Brad Walker

Brad is a Health Science graduate of the University of New England and has postgraduate accreditations in athletics, swimming, and triathlon coaching. He has coached elite level and world champion athletes from sports as diverse as triathlon, motorcycle racing, roller skating, squash, and baseball, and has lectured extensively on stretching, flexibility and sports injury management.

Brad is often referred to as the Stretch Coach and has even been called the Stretching Guru. His stretching and sports injury articles have been published in numerous health and fitness magazines and extensively online at sites like the Washington Post, the New York Times, About.com, Athletes.com and BodyBuilding.com.

Brad has written more books and articles on stretching and flexibility than any other author; including the Ultimate Guide to Stretching (first published in 1997), the Anatomy of Stretching and the Anatomy of Sports Injuries. Amazon has listed his books on 5 of their best-seller lists both in the US and the UK. Google cites over 100,000 references to him on the internet.

Brad lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia with his wife of 25 years, Jennifer and two boys, Ethan and Seth.