliot Stern | Jan 25, 2013

Monte Nash, left, trainer and developer of SpeedSac strengthening equipment, looks on as Travis English, a former St. Joseph high School and Alan Hancock College student athlete, performs a core exercise using the equipment Thursday. Nash will host a free SpeedSac training workshop Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Santa Maria Valley YMCA for student athletes ages 5-13. (Leah Thompson/Staff)

No pain, no gain: High school athletes look for that competitive edge with extra strength and conditioning

Santa Maria Sun by Jeremy Thomas | Jan 17, 2012

TEACHING TECHNIQUE: Trainer Monte’ Nash shows St. Joseph junior Scotty Cusack the proper method for a squat. (Jeremy Thomas/Staff)

Training day: With help from his own product, Righetti's conditioning coach helps athletes reach their potential

Santa Maria Sun by Jeremy Thomas | Mar 9, 2010

DRAGGING THE BAG: Righetti High School track and field athlete Alfredo Concepcion demonstrated the Speedsac resistance training system, developed by the school’s strength and conditioning coach Monte’ Nash. (Jeremy Thomas/Staff)

Meet the Team

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Monte Nash

Creator of the I.M.F.A.S.T. Program

Monte Nash


Since 1991, I have had a passion to be in the fitness industry. Valuing what was taught to me by my head fooball coach –Tony Severino (Rockhurst High School), I was able to have tremendous success as a personal fitness instructor working with the likes of Rachel Hunter (Sports Illustrated swimsuit model), Eric Dickerson (NFL Hall Of Famer), and even did the Slide video for Reebok. In 1997, I started doing outdoor fitness classes as a way for my clients to better understand why we did what we did. When we would train, I averaged 30-50 clients every Saturday morning at 8:00.

After getting married in 2006, I moved to the Central Coast (Santa Maria, CA) to run the personal training department for Gold’s Gym. Once settled, I started my outdoor conditioning classes again, where I caught the eye of a local football coach. He asked me to do this for the school. I did, and was hired. One of the exercises we would do was weighted sled pulls. I was able to see an immediate change in the development of the still evolving student athlete.

I contacted some friends in Los Angeles, and we were able to come up with the product now known as the Speedsac™. It is an indoor/outdoor variable weight sprint trainer made of low density, pliable material that is safe and convenient to use. We now have a licensing agreement with a company called Sklz which puts us in Big Box retail stores.

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Stephanie Krouse

Fitness Trainer, Health Coach

Stephanie Krouse


Stephanie “Coach Steph" Krouse has been a fitness enthusiast her whole life. In Morro Bay High School and Allan Hancock College, she enjoyed track & field and cross country. She competed in the 400m, the 800m and the heptathlon. She was the track & field head coach at Orcutt Academy High School and the race director for the Guadalupe Half Marathon for multiple years. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with an Ecology & Systematic Biology Major, a Spanish Minor and a Bilingual Authorization.

When not working as an I.M.F.A.S.T. trainer, she is a credentialed teacher who teaches for the Peace Academy of the Sciences and Arts. Her passions include lifelong movement, nutrition, gardening, and art as motivation for creating a healthy community. She holds a certificate in Food and Sustainability from eCornell.

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Doug Silva

Teacher, Statistician, Coach

Doug Silva


Hi my name is Doug Silva and this is my 20th year teaching math in high school.  I was an athlete growing up, playing baseball (6 years) and soccer (10) years.  I played 5 sports in high school but lettered in Football, Wrestling and Golf.  After high school, I continued competing at Cuesta College in wrestling for 2 years and spent 2 years on the Hancock College golf team. During that time I also began my coaching career in football and wrestling.

I graduated from UCLA with a BS in Math in 2001 and immediately started teaching and coaching.  While at UCLA I started working for the National Institute of Health (NIH) in statistics and soon began teaching AP statistics.  I also have a Masters Degree in Education from Concordia University.  I have earned units from 5 other universities with emphasis in education and coaching.  I have coached football (9 years) including head JV, freshman, and varsity defensive coordinator.  I coached wrestling for 21 years including 7 years as a head varsity coach.  I also coached track (2 years) and golf (7 years).  Currently I teach statistics at Santa Maria High school and Hancock College (11 years), and I am the varsity boys golf coach.

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