Episodes
Friday Sep 25, 2020
ASAP Podcast with Cincinnati Bearcats Head Strength Coach Brady Collins
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Coach Brady Collins.
He's the guy that Coach Fickell has entrusted to lead his Bearcats as the Director of Football Sports Performance. Once Fickell had landed from the short flight south of Columbus, Ohio, he summoned Collins for the task. Coach Collins has been well schooled for the assignment, as he spent a the entry level years at the University of Kentucky Wildcats with Ray "ROCK" Oliver and Ted Lambrinides. From there, he made his way south and deeper into SEC Football at Mississippi State at first with Matt Balis and then under Rick Court. Then it was on to Columbus and the Ohio State Buckeyes where he worked under Master Strength Coach Mickey Marotti. What a ton of great athletes and coaches whom Brady Collins has been around! Now, Brady Collins and his great young staff of Zach Higgins, Danny Folino, Jeremiah Ortiz and Dustin Tripp are preparing this 2020 COVID19-tested, #13 ranked @GoBearcatsFB for another journey at The University of Cincinnati! Good Luck Brady!
This ASAP PODCAST is sponsored by SPECATHLETIC: The Flooring Professionals
Podcast discussion points:
- In_Season Football Strength Training
- How things are getting "juiced up" in Cincinnati
- Some training ideas and tips from the trenches
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
- Hip and leg issues, and problems stemming from:
landing mechanics
recurrent hamstring tears
achilles tendonitis
weak core & flexibility issues related to lowered athletic performance & further injury - The Shoulder and labrum tears
Dr Burger was a former Notre Dame Fighting Irish football player who worked himself into the starting line-up on a team that had Joe Montana as their starting quarterback. The hard work that Burger embraced, earned him an opportunity for a National Championship with that squad! Years later, Dr. Burger's son Bobby also made the Notre Dame team, he was a tight end/fullback. Another son, Chris starred at Xavier University in Cincinnati as a Captain of the Musketeer golf team and brother John played there for Xavier Golf, as well. Meanwhile, another son, Joe Burger, starred and was a team captain at Ohio State Football, himself playing for a National Championship in 2014. Later, OSU scholar athlete was elected Captain for the 2016 Buckeyes.
"the important thing is not just the success that you did or didn't do, but it's what you've learned through the process" Dr. Robt Burger Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Burger is the Head Team Physician and Medical Director for Xavier University Athletics, Orthopaedic Consultant for the Cincinnati Reds, and head Orthopaedic Team Physician for the College of Mount St. Joseph Athletics. Additionally, he is Head Team Physician for the Cincinnati Steam and his alma mater, Cincinnati LaSalle High School.
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Friday Jul 31, 2020
ASAP BASEBALL PODCAST with MLB Pitcher Bronson Arroyo
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale caught up with former MLB star pitcher Bronson Arroyo. The 6'5 finesse thrower spent the bulk of his career with the Cincinnati Reds. However, prior to that time the strength training enthusiast spent time with the Boston Red Sox where he had the opportunity to pitch in a World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
During an eight year stint with Cincinnati, Arroyo never missed a start in manager Dusty Baker's pitching rotations. He followed an extensive training plan in Cincinnati with then @REDS Strength & Conditioning Coach Matt Krause, where the two devised a meticulous program that accounted for strength training and conditioning, elbow and rotator cuff specialization, recovery and sports nutrition.
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Sunday May 17, 2020
ASAP Podcast with TEAMBUILDR Founder Hewitt Tomlin
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
TEAMBUILDR, one of our longtime ASAP sponsors, has continued to make some great strides in the strength training and conditioning business, even during a COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, their industry leading online strength & conditioning software has become even more of a game changer for strength coaches everywhere. While the Tennessee Vols, West Virginia Mountaineers and the Golden State Warriors strength and conditioning programs have been major players who have reaped the rewards of using TEAMBUILDR, many other high schools, college programs and professional teams are now under the TEAMBUILDR umbrella. And as a matter of fact, the most fiscally successful and most prominent collegiate athletic program in all of sports, the Ohio State University Buckeyes, have signed on with Hewitt Tomlin's TEAMBUILDR, as Coach Mickey Marotti is delving into the software.
In the ASAP Podcast, our initial attempt at a ZOOM recording, TEAMBUILDR founder Hewitt Tomlin explains the many advantages of using this powerful coaching tool, which is becoming even more beneficial during a shutdown that has left a strength coaching fraternity scrambling for ways to train their athletes from a distance.
