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FaR Out Volleyball Club 16 Black squad took first place playing against other top area teams…in the 18s Division! These girls have been training at PSTS with Coach Skyler at least 2 sessions per week for the last 4-months and they get better every week! Even during a busy club 🏐 season, they MAKE it happen and it’s […]

Cadence of Kenowa Hills is a middle school athlete, but has accomplished a lot the last couple years. Her and her team routinely win high-level AAU 🏀 basketball tournaments on the weekends. Cadence has captured multiple MVP awards at tournaments and camps. Most recently, she was offered a college scholarship! Cadence is in 8th grade, […]

An integral part of our athlete training is performance testing. New athletes are tested in relative strength, speed, power, and body composition when they begin, and all of our athletes are tested before the start of each sports season to track results. When we say performance testing we are not referring to common “1-rep max” […]

We see the same pattern every year as soon as high school volleyball nears the end of the season.  Volleyball girls seek out training with the goal of increasing their vertical as quickly as possible before club tryouts. (picture – Parker K. is a Division 1 volleyball commit. She has trained consistently at PowerStrength for the […]

This is the first basketball pre-season Coach Ken George has had available in 25 years. The previous 24 he was preparing the Forest Hills Central varsity boys team for the season. During that same time period was when Coach Jason Martin launched the Grand Rapids Storm AAU Basketball Organization. 50 combined years later, and thousands […]

We have had the opportunity to train Cornerstone University’s volleyball team for the last 7 off-seasons. The team trains with us 3 days a week throughout the winter and spring, and many of the local girls train with us over their summer off-season.   The seniors this year have an obscene career win-loss record of […]

“He never would listen to me, but you got him to listen and now he takes his nutrition seriously! He actually prepares his own meals and protein shakes!” – PSTS Parent   How do you know if an athlete is actually improving towards their goals? There are a number of ways for performance: -lift more […]

*Each PowerStrength Location has an InBody (InBody570) on-site to help ensure accurate tracking of progress and results! Included in Adult Fitness, High School, and College memberships! Learn more about the InBody below!   WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW BODY COMPOSITION? Knowing your body composition, as opposed to simply monitoring weight, provides feedback on fat […]

July Athlete of the Month at the North gym goes to our man Ethan! Ethan is one of those guys who simply gets it done. After this summer of training he’s up 20lbs of body weight, added 50lbs to his squat, 60lbs to his deadlift, and 20lbs to his bench! He’s running and jumping better […]

When you play Division 1 volleyball, you have little time in the off-season to dedicate yourself to a training program. All of our college volleyball athletes are doing a fantastic job. But we wanted to highlight Zoe. Our girl Zoe did work when she was home for the summer. In 6-weeks she BURNED off 16lbs […]