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Sample In-Home Golf Strength & Conditioning Training Session

This sample in-home training session with our client, 4-Time Virginia State Senior Women's Golfer of the Year includes exercises targeted at improving the golfer's overall performance and reduce her risk of injury.

Shoulder Strengthening and Injury Prevention

LaRue Cook demonstrates key shoulder strengthening exercises designed to reduce injury risk and build lasting stability for athletes and active adults.

ACL Injury Prevention and Return to Play for Female Athletes

Research has shown that female athletes suffer non-contact ACL knee injuries at a rate of 3-10 times greater than their male counterparts. Our owner, LaRue Cook is a licensed and certified provider of the Sportsmetrics™ Program, a program developed in the early 1990s by Dr. Frank Noyes along with a team of other healthcare professionals, and that is recognized as the first ACL injury prevention program scientifically proven to decrease serious knee ligament injuries to female athletes. LaRue has worked with dozens of female athletes - starting as young as 10-years old and through college, to help them reduce their risk of non-contact ACL injury, or return to play after surgery and post-surgical therapy.

Concierge Training for Busy Professionals

Personalized, results-driven training designed to fit your schedule — LEC Fitness brings the workout to you.

5 Great Movement Exercises for Tennis Athletes

Our owner, LaRue Cook is a Certified Tennis Performance Trainer who has worked with tennis players of all levels including beginners, league players, tournament players, and several collegiate players including the Big Ten Freshman Player of the Year and an All-Big Ten Player.

Shoulder Stabilization Exercise for Tennis, Pickleball, Volleyball and Other Throwing or Striking Athletes

Shoulder injuries can be an unfortunate injury to throwing and striking athletes. But, they don't have to be! With proper shoulder training, you can significantly reduce your risk of shoulder injury. Shoulder stabilization is an important aspect of shoulder injury prevention. Here we demonstrate a couple of exercises targeting your shoulders to help.

We R Athletes

Our owner LaRue Cook has dedicated his over 30-year training career to assisting female athletes of all ages to improve their performance, in their chosen sport, through safe, effective, research-based exercise programming and training. In 2011, LaRue produced a short documentary film on the importance of strength and conditioning for female athletes, and how such training not only helps these athletes on their chosen field of play, but how also the increased confidence built through their training also shows itself in the classroom, boardroom and in other aspects of their lives. Click on the photo link shown here to see this film.

Tennis and Other Sports Performance Articles authored by LaRue Cook

LaRue Cook, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist has authored a number of published pieces dealing with Strength and Conditioning and Performance for Tennis, Basketball, Golf, Pickleball, Softball, Volleyball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Field Hockey and more. LaRue has also authored a Continuing Education course for other certified fitness professionals. Here is just a small sampling of a few of his published articles.

Rennae Stubbs

Pro tennis legend Rennae Stubbs speaks on the importance of tennis-specific strength and conditioning for tennis players of all levels.

Paul Annacone Speaks on the Importance of Tennis Conditioning

Paul Annacone, tennis professional and tennis coach, thanks LaRue for his work in Tennis Strength and Conditioning.

Strength and Conditioning for Sports Performance LEC Fitness, LLC provides research-based strength and conditioning services to athletes participating in a wide-variety of sports and at all levels. Our owner, LaRue Cook has extensive experience working with athletes from all sports and has served as Consulting Head Strength and Conditioning Coach to Shepherd University's athletic department consisting of 11 Men's and 11 Women's athletic teams.

LEC Fitness - Your Health is Our Business™ LEC Fitness was established in 1993.  We have worked with 100s of clients from all walks of life and with a wide-variety of fitness and health goals and challenges.  Our motto is "Your Health is Our Business," and it more than a slogan, it represents the detailed attention that we provide to your fitness needs and goals.