Athletic Strength And Power

Category: Strength Training & Conditioning

  • Ohio State Buckeyes National Champs’ Speed, Strength & Conditioning Clinic

    IMG_9656abcThe Buckeyes are fresh off of their 2014 National Championship victory over the Oregon Ducks and still living the dream. However, Coach Mickey Marotti, the squad's Assistant A.D. for Football Sports Performance, seems to have filed that great season to the past and is directing the Buckeyes' "GRIND" toward preparation for the coming season. They've added a few mid-year arrivals to a big returning group of Buckeyes and it will come as no surprise that Ohio State will be the 2015 Pre-Season #1 team in college football. Urban Meyer's Ohio State team has tweaked a few things this year already, including how they go about the daily grind. In fact, the newly revised training and practice schedule has already made a huge difference. 

    That being said, it's business as usual as Assistant Strength Coach Jeff Uhlenhake prepares for the Ohio State Football Speed Strength & Conditioning Clinic to be held on Saturday, March 7th, 2015 at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on the campus of the Ohio State University. The speakers for the Buckeye Strength Clinic are the OSU Strength Staff along with former Ohio State Assistant Strength Coach, now ASAP Sports Science Director Ted Lambrinides and former grad assistant and current Cincinnati Bengals' Strength Coach Chip Morton. So, all staff speakers are directly connected to the Buckeyes!
    The clinic is designed to help you in many areas of athlete development. Those areas include, but are not limited to, Functional Movement, Prehabilitation, Elements of Rest and Recovery, Upper and Lower Body Training the OSU Way, and motivational factors applying to both the individual and team.
    Registration is from 8am-9am with bagels and coffee included. Lectures begin at 9am and go thru 3pm with a short lunch break at noon (lunch provided). If you have questions or concerns you can email Clinic Director Coach Jeff Uhlenhake or call 614-292-9053
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    Mickey Marotti  ….
    Topic: Leadership….Team Building and Motivation
    Anthony Schlegel 
    Associate Director FB Strength & Conditioning Topic:
    Get'n Bumpy with Shared Mindset
    Kenny Parker
    Jeff Uhlenhake 
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    Parameters of Program Design for all Athletes

    Chip Morton Cincinnati Bengals
    You Can Go Home Again….Five Coaching Concepts I've Learned Along the Way
    Ted Lambrinides ASAP Sports Science Director
    Player Health: Keeping Players on the Field

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    SPEED STRENGTH & CONDITIONING CLINIC BROCHURE

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  • University of Tennessee 2015 Strength Clinic

    IMG_0772cThe Tennessee Vols are prepping for their 2015 Strength Clinic to be held on Feb 27th & 28th 2015. 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 something to see 
    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. 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 103,000 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. Also, ASAP's Sports Science Director, Ted Lambrinides will be one of the many great speakers on hand. IMG_0848a  Logo  

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

     

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  • Mississippi State Bulldogs Strength & Conditioning Clinic

    AASAP witnessed him at Bowling Green, Toledo, Ohio State and then down in Starkville, Mississippi too. And now is your chance to meet and learn strength training from one of the top strength coaches in the business….. Rick Court. He's the fiery and enthusiastic strength coach at Mississippi State. He gets the Bulldawgs some bite and brings the JUICE!
    Rick Court is hosting the 2015 Mississippi State Strength Clinic held on February 28th, 2015. Assistants Brady Collins and Nick Savage will have their "A" game at the clinic, too. So this will be a great learning environment and chance to see their Leo Seal Football Complex.

    Furthermore, a trip to Starkville brings a chance to swing over to The Little Dooey for some barbecue. It's ASAP approved, as well as meeting the approval of Kirk Herbstreit and Brady Collins.

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  • ASAP Road Trip. Destination: East Lansing,MI

    ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Director, Ted Lambrinides, is readying  for a trip to East Lansing, Michigan as he's the emcee for this year's 8th Annual Michigan State Strength & Conditioning Clinic. The MSU Strength Staff as well as Coach Ken Mannie and Mike Vorkapich anticipate another great turnout!
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    Meanwhile, I'm making plans for the trip, too! Look for Coach Mike Shibinski, Coach Kim Wood, Karl Deschaine. East Lansing will be the place to be this weekend. Go Green
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  • ASAP Podcast with Univ of Cincinnati Basketball Athletic Trainer Robb Williams

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    IMG_9129aLast week, I headed up to the University of Cincinnati to check in on their Head Athletic Trainer, Robb Williams. He's a hometown guy who has worked his trade in several places for over thirty years. He earned his undergrad at Ohio State and his Master's right there in Bearcat Country at UC.  Interestingly, as a Cincinnati west-sider, Williams knows all about the Cronin family. The Head Basketball Coach at Cincinnati is Mick Cronin and Mick's father, "Hep" was a head basketball coach at Robb William's high school…. Cincinnati Oak Hills High School. So, Robb is back where it all started for him only with a bigger responsibilty now….. keeping the Cincinnati Bearcats healthy and recovered from the ups and downs of playing bigtime basketball.  Here's our ASAP Podcast discussion about recovery for athletes.

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  • Auburn Athletics: Wellness Kitchen Tour w/ Sports Dietitian Scott Sehnert

    GOPR2616aaThe Auburn University Tigers have recently upped their game!

