How do you push the Lobo football team’s strength and flexibility to the limit? Give them Pilates classes led by a dancer. This August, dance Professor Jennifer Predock-Linnell has tested the Lobos endurance during stretch and strengthening classes at the Indoor Practice Facility. Coach Rocky Long joined in on the last day, keeping pace with the players.
Predock-Linnell teaches an intensive Pilates-based course, Dance 204 – Stretch and Strength, for three weeks during the summer. She’s had a few football players in the class over the years, but with 20 Lobos in this summer’s group, “the coach got wind of it,” she said.
As a result of the course’s popularity among athletes, Predock-Linnell was invited to lead stretching exercises for the football team. The sessions wrapped up just before the start of the fall semester.
Posted by scarr at August 25, 2008 11:50 AM