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Mike Mancias

Mike Mancias is the Chief Human Performance Advisor to  LeBron James. As Lebron’s athletic trainer and recovery specialist for over 14 years and counting, Mike is veteran in the world of Professional Basketball. Mike’s experience includes working with NFL, MLB, PGA, and top NCAA athletes. 

Throughout his tenure with LeBron James, Mike has quietly developed a winning human-performance blueprint that encompasses everything from preventative medicine, strength training/ rehab, nutrition, and the latest in recovery techniques that many athletes and trainers today now utilize as part of their own training programs. Nutrition has always been a vital component of Mancias’ program for LeBrons’ performance and it continues to remain invaluable to his daily recovery program as well. It was through this focus on nutrition to performance and recovery that Mancias aided in developing the Ladder Brand and its products now available to the market. 

Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Mike attended the University of Texas-Pan American and graduated with a degree in Health Education, is Licensed and Nationally certified by the Accredited National athletic Trainers Association and is a 14-year member of The National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association.