Inside the New York Jets' revamped performance facility and player development strategy

EXCLUSIVE: The most important feature of the New York Jets’ next-generation Player Performance Center may be that no single feature defines it.Jets owner Woody Johnson has invested in growing the facilities by more than double for this upcoming season, as the team looks to turn the page on the 2025 season and make strides in 2026."We are investing in an exceptionally dynamic, innovative training staff with experience designing and utilizing advanced performance systems to support our players.Our new facilities will be 250% larger, allowing us to increase training capacity and centralize strength and conditioning, recovery, and nutrition," Johnson said in a statement to Fox News Digital."We have already implemented state-of-the-art equipment in our temporary facility, granting our team access to some of the most advanced training resources in the league."ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!Jaden Keller No.48 of the New York Jets warms up during training camp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, N.J., on July 29, 2026.
(Getty Images)There will be new technology: vibroacoustic recovery pods, multimodal wellness chambers, pneumatic resistance equipment, computer-vision tracking and a custom-built, AI-powered player performance app.But when Jets director of player performance Erik Korem describes the project, he repeatedly returns to a broader idea."We’re building a holistic health and human performance ecosystem," Korem said."We’re taking some big steps in our strength and conditioning, nutrition, sports science and recovery departments.
The use of data and AI will be part of this, but I think it extends beyond that."That distinction is the center of the Jets’ Phase 2 renovation at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center.The team is not just replacing an aging weight room with a larger one.
It is redesigning the way players move through the daily cycle of assessment, training, practice, fueling and...