The three primary goals of the strength and conditioning program
at AU are to increase athleticism, reduce injury and increase
mental/physical toughness. This is accomplished by primarily
utilizing free-weight, ground based, multi-joint, explosive
exercises. Athletes perform exercises of all types but focus is put
on three main genres: Olympic lifting, Powerlifting and Plyometric.
The goal is to try and replicate the velocities and forces that are
experienced during competition.
Watch the video of the men's basketball team participating in
summer conditioning from August 2009: