Sports & PowerCranks
 If your sport involves using your legs for strength or speed, PowerCranks can help you get better. In addition, they can help you avoid injury, another key ingredient for optimum performance.
It is obvious to most that PowerCranks would be useful for cyclists but it is not so obvious that they would be useful to improve runners, strength athletes, help athletes avoid injury, and rehab the already injured. But, upon close analysis it makes sense. The running coordination is closely related to proper cycling coordination. This is clealry explained by sprinter and coach Aaron Thigpen in our running video. And, then, regarding injuries, almost every study that have looked at this has found that injuries are increased with muscle imbalances in the lower extremity. The independent nature of these cranks force all the muscles of the lower extremities to become completely balanced. The only real question is not whether we will reduce injuries but only by how much. This "forced" balancing also explains the rehabilitation advantage.
PowerCranks are now being used by the widest range of athletes from Olympic medalist marathoners, Olympic and World champion cyclists, Professional sports teams including World Series and Super Bowl winners. We have Major University football teams, track and field teams using them to enhance performance. Some of these same universities and other elite athlete rehab specialis are using them in the training room to rehabilitate athletes. And, some other coaches are using them only to prevent injuries, for instance one Div I univeristy gymnastics coach got them simply to balance his athletes to try to prevent ACL injuries. The list of potential uses goes on and on.
A partial list of professional athletes (other than the very long list of cyclists and triathletes) or teams known to be using the cranks include:
Athletes Performance, Elite rehab and performance enhancement
Baltimore Ravens, American NFL Football
Diablo Barbell, training powerlifters, extreme fighters and other elite athletes
a major International Rugby Team
Joey Galloway, American NFL Football
New York Yankees, Major League Baseball
Oakland Raiders, American NFL Football
San Francisco 49ers, American NFL Football
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, American NFL Football
Team California - USA, American Elite Distance Olympians
Universities: Arkansas, Duke, Iowa, Iowa State, Houston, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas-Arlington. and many others
Depending on your specific athletic interest, we invite you to visit the appropriate section:
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