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Training // Las Vegas, NV

Strength and Performance Training

The engine behind the speed. Measured, not guessed.

What it is

Build the Engine.

Structured strength and power work for athletes who need to be faster and harder to break — not bigger in the mirror. Every athlete is measured first, and the program is built from what the numbers say.

Movement First.
Load goes up when the movement earns it. If an athlete cannot own a position, adding weight only makes them stronger at doing it badly.

Built To Last.
Deceleration and landing mechanics are trained here, not assumed. That is the work that keeps an athlete on the field through a full season rather than watching the back half of it.

The process

Why strength is what makes speed hold up

Speed is a force problem. An athlete runs faster because they put more force into the ground in less time, so the ceiling on their speed is partly a ceiling on their strength. Sprint mechanics will take an athlete a long way, but at some point there is simply not enough behind the stride.

The second half of it is durability. Most non-contact injuries in cutting sports happen while slowing down and landing, not while accelerating. Training an athlete to absorb force under control is what keeps them on the field through a full season, which is worth more than any single performance number.

This is not powerlifting, bodybuilding or high-intensity training. We are not chasing a number on a bar or a look in the mirror — we are building the qualities that transfer to the field and a body that holds up through a season.

What a session looks like

Sixty minutes. Movement quality comes before load, every time: if an athlete cannot own a position, adding weight to it just makes them stronger at doing it badly.

A session moves through:

  • A warm-up that opens up the positions the session needs
  • Power work while the athlete is fresh — jumps, throws, explosive lifts
  • Main strength work, loaded only as fast as technique allows
  • Accessory and stability work for the joints that take the punishment
  • Deceleration and landing mechanics, trained rather than assumed

Load goes up when the movement earns it. That is slower than an athlete usually wants and it is the reason the strength still works in the 80th minute.

How often to train

Strength adaptations are more forgiving than speed, but the same logic holds: enough stimulus to change something, enough recovery to absorb it.

  • Once a week — maintenance. Holds what has been built while the season takes priority. $180 a month.
  • Twice a week — growth. Where strength is genuinely built, with sessions far enough apart to recover between them. $250 a month.
  • Three times a week — elite. For athletes in the off-season with the recovery capacity for it, each session aimed at a different quality. $325 a month.

An athlete training once a week through a long season is not standing still — they are holding ground that would otherwise be lost by spring.

Other lanes

Three ways in. One standard. Every group capped so coaching never gets diluted.

Lane 01Up to 8 Athletes

Small Group

Compete. Push. Evolve.

All ages and all skill levels, capped at 8 athletes so coaching attention never gets diluted.

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Lane 02Full Squad

Team

Speed kills. Win together.

We take your entire squad and build a custom speed program matched to the demands of your sport.

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Lane 03Strength & Power

Strength &
Performance

Build the engine.

Structured strength and power work that transfers to the field, and a body that holds up through a season.

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Athlete squatting a loaded barbell in the gym

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