MEET COACH
JONATHON SULLIVAN

Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC, is a retired physician and neuroscientist who has been with Barbell Logic since the beginning. Sully is the owner and director of the Greysteel Clinic in Farmington Michigan, where he has been training older adults since 2014. He is the author, with co-author Andy Baker of “The Barbell Prescription – Strength Training for Life After Forty,” and he is the host and producer of the Greysteel channel on YouTube. He writes, reads, lifts, and practices classical martial arts.

Learn More About Jonathon

  • CJ has coached and competed in a range of sports from powerlifting to a half-Ironman triathlon (which he’ll never do again)

  • CJ served for seven years active duty as a Naval officer, serving on two ships and as support staff with a Special Operations unit

  • CJ is the reigning BLOC Karaoke Champion (just don’t tell the other coaches that)

Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, FACEP, SSC is an emergency physician, research scientist, author, and the owner of Greysteel Strength and Conditioning, a Starting Strength Affiliate Gym in Farmington Michigan. He is focused on the science and practice of strength training to combat the degenerative diseases of aging. He is a former US Marine and a 3d Dan in Tang Soo Do. Sully served as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University, where he saw patients, taught clinical medicine, and conducted neuroscience research.

He retired from medical practice and academics in 2017 to devote himself to a full-time coaching practice and writing. His YouTube channel can be found at YouTube.com/Greysteel, and his book “The Barbell Prescription,” with Coach Andy Baker, is available from Amazon or from the Aasgaard Company.

In-person coaching:

Greysteel Strength and Conditioning
29541 W Nine Mile Rd
Farmington Hills, MI 48336
www.greysteel.org

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