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Athletes' Performance Institute (API) is a private personalized performance training institute,〔http://www.athletesperformance.com/#history〕 described by ''MLB.com'' as "a high-tech fitness boot camp for professionals," and by ''ESPN'' as "a sprawling weight room/running track/football field/swimming pool/café/spa." Training programs can include aspects such as a nutrition program, massages, metabolic tests, cardiovascular work, drills, and aptitude and media training. ==Early years== Personalized training centers are a relatively new concept. API was founded in 1999 by Mark Verstegen, who had previously worked on fitness programs for IMG. Verstegen holds a masters degree in Exercise Science and studied at Georgia Tech. The API Tempe, Arizona facility opened in 2001, and that same year API began an NFL Combine preparation program for prospective NFL 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.〔() In the spring of 2001 ''Sports Illustrated'' noted that Roberto Alomar had spent the prior December at API, and was noticeably stronger. In 2002 Peter Gammons of ''ESPN'' reported that "prospect Carl Crawford is tearing it up in the Triple-A International League, showing far more power to go with his extraordinary speed after spending the winter working at (). And when in August 2002 Wayne Gretzky, then a long-retired managing partner with the Phoenix Coyotes, took part in the team's four-week session at API, that prompted unfounded rumours that he would return to competition. After the 2002 season Boston General Manager Theo Epstein sent Kevin Youkilis 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Athletes' Performance Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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