Lift Like a Girl Challenge Now Open for Registration
Enroll now in the 2nd annual Lift Like a Girl challenge beginning February 21st. This is the perfect challenge to jump start your fitness for the new year and earn…
Holiday Food Drive – December 8th through 22nd
Please join us in collecting items for our food drive this holiday season. It's easy to participate and the donations stay local. Learn more about needed items...
Black Friday Sale – 10 Session MET-FIT Punch Card
Give the gift of fitness to a friend or family member this Holiday season with our annual Black Friday sale featuring a 10-session punch card to our MET-FIT training sessions.…
Memorial Day Workout – Support Wounded Warrior Project
Support a great cause and earn a commemorative t-shirt or tank top by joining us for MET-FIT training on May 31, 2021 at either location. Registration is encouraged.
Featured Success Story – Ashlyn Vorthmann
Ashlyn's story has been nothing short of interesting. Read about the character lessons she learned while battling through two ACL surgeries.
Featured Success Story – Mike & Deb Moss
Mike and Deb Moss have great reasons to tell the world about Athletes’ Training Center. In Deb’s words, “Athletes’ Training Center has changed both of our lives”. The Moss’ both…
#WearItToWinIt T-shirt Contest
Share a photo of you in action in our Athletes' Training Center T-shirt to earn the chance to win prizes from now until September 30, 2020. Get all of the…
Our Response to COVID-19
If you are a current patient or client, please read here for a full summary of the preventative steps we are taking in our routines in response to COVID-19.
The Great Teacher Giveaway
To honor our teachers and administrators, we will be giving five lucky teachers in the Omaha/metro area the gift of fitness for the summer.
Exercise Variation: Less Stress and Improved Coordination From the Core Lifts
Exercise variation is an inherent positive for athlete development and rehabilitation. Anyone who has spent any time in a gym has done their share of squats, bench presses and dead…
Jumps Don’t End in Mid-Air: How to Train Effective Landing Mechanics
Training for a jump and the landing requires the coach and athlete to look at what usually comes before and after a jump in their sport.... Many studies have found…
Change of Direction is More Than Agility: Training the Eccentric Movement
Every movement involves a change of direction. Training the eccentric component of our key movements helps us do those movements more powerfully and efficiently.
3 Simple Tips to Reduce Shoulder Injuries in CrossFit
CrossFit has become an extremely popular fitness regimen in recent years, and with the snow starting to melt and the hope of warmer days, you may be thinking it is…
Featured Success Story – JT Roy
Meet JT Roy. JT has trained with us for just under 5 years and is about to hit the 300 visit mark. As we work to educate the parents of…
5 Quick Tips for Your Off-Season Sports Training
No matter which sport, competition or race you participate in, every season has an end. The time between competitive play is referred to as the off-season. It's easy to think…
3 Steps to Make Change Stick
This is the time of year where we are filled with new found vigor and ready to make some positive change in our life. The time for New Year's Resolutions.…
Alleviating Back Pain in Your Golf Game
The importance of physical therapy can't be overstated enough, especially for athletes who have suffered physical injuries. If physical rehabilitation is so important, why are the results so mixed?
The Importance of Communicating with Your Physical Therapist
The importance of physical therapy can't be overstated enough, especially for athletes who have suffered physical injuries. If physical rehabilitation is so important, why are the results so mixed?
Preparing for 2020: Why Accountability Matters in Healthy Living
Getting fit is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions that people make. While losing 25 pounds before summer is a good goal, we encourage you to adopt a…
4 Tips for Conquering a “Bad Mood”
Bad moods are a part of everyday life. How a person handles a bad mood will determine if the mood will improve or stay the same. There are numerous ways…
Lifting Weights Overhead is a Privilege, Not a Right
Today's fitness mindset is evolving. Today, more and more people are doing exercises that require them to lift or hold weights overhead. In the past, the most common overhead exercise was…
The Truth About Dietary Supplements
The “truth” about supplements is difficult for the consumer to uncover because we have a tendency to read the bottle and believe everything we read. After all, “someone” has to…
The 1 Critical Thing Wrestlers Often Neglect
Double chicken wing in Folkstyle, arm throws in Greco, or an athlete desperately bending his shoulder in an attempt to avoid getting turned… no doubt about it, wrestlers get put into compromising…
The Dark Side of Athletic Injury
I’m sixteen years removed from graduate school. The running joke in my family is I have a Master’s degree, thesis pending. True, I completed my coursework with flying stars and…
Featured Success Story – Donald Chamberlain
Meet Donald. He's 38, a basketball player, an avid shoe enthusiast, works three part-time jobs and is committed to reaching his fitness goals.
5 Reasons to Prep For Football During Baseball
The truth is, if your player is in a good program that is tailored to them, then strength training and conditioning can be powerful in helping their performance in-season on the field…
How to Self-Diagnose Your Athlete’s Arm Pain
Late spring into early summer is one of the most common times we see shoulder and elbow injuries. A lot of parents often ask me what “warning signs” they should…
5 Common Pitching Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
I hate seeing young athletes hurt. There may not be a worse feeling than telling a young, energetic, baseball loving athlete they need stop playing for a while so we…
Adult Functional Coaching Success Story
Our members achievements drive our motivation to continue to build and rebuild today's athletes here in Omaha and surrounding areas! We'd like to share a few success stories with you…
The Proper Use of Ladders During a Workout
We are probably all way too familiar with ladder drills. Most of us may recall doing countless rounds of them during high school or college practices back in the day.…
What Everybody Ought to Know About: Concussion Protocol Evolution
Around 2004, while the head athletic trainer at a Class A high school in Lincoln, NE, I had the good fortune of being part of a research study that was…
10 Things We Treat Besides Shoulders
As anyone knows who has ever been in one of our clinics, our physical therapists including myself like to chat it up with our patients. I feel like in the…
5 Things You Can Do to Reduce Post-Workout Back Pain
I don't know about you but I love those workouts when you finish and you think to yourself, "Yep, I crushed it!" But for me, then the inevitable would happen.…
3 Common Push Up Mistakes & How to Correct Them
The push up movement is one that I see many of our members struggle with. It isn't because they are not capable of doing them. I think most of the…
5 Steps You Can Take to Stay on Track
Obstacles to staying on track with a training program are numerous and how you chose to deal with them can make or break your dedication and work towards your overall…
Understanding the Value of Pre-Workout Fuel
An area often over looked until its too late is pre-workout and post-workout snacks. Today, we will discuss the importance of eating a snack or a quick meal before heading…
Shoulder Saving Tips – Part 2, Shoulder Do’s
Today I am going to provide the second part of my "shoulder saving tips," which are my shoulder do's. Again, this two-part series is in response to numerous questions I…
Shoulder Saving Tips – Part 1, Shoulder Don’ts
As we see more and more shoulder injuries in our clinic, one of the places our patients commonly hurt their shoulder is at the gym. Unfortunately, what people do not…
Life-Changing Advice for People Living with Osteoarthritis
We all have that one crazy relative. I know I’m not the only one that has heard “I can tell that it’s going to rain later on today because my…
4 Reasons We Fail at Meal Planning
How do you know what you or your family will be eating at your next meal or tomorrow’s meals? Meal planning is challenging for the average family. When you add…
9 Signs your Athlete is Being Over-Trained
Are We Missing the mark as Parents and Coaches? I have the great fortune to be around sports every day. Professionally I work with young, injured athletes and help them get…
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