Athletic Strength And Power

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  • Michigan State Football “Hills on Mills”

    Okay…. here's the disclaimer! I wouldn't suggest adjusting your treadmill to the settings that Coach Mannie and the Michigan State Football Strength Staff have….unless you've been training like a Spartan. It's not fun and games in the Duffy Daughtery Football Building in East Lansing, Michigan. The Staff: Tommy Hoke, Lorenzo Guess, Bill Burghardt….. they're all pushing, driving and motivating the players to reach their full potential. Check out the video and you'll see a few of the athletes performing the "Hills on Mills" routine.
    For starters, you'll need a Woodway type treadmill, disengage the gearing mechanism so that the running deck flys freely and then adjust the incline to 25%. After grabbing hold of the handles, begin walking for about ten seconds….then proceed to a jog….and finally the "all out" phase… GO FULL SPEED for at least five seconds and try to crank out 15…16… maybe even getting to 17 MPH. Decelerate and continue on for several reps depending on you or your athletes' conditioning level. 

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  • ASAP Strength~Series.EDU at Michigan State Strength Clinic

    Michigan State Football is surging ahead following a recent run of eleven win seasons, bowl games, victories over long time Big Ten foes and of course the triple overtime bowl victory over the SEC's Georgia Bulldogs at the 2012 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
    It's not an accident! Players are "earning the jersey" up in East Lansing, Michigan. One huge reason is Head Football Coach Mark Dantonio.  One strong reason is due to the direction and leadership of the strength & conditioning program….. and that would be the Head Strength Coach, Ken Mannie.
    Check out Ken Mannie in this ASAP exclusive, made-for-TV, high definition 'HD' look into the mindset of the rigorous training program taking place at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building on the campus of Michigan State University. Coach Mannie bares the nuts and bolts…the schematic for inculcating college football players to reach for and attain higher levels.
    This is an excerpt from the Michigan State Strength Clinic, an annual event held in February. Watch this video and you'll more than likely attend next year's clinic!!

    Broadcast with permission from Michigan State University Strength & Conditioning

    Blogpost & Video by Ed Cicale Copyright 2012 Athletic Strength And Power and Michigan State University Strength & Conditioning Clinic ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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  • ASAP Strength~Series.EDU at Michigan State Strength Clinic

    Michigan State Football is surging ahead following a recent run of eleven win seasons, bowl games, victories over long time Big Ten foes and of course the triple overtime bowl victory over the SEC's Georgia Bulldogs at the 2012 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
    It's not an accident! Players are "earning the jersey" up in East Lansing, Michigan. One huge reason is Head Football Coach Mark Dantonio.  One strong reason is due to the direction and leadership of the strength & conditioning program….. and that would be the Head Strength Coach, Ken Mannie.
    Check out Ken Mannie in this ASAP exclusive, made-for-TV, high definition 'HD' look into the mindset of the rigorous training program taking place at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building on the campus of Michigan State University. Coach Mannie bares the nuts and bolts…the schematic for inculcating college football players to reach for and attain higher levels.
    This is an excerpt from the Michigan State Strength Clinic, an annual event held in February. Watch this video and you'll more than likely attend next year's clinic!!

    Broadcast with permission from Michigan State University Strength & Conditioning

    Blogpost & Video by Ed Cicale Copyright 2012 Athletic Strength And Power and Michigan State University Strength & Conditioning Clinic ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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  • Detroit Lions Strength: Olympic Lift Progressions with Ted Rath & Sean Williamson

    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. 
    Detroit Lions Asst Strength & Conditioning Coach Ted Rath explains the necessary progressions for athletes who are incorporating olympic lifting movements into their training program. Sean Williamson, now the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Morehead State University, 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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  • Detroit Lions Strength: Olympic Lift Progressions with Ted Rath & Sean Williamson

    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. 
    Detroit Lions Asst Strength & Conditioning Coach Ted Rath explains the necessary progressions for athletes who are incorporating olympic lifting movements into their training program. Sean Williamson, now the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Morehead State University, 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

     

    "Building your facility from the ground up"


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  • University of Kentucky Football Conditioning: Sites & Sounds Video

    For the full effect of this video, turn your thermostat up to about 110 degrees! Get the humidity up high, too, because that’s the way it was for the recording of this footage from a hot day in Lexington. There weren’t any bands around playing “My Old Kentucky Home” nor fight songs. …..There was the UK Strength Staff and a whole lot of Gatorade, though! Here’s some sights and sounds from the University of Kentucky Football squad’s conditioning workout yesterday…..  wear Dri-Fit and stay hydrated. Better consult a physician before engaging in this type of exercise!!!
     

     

  • University of Kentucky Football Conditioning: Sites & Sounds Video

    For the full effect of this video, turn your thermostat up to about 110 degrees! Get the humidity up high, too, because that’s the way it was for the recording of this footage from a hot day in Lexington. There weren’t any bands around playing “My Old Kentucky Home” nor fight songs. …..There was the UK Strength Staff and a whole lot of Gatorade, though! Here’s some sights and sounds from the University of Kentucky Football squad’s conditioning workout yesterday…..  wear Dri-Fit and stay hydrated. Better consult a physician before engaging in this type of exercise!!!
     

     

  • Michigan State Football: “BOTTOM LINE 2012”

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  • Michigan State Football: “BOTTOM LINE 2012”

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  • Miami University Redhawks Weight Room Tour: Paul Harker

    Miami, OH logoYou won't find nicer college campus anywhere! Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056. It's Redhawk Country and home to "the Cradle of Coaches." Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Ara Parseghian, Paul Brown, Weeb Eubank, Jim Tressel…the list goes on. They all coached football at Miami. Don Treadwell is the coach today, a former Miami wide receiver himself. He's got a heck of a coaching pedigree and was propelled to fame when he took over head coaching duties at Michigan State following a Mark Dantonio heart attack. Treadwell returned to his alma mater a year ago with hopes of winning the Mid American Conference championship soon.
    Nestled between Millett Hall and Yager Stadium is the weight training complex, the Walter Gross & Family Athlete Development Center, and it is headed by Paul Harker, the Director of Strength & Conditioning. And that's who took a timeout between Redhawk training sessions to give me and former Redskin, Ken Hauck (Miami '76), an exceptional tour. 

    This  facility was recently retooled with a complete line-up of Rogers Athletic Pendulum Strength Training Equipment. I definitely give this stuff a thumbs up. If this was Facebook, I would click the LIKE button for sure!  

    Blogpost and video by Ed Cicale Athletic Strength And Power