Lance Armstrong admitted doping during the time he won his 7 Tour de France titles. As professionals in the strength and conditioning industry, what are your thoughts?
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Checkout this article from TheHuffingtonPost.com
I work with an interesting population: the combative and acrobatic sports. That means wrestling, fencing Tae Kwon Do -- things with weight classes that require managing weight really closely.
On the acrobatic side, it's diving, gymnastics, synchronized swimming, all of which require a lean physique…
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Strength Performance Network (SPN) turned 4 years old today. Since it's creation on July 11, 2008, SPN has gained over 8,000 members from the strength and conditioning profession.
Thanks to everyone that continue to support the site. We couldn't do it without you!
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Blog post via AnthonyMychal.com:
A sad part of the human psyche, largely ingrained from public schooling, is failing to take initiative. Not to go all Seth Godin, but look at the newspaper clipping sitting to the left. There’s a good chance that someone noticed this misprint. But it wasn’t corrected. Printers print. Editors edit. It’s not a Printers job to be an…
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INDIANAPOLIS – Cam Newton was determined to take the scouting combine by storm last February.
Maybe too determined.…
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Players will be able to walk straight from the 120-yard practice field into the new weight room — a 22,000 square foot "multilevel thunderdome of power," as it's called in UT's promotional video for the facility. Along with the standard free weights, machines, cardiovascular training equipment — which will be situated on a deck that overlooks…
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Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks has been the latest craze the past few weeks. Here's a recent video posted on Strength Performance Network highlighting his pre-season workout:
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SPN would like to congratulate the New York Giant's Super Bowl winning strength and conditioning coaching staff, Jerry Palmieri and Markus Paul. Get to know each coach by reading their bios as posted on Giants.com:
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Larry Burton (Panama City Beach, Fl) On the few times that visitors are allowed to watch the University of Alabama football team practice, one person inevitably gets their attention quickly, and many scratch their heads, not recognizing the man leading the opening drills, clearly in charge and clearly commanding the…
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Via BucyrusTelegraphForum.com:
COLUMBUS -- All the buzz a few weeks ago about whether Urban Meyer was or wasn't banning his Ohio State football team from Twitter was much ado about nothing.
And here's why.
Meyer and strength coach Mickey Marotti are plotting to make it so tough on the Buckeyes, they'll be too tired to tweet.…
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State head football coach Bill O'Brienhas announced the appointment of Craig Fitzgerald as Director of Strength and Conditioning for Football.
Fitzgerald joins the Penn State staff following three seasons as Director of Football Strength…
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1 Winning Drive takes viewers inside the Ravens' locker room after their loss in the AFC Championship game. Listen to Ray Lewis' postgame speech:
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How important is a College Football Strength and Conditioning Coach?
I just read an article in which Nick Saban and Urban Meyer called their Strength and Conditioning Coach the most important assistant…
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The ink has barley dried on Jeff Fisher's new contract with the St. Louis Rams. Since signing the deal on Tuesday, Fisher has been in the process of filling out his coaching staff. Those efforts hit a road block on Thursday when the…
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Rich Tuten, the Broncos' strength-and-conditioning coach since 1995, will not be back in 2012.
Tuten notified several players that he was informed by the club his contract would not be renewed. The team confirmed it is in the process of identifying candidates to head its strength and conditioning program.
"After 17 years the Broncos have decided to make a change in their…
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By Rob Oller
Coach Urban Meyer saved the best for last. Standing on the wooden floor of Value City Arena at halftime of Ohio State’s men’s basketball game against Indiana, he introduced — not a veiled guarantee…
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From TheWolfpacker.com
Before the head strength and conditioning coach position for the NC State football team opened up this winter, it had been quite some time since former four-year letterwinner Corey Edmond had been back to Raleigh.
In fact, it had been since 2003, when the Murphy Center opened, that Edmond…
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CORAL GABLES — Hurricanes coach Al Golden instituted a grueling offseason conditioning program last January, which he termed "U Tough" and which included a "Fifth Quarter" segment that truly tested a players' strength both physically and mentally.
This week, the 'Canes will be back for more —…
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Reported on GoBlueRaiders.com:
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee Head Coach Rick Stockstill announced today he has elevated Jason Spray to Head Football Strength Coach. Spray takes over for Russell Patterson.
“I really want to thank Chris Massaro and Coach Stockstill for this opportunity,” said Spray. “There’s not many people who get to work in this capacity at…
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Lou Riecke:
You started off lifting weights in high school, correct? What got you started as a weightlifter and what did you enjoy so much about it?
Well, I wanted to gain weight to play football. I always was a skinny kid. A fellow in class lifted – I…
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