ATHLETIC STRENGTH AND POWER

New Book release: Beyond Comfort: Mastering a Growth Mindset with Excellence Through Urgency by Coach Ted Rath

Hello!

This is the first season in the past 16 years that I haven't been patrolling an NFL sideline holding people back in short sleeves haha! So what have I been doing with myself?

Well, besides coaching youth sports for our kids I WROTE A BOOK!!! It's been an incredibly rewarding process and I'm blessed to have so many people in my life who have supported me throughout it. Please see below for a link to purchase on Amazon. Attached is a brief overview of the book

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If you're going to do the olympic lifts in your training program, do them the proper way! I can't tell you how many high schools that I have visited and saw athletes demonstrating how NOT to do them. 
Strength & Conditioning Coach Ted Rath explains the necessary progressions for athletes who are incorporating olympic lifting movements. Sean Williamson demonstrates the progression movements.
Filmed on location at the Detroit Lions Football Complex and Strength Training Facility at Allen Park, Michigan by Ed Cicale; ASAP Athletic Strength And Power

 

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ASAP PODCAST with the 2023 Cincinnati Bearcats Football Sports Performance Staff

When The University of Cincinnati Bearcats' Director of Football Sports Performance, Niko Palazeti, took on his new role in January 2023, he recognized an immediate need for his program and the Bearcats football squad: he needed a strength and conditioning performance staff. Palazeti had been a member of Coach Mickey Marotti's sports performance staff at Ohio State Football. Yet now, he found himself having to formulate a complete staff to complement new Head Football Coach Scott Satterfield's vision and mission. Coach Palazeti moved quickly, as time was ticking away and the Bearcats would soon be returning from the holiday break.

The returning squad had not quite really met him yet and he needed a staff that could hit the ground running to prepare the team for the rapidly approaching spring football practices. Nobody occupied the small and cramped assistant strength & conditioning office. Palazeti made his first call to Columbus, Ohio. His fellow strength and conditioning partner, Coach Chris Friend, had been a strength intern at OSU Football and was later promoted as a full-time strength coach under the olympic sports strength training umbrella. Coach Friend was ALL-IN for Cincy and made the 90 minute trip with his sleeves rolled up and ready to go. Next came Coach Brandon Garcia, who decided to depart Las Vegas, Nevada and UNLV to take on a fresh challenge of Big 12 Conference Football in Cincinnati. Garcia, a former football player at West Virginia State University, also had coaching stints at WVSU and Maryland Terrapins as well as some experience as a personal trainer down in Knoxville, Tennessee. Next on board was Scottie Etherington who had gained some early coaching experience at Marshall University with some intern experience at Ohio State Football and also Maryland Football. Finally, Robert "Robo" Williams was brought back into the fold. Robo had gained football playing experience at Miami University (Ohio) and also played a fifth year at Ohio Dominican where he completed his Masters Degree in Exercise Science, did an internship at Robert Morris University as well one back in his hometown at Cincinnati. He was an assistant at Toledo Rockets, Duke Blue Devils and at Army Football.

This is an energetic, meticulous and hard working strength staff with some very good early on coaching experience that is sure to provide solid strength and conditioning knowledge and motivation for a very good and surging college football team. So, here's the ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Podcast with all four members of Niko Palazeti's strength staff.

        

 

ASAP at Youngstown State Football S&C Podcast and Video

Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown State Football
Strength & Conditioning

 

YSU Dir for Football Sports Performance Jimmy Rodenberg

For the Youngstown State Penguins, the season can't start soon enough. Excluded from the play-offs in 2022, the football squad is ready to put that in the rear view mirror and move on. This is a program that prides itself on winning tradition, and the atmosphere around Stambaugh Stadium, which houses the athletic offices that include the football coaches and their meeting rooms along with the strength and conditioning facility, is basically: Let's ___ go!!!
The Director of Football Sports Performance, Jimmy Rodenberg, is making sure that the Penguins stay the course and avoid the cold treatment from the selection committee. Rodenberg, whose father, John Rodenberg is a well known, longtime high school football coach in the Cincinnati and Indianapolis region, got some great early experience at Ohio State strength & conditioning and then expanded on that base to a greater extent under Coach Brady Collins at Cincinnati with the Bearcats and their story book season and College Football Play-off run.   

