Congratulations to our founder Ben Durbin @turbo_durbo_ on his new role as Iowa State Strength and Conditioning Coach -Olympic Sports. As founder and co-owner along with Ernst Brun they together built Premier Athlete Training into a company that since established in 2016 has served over one thousand athletes including Professional, Olympic, Collegiate, HS & MS athletes of all sports. Ben M.ed CSCS a former footballer for both the University of Wyoming and Iowa State Universit
Weekly Training Tip #5 - Power Clean Progression Power cleans and hang cleans are a beneficial exercise to teach athletes triple extension. This is extension of the hips, knees, and plantar-flexion of the ankles. Triple extension is used in many sport situations such as running, jumping, and change of direction. Cleans are a useful tool to enhance an athletes ability to apply force and power in these positions. The progression used breaks the movement into 2 main parts. The f