Spring Break
Push it real good - OSU athletes, staff love SPC
Sports Performance Center open for two months, becomes more popular every day
Nick Lilja
Issue date: 7/9/08 Section: Sports
"Everyone enjoys coming in here," Miller said.
"A lot of other facilities have mirrors up and other things on the walls," Ziegler, who works mainly with men's and women's golf, men's basketball and softball, said. "But this facility was built with our style in mind. You can throw a medicine ball against the wall, put your feet up. The space is very usable."
The "style" is Olympic - cling, jerk and snatch - and the strength and conditioning staff feel like they snatched a great facility. Enough to make any weightlifting enthusiast a little emotional.
"The previous weight room in the Valley Football Center had limits," Miller said. "This weight room is virtually limitless."
The SPC, like its predecessor, is home to every athlete on campus. Only now, more than one team can work out at a time. The 22 platforms are nearly triple the number previously available at Valley.
In years past, there would be times when more than one team was scheduled to work out. That would force the strength and conditioning staff to maneuver workouts around the available space.
Not anymore.
"Now when more than one team is scheduled to work out, we don't have to change workouts," Miller said. "We have enough room for each team."
The second floor of the SPC also includes a wrestling practice facility for the now nationally recognized program.
"It's phenomenal," head wrestling coach Jim Zalesky told osubeavers.com. "The facility provides everything we need to grow as a program. We are close to the weight room and we have ample mat space for practice. The Sports Performance Center is a big addition to our program."
"A lot of other facilities have mirrors up and other things on the walls," Ziegler, who works mainly with men's and women's golf, men's basketball and softball, said. "But this facility was built with our style in mind. You can throw a medicine ball against the wall, put your feet up. The space is very usable."
The "style" is Olympic - cling, jerk and snatch - and the strength and conditioning staff feel like they snatched a great facility. Enough to make any weightlifting enthusiast a little emotional.
"The previous weight room in the Valley Football Center had limits," Miller said. "This weight room is virtually limitless."
The SPC, like its predecessor, is home to every athlete on campus. Only now, more than one team can work out at a time. The 22 platforms are nearly triple the number previously available at Valley.
In years past, there would be times when more than one team was scheduled to work out. That would force the strength and conditioning staff to maneuver workouts around the available space.
Not anymore.
"Now when more than one team is scheduled to work out, we don't have to change workouts," Miller said. "We have enough room for each team."
The second floor of the SPC also includes a wrestling practice facility for the now nationally recognized program.
"It's phenomenal," head wrestling coach Jim Zalesky told osubeavers.com. "The facility provides everything we need to grow as a program. We are close to the weight room and we have ample mat space for practice. The Sports Performance Center is a big addition to our program."
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