Following his initial year at YSU, he's made some staff additions since his arrival and it can only serve to help the cause and the team goals to get back to national prominence. Keep in mind that this is a program that's had its share of the limelight as legendary college football coach Jim Tressel rebuilt the Penguin program during his fourteen year reign and tenure there, winning four national championships. 

Coach Rodenberg was able to bring in a full-time assistant, Mason Garrison, a Cincinnati high school product who was able to be a part of the big transformation as a member of the Cincinnati Bearcat team that was selected to the College Football Play-off vs Alabama during the Luke Fickell years. In addition, they've added G.A. in Sport Performance Colton Krueger, a Marquette University grad who got some quality experience at Oregon Football (intern) under Coach Aaron Feld. Justin Nikakhtar arrived in Youngstown via San Diego State and had an opportunity to work under Coach Adam Hall and Coach Chris Jurek with the Aztecs working on his professional internship in the southern California sunshine. And, Jake Puckett rounds out the strength staff. Jake is an Iowa State guy and had the opportunity to work under Coach Dave Andrews in Ames. He also had
a stop at Valparaiso as a sports performance assistant there in northern Indiana with the Crusaders.  

 

The Monday July 17th Workout

UPPER DAY

Field Work in Stadium: Dynamic Warm-up

straight line  acceleration training of limited yardage and limited volume

Bench Press: veteran varsity level players: Clusters of 2 REPs/ 20 second rest with high end percentage with volume limited (timed recovery)

Younger Players went with a 5 4 3 2 1 + percentages training

 

BentOver Rows (Elite FTS)

Shrugs 
Shoulder girdle training with the bands (from The Bill Jacobs Power Company)

Single Arm Incline Dumbbell Press

Supersetted with the Bent-over Rows

Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns (tempo) 4 sets of 5 

UpRight Rows...so as to bring a different angle for armoring the shoulder girdle

Deltoid Training: dumbbells with some manual resistance 

Manual Neck Training took place in the auxiliary gymnasium;  5 Reps with slow tempo cadence

Corework

 

Good luck to Coach Jimmy Rodenberg and his Youngstown State Penguins strength staff. You can catch them in their home opener at Stambaugh Stadium on August 31st as they host the Valparaiso Crusaders. Or, check them out at Ohio Stadium in Columbus as the Ohio State Buckeyes have set their noon kick-off home opener against the Penguins (Big Ten Network TV)

YSU Penguins Asst' Strength Staff
Justin Nikakhtar, Colton Krueger, Mason Garrison, Jake Puckett

ASAP Podcast with Football Sports Performance Coach Tommy Moffitt

Former LSU longtime S&C
Coach Tommy Moffitt

One of the big highlights of the HAMMER STRENGTH Clinic that was conducted at the Spooky Nook Athletics Complex in Hamilton, Ohio was the presentation on the opening night by Coach Tommy Moffitt. Basically, he laid out the infrastructure of his championship performance program that had the LSU Fighting Tigers fighting for and winning the big games and the big prizes. He's been in the strength & conditioning field for over thirty years. At Louisiana State for 23 years and prior to there, he'd been at Tennessee Vols and the Miami Hurricanes.

Tommy Moffitt's Championship Level Slide Presentation 
HAMMER STRENGTH CLINIC 

So, I guess it's a no-brainer that the Hammer Strength Clinic roped in the accomplished Tommy Moffitt. And, the clinic was the perfect time to catch an Athletic Strength And Power Podcast recording with Coach Moffitt. We talked strength training and conditioning an discussed how he used Polar heart rate monitors with the Tigers at LSU when conducting speed and conditioning workouts.

Currently, Moffitt has a strength & conditioning website called The Moffitt Method. It looks like a great resource for coaches & athletes and can even merge with TEAMBUILDR, the online strength & conditioning software.  In addition, he has a podcast that he records every Wednesday! 

 

Hammer Strength Clinic: Spooky Nook Champion Mill Hamilton, Ohio

For over 30 years, Hammer Strength has been hosting clinics to offer Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) for strength and conditioning coaches as well as other fitness professionals. Hammer Strength has cultivated a community based on its foundations of wisdom, respect, focus and performance. Each clinic has esteemed guest speakers and several breakout sessions to network and discuss training philosophies.

