“I consulted with contacts in a variety of high performance training centres around the country during the design stage of the project. The gym has a flush floor with specific drop zones for Olympic lifting to take place.
“It has six power racks and Eleiko bars and discs, plus a leg press and adjustable cable machine. It contains numerous pieces of training equipment that the students learn how to use to load clients in different ways to develop functional strength.
“For example battle ropes, medicine balls, plyometric boxes, adjustable dumbbells, Bulgarian bags, slams balls, suspension training equipment, three tires weighing 40, 60 and 80kg and a weighted sled for sled pushes and pulls on the sprint track.
“We have three Kistler force platforms sunk into the floor, one in the middle of the sprint track and two that are side by side in one of the lifting zones. These allow us to precisely measure ground reaction forces evaluating the clients’ performance during a variety of exercises.”