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Former Dir. of FB Performance Eric Lichter (Official Thread)

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1CarmenOhio;1413855; said:
Creatine would be useful assuming they are an athlete actually using the PCr cycle.

Protein supplements are mostly ineffective and not even necessary. Where people get the idea that "more" is always a good thing is bothersome.......it's an american thing. You drink a cup a milk and some slices of turkey post workout in a 3 carb: 1 protein ratio and that is more than enough for almost all athletes much less regular individuals needs. People packing down protein powders are usually doing a couple things effectively...........p.issing them down the toilet/causing excess strain on kidneys/inhibiting absorption of carbs postworkout.

I love the reverse irony of the protein packers as the excess protein that isn't needed is deaminated and sent out through the urine...........which has H20 follow it causing dehydration. The other ironic aspect is the excess proteins are also deaminated into pyruvate which creates excess citrate, which therefore leaves the mitochondria and develops...............fat. So all the excess protein essentially dehydrates you and/or adds fat.
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Should have clarified. Protein shakes with about 20 grams taken directly after a workout are an efficient way to ensure adequate amino acids are present for anabolism. Otherwise, you are correct, waste of money and potentially hard on the body.

For creatine, you are correct again, only effective for anaerobic athletes. Cheap and proven supplement.
 
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Oh yeah, an interesting tidbit. It seems that OSU strength coach Eric Lichter may have taken a more prominent role over the past few weeks, working out with the bigger-name prospects such as Laurinaitis, Freeman, Beanie and Marcus Freeman, to name a few.

The reason that's interesting is that Lichter was definitely taking a back seat to his assistant, Doug Davis, in January and February. Maybe the reportedly shaky combine times turned in by some of the Buckeyes' stars prompted the call to go out for more help from Lichter?


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Speaker mentored LeBron
By JOE SIMON Tribune Chronicle POSTED: April 29, 2009

WARREN - Not too many people can say they helped LeBron James become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.

Eric Lichter, who will speak at 6 p.m. tonight at a fundraiser for Trumbull Memorial Hospital held at Warren G. Harding High School, is one of them.

The current director of football performance at Ohio State, Lichter oversees all aspects of the strength and conditioning for the Buckeyes. He also helps train and prepare athletes - both in basketball and football - for the NFL and NBA drafts. He specializes in readying some of colleges most superb athletes for the specific drills they must perform at the NFL combine and the exercises and workouts that NBA teams require athletes to partake in prior to the draft.

A graduate of Weber State in Utah, Lichter played college football before graduating with a degree in lifestyle management and exercise sciences. He said a multitude of injuries are what fueled his desire to pursue his current profession.

''I tore the same ACL twice in 19 months,'' he said. ''I had some nerve damage in my neck from football, and I went through a lot. So I got interested in helping players work through injuries and getting them back on the field. It really grew from my love of sports.''

A few years after graduating in 1997, Lichter became involved in helping athletes master certain skills in their respective sport. A few of the players he has worked with are: Nene, the first Brazilian to make the NBA, Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns, Julius Hodge, a first-round pick out of North Carolina State, and Louis Williams, a first-round pick of Philadelphia. In football, there was Donte' Whitner, Bobby Carpenter, Vernon Gholston and Ted Ginn Jr. among others.

The last few years, Lichter aided Whitner, a former Ohio State safety and Anthony Gonzalez, an OSU receiver, in improving their draft status by trimming their times in the 40-yard dash, elevating their vertical leaps and jacking up the number of reps they lifted in the 225-pound bench press.

''We've had some guys run some extremely fast 40s, and I think we've helped some guys move up (in the draft),'' he said. ''Donte' Whitner was supposed to go 40th or 50th overall, and he went ninth, and Anthony Gonzalez was supposed to go 60 or 70th and he went 32nd.''
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Ohio State trainer supplies the demand
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The voice rises, the eyes narrow and the veins bulge. Eric Lichter is talking about training departing Ohio State players for their NFL auditions, and his intensity is downright scary.

"I will not walk off the track or I will not walk out of the building until it's right or we've made a step toward the athlete understanding," says Lichter, OSU's director of football performance. "Because in order for them to be able to block out all the teams and the stopwatches in your face and the stress or anxiety, they've got to know the (drill) inside and out.

"They've got to be able to do it if I pull them out of bed at 5 a.m., and they've got to be able to do it again and again and again with no mistakes."

For emphasis, Lichter snaps his fingers between each "again."

"When they get to that point, they become so confident in their ability to do it, they don't worry about it for a second -- they know. I always say, 'Don't hope to do something -- know this is what you're going to do.' "

When talking about Lichter, defensive back Kurt Coleman chuckles and shakes his head.

"Just the conviction he has for this, it's unbelievable," Coleman said. "He has so much passion; it's almost crazy how much."
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Trevi said:
Warning to anyone wanting to check this out - it's over an hour long. I started it last night, figuring it would go for maybe 15 minutes. 45 minutes later I'm still plugged in, not realizing how long it had been. Lots of interesting tidbits in there. It is addicting.
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just listened to the entire thing at my desk here at work.....man they should have him on all the time. the stories are fantastic. boone ripping the weight room door off was classic
 
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