    It's no secret that nutrition continues to make advances in sport science as the relationship between peak athletic performance and the athlete's diet continues to surge to the forefront. Even the casual fans know of the post workout protein smoothies that many athletes use to enhance their training progress. However, that's only a small slice of how sports dietitians plan their recipes to success. For example, at Auburn University, the Sports Dietitian for the Auburn Tigers, Scott Sehnert is elated with the advancement that their athletics program has demonstrated. The university has recently completed their Auburn Wellness Kitchen, now functioning at full capacity, and the results will have the rest of college sports keeping a keen eye on this undertaking. Behind the scenes, Sehnert takes pride in implementing nutrition and molecular biology to maximize training and performance at Auburn. Meanwhile, those athletes have enjoyed a taste of success.

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  • ASAP at West Virginia Basketball with Coach Andy Kettler

    WVU_Title_124and286Here's a video with interview with WVU Mountaineers Head Basketball Strength Coach Andy Kettler. In June we posted an ASAP PODCAST with Kettler.

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  • Professional Development for 2015

    IMG_8941aI went to my first strength training and conditioning clinic back in 1983. At the time, I was a graduate assistant strength coach at The Ohio State University. The Head Strength Coach, Steve Bliss, was adamant about his staff seeking out ways to improve their coaching by gaining more knowledge and insight on both the science…. and art…. of strength training and conditioning of athletes.
    One of the first clinics that I attended was a clinic in Cincinnati where Cincinnati Bengals' Strength Coach Kim Wood was a speaker. The University of Michigan was represented by their strength coach Mike Gittleson. And, a guy who created and wrote The Steel Tip was there, too; Ken Leistner.  These guys were amazing. And, they had some of their athletes on hand to perform some demonstration workouts. These were not the workouts of the local Planet Fitness variety. These guys were going at it with a fervor that most of the coaches in attendance had never seen before.

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    Coach Wood had some of his Bengal players go through a series of exercises and the coaches in attendance took heed! Since the Bengals had recently been a Super Bowl contestant,  just about every coach had their notebooks and legal pads going full tilt. Nobody scrolled their text messages or email accounts back then!

    Anyway, a few days later, a bunch of grad assistants at Ohio State were busy using their new found knowledge. Young Buckeye football players like Jim Lachey, Keith Byars, Chris Spielman and Jeff Uhlenhake were subjected to a new and intense approach to their workouts. Coach Bliss and his assistant, Ted Lambrinides beamed with approval.

    Upcoming Clinics

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  • 8th Annual MSU Spartans Strength & Conditioning Clinic

     
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    Coach Ken Mannie and Coach Mike Vorkapich have announced their plans and itinerary for their Michigan State University 8th Annual Spartans Strength & Conditioning Clinic on February 6th and 7th 2015.
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     “Tips from the Trenches with the Spartan Strength Staff” will again be a FREE event on Friday evening followed by a great Saturday line-up to be emceed by Dr. Ted Lambrinides, Director of Sports Science for Athletic Strength And Power (ASAP). The complete speaker lineup includes:
    Ted Rath – Detroit Lions’ Strength Assistant
    Rob Stock – Navy Seal and founder of Human Performance Initiative
    Eric Klein – Minnesota Golden Gophers’ Head Strength Coach
    Ron McKeefery – Eastern Michigan’s Director of Sports Performance  
    Dr. Joey Eisenmann – Director of Spartan Nutrition and Performance Program
    And as always, Ken Mannie and the Spartan Strength staff will be on-hand for a roundtable discussion. New this year – each clinic attendee will receive videos of all speakers via email!!!

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    Ted Lambrinides

    It’s that time again to plan for professional development. We at ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power are looking ahead, too. In fact, our Director of Sports Science Ted Lambrinides will serve as the Master of Ceremonies at The Eighth Annual Spartan Strength & Conditioning Clinic at Michigan State University on February 6th and 7th 2015.
    UnnamedaaTed has spoken from coast to coast over the last 33 years on everything under the umbrella of sports and exercise science. Before embarking on his professional career, Lambrinides completed undergraduate, graduate and post graduate studies at The Ohio State University. He served for nine years as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach for the Buckeyes…his alma mater, and at The University of Kentucky.
    Recently, he’s been been called upon as a guest speaker to many major college football programs where he’s given streetwise and upfront talks to athletes about “Drugs, Supplements and Personal Conduct”. His most recent talks have been to the football squads at the Michigan State Spartans, the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Ohio State Buckeyes.
    Ted was able to continue sports science research as he coordinated the Exercise Physiology Department at Thomas More College….tweaking his methodologies while training many of the top athletes in the Greater Cincinnati Tri-State Region. 
    As a sports performance consultant, Coach Lambrinides has provided expertise on performance training and ergogenic aids to numerous collegiate and professional football and basketball programs. In fact, the past two years he’s visited  practically every SEC and Big Ten program and several NFL teams as well. 

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  • Check out ASAP at Georgia Tech’s New Strength Training Center

    Check out what’s been going on down in Atlanta at Georgia Tech. Head Strength Coach John Sisk is very pleased as they’ve completed a complete makeover of the strength training center that is within Bobby Dodd Stadium. Click on the photo to check out all the pics. It’s an amazing transformation. 

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