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  • ASAP Podcast with Ohio State’s first Head Strength Coach: Steve Bliss

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    Woody Hayes' Head Strength Coach Steve Bliss

    About forty years ago, Ohio State's legendary Head Football Coach Woody Hayes had discovered some members of his Buckeye football squad experimenting with some weight training while down in Coral Gables, Florida. Several members of the Buckeyes were hanging around, after a practice, in a weight room with some Miami Hurricanes football players while on a Sugar Bowl game team trip. The players were actually delaying the bus trip back to the team hotel. Anyway, Coach Hayes did some investigating that day and ended up getting the name of the Hurricanes' strength coordinator, Steve Bliss.   

    Check out today's ASAP Podcast with Coach Steve Bliss and find out how the strength program at Ohio State was founded. Coach Bliss created a Master's Degree granting program with graduate assistant coaches to train the Buckeyes. Ted Lambrinides, Ken Mannie, Chip Morton, Rick Spielman, Julie Plank, Mike Medves, Don Moxley, Mark Asanovich and of course, Ohio State's Assistant Athletic Director for Football Sports Performance Mickey Marotti were just a few of the men and women who benefited from Steve Bliss's program!
    Today's ASAP Podcast is sponsored by SPECATHLETIC. Give Kevin Cassidy a call and find out how to get Regapol floor in your training complex. 

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  • ASAP at The Rose Bowl with Buckeye Legend Chris Ward

    DSC_0043 ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Program Director, Ted Lambrinides (photo left) and ASAP Performance Video Producer Ed Cicale caught up with a former football Buckeye, a two time All-American and 1st Round NFL (N.Y Jets) draft pick Chris Ward (photo right)…. one of the greats from Ohio State’s past. Here’s a video interview we did at halftime..find out what Chris is up to!!! He’s working hard helping inner city youth….giving back to the community of Inglewood, California….or as his former coach would say, he’s ‘paying forward’. If you’re interested in helping out Chris Ward’s cause…please click on the photo above.

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    During the Rose Bowl Pre-Game festivities, a flyover was performed by pilots of the Fighting Redcocks of Striker Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) from the Naval Air Station at Lemoore, California. The pilots thrilled the crowd…then got back to their base, where they were quickly escorted back to the stadium so that they could watch the game! ASAP got a photo of them with Chris Ward.

  • ASAP at The Rose Bowl with Buckeye Legend Chris Ward

    DSC_0043 ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Program Director, Ted Lambrinides (photo left) and ASAP Performance Video Producer Ed Cicale caught up with a former football Buckeye, a two time All-American and 1st Round NFL (N.Y Jets) draft pick Chris Ward (photo right)…. one of the greats from Ohio State’s past. Here’s a video interview we did at halftime..find out what Chris is up to!!! He’s working hard helping inner city youth….giving back to the community of Inglewood, California….or as his former coach would say, he’s ‘paying forward’. If you’re interested in helping out Chris Ward’s cause…please click on the photo above.

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    During the Rose Bowl Pre-Game festivities, a flyover was performed by pilots of the Fighting Redcocks of Striker Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22) from the Naval Air Station at Lemoore, California. The pilots thrilled the crowd…then got back to their base, where they were quickly escorted back to the stadium so that they could watch the game! ASAP got a photo of them with Chris Ward.

  • Archie Griffin: The Three “D’s”

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    Recently, I had the good fortune of attending a motivation seminar in Columbus, Ohio.  Among marquee speakers that included the likes of Colin Powell, Steve Forbes, Zig Ziglar and Joe Montana, there was also the one and only winner of two Heisman Trophies, Archie Griffin…. a true ambassador to The Ohio State University. When the seminar had completed, I headed up Route 315 to the Lane Avenue exit and made my way to The Woody Hayes Athletic Center. It's a huge and sprawling complex where the Buckeyes spend a large amount of their time when they are not in class or over on the banks of the muddy Olentangy River playing football in the old "horseshoe" known as Ohio Stadium. I was once a graduate assistant coach here back in the 1980's…. but that was before the latest multimillion dollar upgrade to what was once called the "North" facility back then. I've included a few photos from the players' entranceway along with the pictures of Archie's trophies.

    Speaking in his hometown sure didn't hurt his popularity any but what really captured the audience was his message about some things that he learned years ago from his coaches and mentors, Bob Stewart (Columbus Eastmoor Football Coach) and Woody Hayes (Ohio State Football)…. and that's The Three D's. In fact, Griffin explained that there's not a day that goes by without him thinking about the lessons imparted to him from these fine coaches.The_woody_hayes_002 Many of us can think back throughout the years of people who helped us attain success. People who left some mark on us or pointed us in the right direction. Archie Griffin's mentors left an impact on him through what he calls:

                                The Three D's

    1. Desire:

    2. Determination

    3. Dedication

    With those three things placed into your daily plan…. you can stay on an even keel and more readily accomplish your goals in life. So to quote speaker Zig Ziglar, it may be time for "a check-up from the neck up". If so, take heed of the advice of the great Buckeye running back and re-evaluate your desire, determination and dedication. Get to the next level!

