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Strength & Conditioning
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 The aim of the WAIS Strength & Conditioning service is to provide institute athletes training facilities and individual training programs designed to maximise their athletic potential and performance. The Strength and Conditioning staff provide specialised training programs for strength, power, endurance and injury prevention and rehabilitation. These programs are supervised to ensure maximal training effectiveness, and are monitored via regular assessment of strength and power.
Crucial to the performance of Strength & Conditioning is the ability to integrate the expertise of a number of professional providers to ensure that every component of the athletes training program is integrated and working towards maximising the athletes' performance at competition.
Ideally located within the same facility, Strength & Conditioning staff combine with the sports head coach, biomechanists, physiologists and psychologists to provide a complete service to the athlete. In the area of sports medicine, the Strength & Conditioning staff liaise closely with some of Perth’s leading sports physicians and physiotherapists to assist athletes overcome and prevent injury.
What's in the gym?
The WAIS strength and conditioning facility was specifically built to cater for the elite athlete and as such does not look like a conventional public facility. It is designed for strength and power development and is primarily equipped with free weight exercises. The machine exercises that are available have been modified to suit the wide range of athletes that use them – from junior gymnasts to elite basketballers. Extra heavy weight stacks, increased range of motion, additional safety features and further adjustments are a few of the modifications that were necessary.
The facility contains two lifting platforms for the performance of the more advanced technical and power orientated exercises which allow for weights to be dropped.
The weights used on the platforms are of world class standard (Eleiko) and are one of only two brands that are ratified by the International Olympic Committee to be used at the Olympic Games.
Technology also features in the facility in an effort to provide athletes with real time feedback on their performance. Several of the pieces of equipment have been instrumented and linked up to computer feedback software designed at the institute. These systems are used by the athlete during training to ensure they work at maximal intensity, and, during testing to monitor their adaptation and progress throughout the year. Additional feedback occurs via video filming of athletes during their training sessions to monitor technique and provide reinforcement of safe movement patterns.
Staff
There is currently two full-time and one part-time Strength and Conditioning staff members at WAIS. Between them, they are responsible for the design, implementation and supervision of strength and conditioning programs and provide programming and supervision for athletes associated with the institute. In addition to servicing their respective sports, the coaches are further responsible for continually evaluating scientific knowledge relating to strength and conditioning and where relevant provide education to coaches, athletes and other staff on its implications for training and performance.
Gilman Barnitt (Full-Time)
Strength & Conditioning Scientist
Gil is specifically responsible for individual and squad athletes in a multitude of sports, including athletics, cycling, hockey, swimming and the national women’s hockey squads. He is also responsible for the management of the WAIS strength and conditioning facility.
Greg Morgan (Full-Time)
Strength & Conditioning Supervisor
Greg graduated with an Honours in Sport Science from Edith Cowan University in 2001. He is primarily responsible for individual and squad athletes in an array of sports, including netball, men’s and women’s water polo, softball and triathlon. He is also responsible for the maintenance of the WAIS strength and conditioning facility.
Geish Hori (Part-Time)
Strength Coach
Geish is currently completing his PhD in Strength and Conditioning at Edith Cowan University investigating power outputs during Olympic lifting. His main responsibilities are to the WAIS rowing, swimming and hockey programs.
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