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Forward to any friends you think we could help!

Audrey Plant, (Softball) has been training 2-3 times a week since February:

• 2009 1st Team All- State (Ohio)
• 2009 1st Team All- District
• 2009 2nd All- Metro Pitcher
• 2009 1st Team All- OCC
• 2009 OCC Central Player of the Year
• 2009 1st Team All Central District- Columbus Dispatch
• Columbus Dispatch Athlete of the Week
• Larry Larson’s 610 WTBM Radio Athlete of the Week
• 2009 OCC Champions (Team)
• Ranked 6th in the state in 2009 (Highest and first ranking ever in school history!)
• 26-2 (Most Wins in school history)
• ERA 0.442 in 173 2/3 IP
• 283 Strike Outs
• Verbally committed to the University of Delaware

Her father wrote a great testimonial, and we have it posted on our site.

Ben Kompa has been working with us for over a year, training 2 to 3 times a week during his off seasons and 1 times a week while in season.

On the field:

• Top discus and shot put thrower on his team.
• Increased school record in discuss by 23 feet. It now stands at 152 week.
• Won the Thomas Worthington Invitational in discus. It is commonly considered as one of the most competitive invitationals in Central Ohio.
• Medaled 6 times at invitations this year. 2 in the 4×800 and 4 in discuss.

Off the field:

• Awarded one of the Scholar-Athlete awards this spring season.
• Awarded the highest athletic award in his school, the Archie Griffin Sportsmanship award.
• Placed 2nd out of 6954 8th graders that took the ACT test in the mid-west. His 34 in math was good enough for 3rd overall.

Kasi Vazquez trains 2 to 4 times a week during her off-season and 2 times a week during season.

• 2nd Team All – State (Catcher)
• 1st Team All- District
• 1st Team All- OCC
• Full ride athletic scholarship to the University of Toledo!!!

Chase Lenhart Age: 15        Weight: 162        Training: 2 days a week

• 10 Yard Sprint: 1.96 down to 1.88.
• Vertical Leap: 24.6 up to 29 inches. Thats almost 4 and a half inches!!!
• 4 Jump Elasticity Test:  His Average Vertical Height Through 4 Jumps went from 19.9 up to 26.3 inches!
• Core/Rotary Power: Went from a .7 Power Factor up to a 1.1 Power Factor. Thats a 37% increase in core strength!!!
• Also of note his weight went from 149lbs up to 162lbs!

According to Coach Corey – RETEST RESULTS UP! The core strength, vertical and elasticity numbers are insane especially for only training 2 days a week!

Ricki Asher trains only two times a week and has been training consistently for a 10 week period.

• 10 Yard Dash: 2.24 seconds down to 2.12 seconds (.12 difference)
• Vertical Leap: 17.5 inches up to 19.3 inches (10% increase)
• 40-Yard Shuttle Run: 10.8 seconds down to 10.1 seconds (.7 second difference)
• Core Power: .2 power factor up to .6 power factor (33 percent increase in core power!)

If you know someone that could use results like this, please have them contact us.

• Email is: info@gosportsperformance.com
• Phone: (614) 453-1446

Go: Sports has given our son so many benefits since he began the program last Spring.  The sessions at Go: Sports have been instrumental in changing the way Oliver plays the game of basketball. 

His speed and agility have increased ten-fold and helped him become a strong player for Upper Arlington High School.  He can jump, rebound and out-run any opponent on the floor.  His defense is no longer a weakness.  He is a definite force on the court.

It is wonderful to hear comments from friends and family about how much Oliver has improved this year. The coaches at Go: Sports not only teach but support, motivate and build the athlete’s confidence in their athletic ability.  It is not hard to get Oliver to attend his sessions at Go: Sports because he knows that he is becoming a better basketball player and is seeing immediate results on the court. 

To see our son elevate his game and play with confidence makes the investment into his GO sessions PRICELESS!

