ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

ASAP ALL-ACCESS at Kentucky Basketball

Checked in at Lexington, Kentucky for some quality time at the winningest program in college basketball. The Kentucky Wildcats have it all! And it's "Unparalleled".... Here's a little slide show tour:

Front Squat Coaching Points with Ohio State Asst Strength Coach Anthony Schlegel

There's a right way to train...so, we went to one of the premier training centers in the world and of course, all of college football. That would be the Ohio State University football strength training complex at The Woody Hayes Athletic Center. When Head Football Coach Urban Meyer got to town, he immediately summoned his long time colleague, Strength & Conditioning Coach Mickey Marotti to take on the task of training the Buckeyes to make competitive runs at national championships. Marotti had done it at Florida twice with Coach Meyer.... so they set out to accomplish championships at Ohio State University. Their first season garnered a perfect 12-0 season. Not a bad start! Marotti assembled a strength training staff with a wide array of talents, expertise and motivational techniques. Jeff Uhlenhake is a a former Buckeye All-American and 10 year NFL star. Kenny Parker has Florida Gator roots and knows how to extract the right intensity from the players during workouts. Rick Court is non-stop energy from 5am till 5pm.

And, in this video another former OSU star, Anthony Schlegel talks Front Squat technique. Schlegel was a 3rd rounder himself in the NFL 2006 Draft (NY Jets) and had stint with the Cincinnati Bengals, too. Anthony was a popular player at Ohio State where he was a 2005 All Big Ten selection. Interestingly, he also owns a few powerlifting world records!

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ASAP Podcast with Wisconsin Football Strength Coach; Evan Simon

A few weeks ago, I sat down with Wisconsin Football's new Strength & Conditioning Coach, Evan Simon. Basically, at the time, he had just arrived in Madison, surveyed the strength training complex, rolled up his sleeves, and then kicked off the winter conditioning program. Just click on the ASAP PODCAST LOGO to listen in on what we discussed!

Evan Simon Wisconsin Strength Podcast

ASAP Podcast by Ed Cicale

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High School Strength Training: Noblesville (Indiana) High School

There's a high school in Noblesville, Indiana where they have taken strength training and fitness to a whole new level. I had an opportunity to check out the new facility a few weeks ago while I was at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. I attended the Hammer Strength strength and conditioning clinic in Noblesville several weeks ago. Located about 12 miles north of Indiana's capital city, lies the city of Noblesville and that's the home of the Noblesville Millers. The high school layout, grounds and architectural plan are remarkable. However, if you're any type of coach, whether that would be high school, collegiate or professional level, you would most likely be astounded if you were to tour the strength training facility there. The facility is supervised by Brian Clarke, the school's Wellness Department Chairperson and Strength & Conditioning Coordinator. And it's within that impressive training center where he teaches strength training and general fitness courses. The video takes an in-depth look at the training center and you'll hear from Coach Clarke, an articulate professional who takes training seriously. The students at Noblesville are fortunate to have him at the helm! And, as you'll see in the video, they even have their own app to help organize and motivate the students and athletes there. Very cool.

Click on the Noblesville Millers' logo to check out the pictures, too!

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Cincinnati Reds Shoulder Strength Program

Cincinnati Reds Strength & Conditioning Coach Matt Krause and star pitcher Bronson Arroyo explained this shoulder strengthening routine to me. It's a great way to get your shoulders, especially the rotator cuff region, prepared for some serious strength training....... or some throwing!
Krause, who isn't a native of Cincinnati, has certainly developed an affinity for one of the Queen City's favorite recipes. And that is Skyline Chili. That's where the locals get their chili in the form of a "3-way," "4-way" and the ultimate "5-way." So, Matt aptly named this regular shoulder strengthening routine used in the workouts by the Cincinnati Reds players the:

"5-Way Shoulder Routine" 
 

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ASAP Crunch Time

Today's post features an absolutely great abdominal / core training workout for you to get a start on that 8 pack that you've been wanting. This workout comes in pdf form and is just a download away. Sarah Ensminger, a former North Carolina State University volleyball player used her graphic design degree to get "Crunch Time" for ASAP Athletic Strength And Power. She picked up part of this routine as a member of the Wolfpack Volleyball squad...then added her own twist, graphically designed the stick people, and sent it on to www.athleticstrengthandpower.com ASAP.  So here's the download and believe me, that's the easy part! .... Coach C

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Press Release: Football Strength Clinic: Cincinnati Ohio June 28/29 2013

www.FOOTBALLSTRENGTH.com

CINCINNATI -

Former Cincinnati Bengal Strength Coach Kim Wood is preparing for his Third (3rd) Annual FOOTBALL STRENGTH CLINIC.

FOOTBALL STRENGTH CLINIC

Clifton Cultural Arts Center (CCAC)
3711 Clifton, Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220

The event, which draws from a national base, will take place on June 28th and 29th. The Friday evening session, 7:00pm--9:00pm, will include social networking opportunities with top colleagues and professionals in the strength and conditioning field. Adult beverages and snacks provided. 
The Saturday slate will commence at 9:00am (registration from 7am-9am).

Featured Speaker: Bob Rogucki: Head Strength Coach
 Baltimore Ravens 

World Champion NFL 2013 Super Bowl Champs

Cost: $25  which also includes lunch provided on Saturday  

Kim Wood was Cincinnati Bengal Head Coach Paul Brown's first and only strength coach. He served in that capacity for thirty years. Now retired, he's sharing his knowledge, that helped his squads appear in two Super Bowls, with the coaching community. His straight forward and extreme methodology to training is no easy path....yet, the results of strict adherence to his training program can bump an athlete to the next level! 

