Matrix F.T.B LLC was founded in the spring of 2006 by Todd Gates. Mr. Gates was a strength and conditioning coach for eight years. He worked at UMass Boston, Rutgers University and Boston College. The idea for a Functional Training Bench arose from his own problem solving in the weight room while training athletes over the years. Mr. Gates would either stack plates on the ground or on the bench in order to adjust an athletes’ height for certain exercises. This was the only way he could put them in proper body positions. This was not an ideal way of training because it was time consuming and not as effective as using proper equipment. Mr. Gates came up with the idea of a bench that not only adjusted horizontally but also vertically so he would no longer have to use plates to adjust a benches height. With his invention the bench adjusted to users instead of users adjusting to the bench. Mr. Gates applied the concept of ergonomics and functionality and created world’s first patent pending multi purpose Functional Training Bench.