News and Events Blog

New Athletic Republic IE video on YouTube!

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:58:00 GMT

Last night was the debut of our new video. The video shows AR Athletes training on our state-of-the-art equipment. Our Director of Training, Eliseo Cabildo gives you a tour through our facility to show you what goes on in each area. Highlights include our Super Treadmill, Plyo Press, Pro Multi Hip, and Plyo Platform. The video also features Nike Sensory Training, Nike Strobe Goggles, the ProBatter machine, and SoloSpike. Hope you enjoy the video and share it with AR Athletes worldwide!

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Athletic Republic Summer of Speed

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:50:00 GMT

Summer training provides athletes the opportunity to accelerate their skills, improve their conditioning and create a competitive advantage for summer sports, for select team try-outs and for their return to the field, court or ice to compete this fall. Athletic Republic's “Summer of Speed” training program combines an evidence-based training approach with an individualized, flexible plan to help every athlete get the most out their summer training.

The Summer of Speed program was designed to follow our industry-leading Test-Teach-Train™ approach to help athletes of all ages improve their speed, stamina, power, agility and sensory skills. Athletes who sign-up for the Summer of Speed receive a complimentary T-Shirt (while supplies last) and are encouraged to enter the Summer of Speed sweepstakes. Come in to Athletic Republic Inland Empire today to sign up!

Completing a typical 6 week / 20 session training program, players realize the following results:

0.2 – 0.4 seconds decrease in 40-yard-dash time (equates to 6-10’ of separation)

50% improvement in rate of recovery

20% gain in leg strength (peak force and power)

33% advancement in foot speed

2 - 4” increase in vertical jump

Athletic Republic IE on Dodgers Weekly

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:37:00 GMT

Fox Sports West and Fox Sports Prime Ticket came out to do a story on Athletic Republic Inland Empire's training center which was aired last week on Dodgers Weekly. Fox Sports covered Athletic Republic scientifically proven training, the ProBatter and the Nike Sensory Training (SST) and how it works. This is the second time a television network has come out to do a story on Athletic Republic IE. Enjoy this clip of the premier training center in Southern California. Athlete Up!

ATHLETE'S CHOICE AWARD

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:49:00 GMT

We're pleased to announce the addition of a new award for Facility Conference 2011 - the Athlete's Choice Award.

We've made our nominations for Trainer of the Year. Now it's time for athletes to make theirs. Who is the best trainer in the network according to those we train? Let's find out. Athletes from Athletic Republic centers across the country asked for it and we're answering.

The winner will be the Trainer who receives the most votes on Twitter between now and Friday, September 23 at 11:59 pm. To be eligible, the tweet must contain the corporate Twitter handle @AthRepublic and #AthletesChoice in addition to the Trainer's full name and the name of the Training Center where he/she works.

There's more than bragging rights at stake. The Trainer receiving the most votes will win a free admission to Facility Conference AND a $100 gift card to the Nike Employee Store in Portland, OR.

Winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 27. Follow Athletic Republic IE as well @ARInlandEmpire

Owner Darrel Barnes Nominated for Founder's Award

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:33:00 GMT

The entire staff at Athletic Republic Inland Empire would like to congratulate our own Owner and Master Trainer Darrel Barnes on being nominated for this years Athletic Republic Founder's Award. He was one of 4 nominees out of all 160 training centers worldwide. The Founder's award honors the person that best displays traits that founder John Frappier had when he started the company and helped it grow. Darrel was named Master Trainer, the highest level, of Athletic Republic in 2009. The winner of the Founder's award will be announced at the Facility Conference being held at Nike Headquarters in early October.

Check out Daimion Stafford in this video!

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:53:00 GMT

Watch this video of Athletic Republic IE athlete Daimion Stafford as he puts a hard hit on the Chatanooga running back in Yesterday's win for Nebraska. Daimion is a Junior Safety for Nebraska and was making his first career start for the Huskers after transfering from Chaffey College. Daimion has been training with us since his days at Norco High School and we are very happy to see him flying around the field on Saturdays. Check out #3 in this clip!

Athlete Up!

Athletic Republic IE Football players have success in week one

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:18:00 GMT

Athletic Republic Inland Empire football players had a great first week of the season in both High School and College Football. The staff would like to honor those who recieved attention by publications for week one.

In High School Football Larry Cutbirth, Quarterback at Etiwanda High School was the standout of the week. Larry completed 15 out of 20 pass attempts for a total of 194 yards and also had 4 touchdowns in a 49-36 win over Summit High School. Cutbirth's main target was another Athletic Republic athlete Raphael Barr who had 5 receptions for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns. Stephen Johnson, Quarterback at Los Osos High School completed 11 of 14 pass atempts for 180 yards and 3 touchdowns while his teammate and longtime Athletic Republic athlete Koa Labonta scored a touchdown and Los Osos reciever Steven Herber had 4 catches for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns. Upland High School quarterback Nate Romine was perfect completing 6 of 6 pass attempts for 188 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Highlanders defeated San Bernardino 63-14. Lastly, two Chino Hills football players and Athletic Republic IE athletes, Quaterback Andrew Chavez and Reciever Jack Austin connected for 3 touchdowns together as Chino Hills lost a close game 36-34 to Bear Creek High School.

