ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

Michigan State Football: Getting Ready!

ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power is now into our Big Ten swing and to kick it off, we headed straight to East Lansing, Michigan where Coach Ken Mannie and his well seasoned strength staff were directing the Spartans deep into the Michigan State 4th Quarter Program. It was one of those invisible mornings where champions are built! We captured a ton of content.... but here's a sampler to keep you quelled for a bit until our main feature hits!

ASAP at Georgia Tech #ATL

Talk about a swarm of Yellow Jackets! This Georgia Tech Football squad was on the go as head strength Coach Lew Caralla certainly had things stirred up. This particular workout that sport science researcher and NFL player tracking specialist Dr. Ted Lambrinides and I witnessed consisted of some team building activities, some very well executed squat sets, some single-arm dumbbell bench presses. There was also a pretty serious bar hang competition going on.
The strength training facility is located within the football home of the Yellow Jackets, Bobby Dodd Stadium. The scoreboard flashed a message, but nobody was there to see it. However, just a short walk through the tunnel and it was a complete contrast to the action inside the weightroom. We entered the Hugh Spruill Strength Training Center at 5:44 a.m. as the strength staff made preparations for the workout. A few minutes later... the action. And here's more pics of the training!

Georgia Tech's fabled Bobby Dodd Stadium 5:42 a.m. June 19 2019

The rest of the pics of ASAP at The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets strength training

ASAP at Ole Miss June 2019

We made a venture to Oxford, Mississippi and checked out the Rebels in action as they worked a speed and agility session under Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Paul Jackson. The workout took place in their impressive indoor facility conveniently located right next to their football strength training complex. Open a door and you're on the field! Here's a few pics

Where's Dr. Ted Lambrinides? .... in Oxford Mississippi at The University of Mississippi: Ole Miss
He's with Ole Miss Rebels Coach Paul Jackson discussing sports science. Jackson came to Oxford after spending 2011 at Southern Miss, where he oversaw the strength and conditioning for the entire USM athletics department with direct responsibility over football. In his one season there, the football team had its best record in history at 12-2 and captured the Conference USA championship.

Jackson arrived in Hattiesburg after serving in 2010 as the Director of Athletic Conditioning for Football at Miami (Ohio). In his lone season, he helped the Redhawks to the 2010 MAC championship and a victory in the 2011 GoDaddy.Com Bowl, becoming the first team in NCAA history to go from double-digit losses to double-digit wins in one year (1-11 in 2009 to 10-4 in 2010).

From 2007-10, Jackson served as an assistant strength coach at LSU, working directly with the Tigers football and volleyball teams. During his time in Baton Rouge, Jackson won an SEC and national championship with the football team as well as three consecutive SEC Western Division and one SEC championship with the volleyball team. While working for the Tigers, Jackson worked under and was mentored by strength and conditioning legend Tommy Moffitt.

More pics from our Ole Miss Football visit

ASAP Podcast with NFL Legend Strength Coach Kim Wood

ASAP PODCASTER Ed Cicale traveled up the Clifton incline toward The University of Cincinnati, where just down the road, lives retired strength coach Kim Wood. He spent over thirty years with the Cincinnati Bengals and hung around with the legendary NFL coaching great, Paul Brown.

Longtime Cincinnati Bengals Coach Kim Wood continues to spread the news on strength & conditioning for football. Kim knows NFL. His mentors were dudes like Paul Brown.... Bill Walsh, and Forrest Gregg. He spent weeks and weeks holed up in a dorm room at Wilmington College (Ohio) without air conditioning at the Cincinnati Bengals Training Camp that would last 9 weeks! WTH Then, there would be 6 exhibition games! The NFL draft was 15 rounds. First round picks would get cut. 15th Rounders.... like the Green Bay Packers' Bart Starr could become legends.

Kim Wood has joined ASAP for over 12 podcasts!!

Coach Wood is still a huge fan of the game and has a great grasp on what's going on in the NFL. In addition, he continues to spread the strength training gospel at his annual strength gathering held in Cincinnati, ohio every summer! And again tghis summer on July 20 & 21 it will be held at The Micro~Mini Cinema Theater in Cincinnati's Over the Rhine section.

Admission is free to members of
The Iron League www.ironleague.com

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 July 20& 21st 2019.

