On December 10th Javair Gillett, the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Detroit Tigers, will be in Pella speaking at Central College.  Gillett, along with other featured speakers, will be talking on various topics concerning baseball and softball athletic performance at the BASES Baseball/Softball Performance: Coaches Clinic.  If you want more information on the clinic email [...]

Do you ever wonder why you should squat?  For that matter, have you ever had a question about anything else concerning the squat?  Here is the most in depth article you will find when it comes to squatting.  Take a look and find out why most would call it the king of all movements. Thank you [...]

When things start to get crazy and feel like they are building up you really have two options.  Option 1 : You can let it stress you out and continue to take you on a downward spiral until you hit rock bottom.  Option 2 : You can “stop the train” and take some time to gather yourself.  Whether you [...]

When it comes to upper body strength a lot of athletes think of the bench press.  Here is a great blog on why you should also be doing rows.  A great read to help keep you ahead of the competition.  Thanks to Dr. Phil Wagner for the blog.

http://spartascience.blogspot.com/2011/09/plug-those-leaks-with-rows.html

What do you do to start your day off?  In a recent blog post that I read, it talks about making the first 20 minutes of your day great to ensure that the rest of your day can be great.  Here is the link to the blog.  Have a look and see if you can [...]

Here is Travis Sterling talking about ACL Injuries.

Here is Jay McKinstrey (Head Football Coach at Pella High) and Travis Sterling talking about the injury care provided to Pella High by Sterling Physical Therapy.

Here is the information on the Sterling Combat Performance Program.  Check it out and contact us with questions!

It was a great summer to be an athlete at Pella High.  There was a lot of hard work put forth by both male and female athletes.  Due to the hard work, there were some very impressive gains.  Below is the breakdown of how the athletes did as a collective group.  Gains like these will definitly [...]

Here is a video of Central College’s Strength and Conditioning Coach, Kyle Johnson, completing a 135kg (297 lb) Snatch.  Coach Johnson took 8th Place in his weight class.  Enjoy the video.

A special thanks goes out to all of those that put in so much hard work this summer with the Sterling Trained Summer Programs.  It was a great summer on many levels with a lot of athletes improving their performance.  Take a look at the highlights from last week at Pella High, Montezuma High, and [...]

Take a look at this article about the warning signs that you might have a serious injury.

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/injuries/a/aa041801a.htm?nl=1