Physical Performance (Fitness Science)

Our trainers work closely with sports medicine physicians, researchers, and physical therapists, as well as our certified nutritionist Holly Gilligan and Sport Psychologist Craig Cypher; that collaboration increases everyone’s expertise, and the benefits carry over to the athletes we work with.

Evidence-based programs and a medically informed approach to strength and conditioning training are what set us apart from other trainers. We gather data on athletes’ performance at baseline and after weeks or months of training at a very detailed level. We home in on key metrics for specific sports, and build databases by type of sport and athlete – from junior and senior high school teams all the way up to division 1, division 3, etc. This gives us an ability to see where everyone stacks up – that’s valuable feedback for us, and for the athletes and their coaches. The results we’re seeing in athletes are phenomenal – key performance indicators in acceleration, top speed, agility, power go up by 60 percent for many of our clients.

We can do injury analysis for athletes and groups here at CHAMPP, but now we also go out to schools we work with for performance evaluation and data analysis of entire teams. We bring specialized equipment including force plates to test squatting, jumping, change of direction, and balance, plus a timing laser to get precise measures on athletes’ speed and movement patterns.  These tests give us a read on each athlete’s starting point from a performance perspective as well as their injury risk, so we can make recommendations on how they can train to reduce those risks while enhancing their performance. These combines give us an efficient, quick screening of many athletes at once, and we get a lot of valuable data that yields benefits over time.

We have a wide range of teams and individuals we work with, from youth sports athletes as young as 8 or 9, to middle- and high school athletes and their teams, plus collegiate and professional sports teams. Our training system is dynamic and flexible to adapt to each individual or team’s age range, sport, and goals.

Teams can use training here at CHAMPP to help build their culture – training as a group in preparation for practices and games is definitely an enriching experience that delivers results. Individual athletes come to us for a variety of reasons – they may be recovering from an injury and want to prevent it from recurring; or proactively looking to reduce their injury risk; or they just want to work on improving their performance through strength and movement training. We’re happy to work with everyone and tailor their experience to their goals and their needs.

As we’ve expanded our menu of services, we have also updated our pricing to make it more market-competitive and more accessible to clients. Our mission is to provide our approach in as many places as we can, and this year we have adapted our pricing accordingly. We have bundled offers that combine performance training for teams to complement the onsite athletic trainer service we have always offered schools. We are excited about the academic sports year ahead and eager to keep delivering added value for athletes and their teams.