This clinic is primarily for football coaches, though strength professionals who train and prepare athletes to participate in all sports will certainly gain by attending. Football Strong Click on the weight plate for more information on this clinic

 

 

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Tennessee Vols Football Strength Training Video with Dave Lawson: Part One

They're  the same iconic checkerboard endzones emblazoned upon the football fields in Knoxville, Tennessee...home of the University of Tennessee Vols. Yet, they're cast under a new light since Head Football Coach Butch Jones has come to town. The new staff has embraced the Tennessee Volunteer past by opening their arms and facilities to the former players and lettermen who paved the way for one of the top winningest programs in all of college football. 
There have been no games yet, but there's been plenty of winter strength training, high energy conditioning sessions and spring football. Spirits are high and for the new coaches, the whirlwind has yet to really slow down. But, that makes little difference to the Vols Football Director of Strength and Conditioning. Coach Dave Lawson knows all about the demands and high expectations of what Tennessee Football is all about. The mantra in Knoxville is basically... "we just wanna win." Lawson and his cohort, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Mike Szerszen, rolled up their sleeves when they arrived at their new $50,000,000 Vols Football training complex.... and it's been go-go-go ever since!  So take a look at the photos and video from the Hammer Strength Clinic 2013 from Knoxville, Tennessee. This is truly one of the most impressive training centers that you'll find anywhere.

 

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ASAP Tribute to Louisville Cardinals Strength Coach Ray Ganong

Click on the Louisville Cardinals Logo for the ASAP Podcast
ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power is thinking BIG this week.... as in National Championship.... so we're rolling out this podcast with Louisville Cardinal Strength Coach Ray Ganong.  If you saw the Cardinals in their game against the Michigan Wolverines, you witnessed a superiorly conditioned basketball team. And, they do it all... run, jump, play extremely hard defense, and have the stamina for furious comebacks. Very impressive! Congratulations to Cards and their great win and to their coaching staff... Hall of Fame Coach Rick Pitino and their knowledgeable and cordial strength and conditioning coach Ray Ganong.
In today's program, Coach Ganong talks about:

• being a member of the Miami Hurricanes Football Team
• becoming the strength coach for the University of Miami Hurricanes following a recommendation from Steve Bliss, who had been hired by Woody Hayes to become the strength coach at Ohio State.
• coaching with Howard Schnellenberger and winning the 1983 National Championship
• strength training philosophy that he's developed from over 30 years in the profession.
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Photo courtesy of the Official Univ. of Louisville Athletics website

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blogpost and podcast by Ed Cicale

Lead in Music: "Somebody" Glenn Frey/ Joe Walsh, Eagles; The Long Road Out of Eden

 

ASAP Video: Maurice Clarett & Boom Herron Strength Training

We all go through the game of life with a fumble or turnover here and there...some of us with much bigger mistakes. Nevertheless, we all learn lessons from those experiences, no matter how tough they may end up being. The great thing about mankind is we have an ability to forgive others as we take notice that they're taking strides toward improvement... we all love a comeback story! Maurice Clarett's book is "A Season of Thoughts" and a step in the right direction for this incredibly gifted athlete who got thrown for a big loss...and ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power wishes him the best! One of the most valuable lessons learned in sport is that when you get knocked down.... you gotta get back up!

Former Ohio State Buckeye standout running backs Maurice Clarett and Boom Herron (photo vs Oregon) have been in training in Columbus at the Ohio State University's Woody Hayes Athletic Center.  They helped demo a few of the new strength training stations in the recently refurbished weight room...like the Pit Shark belt squat machine, the neutral grip bars, the Captains of Crush hand grippers, some of the hand strength development pieces, and the new wide attachment handles for the Power-Lift Lat Pulldown stations. It's all in the video. Daniel "Boom" Herron @BOOMHERRON1 is presently a running back with the Cincinnati Bengals
Clarett  @ReeseClarett13 , who scored the winning touchdown in the 2003 National Championship Game for the Ohio State Buckeyes vs the Miami Hurricanes, has authored a book: "My Life. My Story. My Redemption... A Season of Thoughts" and is making an attempt at the game of rugby...possibly for the Olympic Team! He also maintains his blog with plenty of regular entries... and fitness training workouts.  The new book is a compilation of Clarett's "deepest and purist thoughts" during some of his most trying and adverse circumstances: Prison Life.

 

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ASAP Strength Coach Podcast with Kim Wood

Though he's not in the Cincinnati Bengal weightroom anymore, retired Cincinnati Bengal Coach Kim Wood still has iron in the fire. He still lives strength training. He still has one of the finest home gyms that you'll ever see, still has strength training apparatus in every room of his home and deck, and still has tons of books, magazines and documents throughout his home pertaining to strength development. And, he's still putting on strength training clinics. In fact he has another one coming up on June 28/29th 2013.

In this podcast, Athletic Strength And Power catches up with the legendary coach..... and his four Shih Tsu dogs.... and gets all the pertinent information on the upcoming clinic. And by the way, this may be the best $25 dollars that you'll ever spend! Additionally, this year's clinic will be held in a comfortable, air-conditioned facility!!
Just click on the ASAP Logo for the podcast. Click here or on the quarterback for the clinc brochure and to register!

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Kim Wood March 2013 Podcast

This podcast sponsored by Pit Shark Strength Training