Clinic emcee Ted Lambrinides at The Cotton Bowl CFP Game

Renowned strength & conditioning expert, Ted Lambrinides, will emcee this clinic at the Spooky Nook Champion Mill which is in Hamilton, Ohio. In addition to his forty year pursuit of sports performance science, "Doctor Ted" has become a leader in the field of strength & conditioning program design, speed and human performance enhancement concepts and athlete-wearable gps tracking data analysis. Track him down at the clinic!

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2023 Speaker Lineup:

Molly Binetti | Director of Women's Basketball Performance, University of South Carolina

Presentation Title: Freestyle Warm-Up

Description: This presentation will debunk current methods and strategies incorporated during warm-up/prep periods, and explore outside-the-box methods to enhance overall athleticism, motor learning, and skill acquisition. Concepts that will be explored are autonomy/choice, differential learning, games/free play, and the importance of exploration within training. Attendees will leave with tangible ideas and drills to incorporate immediately.

David Queck | Director of Strength and Conditioning, Jones College

Presentation Title: Programming for the JUCO Athlete: From Weight Room to Speed Training

Description: This presentation will cover the challenges and triumphs of programming the strength and speed components in a Junior College setting for football, basketball and softball. As well as what is a JUCO athlete and how you coach them.

Al Johnson­ | Chief Development Officer, CSCCa 

Presentation Title: 30+ Years in the Profession: "What I Learned Along The Way"

Description: My journey in the profession and an overview of how strength and conditioning has changed but in some ways has remained the same.

Tommy Moffitt | Head Coach, The Moffitt Method

Presentation Title: Developing Speed, Strength and Conditioning for Field Sports

Description: This presentation will cover the macro, meso and micro cycle development for field sports and show examples of each.

Lance Walker­ | Executive Director, Human Performance & Nutrition Research Institute­, Oklahoma State University

Presentation Title: Angular Acceleration for Performance and Rehabilitation

Description: How concepts of linear speed development can be applied to nonlinear movement patterns to better express force, improve efficiency in cutting, and potentially improve return-from-injury outcomes.

Auggie Promersberger | Director of Sport Performance, St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio)

Presentation Title: Assent of the Edsman: Department-Wide LTAD at St. Ed's

Description: In this session we will take a deep dive into some of the details, principles and key points that drive long term athlete development in the St. Edward High School environment.

Garrett Medenwald | Director of Men's Basketball Sports Performance, University of Tennessee

Presentation Title: Coach has a Question…..do you have an answer?

Description: At some point in the season, your head coach will come to you with a performance-related question. The question could be regarding an individual or the team. When this moment happens, will you response with “your opinion” or will you have the “facts” to answer their question? Your answer may very well decide what type of impact you have on the program. What kind of impact do you want to make?

Niko Palazeti | Director of Football Sports Performance, University of Cincinnati

Presentation Title: Strength and Conditioning Onboarding: Strategies for Transitioning Faster and Smarter

Description: Reflection and key take away on Transitioning Roles and Responsibilities

Corey Miller | Director of Speed and Movement, UCLA

Presentation Title: Coming Soon

Adam Smotherman | Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, University of Virginia

U.C. Bearcats' Coach Niko Palazeti coaching the details

2023 Notre Dame Football Strength & Conditioning Clinic

Notre Dame Football Strength Clinic 2023

The University of Notre Dame Football Strength and Conditioning staff will be opening up their training center for an opportunity for S&C coaches, sports performance trainers, physical therapists, sport coaches and sports nutritionists to gain training and performance knowledge at one of the premier college football programs in all the land. There's a very impressive speaker list as this clinic promises to be a winner. February 24th & 25th (Fri/Sat)

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Ohio State Football Strength Clinic 2023:: February 18th

The Ohio State Football Strength and Conditioning Clinic is intended for coaches and fitness professionals who are interested in learning about strength and athletic performance training that is exclusively geared to football players. The fee for this clinic is $75 and includes one single day parking pass. CEUs will also be given during the clinic. The clinic is open to all 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 here:

REGISTER

Date: Saturday, February 18, 2023
Who: Open to coaches and fitness professionals at all levels who are 18 & Older (Grade School, College, Professional, Private Sector) interested in learning about strength and athletic performance training exclusively for football players.
Location: Woody Hayes Athletic Center (Weight Room and Team Meeting Room)
Clinic Staff: Clinic will be hosted by the Ohio State Football Strength and Conditioning Staff

Check-in: 8-9am
Instruction: 9:00am-3:00pm

CEUs:  Yes

Meals and Housing

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The Football Strength and Conditioning Clinic is a day clinic 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.

