Dr. Elliott brings years of medical training and experience to his work with P3 Athletes and today's doctors practice evidence-based medicine. This means the best medical care is based on the latest scientific evidence supporting its effectiveness.

Carrying this concept over to their P3 Athletes, Elliott not only follows the latest performance training and injury prevention science, he helps create it. Under his watchful eye and direction, P3 Athletes train using the leading tools today's science has to offer. In addition, every athlete's training performance is carefully documented and studied for subtle trends and breakthroughs.

At P3, science-based, nervous system training is a core principle.

There are three key areas that separate P3 performance training from all other training systems; High-Intensity Movements, Antagonist Relaxation™ and Drug-Free Training.

You would think that when athletes run faster or jump higher after training, the improvement is due to larger muscle mass. However, changes can occur without getting bigger or losing body fat. P3 believes most improvements in athleticism are actually due to changes in the way the nervous system controls the muscular systems involved in movement. Pure size development or body building rarely leads to improved power (faster/higher). All P3 training is built on the latest science of nervous system adaptation to stress.

A key component of nervous system training at P3 is the use of high-intensity movements. However, while other training facilities often specialize in plyometrics, explosive core training, or Olympic lifting, P3 employs all three. But P3's secret is how they are combined with other ballistic methods, to produce greater stimulus for nervous system adaptation. Every aspect of the P3 environment has been designed with nervous system training in mind. For example, the floor consists of a high density “Mondo” style rubber with two layers of wood sub-floor. This produces optimal rebound and absorption qualities for high impact loading anywhere in the facility.

When doing high-force plyometrics, P3 Athletes use large (up to 48") boxes that require maximal ground force production, while focusing on proper ground contact to avoid injury.
Seen above, US Olympic 400 meter hurdler Sheena Johnson uses this exercise to help produce faster, more powerful strides.

While most current training methods to date has only focused on the slow, stable aspects of core training, P3 also employs explosive rotational movements that often involve heavier medicine ball throws.

Elite athletes must be highly efficient in their movements, reserving muscle contraction only for the explosive part of the motion while learning to keep the antagonistic (opposing) muscle groups relaxed. This adaptation results in faster, more agile, powerful athletes without additional muscle bulk. P3 believes that this antagonistic "relaxation" will also help prevent injury by avoiding metabolic and neural fatigue. P3 is currently studying this phenomenon while training athletes so that it can become a cornerstone in the P3 training program.

P3 offers international-level coaching for Olympic weightlifting. Hip drive and the necessary antagonistic relaxation are generic to almost all athletic movements so these specific lifting movements are used heavily with most P3 Athletes. At right, Chelsea Johnson; USA Track & Field

At P3 attention to detail is legendary. Seen at left, Cleveland Indians's first-round draft pick David Huff sets his elbows carefully under the bar when performing overhead lifting movements, thus improving shoulder, elbow and thoracic spine flexibility. For David, this will translate into greater pitch velocity with less shoulder stress and much better injury protection!

Most flexibility improvements for P3 Athletes come from movement, especially when Antagonistic Relaxation is employed to prevent movement restriction. This increase in joint range of motion improves muscle elasticity by allowing greater stretch, corrects posture through greater hip flexibility and lengthens running stride.

Sadly, it seems that everywhere we turn, we hear about another athlete who has used drugs to enhance performance. At P3, our slogan is "Smart Training Beats Drugs" While anabolic steroids and other drugs may offer advantages (they certainly have risks), they can't beat intelligent scientific training that enhances the neurological coordination of muscle groups to better produce and absorb high-force movements. This coordination is the essence of Antagonistic Relaxation™.

Using today's most scientifically-advanced training, P3 Athletes gain a competitive advantage over illegal drugs and less advanced training methods.