It was an exciting week of College Football for Athletic Republic IE athletes as many of them began their first season in NCAA football. There were two standout Athletic Repuublic quarterbacks that played very well. Nebraska's Taylor Martinez ran for 135 yards and scored 3 touchdowns and also was 11 of 16 for 116 passing yards to lead Nebraska over Chatanooga. UCLA fought but lost to Houston and quarterback Richard Brehaut stepped in and completed 17 of 26 passes for 264 yards and had 87 rushing yards with a total of 3 touchdowns.

Many defensive players had great games as well and it was an exciting week of football. There were many more Athletic Republic athletes who were not mentioned here who also played well and we look forward to mentioning their names in the coming weeks. Each week we will update how our athletes do in their games and highlight those who recieve national and local attention by publications.

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Stay up to date on how the Athletic Republic IE Athletes do!

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:17:00 GMT

The staff at Athletic Republic Inland Empire will be updating our Twitter feed regularly with how our athletes do now that many of our athletes are starting their seasons. Look out for the hashtag #ARAthlete to see those that excelled on the field. The Daily Bulletin newspaper runs a "Friday Night's Best" for High School football and each week we will post on our Twitter the athletes that made it. Each Saturday we will also try to stay up to date on how our many college players do. We will also be keeping the blog running to let everyone know how proud we are of the athlete's accomplishments. Follow us on Twitter! Follow @ARInlandEmpire

10 Athletic Republic IE athletes named to All-Inland Valley Preseason team

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:19:00 GMT

Ten Athletic Republic Inland Empire football players were named to the Preseason All-Inland valley team. There were 5 on offense and 5 on defense. The players honored were:

Offense
Larry Cutbirth, Quaterback, Senior, Etiwanda High School
Jamaal Williams, Running Back, Senior, Summit High School
Logan Tracey, Tight End, Senior, Damien
Dylan LaFrentz, Offensive line, Senior, Los Osos High School
Nick Enriquez, Offensive line, Senior, Chino Hills High School

Defense
Zach Beard, Defensive line, Senior, Los Osos High School
Alex Hernandez, Defensive line, Senior, Damien High School
Bryan Harper, Defensive back, Senior, Colony High School
Toure Boyd, Defensive back, Senior, Rancho Cucamonga High School
Koa Labonta, Utility, Senior, Los Osos High School

Congratulations to these players named and we look forward to watching them and all of our other High School football players playing under the Friday night lights starting this week.

Athletic Republic IE to appear on Fox Sports West!

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:19:00 GMT

Fox Sports West came out to Rancho Cucamonga to film a featured story on Athletic Republic Inland Empire. They covered the Athletic Republic scientifically proven training including our Super Treadmill, Plyo Press and how we use our equipment to make a better athlete. Fox also filmed our Nike SST training and Nike Vapor Strobes training to show how we are able to make a better athlete by making them better visually. Lastly, they filmed our ProBatter and how baseball players can use it to become a better hitter by giving yourself live at bats. This is the second time Athletic Republic IE has had a TV network come out, the first was KCAL 9 a few years ago and we are proud to say we are the only training center to have two TV Networks do a featured story on our facility and training. The story will begin to air Friday September 9th and will air through the week on Fox Sports West, Fox Sports Prime Ticket, and Channel 13 KCOP. It will be shown after sporting events and on Postgame shows.

Open House for SGV Arsenal a great success!

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:27:00 GMT

Yesterday the staff at Athletic Republic Inland Empire held an open house for the entire San Gabriel Valley Arsenal baseball program. There was a great turnout of baseball players as they prepare for the fall schedule with the SGV Arsenal. Each player was able to experience a little bit of everything at our facility including our Super Tredmill, Plyo Platform, Plyo Press, they were all able to hit on our ProBatter and use the Nike Vapor Strobes. We also held a drawing and 3 players got a free Nike SST vision assesment. Athletic Republic is pleased to work with the SGV Arsenal and have had many elite players from the program including recently drafted Ricky Oropesa. We look forward to many more years of training Arsenal players. Athlete UP!

New Video featuring Nike Vapor Strobes and SST Kiosk

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:25:00 GMT

Athletic Republic Inland Empire is pleased to offer to our athletes an exclusive look at our Nike Vapor Strobes and the SST Kiosk. In this video athletes can see what we use our Vapor Strobes for and how they will help you slow the game down. Also the video shows our Nike SST Kiosk, Athletic Republic IE has one of only nine of these Kiosks in the world and is excited to bring this type of training to Southern California. Hope you enjoy the video. Athlete Up!

Athletic Republic IE teams up with Dr. Bronson Hamada

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:33:00 GMT

Athletic Republic Inland Empire has teamed up with Dr. Bronson Hamada of Surf City Optometry to offer the best combination that the Nike Sparq Sensory Training has to offer. Dr. Hamada is one of the leaders in sports vision and sensory training. He is currently working with Nike with there Nike SPARQ Sensory Training System. Together we will work with teams and individuals seeking to gain the competitive edge. An assessment on our Nike SST Kiosk is first needed to see where you rank with the elite athletes in their vision and sensory capabilities. Once the assesment is finished the program will give you a protocol to follow which will help improve your vision and senses. This new team of Athletic Republic and Dr. Hamada is pleased to offer this one of a kind program from the two best in their respective fields. Call in today to set up your vision and sensoy assesment.

