ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

ASAP Podcast with Atomic Athletic Owner Roger LaPointe

At last month's strength clinic at Bowling Green, we had a chance to take an in depth look at some of the interesting training tools at the Atomic Athletic exhibit booth. Thats where we ran into Roger LaPointe who actually hosted the clinic at BGSU. ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power provides today's podcast  where Roger discusses some of his strength equipment.

Roger LaPointe is an avid weightlifter who has competed in Olympic style weightlifting for many years. Roger was previously the VP Sales and Marketing of Nebula Fitness Equipment, the International Sales Manager and Olympic Lifting Advisor for YORK Barbell as well as a commercial gym equipment consultant. Roger’s interviews of Norbert Schemansky have been published in World Weightlifting Magazine.

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blogpost and podcast by Ed Cicale

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ASAP Sports Medicine Podcasts: Dr. Rob Heidt Jr.; Team Physician St. X Bombers/ Cincinnati Bengals

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There are several components that ASAP~ Athletic Strength And Power has targeted to ensure that the the athletes we train are getting results:

• Increased Strength
• Improved Speed (linear and lateral)
• Improved Power
• Improved Flexibility
• Improved Anaerobic Capacity
• Improved Body Composition
• Improved Confidence

To accomplish this, ASAP keeps close ties with developments in sports physiology and sports medicine, too. So, in today's podcast, Dr. Rob Heidt Jr. of Wellington Sports Medicine  talks about strength training and injury prevention from an orthopedic point of view.

Dr. Heidt is the team physician for both the St. Xavier Bombers and the Cincinnati Bengals and has been with both organizations for over 25 years! He believes that the preventative aspect in regards to sports injuries has been greatly enhanced by the specific types of training being done through training programs taking place at St. X High School and ASAP Athletic Strength And Power's sports performance training centers.

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At the new St. Xavier  7,000 sq. ft. strength training center, Coach Carlo Alvarez has implemented a "NO HANDS" area, specifically designed to train his players...despite any injuries to the hands or forearms.

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blogpost and podcast by Ed Cicale

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ASAP Strength Training Podcast: Ken Leistner

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Carlo Alvarez, Cincinnati St. Xavier's Strength and Conditioning Coach, could not have selected a more appropriate "master of ceremonies", when he picked Dr. Ken Leistner. The colorful and well spoken doctor, athlete, writer, coach and strength training enthusiast added an excellent dimension to the clinic. Coaches from all over the midwest were in attendance and Ken Leistner delivered.

Dr. Ken took a time-out after lunch for an ASAP strength training podcast. As usual, he proved to be entertaining and definitely has some Cincinnati favorites like Skyline Chili and Graeter's Ice Cream.

Just click on the ASAP Logo above.... or the photo of Dr. Ken to listen to the interview.

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blogpost and podcast by Ed Cicale

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ASAP~ Athletic Strength And Power Podcasts: Illinois Football Coach Ron Zook

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The St. Xavier High School Strength & Conditioning Clinic was a successful event. Carlo Alvarez, who is the strength and conditioning coach of Ohio's reigning #1 football squad, played host to this clinic where Ken Leistner was the Master of Ceremonies and ASAP Director Ted Lambrinides was one of the seminar's speakers.  The  clinic awarded  CEU's  in accordance with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

Kicking off the clinic was the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year (2007), Ron Zook of The University of Illinois where he serves as the Head Football Coach. Coach Zook had a very nice presentation along the theme of "Competition" and had some good videos to share which depicted the competitive situations that he gets his players into during the off-season. In fact, after watching that video of the players battling to exhaustion in a truck tire drill, it's easy to see why their nicknamed the "Fightin' Illini".

After his talk, Coach Zook spent some time with ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale.... discussing a little bit about his days at Miami University (Ohio), known as the "Cradle of Coaches", where the Redskins only lost one game in three seasons while he played defensive back there. Coach also emphasized the importance of the off-season strength training and conditioning program.

Zook coached at several other schools including the University of Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, and Florida before arriving in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. He made a few stops in the NFL, too.

To listen in on today's podcast (6:49), click on the ASAP Podcast Logo above or Coach Zook's photo.

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ASAP Strength Training Podcast; Squat Technique with Three Time Olympian Weightlifter Fred Lowe

Fred Lowe knows what he's talking about. He won his first Senior Nationals in Olympic style weightlifting in 1969, and went on to win a total of seven Nationals. He held the US National Record in the clean & jerk for 22 years and was voted as one of the lifters of the decade for the 1970s. He is still the lightest weight US athlete to clean & jerk over 400 pounds, which he did in the 165 pound class. He was on three Olympic teams: 1968, 1972, and 1976. After a layoff from 1983 to 1993, Fred started Masters level weightlifting. He has competed in 3 Senior Nationals since that time and in 1997 took a bronze, becoming the oldest man to medal in a US Senior Nationals.

If you want to learn proper squat technique, who better to learn from then a three time Olympian.  ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale talks technique with Fred Lowe in today's podcast. Just click on the ASAP PODCAST Logo below:

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Female Athlete Strength Training; ASAP Podcast with Kelly Howe

In today's podcast, join ASAP's Ed Cicale for an interview with Bowling Green State University Assistant Strength Coach Kelly Howe. She's in her third year at the Mid American Conference school and is now directing all of the women's sports training programs there. In addition to those duties, she also helps with other men's sports and is also doing more with nutrition education with the athletes.

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BGSU Strength Clinic Wrap-up & Podcast

Aaron Hillman's first strength & condtioning clinic at Bowling Green State Univ  was quite successful as many coaches, athletes and personal trainers walked away from this clinic with useful and applicable information. Longtime University of Michigan strength coach Mike Gittleson (retired) gave a great talk on developing hand and forearm strength. But it was his professor-like demeanor and storytelling abilities that helped to convey his training methods and topic. There's no question why he spent 30 years at the U of M and had the opportunity to work for one of college football's all-time great coaches.... Bo Schembechler. Mike Gittleson's a true master in the field of strength training.

We also heard from Kelly Howe... an assistant at BGSU. She oversees the many of the female athletes and she left no doubt as to the intensity of her workouts! We'll provide further podcasts with Kelly, as well as with Clinic Director Roger LaPointe, and Three time Olympic Weightlifter Fred Lowe.

Today's podcast is a clinic wrap-up with Aaron Hillman (BGSU) and Cincinnati St. Xavier High School Strength Coach Carlo Alvarez.

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