Exercise and Sport Science: One of the biggest competitive advantages that our athletes have available to them is our exercise and sport science department and staff. Yearly UW-L athletes participate in research studies and experiments conducted through our ESS department as they continue to improve on UW-L’s already outstanding academic reputation.
The collaboration between departments allow for greater variance in training, advanced testing measures and the use of sophisticated lab techniques usually only performed on professional athletes. Dr. Glenn Wright, Ph.D is the primary faculty member who collaborates with the athletics department.
Dr. Wright serves as the director of our human performance graduate program and has strong ties to the sports performance field serving at one point in his professional career as a Division-I strength coach.
To learn more about Dr. Wright and our ESS department please click the link below:
http://www.uwlax.edu/sah/ess/hp/html/faculty.htm
Assessments and Testing Procedures:
VO2 Max
Lactate Threshold
Percent Body Fat
Hydrostatic Weighing
Skin Calibers
DEXA (student health center)
Blood Lipid Profile
Specialized Equipment:
Tendo Unit
MyoTest Device
Zephyr Unit
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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here for a photo gallery of the Skogen Family Sports Performance Center.
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here for information on graduate assistantships and internships in the Skogen Family Sports Performance Center.
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
