Quad Cities Sports Acceleration

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lukerumley — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:27:23 +0000

You’ve seen the programs and you’ve seen the proof that Acceleration works…so what’s holding you back? Take it to the next level with a free training session. The first one is on us!

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Zach Burnham

lukerumley — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:02:09 +0000

Davenport Central Basketball star athlete Zach Burnham is our athlete of the month, and he was featured on WQAD this month for his use of the new Nike Vapor Strobes. Check out the awesome feature in the YouTube clip below and congratulate Zach on being our first athlete of the month!

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ryanarnold — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:26:59 +0000

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Spring’12

Andrew Swanson

ryanarnold — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:02:31 +0000

I committed to the Acceleration Program when I was 10 years old and I have grown as an athlete far more than I would have ever though imaginable. It has helped me stretch my limits as an athlete and pushed me to the max so that I could compete at the highest level possible. When I was younger, Ryan and his staff helped me fine tune my running mechanics so that I could get the most out of every stride. It also taught me what hard work was so that I knew and was well prepared for the type of training it would take for me to become a great athlete.

As I grew older and became more familiar with the program, it still made me learn new techniques every time I came in year after year. All of the new techniques and exercises were given to me futher enabled me to improve my ability as a runner. To this day I greatly appreciate Acceleration for all that it has done for me and I know that I wouldn’t have achieved State and Drake Titles without Acceleration. It helped me in so many ways to develop as an athlete and a person.

If you put in the time and effort, good things will happen to you. Acceleration can provide this for athletes of all ages, no matter the sport, it will get the job done for you.

Andrew Swanson

University of Northern Iowa Track & Field

4A 1600 & 3200 Champion

Melissa Hillebrand

ryanarnold — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:36:01 +0000

Over the last 3 years of my college career I have been fortunate enough to be able to participate in the Quad Cities Acceleration Program, and I can positively say without this training I would not be the athlete I am today. After the first 8 week training session, my volleyball coach and I were definitely able to see an all around improvement in my game. After that season I was able to make All-Conference Honorable Mention as only a sophomore. Since then, I have only had more success training with them, finishing my junior year with the 3rd most kills in a season at UW-Plateville with 476, and I am currently 7th on the all time kills list with 1,187, as well as getting 1st Team All-Conference, All-Area, and AVCA All-American Honorable Mention.

With the help of Ryan Arnold, his training staff, and the program’s sport specific training, I was able to improve my fundamental skills in speed, agility, endurance, flexibility and become an overall better athlete.

Melissa Hillebrand

University of Wisconsin-Plateville

Treadmill Running and Testosterone Levels

ryanarnold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:13:51 +0000

This investigation compared concentrations of circulating serum testosterone before, during, and after a submaximal treadmill run (30 min at 80% VO₂ max) with samples obtained on a baseline (nonexercise) day. Baseline testosterone concentrations were obtained from 6 men (mean age 24 yrs) via an indwelling catheter in the median cubital vein. An initial sample of blood was followed 10 min later by 10 subsequent samples each taken at 10-min intervals. Blood samples were obtained at similar times and intervals on the day of the treadmill run. There was a significant (p < 0.05) increase in serum testosterone concentration immediately after the treadmill run when compared to baseline concentrations. No other significant differences were found between baseline and postexercise samples up to 60 min. These results indicate that submaximal treadmill running caused an increase in circulating serum testosterone immediately postexercise that was greater than baseline levels.

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Treadmill Running to Improve Speed

ryanarnold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:08:38 +0000

While no sanctioned sport competitions may ever take place on a treadmill, there can be distinct advantages to training on a treadmill if the training is done intelligently with an appropriately configured treadmill. There are 2 distinct advantages to treadmill training: an optimal learning environment can be created for improving running mechanics, and treadmill training conditions can safely elicit coordination strategies conducive to enhancing power output and running speed through the manipulation of incline and treadmill speed (4).

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Integrating High-Speed Treadmills

ryanarnold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:52:13 +0000

High-speed treadmills have become valuable tools for increasing speed and sports performance over the past 2 decades. Traditionally, they have been part of narrowly focused clinic-based programs designed to increase speed solely with the use of technology. This has led to questions about surface transfer, high injury rates, and how this technology fits into a comprehensive strength and conditioning program. Here, we will not only address these issues but also demonstrate that when properly integrated, high-speed treadmills are exceptional tools that can be used in a variety of settings to improve performance for the speed and power athletes while all but eliminating sprint-related injuries.

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Incline vs. Level Treadmill Running

ryanarnold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:27:09 +0000

Recent sprint training regimens have used high-speed incline treadmill running to provide enhanced loading of muscles responsible for increasing forward running speed. The goal of this study was to document the joint kinematics, EMG, and swing-phase kinetics of incline treadmill running at 4.5 ms-¹ with a 30% grade and compare these data to that of level running under similar conditions.

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Predictors Of Sprint Start Speed

ryanarnold — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:06:44 +0000

The Effects Of Resistive Ground-Based Vs. Inclined Treadmill Training

There is currently no consensus with regard to the most effective method to train for improved acceleration, or with regard to which kinematic variable provides the greatest opportunity for improvement in this important performance characteristic. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of resistive ground-based speed training and incline treadmill speed training on speed-related kinematic measures and sprint start speed. The hypothesis tested was that incline treadmill training would improve sprint start time, while the ground-based resistive training would not. Corollary hypotheses were that treadmill training would increase stride frequency and ground-based training would not affect kinematics during the sprint start. Thirty-one high school female soccer players (15.7 ± 0.5 years) were assigned to either treadmill (n = 17) or ground-based (n = 14) training groups and trained 2 times a week for 6 weeks. The treadmill group utilized incline speed training on a treadmill, while the ground-based group utilized partner band resistance ground-based techniques. Three-dimensional motion analysis was used (4.5 m mark) before and after training to quantify kinematics during the fastest of 3 recorded sprint starts (9.1 m). Both groups decreased average sprint start time from 1.75 ± 0.12 to 1.68 ± 0.08 seconds (p < 0.001). Training increased stride frequency (p = 0.030) but not stride length. After training, total vertical pelvic displacement and stride length predicted 62% of the variance in sprint start time for the resistive ground-based group, while stride length and stride frequency accounted for 67% prediction of the variance in sprint start time for the treadmill group. The results of this study indicate that both incline treadmill and resistive ground-based training are effective at improving sprint start speed, although they potentially do so through differing mechanisms.

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