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Conditioning Equipment
MAXIMIZING CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE
A TOP-RATED WEIGHT ROOM
" We wanted something that was
going to be high-quality and was
also going to last us a long time. "
design patterns on how we could do it. "
Coach Fabrizio explained that Lee County wanted a
Five years ago, Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia
worked with Dynamic Fitness & Strength to equip their
new 9,000 square foot weight room. How has their weight
room-named a MaxPreps top weight room in the country
in September of 2020-held up after all this time?
Back in 2016, Lee County High School's old weight
room could handle around 35 students at a time. Their
strength training program was solid, but the limitations in
size and scope crimped their efficiency.
When construction was approved on a new 9,000
square foot weight room space with connecting offices
and new locker room, they had a couple years to shop
around for the right strength equipment manufacturer
to build the ultimate weight room for them. " We wanted
something that was going to be high-quality and was also
going to last us a long time, " Head Football Coach Dean
Fabrizio said.
" We realized you don't always get this opportunity to
build and outfit a brand-new state-of-the-art weight room
like the one we have, and we knew we had to get it right, "
Coach Fabrizio explained. " We did a ton of research on
just about every company we could see because this was
such a big project. We needed something that was going
to last us a long time and something that was going to
hold up and look good over the years as well. "
It was late in the game when Coach Fabrizio and his
team connected with Dynamic Fitness & Strength. They
learned everything they could about the company, their
process, and investigated their equipment thoroughly.
" We decided to go with Dynamic for their product-the
reasonable cost, and the quality. "
During the planning process, Coach Fabrizio said the
Dynamic team worked with Lee County's coaching staff on
the design and functionality of the weight room layout, which
ended up being a huge help to their program. " That's where
Dynamic did such a good job-they kept sending us different
high-functioning weight room that optimized efficiency
and emphasized working together as a team. " We chose
to go with a circular design where everybody can kind of
see each other and someone can logistically stand in the
middle and see everybody. "
In the summer of 2021, their new room saw all their teams
from football, wrestling and baseball, as well as the cheerleaders
using the equipment-250-plus students in the room
each day. This became the biggest adjustment for them in
running their strength training program-tripling the number
of athletes in the room at any one time. The flexibility this
new room as allowed them, in addition to having a clear
view of the room from their offices, has made a big difference
in maximizing their program's success. " It's allowed
us to be a lot more efficient with our time, " Fabrizio said,
" and much easier to keep the weight room open for students
to access. "
The new weight room has also been a big motivation for
the students. " When you have a beautiful weight room like
this, kids want to be in there, " Coach Fabrizio said. " The
neat thing is, kids come back to town from college when
they get a break and they're coming here to lift because
the facility's so nice. "
As of July of 2021, since having their new weight room
installed, Lee County High School football team's record
is 52-6 with 2 state championships and 1 state runner-up.
Just how their new weight room had anything to do with
that, who knows, but one thing is certain-it's where
champions train.
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