Mike Kjelland
Health & Fitness Specialist Instructor
Email Address: mikek@alextech.edu
Phone Number: 320-762-4954
Information:
Mike Kjelland has been an instructor at ATCC for 27 years. He has also been the owner/president of Lifestyles Inc. for 8 years. He has fitness training experience for a wide variety of clients, including mountain climbing teams, triathletes, marathon runners, athletic enhancement clinics, rehabilitation clinics, body building/body sculpting and special population clients.
Mike is an avid endurance athlete and competes in marathons and triathlons. He has also completed the Boston Marathon.
Mike is also a strength coach for the Jefferson High School Athletic Department.
Education:
- NSCA - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
- NSCA - Certified Personal Trainer
- USAW - Certified Club - Weight Lifting Coach
Greg Lanners
Health & Fitness Specialist Instructor
Email Address: GregG@alextech.edu
Phone Number: 320-762-4954
Information:
Greg Lanners is a graduate of The University of Minnesota at Morris with dual Bachelor Degrees in Elementary Education and Physical Education. Greg also received his Master's Degree from the University of Wyoming.
Greg has certification from the NSCA (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) and USA Weightlifting (Level I) as well as being a certified Minnesota high school coach. He served two years as Minnesota State director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
His professional history includes 12 years of college coaching experience: 7 years at the University of Minnesota, 2 years at the University of Wyoming, and three years at Southwest Minnesota State University. Greg also has 18 years of service in education as a physical education and classroom teacher in a variety of schools; 3 of those years teaching internationally in Taiwan and Mexico. He served as strength and conditioning coordinator for three school districts; including eight years as director of the District 206 (Alexandria) program. Currently, he is the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Minnesota Blizzard Junior A Hockey team.
Greg owns and operates Innovative Strength Concepts, a firm that designs and provides fitness related materials and consulting for educational institutions, as well as developing strength and conditioning training programs for athletic teams and individuals of all ages.
Education:
- NSCA - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
- Owner of Innovative Strength Concepts