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Have to love the Ohio State ties working again......
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Have to love the Ohio State ties working again......
BuckBojangles
Jooooooonyer
Wow
Wow, this guy sounds like a true all-star. What a great catch! We are incredibly lucky.
Wow, this guy sounds like a true all-star. What a great catch! We are incredibly lucky.
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
It's an interesting setup. I wonder how many other schools do it like this?
Rudolph was twice an All-Big Ten OL at Wisconsin and their team captain his senior year, spending 4 years in the NFL. 3-time Academic All-Big Ten and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. From the Pittsburgh area, so maybe those ties will help in recruiting too.
Rudolph was twice an All-Big Ten OL at Wisconsin and their team captain his senior year, spending 4 years in the NFL. 3-time Academic All-Big Ten and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. From the Pittsburgh area, so maybe those ties will help in recruiting too.
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The way he describes handling the envelope with a key in it seems like he was duped, and is a believable story.
What bothers me is that apparently nobody asked him why he checked the box that said "yes, I've been convicted of a crime".
What bothers me is that apparently nobody asked him why he checked the box that said "yes, I've been convicted of a crime".
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Typically, the question is not if you've been convicted of a crime; but if you've been convicted of a felony. I know some on this board are tOSU employees. If any of you know how the actual app. that he signed is worded, let us know.
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I stand corrected. Now what bothers me is that McGinnis apparently didn't inform Smith and/or Tressel about the conviction:
I don't have a problem with the hire, it's just that the guys at the top need to be aware of all factors involved in it.
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timBUCK2
Tim the Enchanter... WOLVERINE SLAYER!!
I think I like this guy even more after this story broke. Now you know that Eric is an honest and open person (and smart enough not to lie on the only legally binding document in the job application process)
I also think it's ok for HR to exercise appropriate discression when revealing personal information to a candidate's new co-workers/bosses. This one could go either way IMHO. Fortunately for me, I never did anything stupid when I was 22...
I also think it's ok for HR to exercise appropriate discression when revealing personal information to a candidate's new co-workers/bosses. This one could go either way IMHO. Fortunately for me, I never did anything stupid when I was 22...
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
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6/23/06
6/23/06
RUMBLINGS
Friday, June 23, 2006
BOB HUNTER
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Ohio State officials were more concerned that their criminal background check didn’t turn up information on Eric Lichter’s misdemeanor drug-possession charge than they were about the charge itself.
Lichter checked "yes" on a form asking whether he had ever been convicted of a crime when he applied to be the school’s director of football performance, and explained the circumstances to Tom McGinnis, assistant athletics director for administration and human resources.
After hearing Lichter’s explanation, McGinnis went back and ran a national criminal background check. Nothing came up, so he decided that it wasn’t serious enough to warrant alerting athletics director Gene Smith or football coach Jim Tressel.
When a Dispatch reporter called Smith with more details, including a felony charge that was later dismissed, Smith and McGinnis were unnerved by the fact that a reporter could find the info and they couldn’t.
They say it wouldn’t have affected their decision — they’re satisfied with Lichter’s explanation that he was an unwitting participant in an incident that occurred when he was a fifth-year senior at Weber State in 1997 — but wonder about their methods.
"Now, I’m a little worried about our search engine," McGinnis said.
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Articles like this are the reason I believe that Gene Smith will have had a private conversation with HR personnel, letting them know that any potential negative information about an applicant needs to be shared with the athletic department.
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OSU strength coach in '98 drug sting
Posted: Friday June 23, 2006 12:16AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State's new coordinator of strength and conditioning for the football team said he was unwittingly involved in a 1998 drug sting while he was a college student in Utah.
Ohio State announced Eric Lichter's hiring on Monday. Athletic director Gene Smith said he was unaware of Lichter's conviction on misdemeanor drug-possession charges, but stands behind the hiring.
"The reality is I would have hired him anyway," Smith said.
Lichter was arrested along with 22 others after a federal investigation into a drug ring. Originally charged with distributing Ritalin and the date-rape drug Rohypnol, a felony charge was dismissed and Lichter pleaded guilty to possession.
