Episode #038: Todd Hamer

Todd Hamer is the General Manager at Union Fitness in Pittsburgh, PA. Coach Hamer joined Union Fitness in 2019 with over 20 years of Division 1 strength and conditioning experience including Director of Strength and Conditioning roles at George Washington University and Robert Morris University. Additionally, he’s spent time as the head strength coach at Marist College, assistant strength coach at George Mason, The Citadel, graduate assistant coach at VCU and intern at Pitt. Coach Hamer has presented at over 50 professional clinics and seminars, has been an adjunct faculty member at three universities and has been published over 100 times where his articles are featured on EliteFTS, Muscle and Fitness, Men’s Fitness, as well as other publications. He was nominated as the NSCA Strength and Conditioning Coach of the year in 2018 and has been awarded the Presidential Award for Distinguished Achievement during his tenure at RMU. 

Hamer is a competitive powerlifter with over two decades of experience on both the national and international stage with personal bests of a 595 squat, 475 bench, and 560 deadlift in the 181 pound weight class. He is also an outdoor enthusiast going back and forth between hiking and cycling where he has completed the Rachel Carson hike 10 times and has ridden his bicycle from Pittsburgh to Washington, DC 10 times.