About Heidi

Heidi Campo’s career in human performance began in the strength and fitness industry, where she spent more than a decade working as a coach, athlete, and gym owner. During this time she developed a deep interest in the science of strength training and the factors that influence human performance.

Over the years, Heidi competed in multiple strength sports including bodybuilding, powerlifting, and strongman. She later traveled to Iceland to study strongman training and eventually founded the NSCA Strongman Special Interest Group while serving as the Strongman Corporation Utah State Chair. During this period she also owned and operated Body Temple Athletics, the first commercial strongman gym in Salt Lake City.

Today Heidi’s work bridges practical experience in strength sports with academic research. She is currently completing her master’s degree in Exercise Science at the University of Houston–Clear Lake while serving as a Graduate Assistant Research Coordinator at the Health and Human Performance Institute (HHPI). In this role she supervises and supports undergraduate students, works with neurorehabilitation clients, and contributes to several research projects including flywheel exercise countermeasures for human spaceflight, the NASA Orion Flywheel Study, blood flow restriction tilt table research, tactical performance, grip ergonomics, and Parkinson’s disease.

Beginning in the fall, she will start a PhD at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the Physically Demanding Professions Research Group (PDPRG), where her research will focus on tactical human performance.