About the Power Pull

The Power Pull is one of the most cutting-edge technologies for enhancing athletic performance. Phil Morris invented and developed the Power Pull to increase speed, endurance and explosive power. Please do not think of the Power Pull as being in the same category as a regular weight sled, tire or pushing a car. The difference between the Power Pull and these other exercises is that the Power Pull gives you continual resistance. This is the key in which the Power Pull was designed. This means that the resistance is continual throughout the workout, from an explosive start to the end of the pull.

It is unlike a sled that gets easier to pull once you overcome inertia. The round cylinder on the Power Pull creates the constant resistance. A flat surface will only support so much resistance and after that point adding weight does not greatly help. As the object begins to move, it becomes easier to pull because of the forward motion of the weight of the object. The faster you pull, the more the forward motion carries the object. Because of this, the resistance you wanted to increase your skills has become very little. Nothing such as sleds, tires, or running in sand or water gives you continual resistance like the Power Pull.

With the Power Pull you are able to concentrate on your running form, building power, speed, and endurance in a comfortable running environment. This is where you begin to build that explosive power and endurance. In just several weeks you will notice a difference. The Power Pull can be used on nearly any surface, both indoor and outdoor.

How the Power Pull Works

The Power Pull is a device that will help athletes develop speed, speed endurance and explosive power while on the move. There a lot of good machines that build strength and power on the market today, but none that can be used while the athlete is in motion. This makes the Power Pull an important device to have because it allows the athlete to train strength, while at the same time neurologically programming the muscles to use this strength in the coordinated muscle patterns used in sprinting and other athletic movements.


Variable Resistance

The Power Pull's unique design allows you to change resistance quickly and accurately. You can use it outdoors or indoors. It has an internal braking system that makes it's use much safer than an ordinary sled. You simply adjust the dial to the number of resistance that you desire for that athlete. This makes the Power Pull very simple to use in a group setting. No heavy weights to load and unload, which wastes a lot of time. Simply unhook the pull cable from one of the athlete and attach it to another athlete, and adjust the dial to the appropriate resistance for that athlete.

The ability to change resistance quickly is a key feature:

• You can dial in light resistance to practice full speed running form
• You can dial heavier resistance to stimulate strength and power

You can do this with ease in a group in which you have different training objectives for different members of the group. If you do not have more than one harness or belt, the simple adjusting harness can switched quickly from one athlete to another.


Use It Indoors or Outdoors

The Power Pull is convenient because you do not to depend on the weather to use it. If it's nice outside you can use outdoors on a grass field, track or parking lot surface. If the weather is not so nice outside, the Power Pull works great on indoor surfaces. The Power Pull has a special non-marking surface that will not harm gymnasium floors. Simply wipe off the tread with a damp towel after using it outside to clean off any dust, and you are ready to use it indoors.


The Power Pull is Safer

The Power Pull is safer than most conventional sleds because of its braking system. As the athlete exerts force on the machine the brake is released. The round drum allows for consistent resistance during exercise. Once the athlete stops exerting force on the machine, the internal braking system kicks in and slows the machine down to prevent its momentum from rolling over the athlete.


Testimonials for the Power Pull

Dear Phil, I am so excited about your Power Pull Machine. This is what I have been looking for in my coaching career over the last 20 years. I have used old tires, and weighted sleds as part of our training program and got some benefit out of them, but always knew something was missing. Now with your machine I feel like nothing is missing and that I have found the perfect tool to use to specifically mimic the start and drive phases of the sprint.

In addition to meeting the law of specificity, it also is a great tool for increasing strength, power, and surprisingly endurance also. It creates a smooth, coordinated movement while continually overloading the muscles during the entire run. I can increase or decrease the tension with a flick of a hand. Creating strength and power while also using the exact body movements as in the actual sprint is what I've been seeking and now with the Power Pull, I have what I need to help our men and women get faster, stronger, and technically more proficient all at the same time. This is a valuable part of our sprint and conditioning program. Thanks for inventing it!

