Questions? Ready to start your project? Contact Us

11.01.2018

Train The Hips

In the Journal of Athletic Training in November of 2017 the following study was presented, Hip Strength as a Predictor of Ankle Sprains in Male Soccer Players: A Prospective Study. They looked at 210 competitive male soccer players and concluded, “Reduced isometric hip-abductor strength predisposed competitive male soccer players to non-contact lateral ankle sprains.”  Increased risk doesn’t necessarily mean injury, but certainly reducing risk is an important consideration in all strength training regimes.

The Pendulum Hip Press is the only leg press that has been specifically designed to target and strengthen the muscles that control hip movement, when squatting coaches perpetually instruct their athletes to seek a specific range of motion to assure upper thigh strength. On the Pendulum Hip Press the athlete only needs to bring his or her knees towards their shoulders during the descent of the weight and then the hips are required to drive the weight to the extended position. 

Pendulum Hip Press

Get Strong on the Pendulum Hip Press

related

Arkansas Baseball Weight Room
arkansas weight room
arkansas weight room
arkansas weight room
arkansas weight room
arkansas weight room
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.

Bench Rep
St. Thomas Aquinas Weight Room Installation

Rack bridge bars at St. Thomas Aquinas High School

Custom logo head wrap on the utility bench at St. Thomas Aquinas High School