Specialized Exercises: Better known as “corrective exercises” these commonly misunderstood exercises are important to developing balance and sustainability of a sports performance training program. At UW-L, the use of specialized exercises are paramount to decreasing the increase risk of injury that athletes have due to the time, type, and intensity that athletes train and compete at.
Whether, it is an acute injury that is limiting sports performance improvement i.e. a sprained ankle, or a chronic injury presented from months of training i.e. IT Band Syndrome or Plantar Fasciitis, specialized exercises can help to enhance sports performance.
Common specialized exercises revolve around increasing joint mobility and muscle activity or possibly decreasing joint mobility and muscle activity.
Specialized Exercise Themes:
Increase mobility of the:
Thoracic Spine
Hip Complex
Increase activation of the:
Upper Body Posterior Musculature
Lower Body Posterior Musculature
Decrease mobility of the:
Shoulder Complex
Lumbar Spine
Knee Joint
Ankle Joint
Decrease activation of the:
Upper Body Anterior Musculature
Lower Body Anterior Musculature
UW-La Crosse Skogen Family Sports Performance Center
164 Mitchell Hall
The Skogen Family Sports Performance Center is located in Mitchell Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. It features a 3,200 sq. ft. training facility for all of UW-L’s 600 student-athletes.
The facility features a state of the art inlaid platform system developed by Everlast flooring systems and includes 10 platform work-stations. Each station is equipped with a Magnum Mega half rack with an adjustable interlocking bench, fat bar hooks, fat bar grips, band attachment accessories and storage capabilities for both bands and chains.
Each station comes complete with a full set of Ivanko competition Olympic bars and competition bumper plates.
The rest of the facility is outlined with Ivanko custom logo dumbbells ranging from 5-150lbs.
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For more information on the Skogen Family Sports Performance Center, please contact:
Joel Luedke, Director of Sports Performance Center
(608) 785-6542 or
jluedke@uwlax.edu
Phil Whitesitt, Assistant Director of Sports Performance Center
(608) 785-8679 or
pwhitesitt@uwlax.edu
Kasey Crawford, Assistant Director of Sports Performance Center
(608) 785-6546 or
kcrawford@uwlax.edu
