Conditioning of Abilities: “Conditioning” is a commonly mislabeled concept in the sports performance industry. Conditioning, in its most simplistic form, is a noun and within the realm of sports performance describes different methods of training to develop strength, power, speed, and quickness.
Similar to the results of training in the weight room, the improvements in sports performance seen through the utilization of conditioning methods have a greater transfer to the actual sporting activity.
Conditioning provides a secondary training stimulus outside of resistance training adding in much needed variety and complexity that the weight room cannot provide alone.
Common Abilities:
Linear Speed Development
Multi-Directional Speed Development
Lower Body Plyometrics (jumping)
Upper Body Plyometrics (throwing)
Energy System Development (mental toughness training)
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
