Jesse Schmidt

In 2007 I moved to the Quad Cities to follow my dream and play professional football for the Quad City Steamwheelers. Six weeks after moving here and only the third game of my rookie season, I tore my ACL. My obvious reaction was devastation, not knowing if I would ever play football again. But my doctors assured me I could play football again at that level if I stuck to my rehab and began the Acceleration program. After I was cleared from surgery and 6 months of rehab, I followed my doctor’s recommendation and I began training with Acceleration.

I had no expectations as I entered the Acceleration training facility. I learned quickly that this was by far the best program to get an athlete into the best shape of his/her life and to perform at a level he/she always knew they had in them. Acceleration does this through various drills targeting fundamentals, stretching, strength, speed, endurance and functional movements customized for each individual’s unique sport. After utilizing this training program for my 2008 season, I ended up in better shape than I had been in prior to tearing my ACL. At the end of my 2008 season I was named Arena Football 2 First Team All Conference and I was Ranked in the top 5 in league leaders in receiving. My performance during the 2008 season gave me the opportunity to move up to the next level in Arena Football – Arena 1. I had offers to play for 3 of the leading Arena 1 teams when I learned early in 2009 that the Arena League was on hold for the 2009 season. My decision to stay and play in the AF2 league was easy, but for which team was a little more difficult because I was being persistently recruited by numerous AF2 coaches across the country. One of the driving reasons in returning to the QC Steamwheelers was due the Acceleration Program. I trained with Ryan and his team in anticipation of my 2009 season and after the first game I knew that I had made the right choice to train with Acceleration as I tied the franchise record of 7 touchdowns in one game, and that was just the start to an amazing season in which I ended up the season with 172 catches for 2390 yards and 58 touchdowns averaging 148.9 yards per game. I ranked in the top three for multiple franchise records in receiving for the Quad City Steamwheelers along with breaking the league record in receiving yards and ranked high in other receiving categories throughout the league in the 2009 season. I was named the Big Game Playmaker of the year by the af2, along with also being named First Team All af2. I was also named Ironman of the Week and Offensive Player of the Week by the league and was nominated nine other times throughout the season for weekly awards.

Through Acceleration I was given the opportunity to continue my dream of playing professional football after my devastating injury in 2007. I trained again with Acceleration in January – March 2010 and I am now one of the starting receivers for the Des Moines Barnstormers which are part of the Arena 1 League!

I found this training program is for an athlete at every level wanting to up their game. Skies the limit with this program and can take an athlete who has the drive and heart to reach their goals.