About Body Systems

Ben Brown is the owner of Body Systems, a fitness and nutrition consultancy that offers a holistic approach to solving health problems and improving sports performance. It heals stressors and imbalances from the inside out with customized health plans based on individual goals and biochemistry.

Ben specializes in corrective exercise, strength and conditioning, stretch therapy, nutrition counseling, nutritional supplementation and holistic lifestyle coaching. His customized fitness and nutrition programs have helped clients achieve their goals through weight loss, improved performance, injury prevention and improved vitality.

For nearly a decade, Ben has trained and counseled individuals of all physical abilities, from youth through professional athletes. Prior to founding Body Systems, he served as a strength and conditioning coach for Chandler Gilbert Community College and for the Arizona Cardinals. In addition, Ben has maintained an active practice designing corrective, performance enhancement and rehabilitative exercise programs for clients with chronic musculoskeletal problems, weekend warriors and professional athletes. He is also a member of the adjunct faculty for Chandler Gilbert Community College.

Ben, a Scottsdale resident, earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Arizona and a master's degree in exercise and wellness from Arizona State University. In addition, he is a CHEK (Corrective High-Performance Exercise Kinesiology) Level 2 Practitioner, Certified Metabolic Typing® Advisor and Functional Medicine Practitioner (Kalish Method).

Professional Stats at a Glance:

• Master's degree in exercise and wellness from Arizona State University
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA)
• Certified Metabolic Typing® Advisor
• CHEK Practitioner Level 2
• Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level 2
• CHEK Certified Golf Biomechanic
• Active Isolated Stretch Therapy (AIS)
• TPI Certified Golf Fitness Instructor Level 2
• NMT 1 (Neuromuscular Therapy)
• Functional Medicine Practitioner (Kalish Method)

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Useful Links

C.H.E.K. Institute (www.chekinstitute.com)
The C.H.E.K. Institute specializes in advanced education for health and fitness professionals, providing quality information, educational materials and functional training tools. By combining the knowledge of orthopedics, exercise prescription, performance conditioning and alternative healthcare modalities we provide a holistic, integrative perspective that helps you attain all your wellness, health and fitness goals.

Healthexcel (www.healthexcel.com)
As a research-based organization since 1987, Healthexcel is the established leader in the rapidly emerging field of Metabolic Typing™, or customized nutrition. In addition to conducting metabolic typing research, Healthexcel provides technical consulting services to health professionals engaged in nutritional counseling and ecological lifestyle management. The company offers advanced computer-based services that enable health professionals to evaluate the highly individualized dietary needs of patients and clients, and to provide customized dietary programs for one's metabolic type.

Dr. Daniel Kalish (http://www.drkalish.com)
For the past 15 years Daniel Kalish, D.C. has successfully treated patients with hormone imbalances, food cravings, fatigue, depression, digestive distress, and many other health complaints. Dr. Kalish founded The Natural Path Clinic in Del Mar, California, where he led a staff of physicians, nutritionists, chiropractors, psychotherapists, physical therapists, personal trainers, massage therapists and acupuncturists for more than ten years. He currently maintains an active international phone consultation practice with patients and leads a physician training course in natural medicine.

Titleist Performance Institute (http://www.mytpi.com)
MyTPI.com is the largest collection of golf-specific health and fitness information from the world's leading experts in the game. This site is brought to you by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) - the leaders in elite player development.

Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation (www.ppnf.org)
The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation (PPNF) is a non-profit educational resource providing access to modern scientific validation of ancestral wisdom on nutrition, agriculture, and health for 56 years. Located in Lemon Grove, CA, the foundation serves as the guardian for the precious archival material from the research of Weston A. Price, DDS and Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD, and most of the great nutrition pioneers of our time, as well as maintaining a library of over 10,000 historical and contemporary references.

The Weston A. Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org)
The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats. The foundation website contains a goldmine of articles regarding ancestral diets and contemporary health issues.