Mark Swanson

Mark Swanson brings a wealth of knowledge and athletic experience to the organization. At every point in Mark’s life sports and athletics has always been a major foundation. The career path that Mark has taken was formed while at the University of Utah, where Mark was a student-athlete. During three of his four playing seasons, Mark attained the “Iron Ute”  This award is given to the football player who pound for pound is the strongest player on the team. This is what has fueled his  passion that he now has in the strength and conditioning field.  There are some simple words that Mark has for all athletes and that is ”Champions are made in the off-season”. The goal at the Next Level is to make every athlete that comes through our program, reach their full athletic potential. 

Allison Skufca

Allison graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2004 with a BS in Sport and Exercise Science and a minor in coaching. She has been a NASM certified personal trainer and a NASM performance enhancement specialist since 2004. She worked 2 years as a personal trainer at Greenwood Athletic Club.

            After Greenwood Athletic Club, Allison worked at Sportsbridge Performance Training center where she trained many types of athletes from youth, high school and collegiate levels. Allison was also an integrated part of the training program for the Nuu Sky volleyball club for the 2 years she worked for Sportsbridge. She worked with numerous teams from the 12’s team to the 18’s team. Allison has also worked with numerous soccer teams with the Colorado Storm Soccer Club.

             Allison is now currently training out of the Next Level Strength and Conditioning center where she provides training for all types of athletes.

 Allison also completed a year long internship for The University of Denver. She worked with the Strength and Conditioning staff of the university and was involved with helping implement training programs for a variety of teams including Hockey, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Basketball and the Nordic Team.

            Allison has also assisted with the fitness testing for the Colorado Avalanche professional hockey team and the Colorado Mammoth professional indoor lacrosse team.  

Dave Bulow

David is a native of Denver Colorado and has always had a love for all sports.  His desire to compete was evident in High School where he played four sports, Soccer, Football, Basketball and Baseball.  His success on the soccer field continued at the collegiate level where he was an All-American at Bowdoin College where he set the school record for goals, assists and points.  Since 2002, David has been playing soccer at the professional level both in the United States and Europe.  He has spent time with the Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Chicago Fire of the MLS, Limavady FC and Dungannon Swifts in Northern Ireland as well as several clubs of the USL.  In addition to playing he has coached at the youth level all over the country.  He is He is very passionate about sharing his experiences as a pro and stresses the importance of learning proper technique and developing strength and speed.