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  • ASAP Advisory Board; Coach Mark Asanovich / Conditioning

    Jacksonvillejaguars_3                     Asap_logggooo

        Football season is right around the corner,and that means that a player’s conditioning must have him prepared for the intense on-field battles that are about to take place. Furthermore, the athlete needs to have the same effort, speed and endurance to last deep into the 4th Quarter….or even, overtime. Today, we’ll examine a CONDITIONING LADDER used by Coach Mark Asanovich, who is the strength and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of ASAP/ The Workout @Covington. So, we’ll be calling upon his expertise for periodic updates and tips to help ensure that your strength training & conditioning program is heading to the next level. Having professional strength coaches on our staff helps to ensure that ASAP is staying on the cutting edge of training and conditioning! This is another drill that you could add to your program to help get yourself prepared for the rigors of the coming season. It could also provide variety to your current program…thus keeping you from getting stale.

    Here’s a download that has the drill diagrammed for you. Players and coaches alike, will benefit from adding this drill to their repertoire. Head to a lined football field and GET READY!

    Download conditioning_drill_drill_ladders.pdf

    Thanks Coach Asanovich…. and Good Luck as you prepare the Jaguars!

    Are You Ready for Some Football??

    Krenzel20to20jenkins

  • ASAP Advisory Board; Coach Mark Asanovich / Conditioning

    Jacksonvillejaguars_3                     Asap_logggooo

        Football season is right around the corner,and that means that a player’s conditioning must have him prepared for the intense on-field battles that are about to take place. Furthermore, the athlete needs to have the same effort, speed and endurance to last deep into the 4th Quarter….or even, overtime. Today, we’ll examine a CONDITIONING LADDER used by Coach Mark Asanovich, who is the strength and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of ASAP/ The Workout @Covington. So, we’ll be calling upon his expertise for periodic updates and tips to help ensure that your strength training & conditioning program is heading to the next level. Having professional strength coaches on our staff helps to ensure that ASAP is staying on the cutting edge of training and conditioning! This is another drill that you could add to your program to help get yourself prepared for the rigors of the coming season. It could also provide variety to your current program…thus keeping you from getting stale.

    Here’s a download that has the drill diagrammed for you. Players and coaches alike, will benefit from adding this drill to their repertoire. Head to a lined football field and GET READY!

    Download conditioning_drill_drill_ladders.pdf

    Thanks Coach Asanovich…. and Good Luck as you prepare the Jaguars!

    Are You Ready for Some Football??

    Krenzel20to20jenkins

  • ASAP Advisory Board; Coach Mark Asanovich / Conditioning

    Jacksonvillejaguars_3                     Asap_logggooo

        Football season is right around the corner,and that means that a player’s conditioning must have him prepared for the intense on-field battles that are about to take place. Furthermore, the athlete needs to have the same effort, speed and endurance to last deep into the 4th Quarter….or even, overtime. Today, we’ll examine a CONDITIONING LADDER used by Coach Mark Asanovich, who is the strength and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of ASAP/ The Workout @Covington. So, we’ll be calling upon his expertise for periodic updates and tips to help ensure that your strength training & conditioning program is heading to the next level. Having professional strength coaches on our staff helps to ensure that ASAP is staying on the cutting edge of training and conditioning! This is another drill that you could add to your program to help get yourself prepared for the rigors of the coming season. It could also provide variety to your current program…thus keeping you from getting stale.

    Here’s a download that has the drill diagrammed for you. Players and coaches alike, will benefit from adding this drill to their repertoire. Head to a lined football field and GET READY!

    Download conditioning_drill_drill_ladders.pdf

    Thanks Coach Asanovich…. and Good Luck as you prepare the Jaguars!

    Are You Ready for Some Football??

    Krenzel20to20jenkins

  • ASAP Advisory Board; Coach Mark Asanovich / Conditioning

    Jacksonvillejaguars_3                     Asap_logggooo

        Football season is right around the corner,and that means that a player’s conditioning must have him prepared for the intense on-field battles that are about to take place. Furthermore, the athlete needs to have the same effort, speed and endurance to last deep into the 4th Quarter….or even, overtime. Today, we’ll examine a CONDITIONING LADDER used by Coach Mark Asanovich, who is the strength and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of ASAP/ The Workout @Covington. So, we’ll be calling upon his expertise for periodic updates and tips to help ensure that your strength training & conditioning program is heading to the next level. Having professional strength coaches on our staff helps to ensure that ASAP is staying on the cutting edge of training and conditioning! This is another drill that you could add to your program to help get yourself prepared for the rigors of the coming season. It could also provide variety to your current program…thus keeping you from getting stale.