 

Hammer Strength Clinic Summer 2022 @ The University of Cincinnati June 17-18

Whether you choose virtual attendance or if you're lucky enough to attend in person, this clinic looks to be a really good one! 

2022 Hammer Strength Clinic

FRI JUN 17 2022 AT 10:00 AM TO SAT JUN 18 2022 AT 12:00 PM UTC-04:00

Lindner Athletic Center (University of Cincinnati)
REGISTRATION

Coach Ted Lambrinides (center)

Join live in Cincinnati or virtually on June 17th and 18th to continue learning, sharing and discussing how to get the best out of your strength programs. And, of course, as with all the top clinics, this one will feature Dr. Ted Lambrinides as the 2022 Clinic emcee

 

VENUE: University of Cincinnati - Lindner Athletic Center

ADDRESS: 2751 O'Varsity Way, Cincinnati, OH 45219

2022 SPEAKER LINE UP

TRACK #1 (Strength & Conditioning) | Credits: NSCA: 0.8, CSCCA: 4.0

Ben Sowders | Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Louisville

Topic: Training for Large Group Settings

Ryan Davis | Director of Football Strength and Conditioning at the University of Maryland

Topic: Training by the Numbers

Mickey Marotti | Assistant Athletic Director for Football Sports Performance at Ohio State University

Topic: From the Field of Strength and Conditioning

Matt Wenning | Owner of Wenning Strength Depot Inc.

Topic: Wenning Warmups - Potentiation and Performance

Lance Walker | Global Director of Performance at MJP

Topic: Applying a basic understanding of linear speed technical model

Brian Clarke | Assistant Director of Wellness Programs and Facilities for Park Tudor School

Topic: Power Clean Made Simple: Assessing - Implementing - Progressing (Performance & Fitness)

Danny Folino, Austin Stephan, Jeremiah Ortiz, Dustin Tripp | Football Sports Performance Coaches at the University of Cincinnati

Topic: Training the Bearcat Way

TRACK #2 (Fitness Professionals) | Credits: ACE: 0.8, NASM: 0.8

Kara Lazauskas, LFA Master Trainer, M.S, CSCS

Topic: Muscle Physiology: The Ground-Up Approach

Leigh Wierichs, LFA Global Training and Education Manager, M.S

Topic: The Essentials of True High Intensity Interval Training

Jamal Gibson, Life Fitness Academy Master Trainer, Personal Trainer and Conditioning Specialist, TPI Certified Expert

Topic: One Size Does NOT Fit All: Exercise Selection & Programming Specialized for Sport, Season, & Individual

Dane Robinson, TV Fitness Professional

Topic: Results for the Rotational Athlete

Gregory D. Myer, PhD, FACSM, CSCS*D, Director, Sports Performance And Research Center (SPARC)

Topic: The Future of Injury Prevention and Sport Performance, Today: Interfacing Engineering Technologies, Sports Analytics and Computer Science

BASEBLL STRENGTH: PBSCCS S&C Coaching Webinar

Topic: 2022 STRENGTH COACHES, CHIROPRACTORS AND DIETITIANS – “THE CONTINUUM OF CARE”

Join us June 4th for an awesome webinar as we collaborate with the Pro Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society @pbsccs. You will hear from a great lineup of speakers that include dieticians/nutrition, sports performance, strength training, chiropractic and more!
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REGISTRATION: click here

 

*** ALL TIMES ARE in EASTERN TIME ZONE *** INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS: 1.0 Sports Nutrition + 1.5 hours Chiropractic Care + 30min Strength Training + 30min Q&A = 3.5 Hours (NSCA CEUs)

9:30am Open Zoom Webinar
9:40am – Play Sponsor Videos 1-10
9:50am – Krause (PBSCCS INTRO)
9:55am – McDaniel (PBSCCS Presidents Update)
10:05am Bishop (PBCS Executive Director Update)

