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Bill Steele Athletic Weight Room
SUNY Brockport not only boasts 23 outstanding varsity sports teams, it also features a state-of-the art strength and conditioning program.
Athletes interested in competing for the Golden Eagles will receive every opportunity to not only suit up on the field, but be better prepared for their competitions.
Using the college’s high-speed treadmills, TRX trainers, kettlebells, Inlaid Olympic platforms, free-motion functional trainers, VertiMax platforms, Elitefts Colligate power racks, speed and power sleds, and a major piece of technology named Ariel Computerized Exercise System (ACES) machine, and much more, athletes will be able to push their bodies to maximize their athletic talents, all while under the watch of experienced instructors.
“We have a full-time strength and conditioning staff developing new and effective workouts for each team while also performing classes and leading training sessions for each team,” said head coach Ed Jaskulski.
"Our facility is specifically designed for the use of athletes, so instead of a fitness center, we have an ‘Athletic Performance Training Facility’ for our athletes. We outfit the facility with equipment to develop athletic performance and facilitate success on the playing field. The ACES machine is, according to the company's website, the only strength training, fitness and rehabilitation machine in the world to measure and analyze an individual's athletic performance and power and is viewed by Olympic trainers as the most advanced isokinetic strength training system available. "
As evidence, Jaskulski points to the VertiMax platform, which trains athletes in improving their jumping abilities, and the ACES machine, which are used for training flexibility, strength, speed, power and endurance a common occurrence in the weight rooms of many professional sports teams is the use of bands, chains, medicine balls and multiple other pieces of equipment in the room.
Regardless of the sport, Jaskulski said “each and every athlete at Brockport has the opportunity to expand on their athletic goals or aspirations with the use of our sport-specific, state-of-the art performance training facility without question certainly separates Brockport from other NCAA programs at any level.”
