ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

Ohio State Buckeyes: Woody Hayes Athletic Center April 2012

Strength coaches, fitness enthusiasts, and weightroom aficianados will be able to appreciate the accompanying video with this blogpost. I recently visited the Ohio State University and Les Wexnar Football Complex located at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. That's where the Buckeye Football program is going through its big transition phase. Head Coach Urban Meyer didn't hesitate to make Mickey Marotti his first hire to his coaching staff. Marotti was a GA at Ohio State once, an assistant strength coach at West Virginia, strength coached the Bearcats at Cincinnati.....Notre Dame's Fighting Irish and of course, the Florida Gators . Now, like Urban Meyer, he has gone full circle, returning to his alma mater. Marotti takes on added roles in Columbus now, becoming an Assistant Athletic Director for Football Sports Performance. 

Once Mickey arrived in C-bus, he assembled a staff made up of Associate Director Rick Court, and  strength staff Kenny Parker, Jeff Uhlenhake and Anthony Schlegel. From there, the change was on! They made some adjustments by adding the necessary tools to the toolbox, some Rogers Athletic Pendulum Equipment....Hammer Strength, Shuttle MVPs, and some Pit Belt Squat devices. More changes are in store, but for now, the football squad is priority one. The first drastic change that I noticed from years past is that the offensive linemen had made huge advances in physical appearance. Gone were the wide girths.... these guys look fit and are becoming a strong bunch. The winter conditioning program has already paid dividends and the rest of the team is quite excited about the new strength and conditioning  program and the results that thay have seen. The two scrimmage sessions that I watched were enough to surmise that superior conditioning is a must at OSU. Coach Meyer's offense and practices are fast and furious and demand being in great shape. 

So, join Coach Rick Court and I as we take a quick tour around their facility where one of the more storied programs in all of college football completes their training. 
Copyright 2012 www.athleticstrengthandpower.com Blogpost by Ed Cicale 

 

 
Copyright 2012 Athletic Strength And Power
Blogpost by Ed Cicale

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Cincinnati LaSalle Lancers at The Workout @ Covington

These three senior football stars from Cincinnati LaSalle High School have been getting some bigtime results training with Doug Monaghan. In a few short weeks all three will be hoisting their high school diplomas and making their way on to college football. Ryan Leahy, the big offensive lineman, is heading to the University of Cincinnati on a football scholarship, where he'll become a Bearcat. His twin brother, Daniel is heading there, too, as a walk-on. Joe Burger plans on heading up to Columbus as a walk-on linebacker for Ohio State. His brother, Bob Burger, who played fullback at Notre Dame, also trained at ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power. Joe's father,  Dr. Robert Burger was a guest on one of our ASAP Podcasts and is one of the founding members of Beacon Orthopaedics and is a highly regarded orthopedic surgeon with sports medicine emphasis. Dr. Burger played football at LaSalle and Notre Dame, too!

Also in the photo is Doug Monaghan, a former standout safety football star at Colerain (Cincinnati) High School and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Doug now is the Director of Operations and owner of The Workout at Covington. Just click on the photo for the large version.

Checkout a the sampler from their Monday morning workout. While the majority of high school kids were sleeping away on spring break, these three guys were busting out some reps and sets at The Workout:

  

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