    Here’s a download that has the drill diagrammed for you. Players and coaches alike, will benefit from adding this drill to their repertoire. Head to a lined football field and GET READY!

    Download conditioning_drill_drill_ladders.pdf

    Thanks Coach Asanovich…. and Good Luck as you prepare the Jaguars!

    Are You Ready for Some Football??

    Krenzel20to20jenkins

  • Agility Training

    Untitled_21 To prosper and excel physicallyAsap_013_2  in athletics, we need quickness, strength, power, flexibility, balance and AGILITY. Therefore, an athlete must seek to improve him or herself in all of these aspects. Through working out and constant drill work, athletes can make drastic improvements in their game…no matter what the sport. Movement in sport is not robotic. Therefore, the FUNCTIONAL TRAINING that is developed at The Workout @Covington using the ASAP Program can help an athlete immensely…taking him or her….to The Next Level!

    • Swimmers need agility to make their turns as quick as possible and regain their speed. Mark Spitz…Shirley Babashoff
    • In Volleyball or Tennis, agility helps you to switch gears when the ball doesn’t go where you thought it would. Andre Agassi….Serena Williams
    • In the game of Football, players need agility to fake a defender out and cut away from the would be tackler. Barry Sanders….. Archie Griffin
    • Basketball is constant change of motion: agility. Magic Johnson…Micheal JordanPictures_from_summer_2005_072

    And here’s how we develop AGILITY: The ASAP Eight Pronged Agility Approach

    1. We incorporate the use of the agility ladder… a great tool…getting the athletes to get through the rungs in different movement patterns as quickly as possible. Yet, the body must still be under control….which is key.
    2. We’ll use a wide variety of cone drills, and the standardized cone tests. Athletes will be challenged by their training partners to focus every bit of the way. MicroHurdleVideo (Rocky Boiman, Troy Evans, Tyler Moeller)(videos may take 60 or more seconds to load)
    3. The mini and micro hurdles force the athlete to change direction while moving in the vertical plane. These drills can also play a pivotal role in jump training.
    4. Motivation! Since many of Greater Cincinnati’s finest athletes are associating themselves with the ASAP PROGRAM at The Workout @Covington, the concentration level of the athletes in training is more intense…you never know who’s watching… a pro-athlete…. big-time college…. or the star quarterback from just up the road. Pictures_from_summer_2005_112
    5. CORE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT is prioritized in all of our sports performance sessions, since it’s been found to be critical to peak performance.
    6. The coaches fixate on MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT. Therefore, making sure that forward, backward, side-to-side and even vertical movements are all movements that are completed quickly and under control.
    7. Reverse movements and backward running have been been popularized lately in the fitness industry for their added benefit to cardiovascular training and their ability to help rehabilitate from injury.
    8. Lunges…and lots of them. These are great for developing the flexibility of the hips and low back/lumbar region. We use forward, side and the backward lunge to also increase the strength and endurance of the lower body. July_12th_001_1

  • Agility Training

    Untitled_21 To prosper and excel physicallyAsap_013_2  in athletics, we need quickness, strength, power, flexibility, balance and AGILITY. Therefore, an athlete must seek to improve him or herself in all of these aspects. Through working out and constant drill work, athletes can make drastic improvements in their game…no matter what the sport. Movement in sport is not robotic. Therefore, the FUNCTIONAL TRAINING that is developed at The Workout @Covington using the ASAP Program can help an athlete immensely…taking him or her….to The Next Level!

    • Swimmers need agility to make their turns as quick as possible and regain their speed. Mark Spitz…Shirley Babashoff
    • In Volleyball or Tennis, agility helps you to switch gears when the ball doesn’t go where you thought it would. Andre Agassi….Serena Williams
    • In the game of Football, players need agility to fake a defender out and cut away from the would be tackler. Barry Sanders….. Archie Griffin
    • Basketball is constant change of motion: agility. Magic Johnson…Micheal JordanPictures_from_summer_2005_072

