Helping High Performers Reach The Peak

Where science unlocks
peak performance.

I’m Marc Lewis. For fifteen years I’ve studied, written, coached, and translated science into measurable gains for teams, organizations, and high performers pursuing their best. From teaching in classrooms and conducting research to coaching and building performance systems for some of the world’s most demanding athletes, my purpose has remained the same: to help others achieve what they aspire.

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Houston, TX
Discipline
Exercise Physiology
Tenure
15 yrs+
Affiliation
Sport Science Network
Career & affiliationsWhere the science shows up.
Houston TexansPenn StateVirginia TechU.S. Ski & SnowboardSouth CarolinaWake Forest

My path here wasn’t a conventional one.

Difficult circumstances do not define your future.
Dr. Marc Lewis

I grew up in southwest Virginia and spent part of my childhood in foster care. There were periods when I experienced homelessness.

After becoming an emancipated minor and obtaining my GED, I served as an Airborne Infantryman in the United States Army and deployed to Iraq. That’s where I got curious about the human body and fell in love with physical preparation. I wanted to understand how the body responded to physical training, and susequentely, how the body changed over time to help you perform better.

That question led me to a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology and Metabolism at Virginia Tech, to performance science roles at Penn State, and eventually to the Director of Applied Sport Science chair for the Houston Texans. It’s still the question I’m working on.

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Doctorate
Ph.D., Exercise Physiology & Metabolism, Virginia Tech
Service
Airborne Infantryman, U.S. Army
Now
Co-founder, Sport Science Network · Founder, Lewis Performance Systems
Formerly
Director of Applied Sport Science, Houston Texans · Associate Director of Applied Health and Performance, Penn State · Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning, Virginia Tech
Recognition
Houston Texans nominee, NFL Salute to Service 2024
Published
The Sport Science Handbook · Peer Reviewed Publications · Contributions to Sportsmith and the Sport Science Network

Three ways to put me on your team.

Coaching

Individual coaching for high performers who refuse to plateau.

Programming built around your goals, your schedule, and what the numbers actually say. Virtual sessions that prioritise technique, progression, and long-term resilience, with continuous adjustment based on monitoring data and recovery markers.

Best fit: athletes, executives, or high performers.

Start the conversation
Consulting

Audit, design, implement.

For teams and organizations: performance department audits, monitoring system design, technology selection, staff education, and reporting frameworks that hold up under pressure. The systems behind the systems.

Request a brief
Workshops & CEUs

Evidence, on the floor.

Half-day to two-day sessions for teams, gyms, and professional groups. Training, assessments, and monitoring with demonstrations, case studies, and tools that earn their keep on Monday morning. The workshop is geared towards the problems you are trying to solve in your environment.

Bring me in
The book · Available on Amazon

The Sport Science Handbook.

A comprehensive guide for decision-making in sport science written for practitioners, coaches, and the organizations they serve. Drawn from the same body of work I bring to every client.

Sport Science Network · Online hub & community for practitioners.
The Sport Science Handbook — cover
“Performance and longevity are not opposing goals. The healthiest, most fulfilled, and highest-performing people understand how to balance both.”
Marc Lewis, Ph.D.
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Put the science to work.

Thirty minutes, no slides, no sales. Bring the problem you’re trying to solve, and together we’ll map out what a path forward looks like.

Coaching
Individualized training, virtual sessions, ongoing support
Consulting
Monitoring systems, audits, staff frameworks
Workshops
Teams, gyms, professional groups — CEU-eligible
Media
Podcasts, speaking, written contributions