Training Injured Athletes

Throughout the course of the Football season, we are encountered with various injuries that force us to make alterations to an Athletes lifting program. Hands and wrists are a common issue for all of our Football players and although they are limited, they still must continue to train. The Pendulum series of machines from Rogers Athletic allow us to safely train our injured Athletes throughout the season. There are no drops in strength due to the ability to load our Athletes and strength train them effectively. Check out these 3 machines and other great products at Rogers Athletic.

Darl & Chad training on our new Power Squat Pro.

• Power Squat Pro

This machine allows us to laod an Athlete as close as we can to a regular Squat, taking in consideration any wrist or hand issue they might be experiencing. If the Athlete is experiencing any shoulder, low back or lower extremity issues, this is not the machine we would use. We instead would use either the Pendulum Hip Press or Seated Squat Pro to achieve the training results we were looking for.

• Squat Pro

The seated version of the Squat Pro gives us a machine where we can train both bi-laterally and uni-laterally. Some lower body injuries are not trainable unless you have a machine where you can isolate the healthy leg. This machine is also a great strengthening tool when re-habbing Athletes that are coming off surgery and a great way to progress their strength levels in the attempt to re-integrate them back into the general training population.

• Hip Press

The Hip Press is a machine that we use not only for injured Athletes but also for our lineman. In-season, maintaining strength levels is important especially when the play up front on both sides of the ball dictates the tone and outcome of every game. The Hip Press allows us to load our lineman with heavier load while taking the some of the load off of their spine. Low back pain or tightness are common in-season and we want to avoid contributing to that as much as we can but still get good strength training in.

Keep pushing...PTG!