Sincerely,
Joe Walker, Jr.
University of Mississippi

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Speed, Strength, Explosive Power and Speed Endurance

Speed + Strength = Power

Increased Speed + Strength = Increased Power

Speed + Increased Strength = Increased Power

Increased Speed + Increased Strength = Greater Increased Power

The House of Speed has found four main factors that athletes develop when using the Power Pull

• Speed
• Strength
• Explosive
• Power Speed Endurance

Most of our athletes developed an increase in all four areas. Some developed an increase in only one or two areas, but we have not had one athlete to date fail to improve in at least one area.

Speed
Some experts say that in order to develop speed you should not train the athlete using resistance greater than ten percent of his body weight, or it will cause the athlete to break form and actually train the muscles to contract slower. Other experts claim that form does not really have much to do with speed, stating that the only key factor is getting the foot to spend less time on the ground by training the athlete to exert more force upon the ground at contact. At the House of Speed, we try to take all the factors into account when we train our athletes. We do use resistance greater than ten percent of body weight if the athlete can maintain good form.

We like the Power Pull because it allows the athlete to the proper lean, high knee drive and pawback action - while at the same time training the athlete to exert more force upon foot contact with the ground. This teaches the athlete how to generate power while staying in a good mechanical position with the ball of the foot landing under the hip joint as it makes contact with the ground.

We then have our athletes sprint without the Power Pull so the athlete's body can get the feeling of moving faster while in a good mechanical position. This allows the body to transfer the extra strength it had to generate to pull the Power Pull into a useable power for running faster. It is similar to the technique that certain high level track athletes have used when they perform a near-max squat about ten minutes before their sprint race. The heavier resistance causes the nervous system to fire more nerve endings in the muscle at the time of contraction. Once the nervous system feels the heavy demand on the body, it gears the body to be ready for the heavy load the next time. Then when the body exerts the same force with a lighter weight, the result is a faster movement.

Strength
The Power Pull can also develop strength for running. Once the athlete reaches a plateau in his timed pulls over a specified distance, we then start increasing the resistance ever so slightly, so the athlete now covers that distance in the same time pulling more weight. This helps the athletes develop strength to handle body contact while in play and to drive through the contact.

Explosive Power
By increasing the athlete's speed or strength, or both, we have increased the athlete's overall power - which makes the athlete more explosive.

Speed Endurance
A nice side-effect of an athlete increasing the strength of the coordinated muscle patterns used in sprinting is the ability to maintain top end speed longer. We have found that the Power Pull enables athletes we train to sprint faster for a longer period of time. As other athletes are slowing down, these athletes have found that they can maintain their speed - which makes them appear faster in the fourth quarter or toward the end of a race.


Some Other Workouts Using the Power Pull

Chest
The Power Pull is a great machine to develop full body power, and especially to teach the athlete how to generate power from the legs and transfer it through the core region of the body into the upper body. Athletes such as linemen who need to run block or pass block will benefit tremendously from the Power Pull.




Back
The Power Pull not only works the chest for strength, but it also will develop power in pulling motions for sports such as judo, wrestling and for jobs such as rope pulling or firefighters and law enforcement officers.




Lateral Movement and Change of Direction
The Power Pull is an invaluable tool to train for lateral movement and the ability to change directions quickly by getting good hip turn. The Power Pull is a unique device that will allow the athlete to train for speed and power in various footwork and hip turning patterns.




Extras That You Get With Your Power Pull

When you order the Power Pull you will get

• An instructional video on how to use the Power Pull to develop speed, speed endurance and explosive power, PLUS various drills featuring over 20 different resistance exercises for upper and lower body
• A complete workout program
• A harness
• All the attachments you need to use the Power Pull

To Order
To order a Power Pull call our toll-free number 1-877-82-SPEED (1-877-827-7333)