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
ASAP Podcast with Dusty Baker, All-Star MLB Player & Manager
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Think you've seen and know a little bit about baseball? Imagine being involved with nearly 6,000 games! That's how much involvement in the game of baseball that today's ASAP Podcast guest Dusty Baker has had. Baker knows the history of the game from his days as a kid...with his own heroes. History of the game as a star player. History of the game with today's brand of game and players, too. And he has the stories to go with the experience. For example, in this podcast, Dusty talks about some of the "strength training" that he and the great and legendary Hank Aaron did. He also tells about the evolution of strength training in baseball and how different it was.
And how about these stats?
- NLCS MVP
- World Series Champ
- Two time All Star
- Gold Glove Award
- Silver Slugger
- Four Times Manager of the Year
Today's ASAP Podcast is made possible through the generous sponsorship of
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Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
ASAP Podcast with Retired Cincinnati Bengal Strength Coach Kim Wood
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Coach Kim Wood spent thirty years as a coach with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was hired by the venerable founder and first coach of the @Bengals Paul Brown. Keep in mind that this was during the Bengals' hey day, as the team appeared in two Super Bowls, one of which San Francisco 49er stars Joe Montana and Jerry Rice led hall of fame type performances in the final minutes to take the win out of the grasp of the Cincinnati Bengals, quarterback Boomer Esiason and their head coach Sam Wyche.
In this podcast, Kim Wood reminisces about the former coach who recently succumbed to complications with melanoma.
We also discuss:
- the 2020 NCAA College Football National Championship match-up
- The NFL Play-offs
- the late Bengal head coach Sam Wyche
- the upcoming 2020 Michigan State Strength & Conditioning Clinic
- His son, John Wood will be a speaker/presenter at the Michigan State Strength Clinic, his Oldtime Strongman website and Functional Hand Strength
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Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Following the game, Buckeye Head Coach Ryan Day presented the Buckeyes' head strength and conditioning Coach Mickey Marotti with the game ball stating that "he's the guy this whole thing is built upon. He's the backbone.... the blood that runs through this whole program. And to say that we're tough, it's beacause of him and his strength staff and all the work that they put in with these (Buckeyes)".
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Coach Mick Marotti (right) with Parris Campbell watching SBJ at a recent PRO-DAY
The Michigan State Spartans, ranked #25 came into Ohio Stadium with one thought in mind. Knock off the #4 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. MSU Coach Mark Dantonio knows how it can be done. He and his MSU squad had done it before and certainly believed it could be done again. And, with only a three point deficit after the first quarter, Michigan State, with their much vaunted and respected defense, had to feel that they could keep things tight. Then, Ohio State stumbled on capitalizing on turnovers. Third down conversions didn't gel. Michigan State played their patented tough-as-nails Spartan "D". However, the Spartan offense struggled to get a foothold against a Buckeye defense that is extremely stingy in their own right. In fact, OSU defensive line coach Larry Johnson has been cranking out a ton of talent lately. Past stars Joey Bosa, Nick Bosa Sam Hubbard, and now Chase Young are all members or former members of Johnson's "rushmen" crew. If you can't find ways to score on these guys, it's just a matter of time before the Ohio State offense, loaded with speed and size that can strike at almost anytime, will put up enough points to win the contest.
Following the game, Buckeye Head Coach Ryan Day presented the Buckeyes' head strength and conditioning Coach Mickey Marotti with the game ball stating that "he's the guy this whole thing is built upon. He's the backbone.... the blood that runs through this whole program. And to say that we're tough, it's beacause of him and his strength staff and all the work that they put in with these (Buckeyes)
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Friday Oct 18, 2019
This ASAP Podcast is sponsored by Pitshark Strength Training Equipment. @Pitshark
Today's ASAP Podcast was recorded at the Brenda Lawson Training Center on the campus of The University of Tennessee with the Director of Olympic Sports Performance, strength and conditioning expert Coach Dan Wirth.
Coach Wirth discusses the eye popping training center utilized by the Olympic sport team at Tennessee Vols. He also details all of the sports science technology applications being used at Tennessee. For example, the TEAMBUILDR Online Strength and Conditioning Software, and the TRX MAPS powered by PHYSMOTO
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
ASAP Podcast with Duke Football Asst Sports Performance Coach Drew McDuffie
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power rolled back into Durham, North Carolina to check in with the Duke University Football program strength and conditioning program and Head Strength Coach Noel Durfey. While we were there for this trip, we cornered the guy who works with the Duke quarterbacks..... Assistant Sports Performance for Football Coach Drew McDuffie. We have to think that he's been doing a great job there, he started perfecting his craft while working with the Clemson Tigers and after working tirelessly with the 6th pick overall in the 2019 NFL Draft Daniel Jones we definitely took notice.
