FITNESS IN SPORT
We take a look at the latest projects and products aimed at elite athletes and their strength and conditioning programmes
GETTING IN TOM WALKER • MANAGING EDITOR • SPORTS MANAGEMENT
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lterG’s Anti-Gravity Treadmill is offering a new way for elite athletes and sports professionals to increase their fitness levels and enhance their per-
formance. The equipment utilises precise partial weight bearing training and allows users to achieve a natural gait with minimal impact on their lower limbs. Engineered by NASA, AlterG incorporates advanced
differential air pressure (ADAP) technology to create a powerful lifting force resulting in ultra-low impact exercise. The user wears neoprene shorts and zips into a pressurised, airtight enclosure suspended over the treadmill surface. By controlling the pressure in the enclosure, the user can change his/her weight, reducing it by as much as 80 per cent in precise 1 per cent increments and transition seam- lessly back to full weight bearing. AlterG is already widely used for conditioning in sport
and is benefiting a large number of rugby clubs such as Bristol, Bath and Gloucester and is regularly used by elite athletes to reach full fitness potential. As well as being used at the Football Association’s St George’s Park sports science department, many Premiership Football Clubs also own an AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill. Most recently, MK Dons Football Club installed an AlterG and the players have used it for pre-season training to maximise their fitness levels. Simon Crampton, head of sports medicine at MK Dons
FC, said: “AlterG allows our players to train for much lon- ger and harder than they could before and has greatly
CYBEX provided the gym equipment for this year’s ATP World Tour Finals in London
Gravity-defying low impact sports conditioning ALTERG
The anti-gravity treadmill is used by athletes for rehabilitation
enhanced their aerobic conditioning in particular. We’ve found it particularly useful for rehab too and have been able to get players running and back on the pitch much quicker than usual following an injury.”
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