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29 Oct

Northwestern Leads Way in Innovative Sports Performance

The Innovators
One of the objectives of the Northwestern Sports Performance program is to “strive to be leaders in the industry, providing exemplary service to our student-athletes along with being at the forefront in current advances in the sports performance field.”

From this statement, it should…

Lifting Platforms Olympic weight lifting Plyometrics Resistance Cords strength training Trak-X

02 Jul

The Evolution of the Lifting Platform

By Joe Eisenmann, PhD

The days of the above ground weightlifting platform may be a thing of the past. More and more high schools, colleges, and professional strength and conditioning facilities who are either building a new facility or renovating an existing facility are going…

Hip strengthening power Speed strength Treadmill training variable resistance

26 Dec

3 Optimal Devices for Running Speed Improvement

By Dan Hutchison, MS, ATC, CSCS

There will most likely never be a magic pill or potion that miraculously makes humans rich, good-looking, athletic, thin, or famous. But, can there be a magic ‘tool’ to make humans run faster? Most likely NOT, but the question…

Olympic weight lifting power strength Trak-X variable resistance

18 Dec

Cord-Loaded Olympic Lifting: Suggestions and Key Points for Strength and Conditioning Coaches

By Dan Hutchison, MS, ATC, CSCS

Olympic weight lifting has been utilized in most resistance training venues catering towards improvements in athletic performance. Often referred to as the most sophisticated and technical resistance training exercises, Olympic weight lifting tends to be assigned to athletes with…

Dead lift Posterior Chain power Resistance Bands Resistance Cords Speed strength Variable loading

01 Dec

Cord-Loaded Deadlifts using The Trak-X™ System

By Dan Hutchison, MS, ATC, CSCS

The Deadlift is one of the most implemented weight lifting movements for improving strength and power.

The muscle groups of the low back, glutes, and hamstrings, commonly known as the ‘posterior chain’, have numerous effects on the majority of athletic…

Lateral training Speed sprinting strength

24 Nov

Lateral Training for Improving Forward Sprinting Velocity

By Dan Hutchison, MS, ATC, CSCS

The running motion predominantly occurs in the sagittal plane, which is the plane in which forward and backward movements of the body and body segments occur. So why should we talk about ‘lateral training’ with forward sprinting velocity? Many…