There\u2019s working out and then there\u2019s training for peak performance. Steve Lidstone\u2019s job will be to focus on the latter.<\/p>\n
The strength and conditioning co-ordinator is leaving McMaster University to join Brock\u2019s Department of Athletics and Recreation, where he will head up the new High Performance Centre scheduled to open next month.<\/p>\n
The 3,000-square-foot facility is being built inside Brock\u2019s Gym 2, where it will house state-of-the-art strength, conditioning and training equipment meant to get athletes from inside and outside Brock into top form.<\/p>\n
Lidstone said the top priority for the centre will be varsity athletes, but it will also be available to Brock staff, other student-athletes, and Kinesiology students who will use the space to learn about high-performance training.<\/p>\n
The new centre will also have a significant community impact with the doors open to Niagara-based sports teams. It will follow a similar blueprint to the high performance centre at McMaster.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will use the free times around our varsity athletes to allow for school groups, local hockey or soccer or basketball teams to just come in and train with us over a long term to develop athletes within their systems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Lidstone brings an impressive background of high performance training with him to Brock. He has served as a strength and conditioning co-ordinator, athletic therapist and lecturer in the school of kinesiology at McMaster for the past nine years, heading up a team of three strength and conditioning coaches and more than 40 student volunteers. He has also consulted and worked as part of strength and conditioning teams for Canada\u2019s national teams in hockey, basketball, trampoline and waterskiing. Through McMaster\u2019s high performance centre, Lidstone has worked with numerous professional athletes and 12 of the school\u2019s varsity teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the trajectory that Brock Athletics and Recreation is taking, this is a great opportunity for Brock to have Steve join us based on his successes,\u201d said Neil Lumsden, Director Athletics and Recreation.<\/p>\n
Rather than competing with The Zone, Brock\u2019s existing fitness centre, Lidstone said the two facilities will compliment each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Zone is mostly for students and community who aren\u2019t as interested in what I would call high-level, periodization-based training that requires a certain type of program and assessment. Those will be the pieces that will separate the two,\u201d he said. \u201cThe type of training and the equipment we will use will be much different than what you\u2019ll see in the Zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan is for us to enhance the student-athlete experience at Brock and it fits nicely into our overall plan into where our athletics and recreation is headed,\u201d Lumsden said, adding the new centre and Lidstone\u2019s expertise will help the varsity teams be more competitive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been proven by other universities that making this available to the student-athletes significantly enhances their fitness and performance levels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy background is unique because I combine both athletic therapy and strength and conditioning to work with athletes in order to ensure that they\u2019re healthy, but also performing at a high level,\u201d Lidstone said. \u201cI\u2019ve worked with several integrated support teams, so I\u2019m aware of how important it is to collaborate with coaches, therapists, nutritionists and sport psychologists to make sure we\u2019re giving our athletes the complete package of support.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no set date for the High Performance Centre to open, as it will depend on the arrival of equipment and the training of staff who will run the centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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