Meet The Founder: Cat Wade

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I’m Cat Wade, and I’m the founder of Blue Chip Performance. As a sports performance professional with more than 15 years in the industry as a collegiate sport and human performance coach, my team and I empower athletes to better compete and perform through the use of science, data and sharing knowledge. 

 

We can all be better athletes – especially when armed with the right technology, tools and knowledge. And I can show you exactly how balancing your sleep, nutrition, the unique stresses in your life, and the difficulty of your workouts can help you continue to stay in the game you love—and grow in the game you love—for years to come. My team and I focus on the 24-Hour Human Eco-System, an evidence-led approach, which accounts for everything going on in your life. 

Blue Chip provides team training, private training, and semi-private training for teams and individual athletes. 

Affiliations, Certifications & Continuing Education:

EDUCATION

  • University of Oklahoma - B.A. Psychology  

  • Syracuse University - M.S. Exercise Science

Qualifications

  • National Strength and Conditioning Association - CSCS

  • Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association - SCCC

  • Functional Movement Screen - FMS – Level 1, Level 2

  • USA Weightlifting – Sports Performance Coach

  • Advanced Olympic Lifting – Leo Totten Training Systems

  • Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization – Certified Exercise Trainer (DNS Sport III)

  • Crossfit Mobility

  • American Red Cross – CPR and AED

  • Strong First Level 1

  • Workload and Injury in Team Sports - BARCA Innovation Hub

  • BioForce Conditioning Coach

 
 

Upcoming courses for 2019:

 

  • Strong First Level 2

  • Precision Nutrition Level 1

 
 

Speaking Engagements

  • Roundtable panelist at CSCCa National Convention – “Utilizing Heart Rate Training to Improve Athletic Performance” – (May 2015)

  • Presenter, NSCA Coaches Clinic – “Department Mindset = Team Mindset” (January 2015)

  • Presenter at Oregon State NSCA Clinic  – “Aerobic Plyometrics” (May 2014)

  • Presenter at UMBC Sports Performance Seminar - “Athlete Monitoring and the Decision Making Process” (July 2019)

Meet Blue Chip Sports Performance Team Member: Griffin Waller

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I’m Griffin Waller, and I plan and execute comprehensive sports performance programs for individual athletes and teams of all sizes for all types of sports. 

 

I believe that an effective coach fosters a positive culture that constantly educates, motivates, and inspires athletes. We educatethem on the importance of training and how it makes them better on the field. We motivatethem to reach their fullest potential to ultimately become better athletes on the field and even better people off. And we inspirethem to never be satisfied, and demand excellence from themselves, as well as their teammates.  

 

At Blue Chip, we have the technology and the expertise to educate, inspire and motivate—and I’m happy to be a part of the team. 

 
 

Affiliations, Certifications & Continuing Education:

  • StrongFirst - SFG Level 1 Certified 

  • BioSignature Modulation - BioSignature Level 1 Certified 

  • Poliquin International Certification Program (PICP) - PICP Level 1 Certified 

  • United States Weightlifting (USAW) - Certified Level 1 Sport Performance Coach 

  • National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist 

  • American Red Cross - Certified In Cardiorespiratory Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid 
    High Performance Basketball Symposium - Basketball Strength Coaches Clinic 

  • Somatic Senses - Dr. Michael Maxwell—The Shoulder: An Integrated Approach 

  • Fix Your Own Back - Dr. Phillip Snell—Assessment & Exercise Interventions for the Flexion Intolerant & Disc-Injured Low Back 

  • Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association - National Conference 

  • High Performance Basketball Symposium Basketball Strength Coaches Clinic 

  • Performance Four / Final Four Basketball Strength Coaches Clinic 

  • Sports Performance Coaches Clinic—Stanford, CA - Stanford Sports Performance 

  • NW Athletic Performance Seminar—Portland, OR - University of Portland Athletic Performance 

  • Assessing Movement: A Contrast in Approaches & Future Directions Stuart McGill and Gray Cook 

  • Perform Better Summit—Long Beach, CA - Perform Better 

  • Postural Restoration Institute - Minh Nguyen—OTD, OTR/L, PRC 

  • Polar Heart Rate - Josh Simonsen—Polar Team2 Pro Training Coordinator 

  • Synergy Training Center—Neuro Sports Training - Darren Painter—CRT, NCT 

  • Nutrition for Sport and Physical Activity - Kate Fischer—MS, RD, LD 

  • Essentials of Strength Training - Henry Barrera—CSCS