Netum Steed Laboratory
largest weight rooms and provides ample space for training athletes for collegiate competition.
The weight room has 85 separate training stations, 45,000 pounds of free weights and an additional 10,000 pounds of dumbbells. It has a marked 40-yard dash area and provides space and equipment for physical performance assessment, including measurement of body composition, strength, endurance, power, speed, agility, range of motion and cardiorespiratory function.
The Aggies have also been aided by the formation of the Texas A&M Sports Science Institute, which is a joint effort of the departments of Athletics, Health and Kinesiology, Human Engineering and the A&M Medical and Veterinary Schools. The Institute helps keep Texas A&M on the cutting edge of physical performance training and allows the departments to conduct functional research that affect athletic performance.
The laboratory is home to the Applied Exercise Science Laboratory and the Sydney and J.L. Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance.
