Training Athletes for Muscular and Neuro Adaptations
The technologically advanced equipment in our Explosive Power Gym (XPG) helps athletes become quicker, stronger, faster so they can play at the next level. We do not just train muscles, we train movement.
We deliver both muscular and neurologic adaptations for maximum athletic gains. Watch videos of our athletes working out below. You have never seen anything like it.
We are the only performance training clinic in Orange County to use an unweighted treadmill to focus on neurologic adaptations for greater explosiveness and body control. Muscular adaptations take about 6-8 weeks to become obvious, but you can see dramatic improvements in quickness from neurological adaptations in just 3-4 weeks.
We train individual athletes from high school to the pros. We also train club, high school and college teams who want to win championships. We offer significant discounts to teams. Be sure to read our success stories below and our the story on CIF Champion Canyon High School Boys Basketball.
When you need results:
• Improve First Step Quickness
• Improve 40 Yard Dash and 60 Yard Dash
• Increase Vertical Leap
• Improve Lateral Mobility
• Increase Balance and Body Control
• Improve Core Strength
The first video shows a number of athletes exercising on unweighted treadmill and a vibration plate.
Next you see Devon Henderson doing jump-ons at 25 mph and only 10% unweighted!
Help You Achieve Your Body/Mind Performance Potential
Muscular Adaptations
Our exercise program is probably very different from anything you have seen before. Certainly we use many common techniques such as dumbbells and weight-lifting, elastic bands and isometrics, plyometrics and ground-based exercises and stability balls and core strengthening. While all of these are valuable, some of the biggest gains come from vibration training.
Vibration training is essential to the success of our program. Standing on a vibrating platform causes muscles to respond involuntarily. 500 vibrations = 500 muscle responses. The body adapts to the stress we put on it. Vibration adds more variables for the body to respond to. Any exercise done on vibration will intensify the exercise. We warm-up on vibration, do plyos on vibration, lift weights on vibration and do our warm down and recovery on vibration. Benefits include:
- Greater flexibility and range of motion
- Helps prevent injury
- Enhances circulation
- Improves muscle response
- Promotes bone mineral density
Neurologic Adaptations
In addition to proprioception training (which all good performance trainers use), we use overspeed training to achieve neuro adaptations that are not possible in any other training method. We have an unweighting device over a high speed treadmill. The athletes wear a vest suspended overhead allowing the trainer to unweight the athlete 10-30% of their body weight. This keeps athletes completely safe while they train at high speeds. Athletes are able to move in all directions: forward, backward and laterally.
When the athlete is unweighted 30%, they require less force into the deck of the treadmill to propel themselves up and forward so their foot remains on the deck for less time. This means they are able to increase the rate of turnover and they run faster. Once we get their rate of turnover up, we begin to slowly reweight them and they are able to maintain a higher rate of turnover. Athletes improve in first step quickness, top speed, lateral mobility, balance, agility and athleticism.
Success Stories
As a college football player I needed to get bigger and more explosive. Before I came to the clinic, I was 6’6” and 242 lbs. After 16 sessions, I gained nearly 30 pounds. I feel more agile and more explosive with better balance and body control. I also gained 6.5 inches on my vertical leap!
Jeremy LaPan
Santa Ana College Football Player
After just 7 weeks of training, I was able to noticeably improve my first step, and even more so my overall speed. I shaved nearly 3 tenths of a second off my 60 yard dash, including improvements in both my first 10 yards as well as my flying 50.
A.J. Smith
Cypress College Baseball
My quickness, agility, speed and power was greatly improved over the few weeks of training. My first ten yard sprint was improved by .14 seconds, and my T-test improved by .72 seconds. This proved to make the difference on the field. The training and technology that was implemented was top notch.
Mark Oehlman
Pro Soccer Player
Call 714-335-6388 to schedule an appointment for a complimentary training session.
All athlete training is provided at our Orange office:
Orange, CA 92867
714-335-6388
