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		Athletes' Performance www.athletesperformance.com Founded by industry pioneer Mark Verstegen, Athletes' Performance (AP) operates the leading training facilities in the world for professional and elite athletes. Athletes' Performance operates two world-class facilities (Tempe, Arizona and at the Home Depot National Training Center outside of Los Angeles, California) where they train many of the top champions in sport on WOODWAY equipment. In the past several years, their athletes have won nearly every honor in sports, including Green Jacket winners, Grand Slam winners, World Series champions, Stanley Cup champions, Super Bowl winners, NBA champions, Olympic gold medallists and all-stars from every major sport. In 2005 alone, 25% of the players selected in the 1st round of the NFL Draft trained at Athletes' Performance and on WOODWAY equipment. Everything about the AP approach (strength, speed, power, movement and injury prevention) is integrated, from world-class performance coaches, to their team of performance physical therapists, nutritionists, regeneration specialists, energy system development (conditioning) specialists, sports scientists, sports psychologists and performance chefs. As partners, WOODWAY and AP are on the forefront of research and development in the industry and continue to lead the field with novel approaches to training and fitness.

		Soccer FIT Academy Training and Research Center www.soccerfitacademy.com The Soccer F.I.T. Training and Research Center, seeing hundreds of athletes per day, sought out WOODWAY to help them add efficiency to their speed, power and sport-specific conditioning protocols. The WOODWAY Force and Curve Treadmill held the answers. "Not only does the Force allow us to train dynamic leg strength and resisted speed, but we also use it to teach mechanics and improve conditioning in very innovative sport-specific protocols. The Curve Treadmill has added a new dimension to our ability to teach and monitor max speed and conditioning in our research and training programs when we can’t get outside to run", stated Scott Moody, Founder and CEO of the Soccer F.I.T. Academy. The Soccer F.I.T. Academy is now is working with WOODWAY and other training centers to develop innovative new protocols that take advantage of what the Force has to offer. For more information on protocols for speed, power and conditioning, please contact the SFA via their website.

		Peak Performance www.peakperformancenyc.com Athleticism. Strength. Confidence. Sexiness. Fitness. Vitality. At Peak Performance, New York City’s premiere private training facility, looking good isn’t just a mindset; it’s a way of life. Nestled in a 10,000 square foot sun-drenched loft high above the streets of Manhattan, Peak Performance takes fitness back to the basics… with forward-thinking motion. The experts at Peak Performance have distilled fitness down to it’s simplest, purest form – reconnecting people to their bodies and educating them about what their bodies are designed to do: run, jump, climb and lift. Inspired by their life-long dedication to athletic excellence, owners and celebrity trainers Joe Dowdell and Jay Wright have designed a unique environment, emphasizing quality over quantity, ensuring the maximum amount of space per client that sport-specific conditioning and athletic training demand. Pioneering the most innovative tools and equipment in the industry, Peak Performance offers clients a truly authentic environment, utilizing unorthodox devices such as prowlers, sleds, kettlebells, Power Plates, Nike SPARQ equipment, Woodway Desmo & Force Treadmills and Olympic weightlifting devices, as well as more traditional circuits. Clients are guided through a personalized routine by top-notch trainers, many former athletes themselves, who integrate traditional strength training with techniques employed by professional athletes to enhance speed, power and flexibility. The team at Peak Performance is experienced, inspiring and extremely well educated – all trainers are required to have a minimum of 1,000 hours of practical experience. The combination of the revolutionary facility paired with some of the best trainers in the world has helped elevate Peak Performance to the forefront of the fitness industry. As the leaders in a new standard for fitness professionals, Peak Performance also offers an elite Institute For Continuing Education, including bi-monthly workshops, seminars and certification courses. Open to all trainers in the industry, attendees often travel from across the country to attend Peak Performance courses. At Peak Performance, it is about a commitment to excellence – and that extends to each and every client. In fact, a virtual who’s who of the worlds of entertainment, media and finance have reached their peak shape, thanks to the experts at Peak Performance. The results speak for themselves.

		SwimEx www.swimex.com Founded by fiberglass pioneer Everett Pearson in 1986 and still owned and operated by the Pearson family today, SwimEx builds swim spa fitness pools and rehabilitation equipment. Combining cutting edge fiberglass expertise with a paddlewheel concept, SwimEx has evolved the pools into several models with varying sizes and depths, along with the most workstations in the industry, bringing SwimEx into athletic training rooms, hospitals, physical therapy clinics, health clubs and residences.

		Fre Flo Do www.freflodo.com WOODWAY and Camp Kappell created the "Launchpad" and the most innovative and thorough skill-based format to be introduced to the fitness industry and soon to the sports world. It is the single most engaging comprehensive athletic performance-enhancing tool ever developed and capable of limitless sport-specific applications. Camp Kappel's objective is to equip high-level performance artists, collegiate and professional athletes, their strength and conditioning coaches, athletic trainers in rehab facilities, as well as fitness clubs and their personal trainers with radical comprehensive methodology called Fre Flo Do. This martial arts-influenced system obliterates conventional practices of training athletic skills (mental focus, footwork, agility, balance, coordination, stamina, speed, reflexes, proprioceptive awareness and functional power and strength) independently and rather addresses every athletic attribute simultaneously in one all-engaging manner. "When it came to building the ground-breaking Launchpad, the official platform of the Fre Flo Do experience, the only logical partnership for Camp Kappel was WOODWAY; the one organization willing and able to deliver a reliable and durable enough product to facilitate the comprehensive applications and demands of the company's innovative patent-pending format" states Kappel - founder of the Fre Flo Do and Camp Kappel.

