VertiMax & The Woman Athlete

Sports and athletic performance don't know a gender, and neither does the VertiMax. With that said, women athletes have found the VertiMax to be particularly useful in a number of particular sports, including volleyball. In fact, four of the top five, and 15 of the top 25 ranked women's Division I college volleyball programs are VertiMax users.

And it's not just volleyball. Anson Dorrance, head coach of the women's soccer team at the University of North Carolina, has led the program to 20 of the 28 NCAA Women's Soccer Championships in his time as coach. And he had this to say about VertiMax and its impact on his female athletes.

"Our program continues to strive for ways to incorporate cutting-edge methods to improve our athletes' performances. The VertiMax trainer has been instrumental in helping us take our athletic strength and explosive power development to the next level. VertiMax has also helped the improvements in our girl's strength and speed attributes to very effectively transfer to the field where it counts. The VertiMax is one training system that I will continue to use to help us to achieve our training goals."

Play football? Run track? Play basketball? Or just looking to improve foot speed and explosive power? The Vertimax is your workout partner for the ultimate achievements in fitness. Get started today!

What Our Customers Say About VertiMax

Naturally, our blog is a place for us to showcase information about our line of VertiMax products, show you how they're used in a number of different sports by professional and amateur athletes, and more. But why not provide you with the feedback of actual, every day users? You could take our word for it, but you could also take theirs and we're sure you'll appreciate the unfiltered commentary.
Here are a few:

"Just as advertise! Got it for basketball workouts for those in the age ranges of 8- 25 and They Love it!!!!! Really Intense!!! Got my Stamp of Approval for Anyone!!!" - Champ019 on Amazon.com

"I bought this resistance trainer to do replicated tennis moves. It works great--on both ends (removable harness and removable light harness for the trainer to use) a heavy metal hook allows you to be creative with how you want to create your exercises. You can replace the harness with handles or a bar to do various other drills. The harness itself seems durable, however I have used more cushioned harnesses. This by no means is a flaky harness, and after all, if you are going through the pain of training, a regular harness should suffice. Last note, the cord is about eight feet long, so your partner should be ready to move with you as at higher speeds, eight feet is not very far at all.xxxxx " - KingV on Amazon.com

"This product is great! as an athletic trainer it has upgraded the workout and the players are waiting to work with me! thank you!" - shlomi on Amazon.com" - CharlesH24 on Amazon.com

What do you think? Have some thoughts of your own to share? Post them in our comments!

VertiMax & The Power of a Healthy Family

If you're a VertiMax user, or just a frequent visitor to our website or social media pages, you probably have a pretty good grasp on what VertiMax can do. No matter your sport, whether it's football, basketball, track and field, or something in between, the VertiMax is the ultimate tool for developing explosive athletic power, along with arm swing, to achieve maximal first-step quickness, straight away speed and vertical jump enhancements. But to look at it as a tool to achieve a means to an end is limiting. It's also a great way for parents and children to be active together! It's more than just fun, though. Now, it's more crucial than ever for families to be physically active.

Did you know? More than one third - over 35 percent - of U.S. adults are obese. As if that weren't bad enough, the statistics are even more alarming for children. In the past 30 years, childhood obesity has tripled. (Reports from the Center for Disease Control)

So how does the VertiMax help out? For one, it's an exercise tool, but it provides a change of pace from the norm, too. It can also support two users at once, so you can both go to work at the same time, or go one at a time and cheer each other on!

Another common objection to staying with a workout plan is one that the VertiMax strikes down on its face - time. Where some think they need to workout for an hour at a time, the VertiMax allows for a complete workout in just a fraction of the time.

What's not to like about that?

Golfing & The VertiMax Advantage

The terms 'explosive' and 'powerful' are often associated with sports known for agility and athletic movements - football and basketball come to mind. But golf? You bet.

As WorldGolf.com showcased in its recent blog, VertiMax is quickly gaining traction as a swing power generation tool. PGA tour pros and amateurs alike have recognized VertiMax's capabilities to improve hip rotation speed and power. And the benefits? Longer distance, greater club speed and bigger shots.

"Rotation and power are such a huge part of golf," said Al Marez, VertiMax V.P. of Business and Development. "The VertiMax is designed to increase speed and explosiveness, two of the integral parts of a golf swing. Once golfers try our product, they are hooked."

He adds, "Golf requires an excellent combination of strength, speed, power and balance to excel. Implementing VertiMax in your golf strength training program will dramatically increase explosive club head speed and speed endurance to radically elevate any player's game. VertiMax is the best system to quickly develop a dominant your swing by radically improving acceleration, deceleration and drive distance."

Click here to read the WorldGolf.com article in its entirety, and change your golf game today with VertiMax.

Boosting Your Tennis Game With VertiMax

Lateral quickness and agility, as well as straight-ahead speed, are crucial to an A-grade tennis game - but that's only part of the picture. The ability to improve racket velocity and overall hitting power are integral to the game as well. So how do you train them all? VertiMax!

Because of the VertiMax's ability to improve arm swing velocity, in addition to lower extremity agility and power, it's easy to understand why Maria Sharapova's strength coach, Ken Matsuda, is such a fan, among others. Tennis enthusiasts and athletes alike are bringing their rackets with them to practice actual tennis movements on the VertiMax. Sprint across the baseline for a backhand return, sprint forward for a short return and much more.

Check out this video for some visual displays of the workouts:

You'll improve first-step quickness, hitting power, offensive and defensive play making abilities, and durability, too. If you're serious about tennis, get serious about VertiMax!

The Art of "VertiMax-ing" Out

Plateaus. In sports, and in life, we all run into them. No matter how hard you train or how hard you work, eventually you'll reach a wall - unless you develop a plan for breaking through.

With VertiMax, you can make a number of changes to improve your performance at any given time. Altering the number of repetitions that you perform, or altering rest periods or increasing resistance are all options to consider, depending on your goals.

One way to anticipate plateaus and effectively break through them is to monitor yourself. What does that mean? Track your workouts and track your corresponding performance times and measures. You may feel physical manifestations of a workout coming up short, but if not, your numbers could indicate if you're getting diminishing returns on them in much clearer terms.

Write everything down, alter your plan every six to eight weeks, and continue shattering the walls of your goals. That's called VertiMax-ing out!

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Good Enough for Duke. Good Enough for You?

The Duke University Blue Devils are an icon in American collegiate sports. With 12 combined NCAA national championships among its teams, 119 ACC championships, and a graduation rate of 97 percent, it's easy to see why their teams are seen as among the best in the nation - on the fields of play, and in the classroom.

One of the keys to the success of their athletes? VertiMax. With 26 teams in all, each using the university's state of the art training facility, Duke is in possession of three VertiMax platforms in all. Why would a facility that includes 10 Power Lift Multi-Use Power Racks, 10,000 pounds of York Bumper Plates, a Keiser Infinity Series 6-Pack Trainer, two full sets of dumbells up to 130 pounds, and a full assortment of accessory training equipment on top of Infinity Max Pro Flooring with 10 in-ground Olympic platforms also need three VertiMax platforms?

Duke knows what many of our clients know. No other system exists to adequately train all of the mechanics that are necessary for lower extremity power and arm swing, core strength, and overall foot speed. And it does it all on one platform.

Click here to read more about how Duke aims to train its athletes, and search around our site to learn more about why VertiMax is a must have for serious athletes.