    And here’s how we develop AGILITY: The ASAP Eight Pronged Agility Approach

    1. We incorporate the use of the agility ladder… a great tool…getting the athletes to get through the rungs in different movement patterns as quickly as possible. Yet, the body must still be under control….which is key.
    2. We’ll use a wide variety of cone drills, and the standardized cone tests. Athletes will be challenged by their training partners to focus every bit of the way. MicroHurdleVideo (Rocky Boiman, Troy Evans, Tyler Moeller)(videos may take 60 or more seconds to load)
    3. The mini and micro hurdles force the athlete to change direction while moving in the vertical plane. These drills can also play a pivotal role in jump training.
    4. Motivation! Since many of Greater Cincinnati’s finest athletes are associating themselves with the ASAP PROGRAM at The Workout @Covington, the concentration level of the athletes in training is more intense…you never know who’s watching… a pro-athlete…. big-time college…. or the star quarterback from just up the road. Pictures_from_summer_2005_112
    5. CORE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT is prioritized in all of our sports performance sessions, since it’s been found to be critical to peak performance.
    6. The coaches fixate on MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT. Therefore, making sure that forward, backward, side-to-side and even vertical movements are all movements that are completed quickly and under control.
    7. Reverse movements and backward running have been been popularized lately in the fitness industry for their added benefit to cardiovascular training and their ability to help rehabilitate from injury.
    8. Lunges…and lots of them. These are great for developing the flexibility of the hips and low back/lumbar region. We use forward, side and the backward lunge to also increase the strength and endurance of the lower body. July_12th_001_1

  • Agility Training

    Untitled_21 To prosper and excel physicallyAsap_013_2  in athletics, we need quickness, strength, power, flexibility, balance and AGILITY. Therefore, an athlete must seek to improve him or herself in all of these aspects. Through working out and constant drill work, athletes can make drastic improvements in their game…no matter what the sport. Movement in sport is not robotic. Therefore, the FUNCTIONAL TRAINING that is developed at The Workout @Covington using the ASAP Program can help an athlete immensely…taking him or her….to The Next Level!

    • Swimmers need agility to make their turns as quick as possible and regain their speed. Mark Spitz…Shirley Babashoff
    • In Volleyball or Tennis, agility helps you to switch gears when the ball doesn’t go where you thought it would. Andre Agassi….Serena Williams
    • In the game of Football, players need agility to fake a defender out and cut away from the would be tackler. Barry Sanders….. Archie Griffin
    • Basketball is constant change of motion: agility. Magic Johnson…Micheal JordanPictures_from_summer_2005_072

    And here’s how we develop AGILITY: The ASAP Eight Pronged Agility Approach

    1. We incorporate the use of the agility ladder… a great tool…getting the athletes to get through the rungs in different movement patterns as quickly as possible. Yet, the body must still be under control….which is key.
    2. We’ll use a wide variety of cone drills, and the standardized cone tests. Athletes will be challenged by their training partners to focus every bit of the way. MicroHurdleVideo (Rocky Boiman, Troy Evans, Tyler Moeller)(videos may take 60 or more seconds to load)
    3. The mini and micro hurdles force the athlete to change direction while moving in the vertical plane. These drills can also play a pivotal role in jump training.
    4. Motivation! Since many of Greater Cincinnati’s finest athletes are associating themselves with the ASAP PROGRAM at The Workout @Covington, the concentration level of the athletes in training is more intense…you never know who’s watching… a pro-athlete…. big-time college…. or the star quarterback from just up the road. Pictures_from_summer_2005_112
    5. CORE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT is prioritized in all of our sports performance sessions, since it’s been found to be critical to peak performance.
    6. The coaches fixate on MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT. Therefore, making sure that forward, backward, side-to-side and even vertical movements are all movements that are completed quickly and under control.
    7. Reverse movements and backward running have been been popularized lately in the fitness industry for their added benefit to cardiovascular training and their ability to help rehabilitate from injury.
    8. Lunges…and lots of them. These are great for developing the flexibility of the hips and low back/lumbar region. We use forward, side and the backward lunge to also increase the strength and endurance of the lower body. July_12th_001_1

  • Agility Training

    Untitled_21 To prosper and excel physicallyAsap_013_2  in athletics, we need quickness, strength, power, flexibility, balance and AGILITY. Therefore, an athlete must seek to improve him or herself in all of these aspects. Through working out and constant drill work, athletes can make drastic improvements in their game…no matter what the sport. Movement in sport is not robotic. Therefore, the FUNCTIONAL TRAINING that is developed at The Workout @Covington using the ASAP Program can help an athlete immensely…taking him or her….to The Next Level!

    • Swimmers need agility to make their turns as quick as possible and regain their speed. Mark Spitz…Shirley Babashoff
    • In Volleyball or Tennis, agility helps you to switch gears when the ball doesn’t go where you thought it would. Andre Agassi….Serena Williams
    • In the game of Football, players need agility to fake a defender out and cut away from the would be tackler. Barry Sanders….. Archie Griffin
    • Basketball is constant change of motion: agility. Magic Johnson…Micheal JordanPictures_from_summer_2005_072