So, check out this ASAP PODCAST with Coach Drew McDuffie (photo right). Today's podcast is brought to you by SPECATHLETIC The sports flooring with the highly acclaimed ®Regupol technology.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
ASAP Podcast with Kim Wood Cincinnati Bengals Retired Strength coach
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
ASAP PODCASTER Ed Cicale traveled up the Clifton incline toward The University of Cincinnati, where just down the road, lives retired strength coach Kim Wood. He spent over thirty years with the Cincinnati Bengals and hung around with the legendary NFL coaching great, Paul Brown.
Coach Wood is still a huge fan of the game and has a great grasp on what's going on in the NFL. In addition, he continues to spread the strength training gospel at his annual strength gathering held in Cincinnati, ohio every summer! And again tghis summer on July 20 & 21 it will be held at The Micro~Mini Cinema Theater in Cincinnati's Over the Rhine section.
Admission is free to members of the Iron League www.ironleague.com
Though he's not in the Cincinnati Bengal weightroom anymore, retired Cincinnati Bengal Coach Kim Wood still has iron in the fire. He still lives strength training. He still has one of the finest home gyms that you'll ever see, still has strength training apparatus in every room of his home and deck, and still has tons of books, magazines and documents throughout his home pertaining to strength development. And, he's still putting on strength training clinics. In fact he has another one coming up on July 20& 21st 2019.
In this podcast, Athletic Strength And Power catches up with the legendary coach..... and his four Shih Tsu dogs.... and gets all the pertinent information on the upcoming clinic.
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
ASAP Podcast with Dr Ken Leistner (February 2009)
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power recently check out the strength and conditioning clinic at Michigan State. In fact, that's where we caught up with Dr. Ken Leistner. Leistner has written about training in publications like "Physical Development", "H.I.T. Newsletter", "HardTraining", "Powerlifting~USA" and his own, "The Steel Tip Newsletter". He's also an entertaining speaker at strength and conditioning clinics.
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Lead in Music: "Somebody" Glenn Frey/ Joe Walsh, Eagles; The Long Road Out of Eden
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
University of South Carolina Director of Basketball Strength Training, Scott Greenawalt, joins ASAP Podcast guy Ed Cicale in this discussion on strength training for basketball. This is Scott's 3rd appearance on an ASAP Podcast. He always has some interesting insights into training as well as some good ideas to consider for program design. Coach Greenawalt has a high interest in bringing South Carolina Gamecocks Basketball to the forefront of college basketball, and that 2017 NCAA Final Four appearance certainly drives Greenawalt and his staff to one day reach that pinnacle again. He has a wealth of knowledge about basketball player development that also includes sports nutrition. Gamecocks' Head Basketball Coach Frank Martin entrusts in Greenawalt, a coach who earns the respect of the players that he monitors on a day to day basis. He's now into his 7th season in Columbia. This ASAP Podcast is brought to you by The Sports Flooring Professionals at SpecAthletic.
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Monday Oct 01, 2018
"Eighteen years of mistakes and eighteen years of asking questions has gotten me to where I am today" .... Coach Jeff Dillman
ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power made another visit to Columbia, South Carolina this summer to check in on the director of Football Strength & Conditioning Jeff Dillman. The first ASAP Podcast with Dillman was so popular, it called for a follow-up, so we headed over to the University of South Carolina's Brice-Williams Stadium, a towering place that's typical of the huge stadiums encountered in SEC Football. The Gamecocks' football strength training center is located at the north end, just a few yards from the palm trees and a line of Cockabooses that are a huge hit with the tailgating crowd on game day.
After a walk-thru of the strength training complex and having the opportunity to try some of the hip mobility innovations that Coach Dillman is employing, Coach Dillman and I slipped into his strength office, that serves as our makeshift recording studio to record this podcast. I was also able to snag a few pieces of bubble gum that's piled high in an official South Carolina Gamecocks bucket. We discus that and the training that has been going on at South Carolina Football. In addition, Jeff updated us on the huge changes that are coming with the new facility. He also is very pleased with the addition of Kristin Coggin, who coach refers to as "a game changer".
