Dr. Marcus Elliott

Dr. Marcus Elliott, founder and owner of Peak Performance Project (P3), head of the scientific advisory board for ZOIC and Harvard Medical School trained physiologist and sports medicine physician, specializing in performance enhancement and the care of elite athletes. He is dedicated to discovering and applying leading edge science for optimal athletic development.

In 2003 Dr. Elliott opened Peak Performance Project (P3) in Santa Barbara, California, as the science based performance and research institute for elite athletes. As director of P3, Dr. Elliott has worked directly with more than 100 of the world’s best athletes and teams from the NFL, NBA, MLB, AVP, WUSA and the United States Olympic Team.

Additionally, he has trained athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, the Australian Institute of Sport, and the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. Dr. Elliott has trained athletes from a wide variety of sports, and since 1998 his primary focus has been on peak performance and injury prevention in U.S. professional sports.

Dr. Elliott is also a published researcher, whose work has appeared in medical journals such as the “Journal of Performance Enhancement,” “International Journal of Sports Medicine,” and “The American Journal of Medical Sciences.” He is currently employed by the NFL to research and recommend optimal conditioning and injury prevention strategies, which have been published at the 2004 NFL Annual Owners Meeting and the NFL Physicians Society Annual Meeting, Sports Science Symposium.

He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Governors Council on Physical Fitness.

Dr. Elliott is active in developing recovery strategies for athletes and believes that optimal protein combinations play an essential role.