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Today's post includes Part Three, the final segment, of the podcast interview with Kim Wood.
Coach Wood's tips to training include "the need to be disciplined.....you have to work hard...and you have to work smart." 
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Today we continue with Part Two of the ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Podcast Interview with Strength Coach Kim Wood (part one posted on April 20th). This podcast was recorded on location in one of the many gyms within Kim's home. His home also serves as a "museum" to the history of weight training and strength training for both bodybuilding and athletics. There are hundreds of devices, bars and strength machines throughout the spacious, beautiful home not far from the University of Cincinnati. Part Two of this interview is a conversation that covers a variety of subjects that include:
Ellington Darden
Dan Riley
John Wood
Hammer Strength
The Cincinnati Reds
Ted Lambrinides
Mixed Martial Arts
Ken Shamrock
Combat/Contact Sport
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They say that "a man's home is his castle". OK..... However, today I visited a man's home which was his weightroom! The home has several gyms with in the walls...and an addition that houses another gym. Even while taking care of culinary duties, one can still pump some iron....right there in the kitchen. Want to go out and sit on the deck? Forget it.... . there's training to be done there, too. That's the way it is when your Kim Wood. He's been involved in strength training and conditioning for decades. Yes, decades.
He started weight training as a youngster, training to become a better wrestler and football player. He then continued his training, behind the scenes, as a running back at the University of Wisconsin in the sixties....long before the fancy weightrooms and training complexes known to today's players.
Later, he worked for Arthur Jones, the legendary designer of the Nautilus machines. 
In 1975, Kim became one of the first strength coaches of professional football, when he was hired by Paul Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals. During that time, he was also one of the three principals who created the now, world famous, Hammer Strength machines.
He retired from the Bengals after 28 years with the team and was lucky enough to experience two Super Bowls along the way. He crossed paths with coaches Bill "Tiger" Johnson, Forrest Greg, Bill Walsh, Sam Wyche, Dick LeBeau...met with Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler on several occasions, and trained many All-Pro NFL stars. 
Recently, he wrote a couple of chapters for Ellington Darden's latest book entitled "The New Bodybuilding for Old School Results".
Coach Wood's son, John Wood, didn't stray far from the strength training background that he grew up around. After his playing days as a University of Michigan football player, John ventured out into his own business 
known as Functional Hand Strength. Check out his site for some great strength training equipment and John's blog.
Kim Wood invited Ed Cicale and ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power into his "home" for a podcast interview that was recorded in his "A" framed training gym...slash... weight training museum (see photos). Today, April 20th, we'll post part one.On April 21st, we'll post Part two...then Part Three on April 22nd. Click on the little blue triangle to avoid long download times. Part_One_Kim_Wood_Podcast Thanks Kim!
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In today's post, Michigan State Strength and Conditioning Coach Ken Mannie checks in on the subject of How to Pursue a Career Path toward becoming a Strength and Conditioning Professional. Mannie wrote an article on the subject (he's a regular feature writer) that appeared in Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director Magazine
. Coach Mannie first acknowledges long-time professionals and innovators, Body Epley and Dan Riley and their contributions toward strength training and conditioning for athletics. Both coaches have written many articles and authored books on the subject,too. He then emphasizes that one should develop his or her educational background. From there, look toward enlisting into an internship and getting real, hands on experience. Then, your ready to prepare that resume!
Here's the article that appeared in Scholastic Coach & A.D. MagazineDownload 6jan_07_powerline.pdf
Coach Ken Mannie is on the ASAP~ Athletic Strength And Power Advisory Board
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Coach Ted Lambrinides 
opened the newest of the ASAP~ Athletic Strength And Power sports performance centers today in Cincinnati. The facility, located on Cincinnati's west side, features sports performance training and acceleration training programs for athletes and also, personal training programs for the fitness minded individual.
Saturday's open house included an autograph session with NFL players, Rocky Boiman (Colts),Brad St. Louis (Bengals) and Ricky Brown (Raiders). All three players have trained extensively with Lambrinides and the ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power program. 
