Our Mission Statement
Our facility specializes in strength and conditioning training,
for all fitness levels. Our philosophy of High Intensity Strength
Training provides each client a safe, effective and intense
workout in a 30-minute session. Gridiron creates custom workouts
for each client to provide a variety of exercises, which will
allow the client to reach his or her fitness goals. Our equipment,
which range from Hammer Plate loaded, Nautilus selectorized,
Free Weights, Functional Training Equipment as seen on ESPN'S
Strongest Man Competition, and our state of the art Tread Wall
for wall climbing allows each client to achieve his or her maximum
potential in strength and conditioning.
Our Philosophy at Gridiron focuses
on a 4 phase approach for strength and conditioning:
Strength
Training, Power, Stabilization and Corrective.
| • |
Strength/Conditioning:
Utilizing our variety of strength equipment to increase
heart rate, train specific muscles to increase strength,
size, and muscle endurance. |
| • |
Power:
Combining strength equipment, functional equipment and
compound movements to increase muscle size, strength and
conditioning levels (Increased intensity from the strength
and conditoning phase). |
| • |
Stabilization:
Concentrates on core stregth training, which focuses on
lower back, abdominal muscles as well as smaller muscles
throughout the body, which assists in stabilizing the
body through specific movements. |
| • |
Corrective:
Concentrates on a client and or patient who is in need
of excercises for corrective needs or rehabilitation. |
What
is H.I.T. (High Intensity Training?)
The
five checkpoints below are an outline of the philosophy of
High Intensity Training.
| 1. |
Full
range of motion exercises:
Raise and lower the weight through the muscle's full range
of motion. |
| 2. |
Allow
the muscles to raise the weight: Eliminate
all arching, bouncing, throwing, and jerking movements
while raising the weight. Essentially, you must control
the weight and allow yourself, not momentum, to perform
the work. |
| 3. |
Emphasize
the lowering of the weight:
| A. |
Lower
the weight in a controlled manner, thereby allowing
the muscle to lower the weight - do not drop the
weight. |
| B. |
The
muscle that is used to raise the weight is the same
muscle used to lower the weight. Use 3-5 second
count as a guideline to lower the weight. |
| C. |
You
can lower approximately 40% more weight than you
can raise. This is why we emphasize the lowering
phase of the exercise. |
| D. |
Allow
8 seconds to lower the weight during a negative-only
exercise. |
|
| 4. |
The
point of momentary muscular fatigue (MMF) has been reached
when the athlete can no longer properly raise another
good repetition. Each set must be performed with an ALL-OUT
EFFORT to MMF. |
| 5. |
Recovery
between sets should be approximately 90 seconds.
This recovery time should gradually decrease to approximately
60 seconds between exercises. The exception to the rule
is during multi-set routines, where the recovery time
should be approximately 90-120 seconds (1 1/2 - 2 minutes)
between sets. |
At
Gridiron we believe in keeping each workout fresh and innovative.
We create three different and unique workouts for each client,
keeping in mind their goals and fitness level. We take pride
in training the most novice beginner to competitive athletes
on any level. Our variety in training equipment allows us
to acheive our goals and our client's goals in a safe, efficient
manner.
DEPENDING
ON THEIR FITNESS LEVEL, CLIENTS MAY BEGIN TRAINING AT ANY
ONE OF THE FOUR PHASES. THIS WILL BE DETERMINED AFTER THE
CONSULTATION AND INITIAL ASSESSMENT.
|