Lichter confirmed his arrest on paperwork while applying for the Ohio State job.
He said while attending Weber State he worked at a gym in Ogden, Utah, and was asked by the gym manager to deliver an envelope to a man later revealed to be an undercover federal agent. Lichter said he did not know that the envelope contained a key to a gym locker that contained the drugs.
"I was 22 years old and impressionable," Lichter said. "That was the extent of it. You live and you learn."
Lichter pleaded guilty to the possession charge in June 1998. On Aug. 27, 1998, he was sentenced to two years' probation and fined $1,500.
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OSU strength coach in '98 drug sting
Posted: Friday June 23, 2006 12:16AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State's new coordinator of strength and conditioning for the football team said he was unwittingly involved in a 1998 drug sting while he was a college student in Utah.
Ohio State announced Eric Lichter's hiring on Monday. Athletic director Gene Smith said he was unaware of Lichter's conviction on misdemeanor drug-possession charges, but stands behind the hiring.
"The reality is I would have hired him anyway," Smith said.
Lichter was arrested along with 22 others after a federal investigation into a drug ring. Originally charged with distributing Ritalin and the date-rape drug Rohypnol, a felony charge was dismissed and Lichter pleaded guilty to possession.
Lichter confirmed his arrest on paperwork while applying for the Ohio State job.
He said while attending Weber State he worked at a gym in Ogden, Utah, and was asked by the gym manager to deliver an envelope to a man later revealed to be an undercover federal agent. Lichter said he did not know that the envelope contained a key to a gym locker that contained the drugs.
"I was 22 years old and impressionable," Lichter said. "That was the extent of it. You live and you learn."
Lichter pleaded guilty to the possession charge in June 1998. On Aug. 27, 1998, he was sentenced to two years' probation and fined $1,500.
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Here's an online promo/article from earlier this year, discussing Lichter's use of equipment that simulates altitude training.
altitudetraining
2/25/06 The mountains come to the Midwest as Colorado Altitude Training and Speed Strength team together to provide cutting-edge training for top players in the NFL Combine
(Boulder, CO) The world leader in altitude simulation systems for athletes, thoroughbred racehorses, and research institutes, Colorado Altitude Training™ (CAT) has combined efforts with Speed Strength Systems, Inc. in Euclid, Ohio to help NFL draftees excel at the NFL Combine with the installation of a Colorado Exercise Room (CER). The CER is a revolutionary product utilizing hypoxic air that allows athletes to train at simulated altitudes as high as 11,000 ft anywhere in the world.
For NFL draftees the well-known and documented benefits of altitude training are being used to prepare them for the individual skill assessment drills that will be administered at the NFL Combine and on Campus Pro Day. This demanding process takes the athletes through rigorous agility, movement, and speed assessment drills administered by NFL team representatives. The purpose of the drills is to measure the player’s raw athletic ability by testing the athlete’s maximum exertion level during each drill with minimum recovery time between drills. The players performing these drills will feel the effect of lactate accumulation (muscle burn), oxygen debt, and fatigue.
By utilizing the CER and high altitude training, athletes are able to resist fatigue through lactic acid buffering, faster recovery, improved endurance, and increased lean body mass. All of these factors contribute significantly to improve the output and effort the athletes will be able to maintain during the Combine drills.
“The response has been incredible! All of our Combine athletes feel like they are recovering quicker day-to-day and hour-to-hour!! They are experiencing less soreness and muscle breakdown than previous bouts of training done at lower intensities!” Eric Lichter, Co owner of Speed Strength Systems, Inc.
