Andrew Usher
Andrew coaching actor Craig McGinlay
ANDREW USHER
Performance Specialist / Sports Scientist
PhD Research Student, Abertay University. ( 2021 - 2024)
Research looking at the physiological demands of professional boxing
MRes (Distinction) Sport and Exercise Science ( Roehampton University)
Research into the physiology of Amateur Boxing
Research into Caffeine and Combat Sports.
PgDip Sport and Exercise Nutrition.
Andrew has been coaching for over 20 years, initially with amateur boxers, then combat athletes, many who fought in organisations such as Bellator and the UFC. He now works with a variety of people from stay at home parents, to elite athletes many of which are professional boxers, runners or triathletes . He is also the performance specialist for the professional boxers managed and or trained by Northern Sporting Club in Aberdeen.
Currently Andrew provides sport science consultancy to professional boxers Dean Sutherland, WBO youth world champion, WBC Silver International title holder, and Hannah Rankin WBA and IBO World Champion.
He holds numerous qualifications and coaching badges.
Most recent coaching qualifications:
Boxing Scotland Level 2.
British Boxing Board of Control Pro Trainer Licence.