What we are ABOUT at EXSP

Explosive Sports Performance (EXSP) exists to help you enhance and improve the greatest machine known to man, “the human body”. It’s the one machine that you will use every day of your life. And in order to help keep it running efficiently and keep it healthy, we need to understand how to maintain this incredible gift.

EXSP helps our clients of all ages understand the importance of how the body works, how to improve it and how to transform it into the most dominate force on the planet. Let us teach you what you can do to help enhance your body each and every day.

EXSP was started in 2002 with the goal of helping our clients achieve athletic success. Our main focus has been helping athletes unleash their potential through speed, strength, power, mobility and stability training. Helping numerous athletes reach success at the college and professional level, EXSP expanded to its current location in 2004. The main motivation of training with EXSP is for our athletes (clients) to understand their own body and how to break through all obstacles they are presented with.

With our expanded location, EXSP can service more clients/teams with an outside turf field, indoor turf running area and many other tools needed to help our clients unleash their potential. One of the major differences with EXSP over other facilities is that EXSP uses very few machines. We instead focus the training to mimic the environment experienced in your respective sport or activity. EXSP continues to help hundreds of athletes unleash their potential on and off the field which will always be a major point of emphasis for every program developed.

MEET OUR TEAM

Dave Brixius, B.S., C.S.C.S.

Founder, Explosive Sports Performance

Dave Brixius, the owner of Explosive Sports Performance, is a graduate of Bishop McDevitt High in Harrisburg, PA. Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education with a concentration in strength and conditioning. He is also certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).

Dave specializes in designing and implementing individual and team work out programs focusing on explosion, speed, strength, power, endurance and injury prevention. In addition to helping athletes improve their physical skills, he also works on the mental side of training to help athletes improve their mental toughness and work towards the goal of becoming the best individual they can be on and off the competition field.

Dave has served as the trainer for the Harrisburg Heat and the Harrisburg City Islanders helping them win the USL-2 championship in 2007 and runner-ups in 2011 & 2014. Dave also trains the Messiah men and women soccer teams, helping the men win the National title 2008, 09, 10, 12, 13 and women 2008, 09, 11, 12. Dave also serves as the Big 33 (football) and Big 26 (baseball) speed consultant. Dave has also helped numerous other individuals reach the professional ranks in their sport, as well as many others receiving full athletic scholarships to college.

From the moment you sign up at Explosive Sports Performance, you not only become a member of the gym but you become a member of the EXSP family. Dave’s passion in helping athletes and teams become unstoppable, and his solid foundation of how the human body works, will have your athletic abilities skyrocket to the next level. Dave’s rare and exclusive style of training will push you past your limits and leave you craving for more.

One of Dave’s many strengths lie in helping athletes overcome pain and injury as fast as possible. He focuses his attention on three main things to keep the body healthy and strong. Mobility, stability and being symmetrical are keys to all athletes being able to reach their full potential. He also has a passion for combine training in football and baseball. Helping athletes improve their 40 and 60 time, shuttle run, broad jump, med ball toss.

Ashley Brixius

Executive Director of Female Sports Training & Conditioning

Ashley Brixius, the Executive Director of Female Sports Training and Conditioning, is certified through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), has a degree in fitness and nutrition, and is a licensed physical therapist assistant with an extensive background in sports rehabilitation and injury prevention. She is also a certified BootyBarre instructor as well as Pilates instructor. Ashley has been teaching group fitness classes and providing personal training services since 2003.

Ashley’s charismatic personality and positive attitude will help make you feel comfortable from the moment you walk in the doors. She will customize a program suited to fit your needs. The wide variety of classes, personal training, small group training and home exercise programs offered through EXSP will ensure you meet your fitness goals. Ashley is passionate about “out of the box” training, utilizing new and innovative new ways to exercise. She travels to conferences all over the country several times each year to keep her workouts fresh and exercises cutting edge. Her goal is to transform your body and mind while creating a fun yet challenging workout that will leave you invigorated and excited to come back for more.

Chris Palmer

Head Coach, EXSP

Chris has been part of the EXSP nation since 2014, first as an athlete then joining as a coach in 2018. He attended Bishop McDevitt High School, playing for the baseball team, graduating in 2017. Chris now attends Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg studying Business Kinesiology, and is seeking his certification in Personal Training through the NSCA.

I can say that I would not have had the opportunity to play in the NFL without the help and unique training style of Dave at EXSP. The techniques in training were the biggest part because at my pro-day, there were guys that were more athleticly gifted but I still had better times. The specifics and breaking down parts of the drills helped me get better times than I thought I could get. The training on explosion and the hard work are essential to getting to where you want to be. I wasn’t used to this type of training so I saw results quickly. With the hard work you put in and the push from Dave you will see results. By putting in the work and listening to what Dave teaches, I believe that anyone can get done what they think they can. I will be using their training style for the rest of my career because it gets the job done.

Lucas Cox

Georgia Tech | Atlanta Falcons, Football