Dallas Center-Grimes Athletic Performance

Mustang Performanace – Athletes of the Year

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Mustang Athletic Performance Center Officially Opens

Training DCG Athletes to their Fullest Potential

To create a positive, unified training environment where student-athletes can grow as people while pursuing their athletic potential.

DCG Summer Training Information

The mission of DCG Athletic Performance is to provide a safe & disciplined environment where athletes can grow mentally, physically and emotionally while pursuing their athletic potential. Through the DCG Athletic Performance Summer Training Program, athletes will maximize their athletic abilities through proven and consistent training methods while working to reduce the risk of injury & increase durability. Our periodized training program is designed to help athletes enhance strength, power, speed, mobility and other traits to help perform at the highest possible level. We are excited for an outstanding summer of training and hope you are as well! Below you will find information regarding the summer program.

Program Standards

About the MPC

The Mustang Performance Center has already and continues to impact a lot of different people within the DCG family. Every student in our high school has access to quality performance and general fitness training via our physical education program as well as extracurricular opportunities. Having this new facility affords us as teachers and coaches to better address the various individualized needs of our students to provide them with the best experience possible. In physical education, and more specifically in strength & speed classes, the given amount of space and equipment can be issues that dictate how we are able to deliver instruction. Having these needs addressed through this project allows us to be much more targeted with the delivery of programming.

The Mustang Performance Center (MPC) features 24 full power rack stations, allowing us to rack 48 barbells at a time as needed. Every rack station has a full set of urethane bumper plates customized with both school colors and logo for each weight interval. In addition, each rack station is complete with an adjustable bench, a full set of resistance bands, and many other specialized rack-mounted attachments. Each grouping of 6 power racks has its own full set of customized urethane dumbbells from 10-85 lbs.

The MPC is also outfitted with 8 cable pulley systems complete with medicine ball, kettlebell, and multi-purpose storage solutions. Various multi-use training bars can be found stored throughout the facility as well. There is a storage room for some of the bigger equipment and accessories as well as a coach’s office in the facility. In addition, the MPC features a 100’x15′ indoor turf area as well as an indoor track lane designed for various training usages within the Mustang Performance program.

Students interact with different types of training technology within the Mustang Performance Center. Each rack station is equipped with a rack-mounted iPad through which students log daily training session attendance as well as enter training data. The MPC is also equipped with 16 velocity-based training (VBT) units that measure the speed, among other metrics, of a barbell to provide instantaneous feedback to the lifter. VBT enables athletes to train at the appropriate prescribed intensity, which ensures that they are training optimally to achieve their desired performance outcomes.