Become the athlete you were meant to be.
Train with Leo Behrend — pro European basketball player, 45-inch vertical. ATG-based strength, mobility, joint health. Built for athletes.
MY LIVED EXPERIENCE.
What is ATG?
Build from the ground up.
Feet. Ankles. Knees. Hips. Shoulders. ATG starts where most programs never do — the foundations that hold everything else together.
Strength through full range of motion.
Real strength isn't just how much you lift, it's how well you move under load. ATG trains your joints and muscles through their full natural range — the way your body was designed to move.
Thicken your tendons, not just your muscles.
Tendons are the most undertrained tissue in the body. ATG uses slow, deliberate loading to thicken them, balance the muscle-tendon relationship, and build structural integrity that lasts.
Never train through pain — regress to progress.
ATG finds the level your body can win at today and builds from there. No ego. No grinding through pain. Just consistent deposits that compound over time.
Motion is the medicine.
The body doesn't break down from moving too much. It breaks down from moving too little, too stiffly, and with too much compensation. Keep it moving right and it keeps you moving longer.
Performance and longevity are the same goal.
ATG doesn't choose between athletic performance and long-term health. Built right, your body does both — for decades.
SCALABILITY. Regress to progress.
I don’t teach what I’ve read, I teach what I have lived.
Leo Behrend is a 2x All-American collegiate athlete out of Ave Maria University and a professional basketball player with active experience competing across Germany, France, and Portugal. Over the course of his professional career, Leo has applied the Athletic Truth Group methodology for 8+ years, using it as the core system behind his training, recovery, and longevity at the professional level.
He holds an ATG certification and brings 6+ years of hands-on coaching experience in functional movement, joint health, and performance training. His results speak for themselves — a 45-inch vertical, a pain-free professional career, and a body built to perform at the highest level well into his prime.
Leo founded Vital Form Athletics on one belief: these principles are for everyone. From the elite performer chasing the next level, to former athlete wanting to keep their athleticism, to anyone who just wants to get back to doing what they love pain-free and built to last. The ATG blueprint doesn't discriminate. It meets you where you are and builds you for the long haul.
About Vital Form Athletics.
