Athletes' Performance

Athletes' Performance is an American company that provides integrated performance services for the top athletes in the world.[1] Founded by Mark Verstegen in 1999 and based in Norwell, Massachusetts,[2] it has private training facilities in Tempe, Arizona; at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California; and at the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

It also has a subsidiary, Core Performance, which makes the same training methodology available online for non-elite athletes of all kinds. Core Performance also has one training facility called a "Core Performance Center" in Santa Monica, California. The company offers a "Core Performance" camp that teaches athletes about good nutrition as well as techniques that help them recover from their injuries.[3]

In the last year alone, Athletes' Performance has trained 8 NFL first-round picks, 9 NBA first-round picks, World Cup heroes (US Women's Soccer and German Men's Soccer), and hosts of All-Stars across every major sport. Four members of the Boston Red Sox have spent part of their off season time at Athletes' Performance.[4]

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Core Performance Center

The Core Performance Center is a subsidiary of Athletes' Performance and was opened by Mark Verstegen[5] in 2008[6]. It currently has one location in Santa Monica, California. Core Performance Centers combine the training methodologies of Athletes' Performance and modern technology to offer customers a personalized workout with tracking and reporting of each exercise they perform at the center.

Athletes' Performance plans to open 125 centers over the next five years in 25 metropolitan areas[7].

References

  1. ^ Buchholz, Jan (2008-08-08). "Athletes' Performance building $10M facility". Phoenix Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/08/11/story2.html. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 
  2. ^ Nwoyes, Jesse (2008-06-09). "Athletes' Performance opens local corporate office". Boston Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/06/09/daily9.html. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 
  3. ^ Van Dyke, Goeff (2007-03-04). "Talk About a Working Vacation". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/sports/playmagazine/04play-masterclass.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 
  4. ^ Bradford, Rob (2008-02-08). "A day in the life at Athletes' Performance". Boston Herald. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1072127. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 
  5. ^ McClusky, Mark (2008-10-15). "Core Performance Center: A Different Kind of Gym". Wired. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/10/core-performanc/. Retrieved June 24, 2009. 
  6. ^ History - Core Performance
  7. ^ Van Dusen, Allison (2009-09-24). "Is A Custom Gym Membership For You". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/29/custom-gym-popularity-forbeslife-cx_avd_0929health.html. Retrieved June 24, 2009. 

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