Athletic Lab

The Premier Sport Performance Center in North Carolina

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Athletic Lab Weightlifting Open and Schedule Changes for Saturday / Sunday

This Saturday (January 28th), Athletic Lab is hosting our first Olympic Weightlifting competition. As a result, all Saturday classes will be cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you are interested in watching the competition admission is free. To make up for the lost classes, we will be holding a CF / Performance Fitness class on Sunday at 2pm. No reservation is required.

Stretching and Athletic Performance by Sarah Gilmore

[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Sarah Gilmore, an Exercise Science student from UNC]

Stretching: It’s not a new concept and the majority of exercisers could list at least a few simple stretches without any trouble. Despite the pervasive knowledge of what stretching is there still exist many questions about its effects. Does stretching reduce post-exercise muscle soreness? Does it prevent injuries? Does stretching improve performance? Does it actually do anything at all?...

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Track Speed by Drake Webster

[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Drake Webster, an Exercise Science student from ECU]

How many kids today do you know that their favorite sport is track? Or how about kids that actually run track in the first place? Me either. Youth sports are dominated by football, soccer, basketball, baseball and more of the traditionally major sports. The problem with this is that most people stick with a sport they are good at or have played for awhile. So speed development gets pushed...

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Hypertension and Exercise by Matthew Jessee

[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Matthew Jessee, an Exercise Science student from Appalachian State University]

According to the Center for Disease Control 1 out of every 3 Americans suffers from hypertension. Healthy blood pressure levels are less than 120mmHg systolic/ 80mmHg diastolic. Hypertension is a chronic elevated blood pressure in the arteries. Arteries are important because they supply blood from the heart to different areas of the body so it can maintain vital...

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Importance of Preparation for College Play by Stephanie Shaw

[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, Stephanie Shaw, an Exercise Science student from ECU]

You have been recruited to play at the collegiate level. The National Letter of Intent is signed or going to be signed within the next month. Your technical skills for the sport are worthy so now you are ready to play in college, right?

What many athletes, especially females, forget about when coming into college is the strength and conditioning aspect of the sport. The competition in...

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Supplements to Boost Your Performance: Creatine by John Grace

[This is a guest blog by one of our Athletic Interns, John Grace]

Most likely, all of you “gym rats” at one time have heard of creatine and all the magical powers that come along with it. Well some of these “magical powers” are legitimate and have science to back them up. Creatine, simply put, increases muscle energy availability. Our cells store their energy as adenosine triphosphate or ATP.  The amount of ATP in our cells directly relates to the amount of work our muscles can...

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People are Talking...

I have found that Mike Young specifically has the knowledge and experience with professionals of all backgrounds to help me to improve and develop these key areas of my game and training. Since I have started working out at Athletic Lab I have noticed the difference in the way my body continues to improve through the speed and strength training. I highly recommend this facility and the staff to high level athletes and even people who are just interested in keeping their bodies fit and in shape. As long as I am walking and staying fit and active and in the Raleigh area Athletic Lab is my gym!

Tony McManus, Professional Soccer Player

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Mike Young is one of the brightest and well rounded coaches in the United States.  His background in the science of performance has allowed him to teach and mentor not just athletes, but other coaches as well.  My conversations with him always help me to learn and grow in my profession.

Ronald Grigg, Director of Track & Field, Jacksonville University

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I wasn’t able to find a way to get the results I wanted before joining Athletic Lab! Athletic Lab has an awesome setup with a fun, fit and proud team of coaches, multiple daily non-boring and effective workouts, positive motivation, workout critiques to challenge you, and a competitive if you want-it-to-be atmosphere. Get in here if you want to get extremely fit!

Ross Ackerman

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No one should hesitate to train with Athletic Lab. You simply cannot make a better investment in power and speed development and overall enjoyment of the sport. I’ve had probably over thirty to forty coaches since I started playing sports I think Mike is the best.

Smoot Carter, Baseball Player

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The Athletic Lab staff has helped me improve my speed and triple jump technique and allowed me to be apart of a company worth representing.

Lamont Dagen, Professional Triple Jumper & HPC Elite Team Member

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We highly recommend Athletic Lab to parents of other athletes (and we wish we would have known about the Lab sooner). Jared definitely attributes an increase in his speed on the field, to the training he received with you this summer.

Devra Lennon, Parent of Scholastic Athlete

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I strongly recommend consulting with Mike to anyone who is looking to improve their running. I had the opportunity to meet with Mike today and I feel that I walked away a much stronger athlete. Not only was he able to point out the flaws in my form and cue the correct changes, he was capable of explaining the physics of the movements as well.

Naoki Murai, Collegiate Sprinter

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Mike Young, the trainer we’ve been working with at Athletic Lab, he’s brutal. He’s tough, but he’s great. I’m trying my best to think of excuses not to go today. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the worst. He almost killed me Tuesday. I got up out of bed and almost fell over. But he’s whipping us into shape for the season.

Mark Schulte, Professional Soccer Player

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Athletic Lab is by far the best place for technical, scientifically based, individualized training for high performance in the triangle. I recommend it to all who are serious about reaching their athletic potential, no matter what stage in life.

Kelly Furr, Post-Collegiate Track Athlete

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You gave me a very valuable lesson on how you take an athlete and make them better. I was not aware of all the work that takes place.

Corey Beam, Collegiate Baseball Player

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