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...
From Training Room to Playing Field: Michigan Athletic Medicine
In the world of sports performance, we tend to be so focused on strength and conditioning aimed at performance enhancement. ...
How To Turn a Gym Wall into a Training Space
Many high schools across America are tight on gym space, and even tighter on space in the weight room. And...
Tools of the Trade: Trak-Rak
The barbell is arguably the single most important tool when it comes to strength training. However, the centerpiece of most...
The Wall-mounted Trak-X™ system: Insight from the University of Michigan
As mentioned in a previous blog The Evolution of the Lifting Platform the Perform-X Trak-X system is being implemented into...
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....
Developing an Integrated Sports Performance Program = Philosophy, Facility, & Flow
By Joe Eisenmann, PhD The days of showing up at the start of the season and “getting into shape” are...
Changing the Traditional Landscape of Middle School Fitness and Physical Education Spaces
By Dan Hutchison, MS, ATC, CSCS With the recent emphasis on youth fitness and youth sports performance, middle schools have...
The Future of High School Weight Rooms
The days of small, grungy weight rooms with rusted barbells or outdated Universal machines that only the most...