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'''Athletes' Performance Institute''' ('''API''') is a private personalized performance training institute,<ref name=autogenerated3>http://www.athletesperformance.com/#history</ref> described by '']'' as "a high-tech fitness boot camp for professionals,"<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|author=Mark Sheldon&nbsp;/&nbsp;MLB.com |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050407&content_id=1002983&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Gardenhire has confidence in Ford &#124; MLB.com: News |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |date=April 10, 2004 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> and by '']'' as "a sprawling weight room/running track/football field/swimming pool/café/spa."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3915395&type=story |title=Headed to the Combine: Aaron Curry and ESPNTheMag.Com (Uh, Separately) |publisher=espn.go.com |date=February 18, 2009 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> Training programs can include aspects such as a nutrition program, massages, metabolic tests, cardiovascular work, drills, and aptitude and media training.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/03/12/story1.html |title=Gaining an edge: Tempe company becoming go-to place for aspiring NFL players, top athletes – Phoenix Business Journal: |publisher=Phoenix.bizjournals.com |date=March 9, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010 |first=Chris |last=Casacchia}}</ref>

==Early years==
Personalized training centers are a relatively new concept.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/21965 |title=Training centers becoming integral |publisher=ScrippsNews |date=April 27, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> API was founded in 1999 by ], who had previously worked on fitness programs for ]. Verstegen holds a masters degree in ] and studied at ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Metcalfe |first=Jeff |url=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2008/06/27/20080627api0627.html |title=Training center moving to site in south Tempe |publisher=Azcentral.com |date=June 27, 2008 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Matthew Leach|url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050226&content_id=951125&vkey=spt2005news&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Mailbag: Covering some ground|publisher=Stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com |date=October 27, 2004 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3915395 |title=Aaron Curry's gonna be at the Combine. So is ESPNTheMag.Com – ESPN The Magazine |publisher=espn.go.com |date= |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

The API ] facility opened in 2001, and that same year API began an NFL Combine preparation program for prospective ] athletes, training them for the NFL Combine tests. Since its inception more than 25 first round picks were API athletes, including 8 each in the 2005 and 2006 NFL Drafts.<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/02/taylor_prepares_for_nfl.html |title=Taylor prepares for NFL &#124; Muskegon News |publisher=MLive.com |date=February 2, 2009 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Dec/06/br/br1850326974.html |title=NFL: Star rookies Willis (49ers), Peterson (Vikes) meet |publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=December 6, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> In the spring of 2001 '']'' noted that ] had spent the prior December at API, and was noticeably stronger.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_verducci/news/2001/03/05/verducci_insider/ |title= Inside Game – Tom Verducci – Inside Baseball – SI's Tom Verducci: Alomar's concern for elderly exemplifies new attitude |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=March 5, 2001 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

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In 2002 ] of '']'' reported that "prospect ] is tearing it up in the Triple-A ], showing far more power to go with his extraordinary speed after spending the winter working at .<ref>{{cite web|last=Gammons |first=Peter |url=http://espn.go.com/gammons/s/2002/0427/1374839.html |title=Peter Gammons |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=April 29, 2002 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> And when in August 2002 ], then a long-retired managing partner with the ], took part in the team's four-week session at API, that prompted unfounded rumours that he would return to competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/us_sport/2169997.stm |title=Gretzky dismisses comeback rumours |publisher=BBC News |date=August 3, 2002 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

After the 2002 season Boston General Manager ] sent ] to API for an intensive six-week training regimen, which Youkilis liked so much that he moved his offseason home to Arizona, and began training at API on his own dime.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Bechtel |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1115795/2/index.htm |title=KEVIN YOUKILIS HAS FANS FROM CONCORD TO CAMBRIDGE CHANTING |publisher=sports illustrated |date=November 7, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

==Expansion==
In 2003, API opened a second facility in ], primarily for soccer, tennis, cycling, and track and field athletes.<ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas Harding&nbsp;/&nbsp;MLB.com |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071020&content_id=2273358&vkey=Default&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Heart of the Order: Garrett Atkins &#124; MLB.com: News |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |date=October 18, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> Its athletes have included Olympic gold medalists, MLS Cup champions, and major sport All Stars. That year the '']'' and ''MLB.com'' reported that in ] trained at API as well in 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/03/09/at_long_last_snyder_armed_and_dangerous/ |title=Boston Red Sox – Red Sox pitcher Snyder is armed and dangerous – The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=March 9, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010 | first1=Gordon | last1=Edes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ian Browne&nbsp;/&nbsp;MLB.com |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050601&content_id=1071519&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Schilling heads to Arizona |publisher=Mlb.com |date= |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/06/11/garciaparra_settles_for_ringside_seat/ |title=Boston Red Sox – Garciaparra settles for ringside seat – The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=June 11, 2005 |accessdate=March 18, 2010 | first=Chris | last=Snow}}</ref> In the 2005–06 offseason Giants starter ] spent part of his time at the API, playing catch in the mornings with Schilling, taking a course in ], and hitting the weights diligently enough to add 20 pounds, while shedding ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=2359422 |title=Schmidt stung by steroid speculation |publisher=espn.go.com |date=March 10, 2006 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> He leveraged the opportunity by also picking Schilling's brain during their time together as to how he approaches the game, something that in earlier years one could only expect to do with teammates.<ref>{{cite news|author=Phil Taylor |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1110396/index.htm |title=Barry Bonds isn't the only player the club needs to |publisher=Vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=April 3, 2006 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