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

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ASAP at Ohio State PRO-DAY 2019

It was PRO-Day at Ohio State last month, an orchestrated event directed by the Ohio State AD for Football Sports Performance, Mickey Marotti where scouts and coaches from throughout the National Football League swarm into the OSU Buckeyes' much heralded Woody Hayes Athletic Center to get an up-close and personal look at some of the NFL Draft eligible Buckeye football stars. It's not quite the stress of the NFL Combine that's conducted in Indianapolis every winter, but the players have another opportunity to display their skills, speed and strengths. However, this time, it's in the players' comfy confines right there in Columbus, Ohio and every NFL team sends representation. In many cases, it's the team's head coach who wants another look.

Pics and Videos of Buckeyes in Training and 2019 PRO-DAY

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ASAP Visit to Cincinnati Bearcats 2019 Off-Season Training

"Truck" Crossing Ahead

Cincinnati Bearcat star running back Michael Warren II makes his way toward the 'Cats bicep station. ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power made a site visit to the University of Cincinnati and it was an "upper" day at the Bearcats strength training complex which sits near the lower levels of the Fifth Third Arena, a sparkling and freshly renovated big time basketball arena. Just like our last visit, the Bearcats have an aggressive demeanor during their training sessions. There's no time for shenanigans as Coach Brady Collins' rugged and juiced style keeps things goal oriented. This group of 'Cats got a taste of the big-time last season as Head Football Coach Luke Fickell lead his squad to an 11-2 mark, culminating in a very nice bowl win over Virginal Tech. The Cincinnati fans took notice and the players seem like they want much more of the fun they experienced in 2018. Their '19 schedule is packed with opportunity as the UCLA Bruins, Ohio State Buckeyes and UCF Knights are all part of the competition!

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Ohio State 2019 Football Strength Clinic Wrap-up

Last month's Ohio State was a definite success as the college sports powerhouse opened up the doors to their brand new Gene Smith Strength & Conditioning Center for the 2019 edition of their strength and conditioning clinic. Strength Coach and Clinic Director Jeff Uhlenhake was quite pleased with the turnout of 165 coaches, trainers and therapists in attendance. With Ohio State personnel, clinic speakers, vendors and of course ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power all in attendance, over two-hundred people were able to take in the strength training atmosphere where the Buckeyes hone their crafts. Here's the complete photo update and some more videos, too

Coach Mickey Marotti, the Asst.A.D. for Football Sport Performance, gets the clinic into kick-off mode, while clinic attendees absorb the ambience of Ohio State Football team meeting room.

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(right) Former Buckeye and Pitt Football Head Strength Coach Dave Andrews was a great addition to the 2019 Ohio state clinic speaker line-up

Clinic Director Jeff Uhlenhake introduces Strength Coach Quinn Barham

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Michigan State Football Strength Clinic Wrap-up

Once again, Michigan State does not disappoint. The MSU Spartans' 12th Annual Strength & Conditioning Clinic is a testament to the success and longevity of their head football coach Mark Dantonio. When Dantonio arrived back in 2006, following a successful stint at the Cincinnati Bearcats, he made personnel moves that retained head strength coach Ken Mannie and assistant Mike Vorkapich. With that move complete, Mannie and Vorkapich plowed straight ahead and even planned a strength and conditioning seminar to educate coaches, teachers, trainers and physical therapists on the intricacies of designing and implementing football and sport strength training programs. As word got out about the first clinic, the wheels began turning to have a second one. A short time ago, the 12th one came to an end and they are certainly going to plan more. In fact, Coach Vorkapich already has a couple speakers inked. The wide array of diverse clinic speakers that share their knowledge with the clinicians is one of the things that make this annual event huge. And, with clinic master of ceremonies, Ted Lambrinides, serving as the point man, things roll very efficiently. Ted has a wealth of information from both academic and field experience disciplines. He's a long time sport scientist who's become one of the leading experts on GPS player tracking data analytics for both NFL and Power Five collegiate teams. Dr. Ted, who completed his PhD work at Ohio State back in the 1980s, has become an multi-year cornerstone as emcee at the clinic, operating with smooth efficiency and is always available to share information during the breaks.

