Directors

Stephen Nave, Co-Director

Steve’s philosophy is simple: “You must believe that improvement and goal attainment is possible. When you truly believe that you can reach your goals and objectives, you most certainly will. Belief in yourself and your abilities is real, and it is tangible. It’s this belief that creates the passion that will prompt you to willingly sacrifice for your personal success.”

Steve served 23 years in the U.S. Navy, with 20 as a Navy SEAL. He was also a Navy SEAL Instructor in the Naval Special Warfare Physical Training Center in Coronado, CA and trained the men in BUD/S who would go on to become SEALs. Steve understands what it means to take people to the edge and beyond, testing their physical strength, muscle endurance, aerobic and anaerobic capabilities as well as their mental toughness. His experience has proven that through the right training techniques, anything can be achieved, both mentally and physically.

Steve has the experience to help his students achieve new peaks in both their physical and mental abilities (talent that enables someone to achieve a great deal) that allow them to be pushed much harder and more intense then they thought possible. He has taken thousands of students beyond their self-perceived mental and physical limitations. They became harder, stronger, faster and more confident in themselves and their abilities then at any point in their lives; tougher than they could have imagined.

He has developed a mental and fitness philosophy that transcends mere physical training and health, integrating emotional and spiritual strength, and most importantly, mental toughness and focus elements. His multi-dimensional training outlook encompasses all of these “states of being” and the results he has achieved, both in his own life and for his students, are nothing short of extraordinary. By learning and applying the proper execution of mental strength, in combination with a new level of physical power, his students learn to harness an all-encompassing personal focus that empowers them to reach that ultimate destination: life-changing results that reach and surpass all expectations.

Steve’s certifications include:

• PTA Global Advanced
• PTA Global Mentorship Level 1
• Mental Game Coaching Professional (MGCP)
• Russian Kettlebell Challenge Certified Instructor (RKC)
• American Kettlebell Coach (AKC)
• Certified Kettlebell Teacher (CKT)
• Health & Fitness Instructor: American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
• Medical Exercise Specialist: American Academy of Health, Fitness, & Rehab Professionals
• Level 1 Corrective High-Performance Exercise Kinesiologist: CHEK
• Golf Biomechanic Certified: CHEK
• Nutrition Lifestyle Coach Level 2: CHEK
• Metabolic Diet Typing Advisor Advanced: Health Excel

His specializations include assessment and/or measurement and the interpretation for the following:

Flexibility and muscle imbalance testing/assessments
Mental Toughness Training
Hard Style Strength and Muscle Endurance Training
Corrective exercise prescription

Ivan Ivanov, Co-Director

After retiring from competition in 1997, Ivan Radnev Ivanov left his home country of Bulgaria to join U.S.A. wrestling as a development coach and to further the Greco Roman wrestling program in the United States. Ivan coaching career began as assistant resident coach for the Greco-Roman wrestling team in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Olympic Training Center. A post he held from 1997 to 1999. In March of 1999 Ivan became the full time wrestling director and head coach at one of the largest health clubs in Utah, the Tree-house Athletic Club, better known as TAC-wrestling in Salt Lake City UT.

In February 2002 Ivan returned to USA Wrestling and moved his innovative coaching techniques to Marquette, MI as the head coach of the Greco Roman wrestling team at the United States Olympic Education Center (USOEC) on the campus of Northern Michigan University. Since then, Ivan has developed the facility into the top Greco-Roman wrestling program for college aged athletes in the United States. Athletes training under coach Ivanov’s program have gone on to become national champions, world medalists and olympians, and include 2009 National Greco-Roman Champions Harry Lester (74kg/163 lbs.) and Joe Betterman (60kg/132 lbs.)

Ivan’s Wrestling Accomplishments (partial list)

• 6-Time Bulgarian National Greco-Roman champion
• 1994 Tampere Finland World silver medallist 62kg
• 1995 Petrov Gold Belt winner
• 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – 5th place 62 kg
• 3-Time winner of the Nikola Petrov Grand-Pre international tournament
• USA wrestling Gold level certified coach
• USA wrestling national coaching staff since 1998
• 2008 Beijing Olympic Games – USA wrestling coaching staff
• Coached 66kg Harry Lester – 2005 University World Bronze medalist, 2006 and 2007 Senior World Championships Bronze Medalist, 2009 74kg U.S. National Champion
• Coached 55kg Spencer Mango – 2006 University World Champion, 2006 Junior World Bronze Medalist, 2008 Olympian, 2009 U.S. National Silver Metalist
• Coached 84kg Chas Betts – 2006 University Worlds Silver Medalist
• Coached 120kg Peter Kovalzchuk 2008 University World Bronze Medalist
• Coached 96kg Adam Wheeler 2008 Beijing Olympic Bronze Medalist
• 2005-Current – Led U.S.O.E.C. Greco-Roman program to 7 world medals and 1 Olympic medal

The coordination of these two unprecedented innovators in their coaching techniques
and revolutionary training tools serve as the foundation of the IBBC!