The following 06' NFL Combine participants have been exercising in the CER with great satisfaction:
Donte Whitner - OHIO STATE Nate Salley - OHIO STATE Anthony Schlegel - OHIO STATE Derrick Martin - UNIV OF WYOMING Barry Cofield - NORTHWESTERN Rob Sims - OHIO STATE Matthew Rice - PENN STATE Adam Stenavich - MICHIGAN
"The CER has become an integral part of my Combine preparation. Training at altitude has definitely helped decrease my recovery time and has increased my ability to resist fatigue following my workouts." Donte Whitner - Ohio State University, highest ranked safety in upcoming draft
“We are tremendously excited about the significant impact on the draftees. By utilizing the CER there is a tremendous potential that they will be able to move up a number of places in the upcoming draft. In addition, these soon-to-be NFL rookies will become the latest advocates of altitude training in the NFL.” Charles D. Mitelhaus, VP Sales and Marketing, Colorado Altitude Training
About Speed Strength: Established in 2000, Speed Strength Systems, Inc., has developed into the Midwest’s premier training facility, assisting professional and amateur athletes of all levels in aspects of training and conditioning, including: strength training; high school, collegiate and professional individual and team training; training for executives; dieting and sports injuries and rehabilitation; and more. This years NFL draft clients include; Anthony Schlegel (Ohio State), Bobby Carpenter (Ohio State), Donte Whitner (Ohio State), Nate Salley (Ohio State), Rob Sims (Ohio State), Adam Stenavich (University of Michigan), Pierre Woods (University of Michigan), Matthew Rice (Penn State University), Derrick Martin (University of Wyoming), Barry Cofield (Northwestern University), Jerod Void (Purdue University), PJ Pope (Bowling Green State University), Erik Davis (University of Vanderbilt), Ed Blanton (UCLA), Ben Ishola (University of Indiana), Kyle McKenzie (University of Minnesota) Anthony Jordan (University of Toledo), Keon Jackson (University of Toledo), David Thomas (University of Toledo), Michael Brown Jr (Howard University), and Harry Carter (Duquesne University).
About Colorado Altitude Training: CAT is the world leader in hypoxic altitude simulation and training. Located in Boulder, Colorado, and with distributors worldwide, CAT has been selected by some of the most influential leaders in sports including: Nike; Olympic Training Centers; US Speedskating, and professional sports teams such as the T-Mobile Cycling Team, Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Team, National Triathlon teams, and Brian Urlacher, the NFLs defensive player of the year. They have chosen CAT because of superior technology, comfort, easy altitude control, customer service, and an elite scientific advisory board containing renowned experts in altitude physiology.
For further information about hypoxic altitude simulation, altitude tents, and other sponsored athletes contact: Charles D. Mitelhaus at CAT 303.440.4102 x 112, or visit the website at www.altitudetraining.com
altitudetraining
2/25/06 The mountains come to the Midwest as Colorado Altitude Training and Speed Strength team together to provide cutting-edge training for top players in the NFL Combine
For NFL draftees the well-known and documented benefits of altitude training are being used to prepare them for the individual skill assessment drills that will be administered at the NFL Combine and on Campus Pro Day. This demanding process takes the athletes through rigorous agility, movement, and speed assessment drills administered by NFL team representatives. The purpose of the drills is to measure the player’s raw athletic ability by testing the athlete’s maximum exertion level during each drill with minimum recovery time between drills. The players performing these drills will feel the effect of lactate accumulation (muscle burn), oxygen debt, and fatigue.
By utilizing the CER and high altitude training, athletes are able to resist fatigue through lactic acid buffering, faster recovery, improved endurance, and increased lean body mass. All of these factors contribute significantly to improve the output and effort the athletes will be able to maintain during the Combine drills.
“The response has been incredible! All of our Combine athletes feel like they are recovering quicker day-to-day and hour-to-hour!! They are experiencing less soreness and muscle breakdown than previous bouts of training done at lower intensities!” Eric Lichter, Co owner of Speed Strength Systems, Inc.