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    One of Archie Griffin's Heisman Trophies

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    Go Bucks!

    All Rights Reserved    Copyright 2007 www.athleticstrengthandpower.com blogpost by Ed Cicale

  • Archie Griffin: The Three “D’s”

    The_woody_hayes_center_002_2 

    Recently, I had the good fortune of attending a motivation seminar in Columbus, Ohio.  Among marquee speakers that included the likes of Colin Powell, Steve Forbes, Zig Ziglar and Joe Montana, there was also the one and only winner of two Heisman Trophies, Archie Griffin…. a true ambassador to The Ohio State University. When the seminar had completed, I headed up Route 315 to the Lane Avenue exit and made my way to The Woody Hayes Athletic Center. It's a huge and sprawling complex where the Buckeyes spend a large amount of their time when they are not in class or over on the banks of the muddy Olentangy River playing football in the old "horseshoe" known as Ohio Stadium. I was once a graduate assistant coach here back in the 1980's…. but that was before the latest multimillion dollar upgrade to what was once called the "North" facility back then. I've included a few photos from the players' entranceway along with the pictures of Archie's trophies.

    Speaking in his hometown sure didn't hurt his popularity any but what really captured the audience was his message about some things that he learned years ago from his coaches and mentors, Bob Stewart (Columbus Eastmoor Football Coach) and Woody Hayes (Ohio State Football)…. and that's The Three D's. In fact, Griffin explained that there's not a day that goes by without him thinking about the lessons imparted to him from these fine coaches.The_woody_hayes_002 Many of us can think back throughout the years of people who helped us attain success. People who left some mark on us or pointed us in the right direction. Archie Griffin's mentors left an impact on him through what he calls:

                                The Three D's

    1. Desire:

    2. Determination

    3. Dedication

    With those three things placed into your daily plan…. you can stay on an even keel and more readily accomplish your goals in life. So to quote speaker Zig Ziglar, it may be time for "a check-up from the neck up". If so, take heed of the advice of the great Buckeye running back and re-evaluate your desire, determination and dedication. Get to the next level!

    The_woody_hayes_center_001

    One of Archie Griffin's Heisman Trophies

    The_woody_hayes_009

    Go Bucks!

    All Rights Reserved    Copyright 2007 www.athleticstrengthandpower.com blogpost by Ed Cicale

  • Archie Griffin: The Three “D’s”

    The_woody_hayes_center_002_2 

    Recently, I had the good fortune of attending a motivation seminar in Columbus, Ohio.  Among marquee speakers that included the likes of Colin Powell, Steve Forbes, Zig Ziglar and Joe Montana, there was also the one and only winner of two Heisman Trophies, Archie Griffin…. a true ambassador to The Ohio State University. When the seminar had completed, I headed up Route 315 to the Lane Avenue exit and made my way to The Woody Hayes Athletic Center. It's a huge and sprawling complex where the Buckeyes spend a large amount of their time when they are not in class or over on the banks of the muddy Olentangy River playing football in the old "horseshoe" known as Ohio Stadium. I was once a graduate assistant coach here back in the 1980's…. but that was before the latest multimillion dollar upgrade to what was once called the "North" facility back then. I've included a few photos from the players' entranceway along with the pictures of Archie's trophies.

    Speaking in his hometown sure didn't hurt his popularity any but what really captured the audience was his message about some things that he learned years ago from his coaches and mentors, Bob Stewart (Columbus Eastmoor Football Coach) and Woody Hayes (Ohio State Football)…. and that's The Three D's. In fact, Griffin explained that there's not a day that goes by without him thinking about the lessons imparted to him from these fine coaches.The_woody_hayes_002 Many of us can think back throughout the years of people who helped us attain success. People who left some mark on us or pointed us in the right direction. Archie Griffin's mentors left an impact on him through what he calls:

                                The Three D's

    1. Desire:

    2. Determination

    3. Dedication

    With those three things placed into your daily plan…. you can stay on an even keel and more readily accomplish your goals in life. So to quote speaker Zig Ziglar, it may be time for "a check-up from the neck up". If so, take heed of the advice of the great Buckeye running back and re-evaluate your desire, determination and dedication. Get to the next level!

    The_woody_hayes_center_001

    One of Archie Griffin's Heisman Trophies

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    Go Bucks!

    All Rights Reserved    Copyright 2007 www.athleticstrengthandpower.com blogpost by Ed Cicale