This year, Mike Vorkapich brought in a diverse group of high impact speakers. For one, Reno Saccoccia, spoke on developing a championship program, which he's done at Steubenville (Ohio) High School Big Red Football. The "Big Red" are really BIG in Ohio High School Football where Reno has built a perennial powerhouse program. Coach Saccoccia also happens to be Coach Ken Mannie's brother-in-law, so he probably gets access to plenty of football strength training program tips!
Coach Kevin Yoxall of TCU and Auburn fame, explained about running an ideal summer strength & conditioning program and that type of information is just the kind of thing that many of the clinic attendees wanted to gather.
Then, Bill Foran (Miami Heat), who is a strength and conditioning Hall of Fame inductee, told some interesting stories about his days as Michigan State's first graduate assistant strength coach. After a stint at Washington State, he then experienced some big success at the University of Miami Hurricanes.where he worked under Head Coach Jimmy Johnson. Bill came up with some changes down there, especially with their conditioning tests that . Then, he was courted by the Miami Heat and actually was hired by Billy Cunningham with just a little Wilt Chamberlain influence! He also got to work with their legendary head coach Pat Riley and had plenty of really good stories about his career with the Heat. He also drove home the point on these four things:

Sleep
Hydration
Less Sugar
Vitamin D

All good stuff! He followed that with some video of the Miami Heat in training.
That lead to the next clinic speaker from the University of Cincinnati, Brady Collins, a spirited and passionate strength coach who had a huge impact on football coach Luke Fickell's 2018 Bearcat 11-2 squad. This team was the surprise turnaround story of college football in 2018 and finished at #23 in the final rankings. Coach Collin's talk centered on his training mantra of 'relentless effort' and how the Bearcats, a team that finished its season with a huge victory over Virginia Tech in the military bowl, go about getting that accomplished. Brady has a good sense of the history of strength training for football and paid homage to the NFL's first strength coach Kim Wood, who saw the trainings' first priority as "to develop the raw material of the body". The Cincinnati Bearcat Director of Football Sports Performance also covered how to maximize and develop player potential and also taught some of the Cincinnati squat protocols and progressions. not a bad year for this knowledgeable. young strength coach.
The final speaker, Caleb Grummet spoke on self discipline and left us with the following thoughts:
1. Fight the good fight
2. Avoid complacency
3.Stay pure and avoid being watered down
4.Always know your WHY

In his closing remarks, Coach Ken Mannie wrapped up the clinic with some thoughts on a word that keeps surfacing by many of the speakers, and that's TRUST. It's a difficult thing to cultivate because a strength and conditioning coach needs a ton of it. Coaches not only need to develop trust with the athletes whom they develop, but they also have to strive everyday to have trust that flourishes among their staff and all of the sport coaches,as well. So, Mannie advised clinic attendees to:

Learn as much as you can
Separate yourself from the pack
Work at your job like it's the only one that you'll ever have
Love what you're doing
Get well-versed in technology
Develop professionalism: mannerisms, expertise, inspire people

NFL sports science & player tracking consultant Ted Lambrinides was again the MSU Clinic master of ceremonies

Steubenville (Ohio) High School Big Red Head Football Reno Saccoccia

Cincinnati Bearcats Director of Football Sports Performance Brady Collins

Lots of earned jerseys in this corridor

The Michigan Stater Spartans football strength training complex is second to none. They have it all

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2019 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Strength & Conditioning Clinic

The Ohio State Buckeyes will be conducting their strength and conditioning clinic on February 16th (Saturday) 2019.The clinic will take place in the football weight room in the Les Wexner Football Complex at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, one of the top collegiate athletic facilities in the country.
The Buckeyes, led by their Asst. A.D. for Football Sports Performance Mickey Marotti, are settling into their winter workouts following a 13 win season and a big 28-23 Rose Bowl victory over the Washington Huskies in Pasadena, California.
The Football Strength and Conditioning Clinic is intended for high school coaches who are interested in learning about strength training that is exclusively geared to football players. The fee for this clinic is $75 and includes one single day parking pass. CEU’s will also be given during the course of the clinic. The clinic is open to any and all high school coaches ages 18 and older. College students who are studying strength training or who are interested in a strength training career may also attend. The fee for college students is $25 and proof of a student ID is required. High school students are NOT permitted to attend this clinic. Full payment is required at the time of registration. You may register online by visiting OhioStateBuckeyes.com/camps.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The Football Strength and Conditioning Clinic is a day camp only and no overnight accommodations will be provided. Participants are responsible for providing their own overnight accommodations if needed. Hotel information can be provided upon request.

