Tom Furman has been involved in martial arts and conditioning since the early seventies. With an early background in wrestling and a student of the methods of the York Barbell Club in his native Pennsylvania, Tom immediately could separate fact from fiction growing up near Pittsburgh, with eleven male members of his family being Combat Veterans. The no nonsense upbringing amidst mill workers and coal miners branded his methodology early. Results mean everything. There was no bragging to his male role models about hard work or fighting. They had been there and done that.

Tom’s training methods are derived from his decades long passion of martial arts and his study of exercise science. The application of force, improvement of movement, and the durability of the subject rank high on his list of priorities when he communicates his methods. He gives credit to hundreds of hours of seminars, training sessions, and ‘backyard’ workouts. This would include training time with many martial arts legends. He also credits his incredibly gifted training partners who vary from former Airborne Rangers and Bounty Hunters, to Boxing Trainers, and Coast Guard Rescue Divers. Tom was also fortunate to have been trained under the guidance of Exercise Physiologist Mark Jones, formerly of the Sports and Fitness Clinic in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Currently Tom runs Physicalstrategies, and trains professional athletes in strength, conditioning, and movement skills. He is the creator of the popular "Concrete Conflict and Conditioning" DVD, which integrates strength, movement, and physical combat.