Our School of Thought

Physical adeptness and characteristics have long been the defining trademarks of the athlete. R.I.S.E Performance Academy realizes that mental fortitude, conviction, and perseverance are the foundation upon which speed, power, and agility earn their chops! Without this foundation, the athlete will NEVER reach their full potential! Our passion for building better athletes goes beyond the physical. We constantly reinforce the importance of mental readiness and awareness.

What Makes Us Different from Other Training Facilities?

One word: CARING
Building a personal relationship with our athletes and their families, is of the highest importance to us. We do not want a revolving door! When the athlete is with us for that hour long session, that is not all it is for us. We do not strive to develop only great athletes, but great people.

Program
RPA’s programming is fully comprehensive. It includes speed, agility, strength and power, power-endurance, and stamina training sessions. We employ state-of-the-art training equipment and training methods with old school, nose-to-the-grindstone simplicity. The most important variable in performance training is INTENSITY. PERIOD! Bells and whistles belong in church steeples and referee’s mouths, not in the gym!

Components

SPEED (Kills)
Let’s face it, you can be the biggest, the meanest, the strongest, but if you’re also the slowest, it might be time to take up powerlifting. We are in the business of increasing athleticism and increasing speed is the name of the game – straight ahead, lateral, vertical (equates more to power) top speed is the mission here. We achieve this by:
- Improving Sprint Mechanics 
- Increasing Stride Length & Stride Frequency
- Increasing Proprioception
- Improving Core Stability
- Improving Metabolic Factors
                                    

POWER
Here we develop explosion in and of movement – again, straight ahead, lateral, and vertical. Improvements will be seen in first step start, lateral and horizontal change of direction, elusive hip movement, within max speed stop-start, finishing speed, leaping ability, and explosive punch and hands. We employ methods such as:
- Plyometrics
- Medicine ball work
- Olympic lifting
**   All of our Olympic lifting is coached from the bottom up (literally) by performance coach and certified Olympic lifting coach Jonathan Murphy. SAFETY is the name of the game here. We are training athletes, not weightlifters. Athletes need to perform in their respective sport.Athletes cannot perform when they are injured. Although there is risk involved in any training activity, we limit that risk through education of proper principals and practical application of those principles.

AGILITY
Within these sessions, athletes apply their straight ahead speed to lateral movements that are quick and explosive. The athlete will gain or increase the ability to rapidly change direction, without the loss of speed, balance, or control.
Methods employed:
*   acceleration and deceleration drills
*   quick feet and ladder drills
*   cone and sharp cutting patterns
*   backpedaling
*   reaction and shadowing exercises
The beauty of agility training, is that by applying these forces to the joints and connective tissue laterally at high speed, the athlete is also reinforcing and strengthening the resilience of the musculature, joints, and connective tissue to injury.

POWER ENDURANCE
Power endurance can be defined as the ability of your muscles to contract at or near maximum for a greater amount of time. Think about that for a moment – “the ability of your muscles to contract at or near maximum for a greater amount of time” – can you see how that translates into being a better athlete? Simply put, the athlete who goes harder longer wins 99.9% of the time. The quote “Fatigue makes cowards of us all” is attributed to Vince Lombardi. While we don’t take this quote as literally meaning one is a coward by way of being fatigued, it is very true in the sense that when fatigue sets in, we are unable to, even with the greatest striving, summon the power to rise above the circumstance we find ourselves in.

STRENGTH, CONDITIONING, & MOBILITY
Our strength programs are designed specifically for the sport of the athlete, and scaled to the age and ability of the athlete. The intensity level of the training is also relative to the individual athletes perceived level of output. We push the athlete’s threshold to a level deemed safe, yet highly effective in causing a training response. Please do not equate the word “safe” with “unchallenging”. To put it simply, we strive not to be "liked" within that hour we spend with our athletes!

We also heavily apply core stabilizing and strengthening exercises and movements. Many studies show that improved core strength and stability are crucial in improving athletic performance. A strong and stable core is the foundation by which the athlete transfers maximal force through the ground, bat, or stick.

Within the warm-up, in stand-alone training sessions, and in cool down activities, we will utilize mobility exercises and movements. These are used to enhance range of motion and create well-developed, injury-free athletes.

“The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.
― Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warriorype your paragraph here.

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31 CATHERINE ST., 3RD FLR

SHILLINGTON, PA 19607