The Carolina Basketball weight room is a 1,000-square foot facility residing on the ground floor of the 21,750-seat Dean E. Smith Center, adjacent to the Tar Heel locker room and practice gym. The space was originally used as a media room but was converted and expanded to a strength and conditioning facility as part of the renovation to modernize Smith Center facilities, completed in 2001.
Used exclusively by the UNC men's basketball team, the weight room is designed and equipped to allow the Tar Heels to train effectively and efficiently in team and individual settings.
The mission of Tar Heel Basketball strength and conditioning program is to enhance components of the athleticism of its players. Individual workout programs are designed and supervised by Jonas Sahratian.
Through the use of movement drills, exercises inside weight room and the training of energy systems on the court, Carolina Basketball players develop their competitiveness, confidence, fundamentals and toughness.
The weight room's training equipment parallels the Tar Heel
asketball philosophy, and exposes its student-athletes to the best training equipment. The room is designed to allow basketball players the ability to perform an unlimited variety of exercises and movements.
Former strength and conditioning coaches who built the foundation for Carolina's Strength and Conditioning Program include Harley Dartt
(1988-1993), Ben Cook (1993-2001) and Thomas McKinney (2001-2004).
Weight Room Features
5 - 0-90 adjustable benches
2 - Bear squat machines
Dumbells, 10 lbs. - 130 lbs.
3 - Power racks
3 - Weightlifting platforms
2 - Glute-ham gastroc benches
2 - Lat pulldown machines
2 - Pair oversized gripdumbbell sets
3 - Step-up boxes
2 - Uni-lateral leg press
4 - Schwinn Airdyne bikes
2 - Sorinex land mines
1 - Ultra slide board
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
Adjustable track hurdles (dynamic flexibility)
Agility ladders
Dot drill mats
Dyna disk
Foam rollers
Jump ropes
Jump stretch bands
Medicine balls (2 lbs. - 50 lbs.)
Mini-hurdles
12" - 48" Plyometric boxes
Resistance chains
Stability balls
