News| Indoor sporting facility opens

Athletico Ltd., the leading provider of outpatient rehabilitation, performance enhancement and fitness in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs recently opened its first Performance Enhancement facility at the new state-of-the-art McCook Athletic & Exposition (MAX) center located at 4750 Vernon Avenue in McCook. The center is Chicago’s first full-sized outdoor field positioned under a clear-span 40 foot roof. The facility is designed to meet the needs of individual teams through larger clubs with space driven training requirements. The entire building is climate controlled to allow for comfortable year-round usage. The facility is designed to meet the requirements of organized public and private sports teams and clubs, as well as satisfying the ever-increasing demand for more and better training and competitive facilities. The center has a total of 124,000 square feet of space, 80,000 of which is turf. AthletiCo owns 3,000 square feet of space. Jim Tyrrell, facility manager of the MAX center said that the facility would also host expositions which will help generate revenue for all local businesses. He also said that athletic teams and organizations will travel from all over to come to the area. Tyrrell said that local high schools and area organizations now have a place to practice indoors with plenty of space. The AthleticCo Sports Performance Center at the Max’ purpose is to provide high quality fitness and sports performance programming using highly trained and educated performance enhancement specialists. AthletiCo offers services that emphasize education, carefully monitored athletic training protocol and proven and established techniques to help teams/clubs increase their strength and agility. AthletiCo’s goal is to build the complete athlete by focusing on sport-specific movements at game speed. AthletiCo’s programs are designed around the movements, skills and energy systems utilized in that specific sport.