ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

Athletic & Sports Performance Training in Cincinnati

Ted Lambrinides announced today that his newest ASAP Athletic Strength And Power performance center will open around April 14th, 2007 on Cincinnati's west side. The facility will be called "ASAP at The River's Edge" and will be located in Cleves, Ohio at The River's Edge Sports Complex. The ASAP program is presently benefiting many athletes and trainees at several locations, including: The Workout @ Covington( Northern Kentucky), The Workout @ Adam's Landing (adult oriented personal training; downtown Cincinnati), and The Sports Performance Center (Tampa, Florida).
The new west side facility will feature the ASAP training system and cater to the junior high and high school athletes, as well as college and professional athletes, also.  Athletes will develop strength, power, speed and agility through the use of a variety of modalities. An acceleration training program will focus on the need to develop stronger, faster, and quicker athletes....preparing them for the next level of competition. To further inquire about Cincinnati's newest athletic performance center call 859.261.4111    or  send Ted an email to [email protected]

Ted will be one of the featured speakers at The University of Florida's Gator Strength Clinic to be held in Gainesville, Florida on March 2nd and 3rd. His topic will be on Speed Development Training.

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Latissimus Dorsi

Artwork: Courtesy of Gray's Anatomy

Take a good look at the artwork above. Check out the Latissimus Dorsi muscle. It's a large, triangular muscle reaching from the lumbar region all the way to the thoracic area.... and it gradually thins out as it makes it's way to the point of insertion at the humerus, or upper arm bone. This muscle plays a key role in multiple movements and coordinations. Wrestlers are known for having well developed "Lats" due to the constant pull work that they do in practice, matches and....in the weightroom. And, athletes in every sport rely on the latissimus dorsi for a multitude of functional movements.   The ASAP: Athletic Strength And Power training program targets this large muscle group and addresses it on every upper body workout. In fact, at The Workout @Covington, there are eight individual machines  and nine other exercises that are utilized in a variety of workouts to make sure that this priority muscle has a bullseye on it. Now,if you happen to be too far away from the training center here in the shadows of Paul Brown Stadium (home of the Cincinnati Bengals), and you don't have access to the equipment that we take for granted here at TheWorkout..... then there are ways to work this muscle when your resources are limited. Chin-ups and pullups are great ways to work the Lats. Also, Towel Chin-ups are great..just drape a couple of towels over a bar and perform your chin-ups by grasping the towels....this will also test and build your grip strength! Similarly, negative -only chin-ups are a good variation and excellent if you can't do any regular chin-ups, yet.  If you have access to dumbells...then the dumbell bent-over Row is a very good exercise. Of course, other non-direct exercises will also work the lats, too.

So, like the old Beatles song says..... Get Back!

.....Coach C

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The Torso....and The Training Involved

"Its not the kind of car you own.... it's the size of the arm that's hangin' out the window"

One of the critical and priority areas of the body is the Torso. There are three major muscle groups that comprise the torso area. One area makes up the upper back and is known as the "Lats", short for the Latin term Latissimus Dorsi. Next, there are the muscles of the shoulder and these are grouped under the term "Deltoid" muscles. There are three sections of this group, the anterior deltoid, the medial deltoid and the posterior deltoid. Finally, the large muscles of the chest region are called the pectoralis muscles....often called the "pecs" as opposed to the longer Latin term.  during the next three days, we'll examine the best exercises for developing the muscles of the torso. Stay Tuned!
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Rocky Boiman....on to the Superbowl!

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."...Robert Collier..bestselling author and publisher of The Secret of the Ages
He once starred for the Bombers at Cincinnati St. Xavier High School. In fact, he was selected as a First team All-State (Ohio) Division 1 star. That was before he headed north to South Bend, Indiana where he captained the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.  Today, Rocky Boiman prepares for the ultimate professional football experience.... The Superbowl. A fourth round pick of the Tennessee Titans (2004), the 6'4  235lb hitter also had a brief stay with the Dallas Cowboys before getting picked up by the Indianapolis Colts.
A consummate professional, Rocky brings 100% to everything he does.....especially training. His off season work is done at The Workout@Covington, greater Cincinnati's premier athletic training center... just a long pass from downtown Cincinnati and located in Covington, Kentucky. Just a few months ago, Rocky could be seen sweating profusely while sprinting 300, 200 and 100 yard shuttles on the indoor FieldTurf....or going through an intense weight training regimen to prepare his body for the rigors of Sunday afternoon's in The National Football League. Hard work has it's rewards. Have a great Sunday, Rocky!!

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