Athletic Republic IE works with Nike Vapor Strobes

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:36:00 GMT

The Nike Vapor Strobe improves athletic performance by enhancing visual skills such as focus, attention, anticipation, reaction, visualization, balance, stability, and peripheral vision. Sensory training gives players a competitive advantage so they are able to react faster and make better plays in critical situations.

Historically, translating improvements in visual skills to the field has been quite challenging. The Nike Vapor Strobes provide a great way to challenge key visual skills and dynamic balance while performing nearly any sports movement. Taking vision training to the field is truly is a step forward in improving sports performance.

Athletic Republic is very excited to add Strobe training to our science-based programs. Like all our training programs, the Nike Vapor Strobe is based on solid sport-science. We are proud to have been selected by Nike to work on their Nike-SPARQ Sensory Training project—of which use of the Vapor Strobe is just one element. The Nike Vapor Strobe eyewear has been in pilot testing with a few of our centers for the past 18 months. We are excited to finally have the product available in all our training centers. The results have been nothing short of amazing when combined with our proven performance sports training programs.

The Nike Vapor Strobe eyewear is based on 30 years of research and development by Nike’s Global Director of Vision Sciences, Dr. Alan Reichow. Dr Reichow’s ground-breaking work in vision science has helped some of the world’s best athletes. The Nike Vapor Strobe is a remarkable product that will help athletes drastically improve their performance.

Athletic Republic IE football players prepare for camp

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:03:00 GMT

Athletic Republic IE would like to wish our college football athletes the best of luck as they begin to start camp this week. Many college football players worked extremely hard this summer to improve their skills and Unlevel The Playing Field. Here are just a few of our athletes that are expected to make a huge impact for their teams this upcoming season.

Dallas Kelley
USC, Junior
Linebacker

Kelley will compete to get into the linebacker playing rotation as a junior in 2011 after transferring to USC from Chaffey Junior College. Dallas has been training with us since he was a Junior at Norco High School and in his time with Athletic Republic IE he has seen dramatic decreases in his 40 yard dash and his power. We are very proud of Dallas for all of his hard work and look forward to watching him this year.

Anthony Brown
USC, Redshirt Freshman
Cornerback

Brown will battle for playing time at cornerback as a redshirt freshman in 2011. Anthony began to train with us during his Junior year at Kaiser High School and saw his 40 yard dash drop to a 4.75 after running a 4.99 when he started. While at Kaiser Anthony's awards included Prep Star All-American, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Max Preps All-State Division I first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State third team, All-CIF Eastern Division first team, Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Riverside second team and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Inland Valley MVP.

Richard Brehaut
UCLA, Junior
Quarterback

Richard will compete for the starting quarterback spot this Fall after coming on to start the final six contests of the 2010 season. Brehaut began to train with us when he was a Sophomore at Los Osos High School. During the first session with us he was able to drop 2 tenths (0.2) off of his 40 yard dash and has dropped more time since. A highly regarded recruit out of high school, Richard was an Under Armour All American. He also began to train with Athletic Republic when he decided to play baseball at UCLA this past spring along with football.

Josh Shirley
Washington, Redshirt Freshman
Defensive End

Josh will be starting at a created position made for him called "rusher" this season at Washington. Prior to training with us before his junior year at Kaiser High School Josh ran a 40 yard dash laser time of 4.86 and afterwards was running a 4.53. Shirley was named the Defensive MVP of the Sunkist League and co-Defensive Player of the Year of the CIF Southern Section Eastern Division during his time at Kaiser. We are looking froward to seeing Josh use his speed and size this season.

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
Oregon, Freshman
Cornerback

Ifo will be starting at cornerback as a true freshman for the Ducks. After several training sessions with us for threee years through Chino Hills High School, Ifo was able to drop his 40 yard dash to an outstanding 4.38 laser time. He was named All-CIF his senior year and we are looking forward to him playing for Oregon as they try to defend thier PAC 12 title. Read more on Ifo in our Athlete Spotlight.

Tony Washington
Oregon, Redshirt Freshman
Defensive End

Tony began training with us while at Los Osos High School. In addition to the drop in time just as our other athletes, tony also raised his vertical leap to 27 inches which was fourth among Oregon defenders. While at Los Osos Tony was named San Bernardino Prep Sports All-Baseline Defensive MVP, All CIF, and All Baseline League First team. Congratulations to Tony as he continues to excel while doing Athletic Republic sessions.

We wish these athletes and our other football players as they begin their camps to start the season. Other schools to which our athletes go are, Fresno State, Nebraska, San Jose State, Arizona State, Stanford, Northwestern, and San Diego State among others. We have many at Division 2, Division 3, and NAIA schools as well. We look forward to seeing all our athletes excel and remember to Athlete UP!