The Strength Report - How to Utilize Your Space to Positively Effect Your Program

The High School Perspective: By Dave Brown, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Archbishop Mitty High School (CA) No matter how big your training facility is, you should be trying to utilize space to make your training efficient, challenging, productive and motivating. How do you train when resources are limited? Archbishop Mitty High School has one of the top athletic programs in the nation. Sports Illustrated, in 2006-2007, rated the Monarchs’ athletic program fifth nationally, and number one in California. The football team has been to the playoffs 12 times in the last 17 years, made it to the state section finals five times and won three league or state section titles. All done in a 700 square foot chain-link fence weight room. In September 2008 we occupied a new 3,000 square foot two-level Official Hammer Strength Training Facility. Why were we so successful? It doesn’t hurt