Athletic Strength And Power

Category: Motivation

  • Tennessee Football #VOLS in training

    IMG_0088​Here's the college football program poised to have a seat at the table with the big boys. Tennessee. They have the pieces that can place themselves back in the top ten in the nation. Coach Butch Jones has been getting things on track for another step up. Strength Coach Mike Szerszen knows that there's no time to waste in the preparation of the 120th edition of Tennessee Football. ​

     

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  • ASAP Podcast with Strength Coach Aaron Hillman

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    Strength Coach Aaron Hillmann recently headed the training at the University of Illinois. He had a previous role as head strength coach at Bowling Green State University prior to his short stint with the Michigan Wolverines under Aaron Wellman. Coach Hillmann has also worked with OSU Coach Mickey Marotti in the past.

    Here's an ASAP PODCAST with the veteran and master strength and conditioning coach, Aaron Hillmann:

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  • Michigan State Spartan Training Video Spring 2016

    Michigan State Football has something that a lot football programs would love to have: a strength & conditioning coach the caliber of Ken Mannie. Football coaches Nick Saban and Mark Dantonio have known about him for years….. but now, it's no secret! ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power has known all along. Coach Mannie has just completed his twenty first year at the Big Ten institution in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans have been conquering some big battles over the last few years and the pay-offs have been huge. Big Ten Championships, Rose Bowl Champs, Cotton Bowl Champs, College Football Playoffs. They're a pretty big deal these days, but it hasn't changed Mannie a bit. It's still intense, full go training. Earnestness. Fervor. Tough love. "Earn the Jersey"

    Here's a little video that depicts the whole deal:Go Green!

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  • Ohio State Record Spring Game Crowd 100,000+

    Check out some of the action from the Ohio State Buckeyes' 2016 Spring Game IMG_9977

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  • ASAP Podcast Episode #276: East Tennessee State Univ Strength Coach Al Johnson

    6a00d83453dfa869e201b8d1056ab1970c-200wiOur long time colleague Al Johnson is is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers down in …..of all places…. Johnson City, Tennessee! In today's ASAP Podcast, brought to you by TEAMBUILDR, you'll get a sampling of why Al Johnson is still one of the premier strength coaches in the field. PASSION! 

    Header-logoThis coming season, the ETSU Buccaneers have will begin a second year of football after many years of not having a football program. They definitely have a well experienced coach directing their training regimen, as Coach Johnson has a resume' that basically speaks for itself. He's well connected, networked and well known throughout the strength training community, having worked with several big time programs that include the Baltimore Orioles and of course his tenure at Ohio State that culminated in a 2002 BCS National Championship with the Buckeyes. He also spent 14 years at Morgantown, West Virginia with WVU's Mountaineers. 

    Check out this ASAP Podcast:

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  • Univ of Tennessee Sports Performance 33rd Annual Coaches Clinic 2016

    IMG_0772aThe Tennessee Vols are prepping for their 2016 Strength Clinic to be held on Feb 26th & 27th 2016. Coach Michael Szerszen and Head Strength Coach Dave Lawson are hosting this event and have planned a well rounded itinerary for  strength coaches, physical therapists, athletic trainers, fitness professionals and personal trainers. Be sure to check out the brochure for all of the pertinent information. Then get ready to head to Knoxville! The weight training center there is really something to see…one of the top sports performance training centers in the world. 
    At ASAP, we have been singing the praises of what's going on down there in Knoxville for a few years…ever since Head Coach Butch Jones arrived on the scene. This football program is on a steady incline and finished off a nice 2015 season with a very convincing win in the . Jones is putting the pieces in place and Head Strength Coach Dave Lawson takes the raw talent and trains them for the SEC brand of football that takes place on those Saturday afternoons at Neyland Stadium in front of over 104,000 fans. As a consequence to all of the exciting things taking place in Knoxville, Tennessee Vols Football is poised to become part of the national conversation of college football again! Good 'ol Rocky Top!
    So get registered for this clinic….even if it's just to feel the ambiance of one of the crown jewels of collegiate strength training. When they designed the Anderson Training Center, they did it right!  IMG_0848a  Logo  Unnamed
     

    Click here for the Brochure

    Here's a couple of videos to get you warmed up. See you there!

     

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  • Episode #272 : The Exclusive ASAP Podcast with MSU Spartans’ Head Coach Mark Dantonio

    IMG_9698Coach Mark Dantonio has slowly assembled his program at Michigan State. He learned from some of the best….. coached under two championship coaches, Jim Tressel at Ohio State and Nick Saban (as an assistant coach) at Michigan State. Also he was a Graduate Assistant under Earle Bruce at OSU. Now, he has his team poised for championships that includes a 2015 Big Ten Championship! His Michigan State Spartans made it to the College Football Play-offs, and #Spartan Nation has taken another huge stride! 
    Coach Dantonio and I sat down and discussed the intricacies of the foundation of his Michigan State Football Program. We also talked about one of the pillars of his program…. Coach Ken Mannie…. the venerable Spartan strength and conditioning coach.

     

    Here's the ASAP Podcast with Coach Dantonio on Team Building Strategy:

     Also, Coach Ken Mannie and MSU Spartans Strength Clinic director Mike Vorkapich are prepping for their annual event. This year's speaker line-up features:

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  • ASAP Game Day Photo Shoot at Ohio State Football

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    Coach Mickey Marotti, the Asst AD for Football Sports Performance at Ohio State, and Head Coach Urban Meyer have their team prepared to make another run for a national championship and as of press time they have a 20 game winning streak….longest current winning streak in college football.

    Click here for some of the pics from the ASAP Game Day Photo Feature!

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  • Oregon Ducks at Michigan State Spartans Photoshoot 2015

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    Untitled-ddddHere's the photo shoot and some gameday video footage from Michigan State's Spartan Stadium as MSU hosted the Oregon Ducks in an epic early college season contest. The Spartans showed a lot of offensive balance behind their huge offensive line…. some exciting running backs and some speedy receivers. And that defense is real legit!

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  • ASAP Radar Watch! Tennessee Vols

    IMG_0771aCollege football teams have their countdown clocks swirling right now! The Buckeyes seem to be ironing out their quarterback derby. Superstar Braxton Miller is about to cause fits for opposing Defensive Coordinators as he settles in to a position change. Those Texas teams didn't go away… TCU and Baylor have some serious business that they want to deal with. The Oregon Ducks lost their Heisman winning quarterback to the NFL and have an early season appointment in East Lansing against at a Michigan State team that has a chip on it's shoulder…..They really do! And down in Starkville Dak Prescott and those Mississippi State Bulldogs will attempt to get cowbells heard much like they did last year as they spent six weeks at the #1 ranking position. The two teams in the desert are sure to decide some big things this year but the Arizona Wildcats do have to travel to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe this season against Arizona State! And, what's going to happen in Ann Arbor? The Big House will be host to some big changes that were made at Michigan back in January. Here we go!
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    Oh yeah, and one other team that definitely needs mention is the Tennessee Vols!  It's been really interesting to watch the slow transformation…. 'brick by brick'….  that Butch Jones has engineered. His exciting quarterback, Joshua Dobbs– an aerospace engineering major- and that hard hitting defense should really get Rocky Top going a whole lot along the Tennessee River in Knoxville! Better make reservations at Calhoun's a little sooner this year. Especially when Oklahoma comes to town. Wow!
    Tennessee…. back in the national conversation in 2015. 

    Here's a couple of videos that we shot with Head Strength Coach Dave Lawson;

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