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PIT SHARK

Rogers Athletic is proud to welcome Pit Shark into our family of world-class training products!

PENDULUM PERFORMANCE

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t. Pendulum Performance is the perfect solution for any weight training facility.

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because champions are made long before the game begins

Since 1968, coaches have trained youth, high school, college, and professional champions by making Rogers Athletic an important part of their program. We are committed to manufacturing equipment that promotes proper technique and is designed with safety in mind. 

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THE COMPLETE SOLUTION

Rogers Athletic is the complete solution to prepare athletes for elite competition. From the weight room to the practice field and training room, we're got you covered. 

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from the gym

Build your dream weight room. Work with our experienced layout specialists to create an atmosphere that maximizes your entire space. Our installation crews will make your vision come to life.

TO THE TRAINING ROOM

Teams across the country trust Impact Athletic to provide the highest quality steel and aluminum training tables and products. You'll find us everywhere from on the court, on the field, or in the training room.

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to the field

Take a look at any practice field in America and you're sure to find Rogers training gear. From sleds to game-day equipment, coaches trust the safety, dependability, and functionality of Rogers to help them build their team into champions. 

get strong

Commentary and insight on athletic strength from Mike Gittleson

Closed And Open Chain

Open kinetic chain exercises of the lower limb are movements, where the distal segment is unloaded and free to move. The opposite is true of closed kinetic chain exercises, whereby  there is enough resistance to prohibit free motion.

Closed kinetic chain exercises are movements such as squats, Pendulum Squat Pro, leg presses and lunges, while open chain exercises are actions like leg curls, leg extensions and the Pendulum Reverse Glute Ham.

The kinetic chain can be understood as interrelated joints and body parts working with one another during motion. This creates a chain of events that affects the movement of neighboring joints and segments.

The advantage of open chain movements is that they tend to be better at isolating muscle and often are selected for specific rehabilitation and used to accentuate performance. While closed chain movements in general would be classified as more functional and closely approximating movements that are used in sport and daily life.

Pendulum Reverse Glute Ham Machine

Open Chain Reverse Glute Ham

Pendulum Power Squat Pro

Closed Chain Pendulum Power Squat Pro

Pendulum Power Squat Pro XT

Closed Chain Pendulum Power Squat Pro XT

2-for-2 Method

Some trainers, coaches and athletes use what is called the 2-for-2 Method for increasing training load. The rule is if the trainee can perform two or more repetitions over one’s ‘repetition goal’ in the last set of an exercise, for two consecutive workouts, the weight is added for that particular exercise the next training session.

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Bearcat Additions

The Cincinnati Bearcats add more Pendulum equipment to their Strength and Conditioning Facility.

4 Way Neck Machine
Original Pendulum 4 Way Neck Machines
Neck Machines
An Additional 5 Machines Delivered
4 Hip Presses
Added 4 Pendulum Hip Presses

They are Getting Strong in Cincinnati.

Knee Extension Angles

When performing leg extensions knee angles affect performance. As the angle changes different neural and mechanical outputs of the heads of the quadriceps affect force and power output.

Strength coaches, athletic trainers and physical therapists utilize ranges of motion to try to isolate various muscle bellies for the purpose of rehab. The ‘short arc’ in knee rehabilitation is used to illicit gains and try to isolate the vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis, the principle muscles that stabilize the patella during dynamic knee extension.

Normal range of motion of the knee on a leg extension machine is considered to be 0 degrees when there is a  completely straight knee joint and 135 degrees when the knee is fully bent.

Select the 0-30 degrees of movement using the range limiter on the Pendulum Leg Extension to target the quadriceps just above the knee to keep the knee strong.

Pendulum Leg Extension