    And here’s how we develop AGILITY: The ASAP Eight Pronged Agility Approach

    1. We incorporate the use of the agility ladder… a great tool…getting the athletes to get through the rungs in different movement patterns as quickly as possible. Yet, the body must still be under control….which is key.
    2. We’ll use a wide variety of cone drills, and the standardized cone tests. Athletes will be challenged by their training partners to focus every bit of the way. MicroHurdleVideo (Rocky Boiman, Troy Evans, Tyler Moeller)(videos may take 60 or more seconds to load)
    3. The mini and micro hurdles force the athlete to change direction while moving in the vertical plane. These drills can also play a pivotal role in jump training.
    4. Motivation! Since many of Greater Cincinnati’s finest athletes are associating themselves with the ASAP PROGRAM at The Workout @Covington, the concentration level of the athletes in training is more intense…you never know who’s watching… a pro-athlete…. big-time college…. or the star quarterback from just up the road. Pictures_from_summer_2005_112
    5. CORE STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT is prioritized in all of our sports performance sessions, since it’s been found to be critical to peak performance.
    6. The coaches fixate on MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT. Therefore, making sure that forward, backward, side-to-side and even vertical movements are all movements that are completed quickly and under control.
    7. Reverse movements and backward running have been been popularized lately in the fitness industry for their added benefit to cardiovascular training and their ability to help rehabilitate from injury.
    8. Lunges…and lots of them. These are great for developing the flexibility of the hips and low back/lumbar region. We use forward, side and the backward lunge to also increase the strength and endurance of the lower body. July_12th_001_1

  • ASAP What’s on your IPOD Today?

    Close_ups_001_2

    Heavy Metal

    ASAP……When You Need Results ASAP

    Former Miami Redhawk, 6’6" Big Mike Ensminger once "owned the paint" at Miami University’s basketball court at Millett Hall. But at 6’6", sometimes that was much shorter than say, University of Kentucky star Jamaal Magloire who ruled the SEC at 6’11. That was a tall order for Mike, and if Magloire gets into foul trouble, Kentucky just brings in another 6’11 guy to fill the void.  So, Big Mike used every bit of psychological strategy that he could muster. He would have to find a way to outsmart his opponents. He made sure that he was in shape by training hard….and was a regular at Untitled_20 The ASAP Saturday Morning Conditioning Program during the hot summer months. Another thing he did was to listen to some hard drivin’ heavy metal just minutes before ripping off the warm-up jacket. After all, Wally Szczerbiak would be counting on him soon to set a nice screen. Wally 

    So, here’s a look inside the IPOD of #53 Mike Ensminger. By the way, after looking at Rocky Boiman’s profile, I’m sure these tunes would meet Rocky’s approval! These songs are ranked….. feel free to add your favorites through the COMMENTS area.

    Big Mike’s Top Ten Heavy Metal TunesIpod_1

    1. The Master of Puppets….Metallica
    2. Mother….Danzig
    3. The Beautiful People….. Marilyn Manson
    4. Symphony of Destruction….Megadeth
    5. Freak on a Leash…..Korn
    6. My Name is Mud…… Primus
    7. More Human than Human….White Zombie
    8. No More Tears….Ozzy Osborne
    9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)….Metallica
    10. Welcome to The Jungle…..Guns ‘N Roses

  • ASAP What’s on your IPOD Today?

    Close_ups_001_2

    Heavy Metal

    ASAP……When You Need Results ASAP

    Former Miami Redhawk, 6’6" Big Mike Ensminger once "owned the paint" at Miami University’s basketball court at Millett Hall. But at 6’6", sometimes that was much shorter than say, University of Kentucky star Jamaal Magloire who ruled the SEC at 6’11. That was a tall order for Mike, and if Magloire gets into foul trouble, Kentucky just brings in another 6’11 guy to fill the void.  So, Big Mike used every bit of psychological strategy that he could muster. He would have to find a way to outsmart his opponents. He made sure that he was in shape by training hard….and was a regular at Untitled_20 The ASAP Saturday Morning Conditioning Program during the hot summer months. Another thing he did was to listen to some hard drivin’ heavy metal just minutes before ripping off the warm-up jacket. After all, Wally Szczerbiak would be counting on him soon to set a nice screen. Wally 

    So, here’s a look inside the IPOD of #53 Mike Ensminger. By the way, after looking at Rocky Boiman’s profile, I’m sure these tunes would meet Rocky’s approval! These songs are ranked….. feel free to add your favorites through the COMMENTS area.

    Big Mike’s Top Ten Heavy Metal TunesIpod_1

    1. The Master of Puppets….Metallica
    2. Mother….Danzig
    3. The Beautiful People….. Marilyn Manson
    4. Symphony of Destruction….Megadeth
    5. Freak on a Leash…..Korn
    6. My Name is Mud…… Primus
    7. More Human than Human….White Zombie
    8. No More Tears….Ozzy Osborne
    9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)….Metallica
    10. Welcome to The Jungle…..Guns ‘N Roses