Bayu Purnomo was appointed Allegheny's Director of Peak Performance and Fitness in August 2017. In this role, he will oversee all strength and conditioning initiatives of the Allegheny athletic department, while also overseeing the fitness and weight facilities in the David V. Wise Center, and working with the Allegheny College community on various fitness and strength programs.
Purnomo brings a decade of experience with him to Allegheny. Most recently, he worked as Assistant Sports Performance Coach at the University School in Richmond, Virginia. Here, he was responsible for assisting with the coordination and facilitation of all strength and conditioning programs for the school's 56 varsity and junior varsity teams. He also worked with the school's physical education department to teach and supervise weight training sessions for seventh and eighth graders.
Prior to his time at the University School, Purnomo worked as a strength and conditioning assistant at the University of Richmond from June 2012 - December 2014. He developed and implemented all strength and conditioning initiatives of the school's women's soccer team, while also assisting with the Spiders' football and baseball teams' strength and conditioning programs.
From 2009-11, Purnomo was owner and head coach and personal trainer at Bima Fitness in Richmond, working with both teams and individuals ranging in age from middle schoolers to college athletes. He designed and implemented strength programs, oversaw on-site conditioning programs, and developed nutritional plans for improved performance and recovery.
He worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the Athlete's Complete Training Source in Midlothian, Virginia from 2008-10, developing and monitoring lifting programs for basketball, baseball, field hockey, soccer, softball, and volleyball athletes between ages 14-21.
Purnomo began his strength and conditioning career in 2008, as he spent the season as an intern for the Potomac Nationals, the Single-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, assisting in all aspects of the team's strength and conditioning programs from spring training through the completion of the season.
He graduated from Lynchburg College in 2006 with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology, and holds certifications as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and as a Level 1 Sports Performance Coach from USA Weightlifting.
