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There's almost more than one person can live in the life of Carl Miller. It all started from his early life with his Olympic water polo father to weight lifting training with the famous Frank Spellman. Then he attended the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Arizona before being one of the first to join the Peace Corps in South America. He went from there to Japan working with the Women's Olympic Volleyball and Olympic Weight lifting teams. And in between there were unbelievable experiences you'll just have to read this book to discover. Did I mention Al Capone, Red Grange, bullfighting? All in all, Carl Miller was directed and shaped by people and situations that led up to the thirty-five years he spent as co-owner of Carl and Sandra's Physical Conditioning Center and the years of his involvement with the City of Santa Fe, the oldest capital city in the United States.
About the author
Carl Miller has a Master's degree in health, physical education and recreation with specialty in exercise physiology, biomechanics and nutrition. As a former United States Olympic and World Weightlifting coach, he is the author of over fifty articles and several books on Olympic Style weightlifting and athletic training. He has also worked with strength coaches for the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, Miami Heat, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and the San Francisco 49ers. While in Colombia, he worked with their Olympic weightlifting track and field and swimming teams for two years. In Japan he worked with the women's Olympic volleyball team and the Honku Braves professional baseball team for three years.
Back in the United States, he taught at Santa Fe Preparatory School and later led a physical education program at Carlos Gilbert Elementary School. As a community activist he won a seat on the Santa Fe City Council and was instrumental in the passing of an expansion of the Valdez Industrial Park.
He was the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, Sandra Thomas, of Carl and Sandra's Physical Conditioning Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico for more than thirty years and has dedicated himself to analyzing and tweaking the techniques of Olympic lifting. He is the author of "Stories of a Life," "The Sport of Olympic Style Weightlifting," "Olympic Lifting: A Training Manual," and "The Miller Fitness Plan," all from Sunstone Press.
