Tim Birkey

Tim Birkey is an exercise specialist with Spencer Hospital’s Athletic Enhancement service. A certified strength and conditioning coach, tim earned his master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa, where he also served as assistant strength and conditioning coach for UNI Athletics. Tim trains student athletes and also works with adults who wish to enhance their personal fitness levels. 

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• How to Start - and Continue - A Lifelong Wellness Plan

  A new year brings a fresh new start to many people's health and wellness goals. As a strength and conditioning coaches, our personal trainers at Spencer Hospital's Athletic Enhancement program are pretty accustom to seeing a packed fitness center in early January, but as the calendar pages turn, we start to see the number of participants wane. How do you create a successful, life-long wellness plan? It starts with one step at a time.

• How to Stay Active While Social Distancing

  The recent COVID-19 pandemic has affected us in many ways with one being limiting many of us with avenues of ways to exercise. Fitness clubs and gyms have closed to promote social distancing and to prevent gatherings of numerous people, all in an effort to slow the spread of virus.

• Get the Skinny on Body-weight Training

  For centuries human beings have been in search of the most effective methods to train the body. Over the years some methods have evolved, some have vanished and some, although occasionally abandoned and overlooked, have stood the test of time. Bodyweight training is one of the simplest methods of training and conditioning known to humankind.

• Optimizing Your Workout Plan

  Have you ever found a workout that you really liked? A program you did day in and day out, that initially was highly effective and yielded great results, but as of late, no matter how hard or how often you work out, you just can't seem to continue to make progress and your motivation is lacking?

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