10:15am– BLOCK 1: Building a Player Program from Spring Training Assessments
-Goldy Simmons- White Sox (10:15-10:40) – Designing a program for athletes from spring training assessments

10:40am to 10:55am – Q&A with S&C (HOST Velasquez)
10:55am to 11:00am – Break (Sponsor Videos 1-5)
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11:00am – BLOCK 2: Sports Nutrition and Chiropractic Care
-Erika Wincheski – Kansas City Royals (11:00-11:25pm) – "Managing Weight In-season"
-Dr. Ken (11:25-11:50) – The Continuum of Care - "Collaborating Treatment & Performance"
11:50pm to 12:05pm – Panel Q&A (HOST Velasquez)
12:05pm to 12:10pm – Break (Sponsor Videos 5-10)
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12:10pm – BLOCK 3: Nutrition for Immune Health in Sports
- Stephanie Wilson – SOS Nutrition / (12:10-12:35) – Implementing ISAK protocols in MLB Strength Prog.
- Dr. Brett Winchester – St. Louis (12:35 -1:00) – multi-Disciplinary approach to Athlete Care: Strength & Conditioning Coach and Team Chiropractor “Functional Triage, The Lost Art of Prioritization”
1:00pm to 1:15pm – Panel Q&A (HOST Velasquez)
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1:15pm – BLOCK 3: Recovery techniques and CBD
- Dr. Brian Call (1:15-1:40) – “Biohacking your Recovery and Performance Through Hormetic Stress”
1:40pm – 1:55pm - Q&A with S&C (HOST Velasquez)
1:55pm – Eric McMahon – NSCA Update
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Closing Remarks (2pm)
2:00 to 2:10 – END (Sponsor Videos 1-10)
2:10pm – Event Hard Stop

Georgia Tech Strength & Leadership Clinic April 9th 2022

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Tech Football Strength and Conditioning Coach Lew Caralla has announced the upcoming 2022 clinic to be conducted at the football strength training facility at the venerable Bobby Dodd Stadium on April 9th.  Without a doubt, the clinic promises to be a pretty big deal with a rock solid line-up of speakers! In addition to the master motivator, Coach Caralla, and the Yellow Jackets strength staff, this one day seminar features plenty of knowledgeable clinicians:    

• Dr. Thomas Stallworth  Atlanta Falcons Head Strength Coach who came to the Falcons after three seasons with the New York Giants. Prior to his time with the Giants, he was the Head Strength and Conditioning coach at Western Kentucky University.
• Harold Nash: spent 16 seasons in the NFL as a strength and conditioning coach, and after joining the Cowboys in 2020 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, he was elevated to Head Strength Coach in 2021
• Inky Johnson: nationally known motivational speaker
• Dr. Aaron Wellman: Indiana Hoosiers Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Football Performance
• Mark Naylor: Arizona Cardinals; Assistant Strength Coach

 

Click Here for the registration form

Clinic Schedule:

Registration Check in: 7:00am-7:50am

Speaker 1: 8:00am – 8:50am

Speaker 2: 9:00am – 9:50am

Speaker 3: 10:00am – 10:50am

Lunch: 11:00am-11:50am

Speaker 4: 12:00pm – 12:50pm

Speaker 5: 1:00pm – 1:50pm

Speaker 6: 2:00pm-2:50pm

Conclusion & wrap Up

 

Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

 

ASAP Podcast at Cincinnati Bearcats Football: Strength Staff Podcast

ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale ventured to The University of Cincinnati Bearcats, post-pandemic, to check in on what last years' media darling college football team is up to and how they are preparing to make another move toward becoming a top ten program.

This podcast is a group interview with the strength staff assembled by Bearcats' Director of Football Sports Performance Brady Collins. He's put together an "amped up and juiced" staff comprised of:

Coach Jeremiah Ortiz
Coach Zach Higgins 
Coach Danny Folino
Coach Jimmy Rodenberg

The podcast was recorded at the Cincinnati Bearcats strength staff office where each coach was able to explain and detail many of the parts of the Bearcat strength and conditioning program. 

 

 

Danny Folino at DB Bench Press Station

Jeremiah Ortiz checks the sled push

Zach Higgins coaches S Brandon Cook

Jimmy Rodenberg extracting more on the Rows

LET IT FLY