In the summer of 2005 a negative note crept into API's track record, as ] of the Phoenix Coyotes injured himself while training at API, and needed surgery to repair a disk in his upper back which was creating pressure on a nerve.<ref>{{cite web|author=Matt Paulson, Tribune |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/73388 |title=Ricci to miss start of season &#124; Arizona sports, Arizona sports teams |publisher=eastvalleytribune.com |date=September 6, 2006 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

In 2006 '']'' reported how ], tight end of the San Francisco 49ers, had performed what he described as "aggressive, intense, and raw" two-a-day, 90-minute, core-strengthening workouts six days a week for six weeks at ATI.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news|author=Elizabeth Newman |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1104313/index.htm |title=The rookie started core training in earnest last January. – 08.21.06 – SI Vault |publisher=Vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=August 21, 2006 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> Davis performed three or four sets of each exercise, focusing in turn on different muscle groups so he could work longer with less fatigue.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> He lowered his time in the {{convert|40|yd|m|adj=on}} dash from 4.56 to 4.38, increase his vertical leap from 40 to {{convert|42|in|mm}}, and gained nine pounds.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> The 49ers took him sixth overall. That year a third facility was opened in ], ], for basketball players. Nine of its athletes were first-round draft picks in the 2006 NBA Draft.

After the 2006 season ] worked out at API with a group that included Youkilis, Baltimore's ] and ], ] (Oakland) and ] (Angels), and Crawford, in workouts starting at 9 a.m. with a two-hour speed work session, followed by two hours of baseball-related drills, followed by two hours of lifting weights, followed by another round of conditioning.<ref name="eagletribune1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/pusports/local_story_039120300?keyword=secondarystory |title=Pedroia ready to show off new body of work – EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA |publisher=Eagletribune.com |date=February 8, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> "I've put a lot of hard work in," Pedroia said. "The days over there are kind of tough. We're always moving around, lifting, sprints, all that stuff. It's hectic, but for me and Youk we have put in the time and it's going to pay off."<ref name="eagletribune1"/>

==Latest expansion==
In 2007 a fourth facility was added in ], to focus on rehabilitative and performance services.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

In 2008 another use of API was demonstrated by ] – a place to work out during an extended contract holdout.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fabiano |first=Michael |url=http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/story?id=09000d5d801a2f08&template=without-video&confirm=true |title=Fantasy notebook: L.J. returns to Chiefs |publisher=Nfl.com |date=August 21, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100319112846/http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/story?id=09000d5d801a2f08&template=without-video&confirm=true| archivedate= 19 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

In spring training in 2008, Red Sox manager ] noted how much conditioning and training had progressed since his own playing career, and pointed to the prevalence of training facilities like API.<ref name="projo1">{{cite web|author=SEAN McADAMJournal Sports Writer |url=http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/sp_bb_rsoxjo16_02-16-08_QH91MM7_v3.356724e.html |title=All pitchers, catchers on board &#124; The Providence Journal |publisher=projo.com |date=February 16, 2008 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> “These guys have access to so much,” he said. “They take advantage of it and when they come in , it makes the baseball part easier.”<ref name="projo1"/>

In January 2009 '']'' reported that ] was spending a month at the facility, where he was in bed by about 7:30 each night and headed to work out before 6 a.m.<ref name="usatoday1">{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/rangers/2009-03-14-hamilton-rangers_N.htm |title=Hamilton wants focus off him and on Rangers |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=March 14, 2009 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

Among other athletes who have trained at API are ],<ref>{{cite web|author=Joe Frisaro&nbsp;/&nbsp;MLB.com |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090223&content_id=3870322&vkey=news_fla&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla |title=Ross ramped up for season in style |publisher=Mlb.com |date=September 20, 2008 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> Josh Hamilton,<ref name="usatoday1"/> ],<ref></ref> ],<ref name="autogenerated1"/> ],<ref name="autogenerated1"/> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://athletics.scout.com/2/274424.html |title=Scout.com: A's First Half Review: Part One |publisher=Athletics.scout.com |date=July 13, 2004 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref> and ],<ref>{{cite web|author=Ian Browne|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090507&content_id=4608978&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Red Sox weigh in on Manny news |publisher=Mlb.com |date=July 31, 2008 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

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