American University Athletics Strength and Conditioning

 

 

      STRENGTH & CONDITIONING LINKS

 

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:

 

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