		Core Performance www.coreperformance.com Based on the knowledge accumulated at Athletes' Performance, where hundreds of the top champions in sport train each year on WOODWAY equipment, the Core Performance interactive training website offers sport-specific and general fitness programs to help you thrive in sport and life. Core can give you 1) A training plan customized for you, by sport or by fitness level 2) A daily workout and equipment list based on your personal goals 3) Exercise technique demonstrated with step-by-step instructions 4) A nutrition plan specific to your activity level, lifestyle, likes and dislikes 5) A daily meal list based on your favorites, complete with recipes and shopping lists. It's like having your very own personal trainer, nutritionist and motivator all rolled into one, and it will revolutionize both the way you train and how you think about health and fitness.

		The Hit Center www.hitcentersinc.com/ Dr. Shepherd with WOODWAY is revolutionizing sport training by creating a model that is catching on like wildfire. HIT stands for High Intensity Training. HIT protocols impress the highest-level athlete and relieve the parent's frustrations of getting short-changed in the sports camp environment. Instead, HIT Centers provide one-on-one training with exercise scientists holding undergraduate and graduate degrees in exercise physiology and related fields. On the first visit the HIT Center, a comprehensive Athletic Ability Assessment (AAA) is administered. Results from the one-hour testing session compare the athlete with hundreds of other athletes of the same age, sport and position. This data is also used to design a program that concentrates on the athlete's limiting factors of performance. Dr. Shepherd's program features 1) neurological overspeed training with harness systems and high speed WOODWAY treadmills 2) strength training for hypertrophy, muscle power and general strength 3) conversion of strength to power, speed and explosion 4) stretch shortening power training 5) agility 6) balance and 7) energy system training.

		Maximum Training Solutions www.maximumtrainingsolutions.com/ Maximum Training Solutions, LLC is a full service sports medicine consulting firm devoted to helping sports performance enhancement professionals, athletic trainers, personal trainers, physical therapists and other members of the sports medicine community improve the athleticism and health of athletes world wide. In collaboration with WOODWAY USA, Maximum Training Solutions has created the EXSpeedTM family of high speed treadmill training programs, which combine the latest technology and research in the area of speed, agility, explosiveness and conditioning in a grass roots effort to create some of the best athletes in the world. EXSpeedTM has combined the most comprehensive, individualized system of high speed treadmill training with a user-friendly and affordable format. There are versions of EXSpeedTM to fit the WOODWAY ELG, Pro XL and Desmo models, making it a good fit for almost any sports performance enhancement setting. Each version combines an innovative speed and power evaluation with the iMETT metabolic analysis to prescribe programs which are truly unique to each athlete, while working out in group settings.

		Velocity Sports Performance www.velocitysp.com Velocity Sports Performance was founded by world-renown speed and sports performance coach, Loren Seagrave and now has training centers in locations across the United States and Canada. At Velocity Sports Performance, athletes of all ages and skill levels maximize their athletic potential through scientifically designed and proven training programs. Training in and on state-of-the-art equipment like WOODWAY, with degreed and certified coaches in small, semi-private groups, our athletes are guaranteed to improve their speed, power and agility - the three pillars of athleticism.

		SpeedFit www.speedfit.com SpeedFit is the introduction of sports into fitness, the innovative adaptation of track-and-field techniques for the fitness industry to produce the most natural way to burn fat and thereby lose weight. The SpeedFit routine reshapes your body based on a single, simple idea: de-emphasizing distance in exercise and promoting speed in its place. Achievement should be based not on lengthening the distance you are able to run, but on reducing the amount of time you need to run the same distance. SpeedFit's program requires the best equipment and that's where WOODWAY comes in. SpeedFit makes use of the patented WOODWAY non-motorized Curve treadmill. SpeedFit is the only fitness routine that allows measurement of personal fitness while charting progress at every stage. The routine itself is never the same: on a daily basis - it's always challenging and never boring. It approaches fitness running with a completely new technique, as an intelligent use of the mind and body together.

		CORE www.coresportsfitness.com CORE is dedicated to promoting an active lifestyle and performance enhancement through the use of customized integrated sports-specific evidenced-based training protocols. CORE's educated, experienced, passionate and professional staff promotes individuals to attain their full athletic/fitness potential via state-of-the-art equipment like the WOODWAY Force and the The Blade by WOODWAY.

		ACCEL The ACCEL performance and fitness program is part of the Affiliated Community Medical Centers, a multi-speciality healthcare network of 12 medical clinics in West Central and Southwest Minnesota with over 150 physicians and mid-level providers in 25 specialty areas and over 700 support staff with its main clinic is located in Willmar, Minnesota. ACCEL is designed for athletes of all levels to improve speed, quickness, strength and self-confidence. Program director and exercise physiologist Jeffrey Kennedy, ACSM CES, has used WOODWAY products for 15 years. ACCEL has used the Force for the last 4 years and recently purchased one of the first production models of "The Blade" Hockey skating treadmill. "There is no better treadmill in the world, period. As we continue to evolve and strive to offer quality programs to area athletes and patients, we appreciate WOODWAY's ability to listen to our unique needs and respond with a quality product. Kudos to the gang in Waukesha!"

		ELITE SPORTS PERFORMANCE www.elitesportsperformance.net Whether running that extra mile or working on creating the speed and power to separate from the competition, athletes of all levels are always looking for that extra edge. With WOODWAY's commitment, experience, expertise, wide range of modern technologies and state-of-the-art equipment, athletes can train more effectively and thereby improve their results.