Helping students and athletes reach their peak
Location: Spinnaker Building
Our Portsmouth Elite Athlete Centre (PEAC) is the premium strength and conditioning facility on the south coast.
Designed by practitioners and academics alongside the industry leader in strength equipment, Eleiko, the space enables students to learn and develop their practical skills within a state of the art facility. PEAC combines these educational needs with those of elite athletes, and offers a premium training experience for a range of users. Featuring seamless lifting stations and flooring, and increased space between equipment PEAC provides a training space for everyone.
This facility is currently under construction and is expected to open in early 2025.
Explore our Portsmouth Elite Athlete Centre
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Maximise form and potential
Maximise your potential with our 17m custom turf track, featuring weight sleds, hurdles, plyo boxes and speed ladders.
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Access extensive free weights
Including eight adjustable weight benches, 50 kg dumbbell set, competition kettlebells and a range of medicine and slam balls.
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Benefit from our dedicated lifting stations
Consisting of a power rack, embedded lifting platform and rack attachments.
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Strength and Conditioning
- Eight dedicated lifting stations each consisting of a power rack, embedded lifting platform and rack attachments (jammer arms, dip station, hip thrust pad, eccentric pulley system).
- 17 m custom turf track with weight sleds, hurdles, plyo boxes and speed ladders.
- Twenty-four International Weightlifting Federation and International Powerlifting Federation approved barbells, in addition to specialist bars (e.g. open trap bar and safety squat bar)
- International Weightlifting Federation approved weight plates
- Extensive free weights including eight adjustable weight benches, 50 kg dumbbell set, competition kettlebells and a range of medicine and slam balls.
- Multigym cable machine including cable crossover, seated row and lat pulldown.
- A range of gym machines such as leg press, seated calf raise, leg extension and glute-ham developer
- Concept2 conditioning equipment including bike and ski ergs
Sports Science
- Gold standard jump and force testing using Hawkyns Dynamics portable force plates and isometric mid-thigh pull rig
- Velocity based training devices including GymAware
- Speed and agility testing using Optojump and electronic timing gates
Related facilities
Biomechanics Laboratory
Use equipment including force plates, pressure plates and our electromyography system to explore the impact of exercise on the body in this lab, from the limits of human endurance to the effects of chronic health conditions.
Sports and Human Performance Testing
Analyse sports performance and environmental physiology, and use some of the best extreme environments facilities in the UK.
Physiology Laboratory
This lab includes treadmills, a swim bench, ergometers and a physiological monitoring kit for analysing athletes' blood, heart rate, and urine.
Where to find us
Portsmouth Elite Athlete Centre
Spinnaker Building
Cambridge Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2ER