The Ohio State Football Strength & Conditioning
Clinic Director
Coach Jeff Uhlenhake
uhlenhake.3@osu.edu

Clinic Registration:

OhioStateBuckeyes.com/camps

Coach Uhlenhake starred at Newark (Ohio) Catholic High School GREENWAVE where he was the 1984 Ohio Lineman of the Year. He played in three state championship games there under coach J.D. Graham. Jeff was a four year starter for the Buckeyes and was a 1st Team All-America and team captain in 1988. He played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins

Video clip from the previous Ohio State Strength & Conditioning Clinic

Michigan State's 12 Annual Strength and Conditioning Clinic February 8/9th

The Spartan Strength & Conditioning Staff will be holding its 12th Annual clinic the weekend of February 8/9, 2019

“Tips from the Trenches with the Spartan Strength Staff” will again be a FREE event on Friday evening

The clinic will be emceed by Dr. Ted Lambrinides: Director of Sports Science for Athletic Strength And Power (ASAP). The complete speaker lineup includes:

Bill Foran (Strength & Conditioning Coach-Miami Heat)

Kevin Yoxall (Strength & Conditioning Coach-Midway HS, Woodway, TX)
Brady Collins (Director of Football Sports Performance-University of Cincinnati)
Caleb Grummet (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach-Olivet College)
Reno Saccoccia (Head Football Coach-Steubenville (OH) High School)
Dr. Ted Lambrinides (Clinic Emcee-Director of Sports Science-Athletic Strength & Power)

And as always, Ken Mannie and Mike Vorkapich & the Spartan Strength staff will be on-hand for informal discussion.

Each PRE-REGISTERED clinic attendee will receive videos of all speakers via email and a ‘Spartan Strength’ clinic t-shirt!

REGISTER HERE

MSU Spartans Head Strength Coach Ken Mannie with Clinic Emcee Ted Lambrinides

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ASAP at University of South Carolina Gamecocks Basketball Podcast with Coach Scott Greenawalt

We checked in with the South Carolina Gamecocks Head Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coach Scott Greenawalt before the 2018-19 season commenced. Coach Greenawalt, joins ASAP Podcast guy Ed Cicale in this discussion on strength training for basketball. This is Scott's 3rd appearance on an ASAP Podcast. He always has some interesting insights into training as well as some good ideas to consider for program design. Coach Greenawalt has a high interest in bringing South Carolina Gamecocks Basketball to the forefront of college basketball, and that 2017 NCAA Final Four appearance certainly drives Greenawalt and his staff to one day reach that pinnacle again. He has a wealth of knowledge about basketball player development that also includes sports nutrition. Gamecocks' Head Basketball Coach Frank Martin entrusts in Greenawalt, a coach who earns the respect of the players that he monitors on a day to day basis. He's now into his 7th season in Columbia. This ASAP Podcast is brought to you by The Sports Flooring Professionals at SpecAthletic.

Scott Greenawalt: Director of Strength & Conditioning for the South Carolina Gamecocks Basketball team

ASAP Rival Game Feature: Michigan Wolverines at Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Stadium

The Ohio State Buckeyes entered "The Game" as the nation's number two ranked total offense. The Michigan Wolverines were to counter those numbers as they represented the nation's number one defense that accompanyed their ten game winning streak.... Obviously, this was going to be a pretty B1G Ten deal with lots of bragging rights, as well as a trip to the Big Ten championship game on the line. 106,588 football fans took their places as these two college powerhouses squared off for the 107th time dating back to 1897. WOW!

Here's a few of our pics from the Ohio Stadium sidelines versus the Michigan Wolverines. And of course, some of the videos of how Ohio State's Director of Football Sports Performance, Coach Mickey Marotti, trains the Ohio State Football machine.

Pics and Training Videos Ohio State Football vs Michigan

ASAP at USF Bulls vs #19 Cincinnati Bearcats Pics, etc

ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power, could see the transformation long before the team headed to their off-campus training camp at Camp Higher Ground in the rolling hills of Southern Indiana. Fans back in Cincinnati were full of hope for Head Football Coach Luke Fickell's second season. The first season brought changes and adjustments and the squad struggled to a 4-8 ending. However, the program's foundation was established. Coach Fickell just kept grinding. And recruiting. Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Brady Collins and his staff went into "non-stop" mode and went about the task of developing players in a makeshift training center known as "the bubble", as their strength training complex at the renovated Fifth Third Arena was under construction. The Bearcat players took on a brotherhood mentality and attacked the intense workouts and trusted in the designed program.

Pics, videos and Brady Collins Podcast

********And coming up this Saturday, the Cincinnati Bearcats (9-1)will make their presence known to the biggest of national audiences as they will attempt to bring a halt to the UCF Knights (9-0) and their 22 game win streak. Kirk Herbstriet, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler... the whole deal, as ESPN College Gameday heads to UCF for the huge match-up. . The Bearcats are ranked at #19. In addition, this week they received their ranking in the College Football Play-offs .