ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER: June 2008

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June 2008

ASAP Sports Medicine Podcasts: Dr. Robert Burger: Team Physician; Xavier University, College of Mt. St. Joseph, La Salle High School

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ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Podcasts caught up with Dr. Robert Burger on Wednesday evening at the football symposium held at Beacon Orthopedics West in Cincinnati. In today's podcast, Dr. Burger talks about his background and what led him to the foreground of orthopedic surgery, with specialty to sports medicine, in the midwest. He also speaks about the more prevalent injuries found in athletics today and the rehabilitation of those injuries.

Click the ASAP Podcast logo above for the 5 minute podcast with Dr Robert Burger.

blogpost and podcast by Ed Cicale

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

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Beacon Orthopaedics West Presents Football Symposium

A pre-season football coaching and injury prevention symposium will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, at Beacon Orthopaedics West, 6480 Harrison Ave. ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power program director Ted Lambrinides will be one of the featured speakers for the event.

Featured guest speaker is Rod Huber, head football coach at the College of Mount St. Joseph. Huber is two-time recipient of the Heartland Conference Coach of the Year and has coached the Mount to three Heartland Conference championships. The Lions have qualified for the NCAA Division III National playoffs the last years with a combined record of 37-3

Other speakers include:

Ted Lambrinides - strength/fitness consultant for several NFL teams, owner of ASAP (Athletic Strength And Power) Training Centers

Rocky Boiman - linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, former captain for Notre Dame University, and member of the 2007 Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts and longtime trainee at ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power

Beacon team physicians:

Robert Burger - Xavier University, College of Mt. St. Joseph, La Salle High School;

Timothy Kremchek - Cincinnati Reds, Wittenberg University, Moeller High School;

Henry Stiene - Xavier University, Kings High School;

David Argo - Cincinnati Cyclones, College of Mt. St. Joseph, Oak Hills High School, East Central HS

Beacon physical therapists:

Melissa Kontsis - director of physical therapy

Christy Schuckman - physical therapy consultant/nutritionist for Xavier University

High school coaches:

* George Kontsis, head coach Walnut Hills;

* Lou Grippa, defensive coordinator La Salle;

* Don Stonefield, head coach East Central (Sr. Leon, Ind.).

The Symposium is free to committed grade school, junior high, and high school coaches.

Topics to be discussed include: Perspectives on Football Coaching Philosophy: From grade school to the NFL; Teaching the Fundamentals of Football: Proper throwing mechanics, proper tackling techniques, and protective equipment; Injury Prevention: Common football injuries and sports-induced asthma; Nutrition and Hydration: Pre-game meals and caloric intake during the season; Strength and Conditioning: Philosophies specific to football players

Refreshments will be served. Tours of the Beacon facility will start at 6 p.m. Make reservations by e-mail to [email protected]. Space limited to 100 participants.

For more information, call 513-354-3700.

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ASAP Strength Training Podcast: Cincinnati Princeton High School Strength Coach Mike Shibinski

For over 25 years, Mike Shibinski has been working with top notch athletes at top notch programs. As a three sport athlete and football player at Cincinnati Elder High School, Mike learned the value of hard work and serious training. He honed his athletic skills playing college football for the Butler University (Indianapolis) Bulldogs. Soon after, Mike headed to Ohio State University to become a graduate assistant strength coach for the Buckeyes and a Master's Degree in the strength training and conditioning of athletes. He began his coaching career at Mansfield (Ohio) Malabar High School and before settling down at Cincinnati Princeton High School, he acquired state championship rings at the legendary Moeller High School and at the Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education (C.A.P.E.).

ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power caught up with Coach Shibinski on a visit to his home fitness center/ gym. Be sure that if this "gym" wasn't in the basement of a home in a well manicured Cincinnati suburb, he could open up a training center here!

Today's podcast focuses on the accomplishments of this well known strength coach as well as taking a look into what it takes to establish a sound high school strength and speed program.

Click the ASAP Podcast logo above for the 16 minute podcast.

Mike Shibinski... a true Elder Panther!

blogpost and podcast by Ed Cicale

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

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Saturday Morning Sports Conditioning

"ASAP......... When You Need Results ASAP"

Conditioning-Speed-Agility Training

Where? CovCath High School (click for directions)
When? 9:30am (arrive early for extra flexibility training)
What to bring? Desire and plenty of cold Gatorade or Water
Who? Those in pursuit of the next level!
Gassers
We recently conducted one of our Saturday morning training sessions. These sessions are usually sprinkled with a blend of professional (NFL), College (Ohio State, Purdue, Boston College, Ball State, etc) and High School athletes. Many of these athletes, both men and women, are elite and in exceptional physical condition. And furthermore, they are presently on a strength training and conditioning program that's under the guidance of Ted Lambrinides PhD, Director of The Workout@Covington, just across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio in the shadows of Paul Brown Stadium.

The training sessions always begin with a Dynamic Warm-up. This would include many or all of the following exercises:
Half Speed 50yd jogs

Back Pedals 4x10yds

Three step walking Lunge w/twist 1x 15yds and return

3 step Squat grab back of ankles...repeat ....1x 15 yds and return

walking side lunge

walk 3 steps: hands to turf: alternate legs back as high as possible

Then, we progress to the real deal.... the heart of the workout. The Interval Training Segment. Don't eat very much at all prior to attending these sessions and bring plenty of chilled sports drinks!!

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The Workout

Here's a sample of one of the Saturday morning sessions at CovCath Football Stadium in Covington, Kentucky. The training sessions are best done on a lined football field and we prefer running on Field Turf, which is a very nice surface and easy on the knees and other joints.

The training sessions have been designed to utilize the latest advances of exercise physiology..... and if performed regularly, can propel athletes to the next level.

On this particular training session we used what's known as Gassers. A "Gasser" is performed by starting on the sideline, sprinting across the field and touching the opposite sideline with your foot...then returning to the original sideline, touch that line with your foot and then repeat. One Gasser is equal to approximately 213yds of building speed and then decelerating. A Half Gasser is a sprint across the field and then back.

6x full gassers (1280yds)

9x half gassers (960yds)

10x 10yd backward runs (100yds)

shuffles

carioca

lunges

flexibility

agility ladder

3x 200 yd shuttles (down the field and back) 60 secs till next shuttle starts (600yds)

mirror drills...+ 60sec squat

Check our YouTube Video of a Half Gasser

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ASAP Strength Training Podcast: Cardiac Screening at MIDWEST ULTRASOUND

ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power takes a look at sports medicine in today's podcast. Join ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale and Midwest Ultrasound representatives Ken Bertke (Clinical Director of Cardiac Services) and Dave Parlato (Chief of Clinical Operations) in an in-depth discussion about affordable screening for sudden cardiac death through the use of ultrasound echocardiography. Essentially, they are taking pictures of the athlete's heart and from there a reading and analysis is completed by a cardiologist at The Christ Hospital here in Cincinnati. High school trainers are very interested in this technology due to the detection of conditions that can't be seen on the playing field or through a typical pre-participation physical examination. The "echo" can determine if there is a pathology.