Trainers Brent Beisel, Jamie Ray and Joel Wainscott were on hand to answer questions and demonstrate exercises and equipment. 
ASAP @ the Western Sports Mall is located at 2323 Ferguson Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45238. The phone number is 513-240-7311....Call today to initiate your program and to "Think, Act and Train Like A Champion". Here's a Google Map to The Western Sports Mall: GoogleMap
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Today, we'll take a look at proper techniques that should be used when performing the Barbell Squat. 
The coaching points will be provided by University of Florida Strength & Conditioning Coach, Mickey Marotti. The Gators, winners of national championships in both football and men's basketball this year, have been doing a lot of things right.....including the barbell squat. Here's the proper techniques. I'll preface this by informing you that the first thing that they do is to use wooden sticks...like broom sticks....and they perform an overhead squat, in order to best view the ankle, knee and hip flexibility.
Once the athlete has shown proper form and technique in this aspect, Coach Marotti then has the athlete progress to performing front squats. He feels that this helps the "bend-ability" of the athlete. After the athlete shows progress being made on this exercise...then he will finally have the athlete perform the regular barbell squat....all using the same coaching points explained above.
ASAP Athletic Strength And Power wishes to thank Coach Mickey Marotti for today's coaching points.
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ASAP Athletic Strength And Power. It Works....and the reason? Strict attention to details and the application of the science of training and the art of coaching. The results: athletes ready for the next level of competition. Sure, that's Buckeye Tailback Antonio Pittman
...but that's ASAP's Doug Monaghan blasting him out of bounds. Check out Doug Monaghan (who was an All-Conference selection as a Bearcat defensive back at the University of Cincinnati under Head Coach Mark Dantonio) in action
..... Here he is coaching a Cincinnati Oak Hills football player, Jordan Roell at The Workout@Covington. Coach Monaghan played in huge games at UC, where he collected quite a few career interceptions....including one at Ohio Stadium against the Ohio State Buckeyes! Doug knows how to coach athletes, he knows how to train them....he knows how to get them in proper position to make the play. 
That's one of the keys to results that athletes get at The Workout@Covington. Individualized attention and superior coaching in strength training, athletic conditioning, power development, and skill & movement training for athletics.
Act, Think and Train Like a Champion!
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Agility: The ability to change direction.
The very nature of athletics requires one to be agile.....or having an ability to change direction. Some athletes are very gifted with this talent. 
Two time Heisman Trophy winner, Archie Griffin, and punt returner Ted Ginn come to mind when I think about superb agility. These former Ohio State Buckeye Football players had an innate ability to shift from one direction to another....and then, Ginn could recover to turn on his track star speed.... 
In today's video, you'll see some basic , warm-up agility used as a dynamic warm-up at the ASAP Athletic Strength And Power facilities in Covington, Kentucky, Tampa, Florida and soon (April 14th 2007) at The WesternSports Mall in Cincinnati. Troy Evans of the Houston Texans and Rocky Boiman of the Tennesee Titans perform the drills. Work on your agility training to get to The Next Level!
Agility Video click here
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An Open House is scheduled for ASAP's newest facility; ASAP @The Western Sports Mall in Cincinnati, Ohio. The open house will be on Saturday, April 14th from 10:00a.m till 1:00p.m. 
The open house will showcase the facilities and also feature a free autograph session. St. Xavier Bomber and present Indianapolis Colts linebacker Rocky Boiman will be on hand along with former Elder Panther Ricky Brown
who now plays for the Oakland Raiders. Cincinnati Bengal lineman and long snapper, Brad St. Louis will join the autograph session, too.
The facility is located at 2323 Ferguson Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45238. The phone number is 513-240-7311.
This training center will join the other ASAP~ Athletic Strength And Power performance centers found in the Greater Cincinnati area. Personal Training, Sports Performance Training and Acceleration Training will be paramount at the newest of the Cincinnati ASAP facilities!
Here's a Google Map to The Western Sports Mall: GoogleMap
Further information can be found on the downloadable file:Download asap_all_sports_flyer_ii_western_sports_mall.pdf.
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