Thomas Root Email & Phone Number

Thomas Root has always had his finger on the pulse of trends in physical fitness and wellness. With over thirty years of experience working with Hollywood's biggest kid stars, legendary Stuntmen, and world-class athletes, Tom was one of the first of the early adopters to develop multi-discipline approach training centers, opening the pioneering Winning Edge fitness center in Santa Clarita, California in 1988. Understanding the need of providing resources to the most underserved, Tom and his team have overseen the development of a trademarked and peer-reviewed scalable wellness platform, Brain Breaks, which currently reaches 2+ Million children/day in over 70 countries, and is targeting exponentially more via a partnership that Tom negotiated with the UNGSII Foundation. Over the years Tom has delivered professional development to schools and after-school programs across the planet, has consulted a number of corporate councils, and has built a global network of school, organizational, community and corporate partnerships that include The Harlem Globetrotters, Cartoon Network, NFL Play60, The United Way, AAPHERD, USRowing, USA Volleyball, WNBA, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the American College of Sports Medicine, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, American Heart Association, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Lions, Milwaukee Brewers, Sodexo, the US Army, the US Navy, and the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta to name a few. He has also advocated for physical activity, health and a variety of children’s wellness initiatives on multiple occasions to senior American leadership, including the Department of Health, has been a keynote speaker at myriad international conferences spanning the US, Europe, and Asia, and is currently assisting with global research and the development of best-practices with schools and communities around the world. In 2006, Tom was the recipient of the Hero of the Year Award from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association.

Listed skills include Fitness, Exercise Physiology, Wellness, Personal Training, and 46 others.

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  Arizona State University

  Exercise Science