About Us
How Two Big-Hearted Veterans Started AS Research To Help Millions of Americans, Veterans, and Kids In Need
Despite going to the US Air Force Academy at the same time, Steve Young and Mike Ledeboer did not know each other until they connected in the active-duty Air Force.
Steve and Mike were both high-level athletes. Mike played Division 1 football at the Air Force Academy. Steve played club soccer, was a competitive shooter, and instructor pilot.
Both had decorated military careers before being honorably discharged. They left the military with immense pride...ready to take the best parts of their training and experience to the next chapter in life.
As athletes and airmen, both spent a lot of time studying and applying nutrition and fitness. Seeing friends and veterans struggle in this area created a desire to help people with their strength, conditioning, and overall health.
As a result, AS Research was born in 2012 when Mike and Steve decided to launch a mission-based nutrition company. Nothing less than authentic, honest, charitable and always putting quality and customers first would do.
STEVE YOUNG
CO-OWNER
Steve & his wife on "Spouse Appreciation Day"
Steve & family today
MIKE LEDEBOER
CO-OWNER
Mike during his Air Force Academy days
Mike & family today
They loved helping people with fitness and nutrition, but an interesting thing happened along the way…
Despite being generally healthy, their parents started to show signs of aging. This spurred them to find healthy ways for their parents to get relief when needed and live with maximum vitality.
Quality and efficacy were already huge to Mike and Steve, but designing products with their parents in mind made it intensely personal. The result was a line of products that went beyond fitness and nutrition to help address the parts of aging none of us like.
Mike and Steve’s vision for AS Research also went beyond becoming a premier nutrition brand. They wanted it to be a force for good in the world by giving to top-rated charities, focusing on helping veterans' spouses and kids who have lost a loved one in service to our country.
They chose to honor this commitment by supporting:
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund and Children of Fallen Patriots.
CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS
Their scholarships and financial assistance, funded by their loyal donors and corporate sponsors, have assisted over 1,550 bright and motivated students throughout their undergraduate studies.
LEARN MORE ABOUT C.F.P.
CHILDREN OF FALLEN SOLDIERS RELIEF FUND
Their programs have provided a little over $4,500,000.00 in college, financial and morale, health and well-being assistance to US military surviving and severely disabled/wounded veterans and their dependents.
LEARN MORE ABOUT C.F.S.R.F.Some of their best friends have died serving and defending this great country. Supporting these charities honors their memory and provides tangible benefits to the families they left behind.
They also honor their deeply rooted belief that we are obligated to “look after orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1:27).
ASR has established itself as one of the fastest-growing nutrition brands in America with 10’s of thousands of happy customers. This has happened for a couple of reasons…
First, ASR is founded on and operates with the same core values as our Air Force:
Integrity First
Service Before Self
Excellence In All We Do
Second, we only use ingredients rooted in nature and that are responsibly and sustainably-sourced.
Additionally, we:
- Formulate all products for your results, using the best ingredients provided at efficacious levels
- Require that all ingredients come with a certificate of analysis verifying their purity, potency, and consistency
- Abide by an A+ level of quality control
- Partner only with top-tier manufacturers that strictly follow Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP).