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PSTS Disciple, Willekes, Wins Burlsworth Trophy

Last week long-time PowerStrength Disciple, Kenny Willekes (MSU, NorthPointe), won the Burlsworth Trophy awarded to the nation’s best player who started their career as a walk-on. This award exemplifies humble beginnings and the complacency kills mindset – and we’re very proud to have a front-row seat to Kenny’s journey! As you know, it’s not an […]

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Improving power for College Football

Billy (Rockford alum) is getting explosive! Billy has been training at PowerStrength for years and this summer he stepped it up a notch. He is going to return to Taylor this fall prepared for football season. Billy lives 40+mins away from the gym in the summer. He also works a construction job, and still prioritizes his […]

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Football lineman gets faster, gains 15lbs

Athlete of the Month was earned by Michael Momber of Hudsonville! Michael is a football player and has been training at PSTS since November of last year. Since the end of football season, Michael has dropped his 10-yard split more than a tenth of a second, increased his broad jump 17 inches, and increased his […]

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Developed into Division 1 football player

April Athlete of the Month was earned by an incoming freshman at BGSU, Luke Harmon (GR Catholic Central)! Luke has truly developed since training at PowerStrength. Luke has been training with us for over 3 years. Since he’s started, he’s accomplished his goal of earning a Division 1 football scholarship! After football season ended, Luke […]

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Committed athlete going to D1 school!

Athlete of the Month was earned by longtime, committed athlete, Spencer Hulst of South Christian! Spencer first started training at PowerStrength over 3 years ago. Back then he would drive over 30mins to the gym! He is part of our Advanced Premier program and has trained 3-4x/week during the off-season. Since the end of football, […]

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Football Athlete gains 20 pounds and gets faster!

Athlete of the Month was earned by Alex Karas of Rockford! Alex trained 3x/week this winter in our Premier group and his results have been outstanding. He gained nearly 20 pounds while becoming faster, stronger, and a more durable athlete! He added 30 push-ups to his PR, gained 4 chin-ups, and added 4” to his broad […]

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Football player adds pounds to bench press and gets faster!

Athlete of the Month was earned by Adam Gill of FHN! Adam first came to us a year ago looking to get bigger and faster. He trained through his baseball season and the summer for his senior football season. In the last 3-months Adam stepped it up – he trained 3x/week in our Premier group […]

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Football Players Earn College Opportunities

The annual The National Signing Day Event took place on February 6th at Celebration Cinema for local athletes who are going on to play college football. Hosted by ESPN 96.1, this annual event is always a special day for West Michigan athletes. Even with the early signing period that happens in December now, it’s a […]

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Earning the College Football Dream

The Beginning In the summer of 2013 we would make weekly trips to the local field with our college and high school athletes for our speed sessions. 25 athletes would be stretched across the entire field as they drilled technique and sprinted fast. The turf was hot, and the sun would slowly creep back behind […]

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Kenny Willekes, PSTS Disciple, Sparks Revival of Division I Football Program

Kenny Willekes first walked into PowerStrength days after his sophomore football season ended. He was a skinny, wide-eyed kid who wanted to get better by any means – this was back in 2012. When he first started training he was a maniac as he tried to keep up with older, stronger athletes. Months later, he […]

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