Success Stories Archive

Old School Mentality – New Weight Room Technology

Doug Curtin 13 Jan 2020

“As much as you want to think you have time to put workouts together for each group, you just don’t.” Larry Cox only had so much time in his day, so he turned to PLT4M to help deliver high quality workout programs to his athletes.

Weightlifting For Everyone – Female Athletes Want In

Doug Curtin 06 Nov 2019

‘The weight room is often open to anyone, but just football uses it.’ Emmett HS decided to take action so that tradition was not continued. They made weightlifting the culture for everyone.

Hoops Teams Hit The Weight Room

Doug Curtin 04 Oct 2019

High school basketball teams are embracing strength and conditioning to stay competitive. Barr Reeve High School in Indiana hits the weight room in hopes of future state championship runs.

Look The Part, Play The Part: Evolution of a HS Strength Coach

Doug Curtin 23 Sep 2019

A HS Football Coach is often tasked with the extra responsibility of also being the school’s strength coach. See how Malach Radigan embraced the life of HS Strength Coach!

A Coach’s Communication

Doug Curtin 16 Sep 2019

There are a million options for communication. Strength Coach Emily Plucker uses face-to-face interaction, PLT4M, and social media to spread the word about S+C!

Kickstarting a High School Strength Program: 6 Steps to Success

Doug Curtin 19 Jul 2019

Two years ago, Devin Wendel, was given the role as Athletic Director and Activities Coordinator where he was tasked with building a new high school strength program from the ground up.

Athletic Directors & Weight Rooms: Leading the Strength Training Initiative

Doug Curtin 07 Jun 2019

For Tara James, Athletic Director at Providence Christian, she knew for their Athletic Department to prosper, she had to change things from the top down. Her goal was to offer a unified approach to strength training amongst all sports, and boost year round participation.

Multi-Grade PE: Controlling the Chaos

Doug Curtin 26 Apr 2019

Teaching fitness and weight training to a class of mixed-grades and abilities is quite the challenge. Glenwood High School needed to find a way to provide individualized weight training for every student within one class period.

Technology in the Weight Room: Friend or Foe?

Doug Curtin 16 Apr 2019

For Head Strength Coach, Cody Sexton, using excel to manage his training just wasn’t cutting it. He was spending his weekends manually updating 100’s of tabs in excel. He knew there had to be an easier way to train his athletes—which led him to PLT4M.

From “Gym” Class to Physical Education

Doug Curtin 23 Mar 2022

For decades, “Gym Class” became associated with a school subject looked at with pity and derision. Instead of hard work and self-empowerment, it was the class to skip, the one less important than “academic” subjects. Here’s how Jeff Drake, PE Teacher at Hightstown, and his industrious team of teachers, set out to rewrite the curriculum.