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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 […]

Jake Bull first stepped foot into PowerStrength 5 years ago as a high school senior. He was a 6’5 225lb athlete who played football, basketball, and baseball for the Hudsonville Eagles. His focus turned to football where he was a standout TE/DE and was offered a scholarship to a small D2 school – Hillsdale College. […]

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 […]

We have had the opportunity to train Cornerstone University’s volleyball team for the last 7 off-seasons. The team trains with us 3 days a week throughout the winter and spring, and many of the local girls train with us over their summer off-season.   The seniors this year have an obscene career win-loss record of […]

The football off-season is starting, while others are in the middle of a playoff push. We have had football athletes flooding back to the gym to begin their off-season programs. We wanted to re-cap and highlight a few headlines from some of our most dedicated football athletes this past season. The links to the articles […]

Jose Torres worked incredibly hard this summer, and is reaping the rewards of his labor! He first started training when he was an underclassmen and has worked himself into a solid two-sport athlete! In 2-months he gained 5lbs of muscle and added 2-inches to his vertical jump! Keep up the great work! Read more at […]

Well-deserved recognition about a young man who would never seek it for himself! Check out this awesome article about Domenic Stornant. Dom has put in the work and prepared himself for any opportunity that comes his way. In addition to his team workouts, he has put in extra training at PowerStrength 2-3x per week over […]

Instilling strength into the next generation of youth athletes is one of the best things we do. We’re not shy about this because the impact we have seen is too great to keep quiet. We hold our HS and college athletes responsible for this as well and they do a great job of providing positive […]

July Athlete of the Month at the North gym goes to our man Ethan! Ethan is one of those guys who simply gets it done. After this summer of training he’s up 20lbs of body weight, added 50lbs to his squat, 60lbs to his deadlift, and 20lbs to his bench! He’s running and jumping better […]

The stuff our Director of Youth Development, Cam White, and the crew have been doing with the youth of West Michigan is game-changing! We currently have a speed and agility camp going on now! We have fun learning not only about training and being a better athlete- but how to be truly “strong” as an […]