Chippewa Champions Center Weight Room

QUICK FACTS

Official Name: Chippewa Champions Center Weight Room
Date Opened: September, 2020
Location: Chippewa Champions Center Basement on the Central Michigan University Campus
Address: 2400 E Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858
Square Footage: 7,000
Cost: $22 million (entire Chippewa Champions Center)

THE FACILITY

Located adjacent to the Central Michigan Football Lockerroom and Athletic Training Room and within steps of Kelly/Shorts Stadium and CMU's Turf Bay, the 7,000 square foot Chippewa Champions Center weight room is one of the nation’s nicest and newest of its kind. Already the facility has made an enormous impact on offseason strength and conditioning as Central Michigan football players have a dedicated space to workout at anytime during the day. Softball, Women's Golf and Men's Golf also use the facility.

Boasting 7,000-square feet of strength and workout space, the Chippewas Champions Center Weight Room has everything a student-athlete could ask for. The room is filled with the latest state-of-the-art equipment featuring 5,000 pounds of free weights, 14 UCF half racks with platforms, two full sets of Columbia branded dumbbells (10-150 pounds each), along with a variety of other machines designed to help each individual student-athlete improve.

AMENITIES

7,000 square foot, state-of-the art human performance center focused on the growth and development of our student-athletes
Two fuel stations to accommodate the pre and post workout nutrition needs of nearly 500 student-athletes
Football Strength and Conditioning Staff Offices
Six Combo Racks with weights ranging from 2.5 pounds to 45 pounds, outfitted with Olympic power bars, swiss bar/football bar with several attachments including chain resistance
Six Individual racks with jammer arm attachments. Each rack is accompanied by blast strap attachments
Fitness conditioning area featuring several machines from rowers to air bikes, several PLYOmetric boxes, 10-30 pound medicine balls
12 Trap Bars/Hex Bars
Several Safety Spot Bars
Six Kaiser Machines
Two sets of dumbbell racks, each ranging from 10-150 pounds, accompanying the dumbbell racks are level Kettlebells (16-48 kg.)
Finisher Flip Sleds
Four-way Neck Machines, several push and towing sled equipment for speed, agility, and conditioning
One Pit Shark Machines
Area dedicated for rehabilitating athletes and return to play
Six GHR Machines
Power Plates with vibration recovery systems