The following 06' NFL Combine participants have been exercising in the CER with great satisfaction:
Donte Whitner - OHIO STATE Nate Salley - OHIO STATE Anthony Schlegel - OHIO STATE Derrick Martin - UNIV OF WYOMING Barry Cofield - NORTHWESTERN Rob Sims - OHIO STATE Matthew Rice - PENN STATE Adam Stenavich - MICHIGAN
"The CER has become an integral part of my Combine preparation. Training at altitude has definitely helped decrease my recovery time and has increased my ability to resist fatigue following my workouts." Donte Whitner - Ohio State University, highest ranked safety in upcoming draft
“We are tremendously excited about the significant impact on the draftees. By utilizing the CER there is a tremendous potential that they will be able to move up a number of places in the upcoming draft. In addition, these soon-to-be NFL rookies will become the latest advocates of altitude training in the NFL.” Charles D. Mitelhaus, VP Sales and Marketing, Colorado Altitude Training
About Speed Strength: Established in 2000, Speed Strength Systems, Inc., has developed into the Midwest’s premier training facility, assisting professional and amateur athletes of all levels in aspects of training and conditioning, including: strength training; high school, collegiate and professional individual and team training; training for executives; dieting and sports injuries and rehabilitation; and more. This years NFL draft clients include; Anthony Schlegel (Ohio State), Bobby Carpenter (Ohio State), Donte Whitner (Ohio State), Nate Salley (Ohio State), Rob Sims (Ohio State), Adam Stenavich (University of Michigan), Pierre Woods (University of Michigan), Matthew Rice (Penn State University), Derrick Martin (University of Wyoming), Barry Cofield (Northwestern University), Jerod Void (Purdue University), PJ Pope (Bowling Green State University), Erik Davis (University of Vanderbilt), Ed Blanton (UCLA), Ben Ishola (University of Indiana), Kyle McKenzie (University of Minnesota) Anthony Jordan (University of Toledo), Keon Jackson (University of Toledo), David Thomas (University of Toledo), Michael Brown Jr (Howard University), and Harry Carter (Duquesne University).
About Colorado Altitude Training: CAT is the world leader in hypoxic altitude simulation and training. Located in Boulder, Colorado, and with distributors worldwide, CAT has been selected by some of the most influential leaders in sports including: Nike; Olympic Training Centers; US Speedskating, and professional sports teams such as the T-Mobile Cycling Team, Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Team, National Triathlon teams, and Brian Urlacher, the NFLs defensive player of the year. They have chosen CAT because of superior technology, comfort, easy altitude control, customer service, and an elite scientific advisory board containing renowned experts in altitude physiology.
For further information about hypoxic altitude simulation, altitude tents, and other sponsored athletes contact: Charles D. Mitelhaus at CAT 303.440.4102 x 112, or visit the website at www.altitudetraining.com
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Veritas Aequitas
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FootballLichter Brings Focused Goals to OSU Conditioning Program By John Porentas
"The first thing I told these guys is that there is only really one mentality, and that's the mentality of a predator, of a lion chasing down its prey. When they come into the weight room they have to be focused, and they have to have that predatory mentality, because really they're training their bodies to become hunters, predators, efficient killers." --------New OSU Director of Football Performance Eric Lichter.
Newly appointed OSU Director of Football Performance Eric Lichter is very clear on what his goals are in the weight room. He wants to build better football players. Period.
"No matter what we're focusing on, if it doesn't transfer to performance on the field, it's useless. It's got to transfer to performance on the field. It's got to mimic football movement or it's useless," said Lichter.
Lichter understands that 40 times and vertical jump accomplishments and bench press weights are good measurements of progress, but more than anything else, Lichter sees the weight room and the conditioning program as a place where winners are built, not a place where impressive numbers are posted.
Lichter is firmly focused on the concept of winning and everything he does in the weight room is a function of that concept. A former linebacker himself, Lichter is convinced that explosion and speed are the key elements in training successful football players.
"In a general sense with regards to football, I'm big into explosive training, which specifically means stimulating the fast-twitch muscle fibers through training that you prescribe and getting those to grow larger. When you train explosively and you develop those fibers your vertical jumps will increase, your first step will get faster, your 10 and short explosive running distances become much faster," he said. And that, he holds, translates into winning.
Though his focus, winning, is consistent in the way he trains each member of the team, Lichter's approach is that each position and each player is different, and therefore should be trained differently in order to achieve the ultimate goal of winning.
