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As co-captain of his collegiate power lifting team in 1972, Dr. Mac Millan developed a passion for weight training. His weight lifting experience combined with his medical training at the University of North Carolina, allowed him to apply eccentric body development principles to his ongoing exercise program. It was at this time that he realized the great value of modifying resistance during weight training. After many sleepless nights and countless hours in the lab, the counter balanced system of eccentric weight training was invented in 1984 and patented through the University of Florida. Though this seems like the end of the story it was merely the beginning, the machines stilled required untold amounts of testing before any one could safely use it. Fortunately for all of us by 1987, Dr. Mac Millan also began working with Arthur Jones, on the development of the MedX Lumbar Extension machine. Through this fateful collaboration, Dr. Mac Millan learned the science behind selectorized weight stack machine construction.
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As an associate professor in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Florida, Dr. Mac Millan spent the next ten years studying the role of eccentrics in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. When he was recruited to enter private practice in 1998, opportunity and time became available which in turn let him develop his passion. The end result was a complete line of exercise equipment that provided the first ever full body eccentrically enhanced strength workout. This equipment became the core of the MaxOut Body Development, the only once a week strength training facility in the world!
Now back at the University of Florida, Dr. Mac Millan is continuing his work on eccentric exercise. He is the strength advisor to the Sports Performance program and applies eccentric training principles to help university athletes. Presently, he is continuing research on the force-velocity relationship of eccentric muscle actions and continues to develop new machines for eccentric training. |
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