PERFORMANCE STAFF:

Owner/Director of Training and Operations

Mickey Brueckner

Mickey came to the ANNEX from Tempe, Arizona where he worked as a member of the Pro Advantage Training Systems team. While there, Mickey gained experience in the high level training of professional athletes from the NFL, MLB as well as the PGA Tour. Mickey is a graduate of Seton Hall Prep High School in New Jersey, from there he was offered a scholarship to play baseball at Seton Hall University. Halfway through his sophomore year in college Mickey transferred to Arizona State University, where he graduated with a B.S. in Kinesiology. His practical and educational knowledge has enabled him to develop into one of the top performance specialist in New Jersey.

Like many high school and college student-athletes, Mickey had aspirations to pursue a career as a professional athlete. During his sophomore year in college Mickey was projected to be a Top 5 round pick in the Major League Baseball Draft in the summer of 2003. However, a season ending elbow injury led to two Tommy-John surgeries and months of physical therapy. Never getting back to his previous form, he had to give up his path of becoming a professional athlete. To stay connected to his passion, Mickey took up the next best thing – Training. As a trainer, Mickey is able to utilize his years of experience as an athlete combined with his performance training and physical therapy experience to help other athletes become faster and stronger, while also focusing on injury prevention.

After almost two years as the operations director of the ANNEX, Mickey took an additional role with the training center by becoming an owner of the facility. With this new position, he orchestrated and oversaw the relocation and expansion of the ANNEX to its new space in the summer of 2008.

Since his time at The ANNEX, Mickey has had the opportunity to work with some of the best high school and college athletes coming out of New Jersey as well as a host of professional athletes from the NFL and MLB. In 2007 he trained the High School Baseball “Gatorade Player of the Year,” as well as the USA Today High School Baseball Team of the Year.

BLOG

Robbie Arnold

Robbie Arnold came to The ANNEX in the summer of 2006. With over 15 years of experience as a performance trainer, Robbie has had the opportunity to work with countless athletes of all sports ranging from the high school to professional level. Through his many years of training he has helped coach many athletes to high school All-County and All-State selections as well as both high school and college All-American honors.

Robbie’s passion for training ultimately came from his own athletic career. From his career as a college football player at Peru State College in Nebraska, Robbie was able to earn a tryout with the Dallas Cowboys. During his career he helped lead his team to a NAIA Division II National Championship. It was here when he realized his dream of helping aspiring athletes reach their full potential through the use of performance training.

Since college Robbie has had the opportunity of working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach as well as the Assistant Football Coach at Callaghan High School in Florida in the late 90’s. From there he returned to his NJ roots and began working at the IAP Training Center in Randolph, NJ for several years. From IAP he moved to The Parisi Speed School where he was named “Trainer of the Year” in 2004.

Robbie’s extensive background and experience as a performance trainer has made him an excellent mentor and motivator to athletes of all ages and abilities. With over 15 years experience in sports performance training, Robbie is considered a huge asset to The ANNEX staff.

Megan Furstoss

Megan joined the Annex family in 2007. Before coming to the Annex she was a Metabolic Specialist at Aviator Sports in Brooklyn, NY where she worked with several NBA draft picks. Megan holds a B.S. in Exercise Science from Ithaca College and an M.A. in Exercise Physiology from Northeastern University in Boston. During her time at Ithaca College and Northeastern University, Megan was contracted as a research physiologist for both the United States Army and U.S Air Force. The results of her research at both the United States Air Force Academy/ Pike’s Peak labs in Colorado Springs, Co and the Natick Labs in Massachusetts have been published in the American College of Sports Medicine and other scientific journals. While working at the United States Air Force Academy she worked with a number of cadets during their physical conditioning testing and training. She was also a member of the Varsity field hockey and softball teams at Ithaca and was captain of both teams her senior year.

Megan attended high school at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, NJ. There she was a three sport Varsity athlete as well as captain of the field hockey, basketball and softball teams her senior and junior year.
Megan holds her CSCS through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is also a certified field hockey referee for the state of NJ.