Athletic Conditioning Center: NY Times article supports Coach Goldenberg's post on women & knee injuries

Sunday 27 March 2011

NY Times article supports Coach Goldenberg's post on women & knee injuries

Last week I posted an article about women and knee injuries and the issues they face. Well the NY Times followed that up with an excellent article titled For Women in Sports, ACL Injuries Take Toll On Sunday March 27th in their sports section.

Strength Training, Bootcamps, Post Physio Rehab for women have to be addressed in a different way. What works for the boys will not work for girls.

Lorne Goldenberg Profile

Award-winning strength and conditioning coach and best-selling author, Lorne Goldenberg, is the owner of The Athletic Conditioning Center (ACC) and Strength Tek Fitness & Wellness Consultants, a corporate fitness chain that provides wellness and fitness to over 20,000 people in North America. He holds an honours degree in Physical Education from the University of Ottawa and is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP) through the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology.

Sought out by professional and prospective players in the NHL, CFL and OHL, Lorne brings over 20 years of experience of training athletes at a high performance level. As strength coach for the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, Lorne was instrumental in preparing the team for its long playoff run in 2010. Throughout his distinguished career, Lorne has also worked with the Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators, Ottawa Rough Riders, St.Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks, Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Windsor Spitfires, Owen Sound Attack, Ottawa 67’s and the University of Ottawa Football Team. NHLers Daniel Alfredsson, Daniel Briere, Corey Stillman, Zach Bogosian, Jeff Skinner and Matt Bradley are just a few who seek out his expertise. In 2009, Lorne joined former client Gary Roberts in his new pro hockey training business in Uxbridge Ont, where the client list includes Steven Stamkos, Mike DelZotto, Steve Downie and 23 other NHL and OHL players.

In addition to co-authoring the best-selling book Strength Ball Training, published by Human Kinetics, Lorne has had a numerous articles published in journals and magazines such as Men’s Journal, Physical, and Ironman. Strength Ball Training, co authored by Peter Twist, is now in its 2nd edition and has sold over 70,000 copies worldwide, and has recently been translated into Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

As a conference presenter Lorne has established himself as one of the key sources for the major fitness and health conferences in North America. He has presented for such organizations as Hockey Night in Canada, Can Fit Pro, American Fitness Professionals & Associates, Dalhousie and Yale University, National Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, Twist Conditioning, Perform Better and IDEA

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Sunday 27 March 2011

NY Times article supports Coach Goldenberg's post on women & knee injuries