Josh Jeffery, SPT, MS, CSCS, FMSC, USAW, BT-C

Josh is a Doctor of Physical Therapy student at the University of South Carolina set to graduate in 2019 and the Owner and Head Coach of Vertex Performance Training, an individualized programming and sports performance facility in Columbia, SC.

He graduated from USC with a Masters in Exercise Science in 2015 and has worked as a strength conditioning coach in the Columbia area since 2013. Additionally, Josh is the Head of Programming and Training at Carolina CrossFit, the oldest and largest CrossFit gym in South Carolina.

Josh is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA, a USAW Level 1 Sports Performance Coach, an OPEX Level 1 Associate Coach, a CrossFit Level 2 trainer, a Clinical Athlete Weightlifting Coach and he holds certifications in the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and Personalized Blood Flow Restriction (PBFR). As an athlete, Josh played 4 years of Division 1 baseball at the University of Dayton and has been to the CrossFit Games Regionals twice on teams. As a coach,

Josh has had the privilege of working with some of the top CrossFit athletes in the country and some of the SEC’s best athletes while working in the strength and conditioning department at the University of South Carolina with football, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer, sand volleyball and track and field. Josh first met Donnie in 2015 and has been a part of every one of Donnie’s clinics since. Upon completion of his DPT, he hopes to continue to blend the worlds of strength and conditioning and physical therapy.