-Scott and Lianne McGlade (Oliver’s parents – age 16)

“During the fall sports season at Jones middle school, I was awarded the John McQuillan Sportsmanship Award. This award is given to one male and one female athlete who best exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship, have a good GPA, and perform at their athletic best. This season I held a 4.0 GPA and was captain of the cross country team. I certainly could not have performed at my personal best without the help of Go.”

-Ben Kompa

I am not sure if you are aware of our Free Monthly Fitness Newsletter.

On the Front page of our web site (GoFitnessCenter.com), in the left column,  near the bottom, there is a two line newsletter form.

In this monthly newsletter, we offer Helpful Hints, Motivational Ideas, and a Recipe for Free.

We don’t push anything on you to buy, take your email address and sell it, or spam you. 

We want to be different, by giving you Information, and helping you reach your goals. I know a lot of other places would abuse your email address. We want you to trust us.

The next newsletter comes out on the 1st. You still have time to get it.

Have it delivered to your email address. It explains how to lose 50 pounds!

-Nick

You saw it all over the TV while the Olympics were going on. Darra Torres and Michael Phelps’ training regimens were on every news story possible. It is some of the most elite training they could buy.

A program that integrated core training, stability training, with strength and power training.

This is the elite training that is available to everyone in central Ohio at Go: Sports and Go: Fitness.  Sometimes our training is not as obvious as other systems (Big Biceps, Big Bench and Big Squats).

However, we do something better for our youth. We make them better athletes. We train the ability to stop, start, and change direction as fast and safe as possible. We teach the athletes how to be strong in their sport, and how to be more athletic and coordinated.

Do you want your athletes to bench press more (Huge waste of time) or be more athletic?

-Nick

So, when Parents or Athletes find out that I run an athletic performance training center, they always have a few simple questions for me.

• ∆   How much can you help my bench?
• ∆   How much heavier can you help my son’s squat?
• ∆   How much faster can you make my daughter’s 40?
• ∆   Should I take Creatine?

Since we approach athletic development so different than everyone, and we live it and breathe it every day, with great success; I forget most parents and athletes have no idea about the benefits of training correctly.

The real question everyone should be asking is: “How can you help me (or my athlete) be a better athlete?”

Isn’t this the real question? An inferior athlete – no matter how strong or fast, has ever been asked to be on a high school, junior high sports team, or won a scholarship to college. (unless it was track)

Here are a few athletic movements to check:

• ∆   Can the athlete do 8-10 one-legged deep squats with each leg?
• ∆   Can the athlete do any REAL 1 arm Push-ups?
• ∆   How fast can your athlete accelerate to full Speed?
• ∆   How fast can your athlete DEcelerate to from Full Speed, safely?
• ∆   Do they have the basic movement and coordination skills to be a great athlete?

If you aren’t sure, or the answer is “no” to any of these questions, you might want to look at the training the athlete is doing, and see if there are some HUGE things missing.

You can schedule a Free Orientation and Athletic Eval by just calling (614) 453-1446, or emailing: info@gosportsperformance.com, or filling out this form.

Go be a better athlete!

-Nick

We had a lot of parents and coaches asked for my talk at the Ohio Clinic for the National Strength and Conditioning Clinic. I had the video edited, and the relevant slides inserted, and I am happy to post the talk on YouTube.

Here are the links:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Each of the parts are between 7 and 10 minutes long. Feel free to send the links to these videos to anyone that needs to be faster and/or more athletic.

-Nick

On Saturday I had the pleasure of taking part in Capital Area Humane Societies 2ND Annual Defend Your Friend 5k Race. The race raised more than $2,000 last year for animal abuse prevention and is expected to have built on that conciderably with this years event. I was introduced to the 200 plus race participants via microphone announcement and was able to get quite a few to come try out our GO: runners warm up. Many couldn’t help but smerk at their bodies clumbsiness while trying our dynamic flexibility motions. Many were in shape “athletic” runners but were amazed at how hard it was to perform these new movements. Its always a good time when I get to expose new athletes to our cutting edge training techniques. The bigger excitement however, was knowing the our gym was able to help not only the athletes, but the thousands of abused animals in  Central Ohio as well.

-Cory Schierberl

-GO: Director of Youth Operations