Where drive and enthusiasm collide, Gridiron Training is the place to be for premier athletes around the North Shore - August 3, 2011

DANVERS — Take three steps into the new Gridiron Training facility on Liberty Street, and you'll notice almost immediately that it's most definitely not your typical weight room.

The 700-pound tires, sledgehammers, sandbags and ropes that are more than 20 yards in length and a foot in diameter are just some of the trinkets that have given Gridiron Training founder and former National Football League player Pat Downey the amped-up atmosphere he wants.

After all, Downey isn't looking for your typical athlete. Click to Continue...

Gridiron Training brings NFL instruction to high school linemen - July 28, 2010

PEABODY — Football linemen are never given anything.

Headlines, glory, dates with cheerleaders — those are things that often find their way to quarterbacks and running backs, and while those facts of football are unlikely to change anytime soon Gridiron Training founder and owner Pat Downey gave a pretty big something to North Shore high school linemen last night at Bishop Fenwick.

Downey and Gridiron Training hosted a free private workout dedicated strictly to linemen that tackled intricate techniques, competition and some life training mixed into the workout. But that wasn't the entire package. The workout — which was sponsored and funded by American Nutrition Center and owner Steve Cardillo — also included specific instruction from former NFL players Mike Flynn, Vernon Crawford and Joe Fleming. Click to Continue...