New workout app giving B-CU football team added edge during summer months

COACH CORLISS FINGERS

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — Bethune-Cookman strength and conditioning coach Corliss Fingers is approaching her 25th season in the business, and after stops at North Carolina, Maryland and Southern University along the way, still admits the summer months are the most stressful time of year.

“It can be hard because everyone is just spread out,” said Fingers. “I can remember when I was at Carolina and Maryland, I used to do ‘Wednesday wake-ups.’ So every Wednesday during the summer, I would call everyone. I’d take the whole day and call them to ask how their workouts were going. It was tedious, because you may not get everyone, they may not return your call, or, they may lie to you.”

Thanks to an old friend, Fingers hasn’t had to make a single wake-up call this summer — her fourth at B-CU. Instead, she just turns on her computer.

“It’s a peace of mind,” she admitted, “knowing that they can still train, wherever they’re at, and I can still have some sort of say-so in what they’re doing.”

Fingers and the Wildcat football team are one of only five Division I football programs in the country using Volt Athletics this summer — an app that essentially makes tailored-made workouts available right at your fingertips. Michigan, USC, Clemson and Washington are also using the app.

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