"We try to do simple, better"... Coach Dillman
ASAP PODCAST with Coach Jeff Dillman sponsored by Pit Shark Strength Training Equipment
Things are looking up and bigger for the Gamecocks. In just a few months, they'll be transitioning to their new facility! And, it's going to be serious! Things are looking up and bigger for the Gamecocks. In just a few months, they'll be transitioning to their new facility! And, it's going to be serious! Before long, the Sorin gang will be doing a new install of their world famous Sorinex strength equipment. And look out, this is going to be the real deal set-up
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
ASAP went to the top for this ASAP Baseball Strength Training Podcast! We ventured down to The Swamp for this one. Longtime University of Florida Gator strength and conditioning Coach Paul Chandler took a few minutes and shared some valuable information on strength and conditioning for baseball with ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power. Coach Chandler's office and Florida Gator's training center is located at the University of Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Find out how Coach Chandler runs his Gator Baseball and Softball training programs in this ASAP Podcast brought to you by: TEAMBUILDR
Paul Chandler is in his 10th season as the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the baseball program and in his eighth season working with the Gator softball program at the University of Florida. His responsibilities include designing and implementing year-round strength, speed and conditioning workouts for the Gators in the Griffin/Oakley Strength and Conditioning Center. Chandler guides each student-athlete through an individual training program designed to enhance strength, as well as explosive power, speed, agility, endurance, coordination, balance, flexibility and mental toughness.
Chandler previously assisted in the design, organization and execution of strength and conditioning program for the Gator football team. He was part of the staff for the 2006 squad that brought home the school’s second national championship and seventh SEC title.
At Florida, Chandler manages and organizes student-athletes’ data, organizes and administers weight room scheduling, purchasing and maintenance and assists in the planning of the strength and conditioning all-sports clinics and camps. He also helps with the mentoring of the strength and conditioning interns.
Prior to his return to Gainesville in January 2010, Chandler was a strength and conditioning coordinator at West Virginia for two years, working primarily with the Mountaineer football and baseball teams. Chandler went to Morgantown after a three-year stint at Florida as a strength and conditioning assistant coach for two years and as an intern for one. In that capacity, he worked with Gator football, throwers for the women’s track team and oversaw the strength and conditioning program for members of UF’s men’s and women’s swimming programs.
BASEBALL ACCOLADES 2017 National Champions Seven College World Series Appearances (2010-11-12-15-16-17-18)
Five SEC Championships (2010-11-14-17-18) 14 MLB Big League Players (WVU and UF since 2010)
74 Total MLB Draft picks 24 All-America Selections 37 All-SEC Selections P Brady Singer (UF, 2016-18): 2018 SEC Pitcher of the Year, 2018 Dick Howser Trophy winner, 2018 Baseball America and D1baseball.com Player of the Year 3B Jonathan India (UF, 2016-18): 2018 SEC Player of the Year, 2018 Consensus First Team All-American C Mike Zunino (UF, 2010-12): 2011 SEC Player of the Year, 2012 Dick Howser Trophy winner, 2012 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award winner, 2012 Johnny Bench Award winner P/1B Brian Johnson (UF, 2010-12): 2012 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year winner
SOFTBALL ACCOLADES 2014 & 2015 National Champions Five Women’s College World Series Appearances (2013-14-15-17-18) Five SEC Championships (2013-15-16-17-18) 20 All-America Selections 30 All-SEC Selections P Lauren Haeger (UF, 2012-15): 2015 Honda Sports Award, USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year, WCWS Most Outstanding Player P Kelly Barnhill (UF, 2016-present): 2017 ESPY Best Female Collegiate Athlete, 2017 espnW Player of the Year, 2017 Honda Sports Award, 2017 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year,
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
ASAP at Wake Forest Football with Head Strength Coach Brandon Hourigan
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
Big things are happening at Wake Forest University, especially with Brandon Hourigan at the helm. The Director of Sports Performance for Football is beginning his sixth year in Winston~Salem, where the football program is coming off another very successful season that ended with a bowl victory over Texas A&M. Coach Hourigan is enjoying every bit of the action there in North Carolina, and with the construction that's under way of the new sports performance center.... things are going to get even better! The structure will contain new weight room training centers for football, Olympic sports, and the basketball teams, as well. In addition, there will be meeting rooms, coaches offices, and nutrition areas. Take notice, the "Deacs" are about to get better!
This ASAP PODCAST is sponsored by
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Podcast Topics
* Off-Season Training
* Sports Nutrition
* Workout structure
* new facility upgrades
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
ASAP Podcast at Duke Football with Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Noel Durfey
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Durham, North Carolina. "Bull City" Duke Blue Devils
One of the stops on the ASAP Summer Road Show is at Duke University. The school is an American treasure. Athletics has been a mainstay at Duke for over 100 years and their football squad is currently coached by David Cutcliffe who is known as a great offensiove mind. Coach "Cut" was one of the featured football analysts during last year's college football national championship with Alabama defeating Auburn in overtime.
When Cutcliffe was offered the coaching job at Duke in 2007, he called on Noel Durfey to direct the strength and conditioning program for the Duke Blue Devils. In this ASAP Podcast, Noel and I discussed that big day and some strength training topics as well.
This ASAP Podcast is brought to you by Pit Shark Strength Training Equipment