About Us
My business is called Elite Athlete Training. I’m located in Ashland at MetroWest Sportcenter. I’m currently in my 13th year of business and train all types of athletes ranging from ages 6 and up. I have all different styles and philosophies that I incorporate into my training. For this specific age group, the primary focus is to work on speed, agility, high intensity conditioning, and teaching proper mechanics with body weight exercises/lifting weights. The work out includes ladders,hurdles, various plyometric box jumps, cone drills, body weight circuits, foot work and agility circuits, and conditioning/pushing sleds. I’m all about teaching the kids hard work, good habits, and life skills. By far the most important thing I see kids walk away from this training with, is an increase in their self confidence
"I started Elite Athlete Training in January 2012. From a young age I decided I wanted to be very successful and create my own destiny. Since the age of ten I wanted to play in the NFL. I went on to play college football at Umass Amherst where I had a very successful career and multiple NFL teams interested in me. I also always had a connection with kids and a desire to help them get through tough situations similar to the ones I went through as a child. This led me to study and receive a degree in Sociology from Umass. In June 2010 I played in the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Aloutess. I still had the dream of playing in the NFL so when I came home I coached high school football so I could be around the game and still continue to train. In February 2011, I went to play arena football and bounced around a couple teams and returned at the end of April. I knew my football career wasn’t heading to where I needed it to be. I decided that plan B of my life needed to happen fast.
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For 2 years during college and training for the NFL I worked with world-renowned trainer Mike Boyle in Boston, Ma. I became his protégé and he took my athletic ability to the next level and inspired me to work harder than I ever had before. One great trait I always had with football was an incredible work ethic when it came to training. My plan was to use my training ability and create my own gym. My mission was to not only help kids with the same dream who wanted to play a professional sport but also change lives and teach them that they can do anything if they put the hard work in. From this vision my business E.A.T. (Elite Athlete Training) was born".
Eric Dickson Timeline
• Saint John’s HS Football (2001-2005)
• UMass Amherst Division 1 Football (2005-2009)
• 6th in the CAA in total tackles, Top 25 in total tackles D1AA in the country (2009)
• UMass Amherst Graduate 2009
• Successful career at UMass and was projected to receive a free agent contract for the NFL by NFL Draft Scout
• Trained with one of the best trainers in the country, Mike Boyle (Jan 2008-June 2010)
• Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning has been ranked #1 gym in the country by Men’s Fitness.
• Montreal Allouettes, Canadian Football League- Special teams and Safety (Jun 2010)
• Algonquin Regional High School - Defensive Back and running back coach (Aug-Nov 2010)
• Arena football with La Crosse Spartans, Ohama Beef, and Trenton Steel (Feb-Apr 2011)
• Personal Trainer Certification (Jun 2011)
• Elite Athlete Training Founded (Jan 2012-Present)
• First EVER EAT athlete Nick Haag signed with the Indianapolis Colts (Aug 2015)
• Competed in the Crossfit open (2015-2018)
• In 2018 I placed top 500 out of 230,000