Cisco Reyes
Cisco Reyes
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
HHPA Complex 218
Cisco's area of expertise encompasses aspect of sports performance enhancement (strength and conditioning). More specifically, Cisco has examined neuromuscular adaptations to strength and power training and athlete profiling. Outside of Linfield, Cisco holds official positions within the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and serves the strength and conditioning community by bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and practice. Cisco is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA and runs an athletic performance business in the Portland Metro area called The RISE Lab, designed to elevate and empower the youth athlete.
Education
- B.S., Pacific University
- M.S., Ph.D., University of Idaho
Academic interests
As a former collegiate baseball player, understanding speed and power has always been a research interest of Cisco's. So since graduate school, Cisco merged his passions of athletics with muscle physiology and biomechanics and focused on understanding how to better prepare the neuromuscular system for enhanced human performance. Recently, Cisco has gained a strong interest in data analytics in sports, continually working on athlete profiling through the use of technology, and correlating performance testing numbers with on-field performance for bettering training programs and talent identification.