About Us

We started Smart Stength Official to address the issues of the typical online coaching experience and become part of the solution to improve it. Online coaching opens up the ability for anyone to get access to any coach. The issue is anyone can call themselves a “coach”. Someone with a mediocre total at your local gym can start selling spreadsheets with generic 12 week programming. Instead of complaining about it, we decided to DO something about it. Smart Strength was founded to remove the barriers of online coaching by using a seamless app to communicate with clients. It was also important to give us the ability to instantly update programming to adapt it to our clients feedback and results for optimal progress. Our experience speaks for itself. Our hope is that you let us put our experience and knowledge to work for you to accomplish your strength and performance goals.

Co-Founders

 
 

Tom Kallas

Raised in Shabbona, IL

Journeyman Lineman for a local utility company.

5X World Records in Raw + Wraps Squats in 3 different weight classes

165lb Class - 677 lb squat

165lb Class - 711 lb squat

181lb Class - 788 lb squat

198lb Class - 815lb squat

198lb Class - 816lb squat

Numerous Best Lifter Awards

Former Competitive Bodybuilder

Official OCB Bodybuilding Judge

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Bio

Raised in Pittsburg, Texas

Graduated Valedictorian of HS Class 

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas Christain University with a B.S. Double Major in Movement Science and Health and Fitness

Became Director of Performance and General Manager at EFT Sports Performance in Highland Park, IL over 6 years of employment  

Chose Self Employment to continue to train elite athletes and develop performance and fitness business opportunities

Trained 7 NFL Pro Bowl Athletes, 2X NBA All Star, An Olympic Medalist, 100+ Professional athletes, 100+ D1 athletes, hundreds of high school and adult athletes.

Has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Esquire Magazine, various ESPN productions, and numerous other podcast, YouTube, print and media sources.