"Some athletes tend to be strong or far ahead of what I call 'the window of adaptation' than others in certain areas. A player might be very fast straight ahead but have poor agility. He might be very explosive but can only be explosive in the first series of the game and by the second quarter will be winded and playing slower."
Lichter's plan in to evaluate every player, then design a workout plan for each player that will turn him into a winner.
"What I emphasize is fully developing the athlete," Lichter said.
"The big emphasis is to fully develop the athlete in all facets.You really need to take a look at each kid, figure out where they are strong, where they are weak, where can we can get them better the quickest to help us win," he said.
Getting it done
Lichter's approach to training is at times unorthodox but always reasoned. The Buckeyes definitely will be doing some things differently with Lichter in charge, but no matter what they are doing, it will always be with a reason which points at the ultimate goal of winning.
"I'm a big believer in ground-based training," said Lichter of one his core beliefs that is somewhat different from other trainers.
"That means originating a lot of your training from a standing position rather than sitting down at machines and insolating one joint movements. That would never be able to take the place of a lunge or a power clean where you are involving many facets of the body."
Lichter likes exercise movements and routines that involves many training facets, but always tailors routines to the need of individual players even if the basic movement is the same. Every player may do lunges, for example, but not every player will do them the same way.
"We may add so many more things to it, like a lunge with a rotation of the trunk for the quarterbacks who have to have core strength. We really take it to a real cutting edge. Everything has a purpose," he said.
Lichter has been on the job just one week at OSU, but is fully immersed in his job. He has a clear plan both long-term and short-term for the Buckeyes, and some of those plans are clearly different from mainstream thinking.
"My plan for this summer is to get these guys football-ready," he said.
"What I'm trying to do is get these guys in the best shape of their lives early, and then really peak them for strength and power as we get closer to camp. Our first three weeks of training are a lot of break down. These guys are conditioning and putting in a base of work that they haven't seen in the past.
"In the past they traditionally built their conditioning week to week and their training has gotten longer week to week. Our training is starting off very hard and long early and we're shortening it down and making it much more quality and explosive and intense as we get to the latter portion," Lichter said.
It's a strategy that keeps in mind the ultimate goal, building a winning football team.
"That way, rather than having me completely break them down right as they go into camp and completing their breakdown, I'm doing what's called completing their rebuild.
"I want to peak these guys so that when they go into camp, they're not at 60 or 70 per cent of their performance capability, they're at 105 and they can compete against each other very hard and give each other great looks.
"I want to get the conditioning done early so we can really work on not only specific football movement and agility by position, but so that the guys are at their most explosive that they can possibly be when they arrive at camp that first week," Lichter said.
If Lichter gets that done, his task then will become maintaining that physical edge throughout the season. He believes that can be done, and has a plan to do just that.
"It absolutely can be maintained, so you can come out and get a very fast start rather than traditionally getting a little bit better as you go. Some teams who do it that way, it takes them three or four weeks before they hit their stride. We can come out with a very explosive start, fast start to the season, maintain it. As long as you train explosively, keep the reps low and the intensity high, you can maintain that strength and power over eight to ten weeks."
Beyond the weights
Lichter's approach to training is holistic. It encompasses movement and resistance, but also includes attitude, nutrition, and rest as key components.
"The first thing I told these guys is that there is only really one mentality, and that's the mentality of a predator, of a lion chasing down its prey. When they come into the weight room they have to be focused, and they have to have that predatory mentality, because really they're training their bodies to become hunters, predators, efficient killers.
"The faster you run, the more explosive your hips are, the more damage you're going to do and the more rangy player you're going to be," he said.
"We're going to talk about eating the proper foods at the proper times, and the proper number of meals per day become important. We have to educate these kids and we have to stay on them. Nutrition has a huge role.
"A lot of people don't realize that when you're training, you're not building muscle, you're breaking it down. The only way way muscle rebuilds is through nutrient intake and through sleep, you have to rest. If an athlete is not sleeping eight hours a day, they're setting themselves up for failure to some degree, because they will not rebuild and regrow and repair that tissue like they could, and then they won't be the most efficient killer, hunter, predator that we want them to be."
Newly appointed OSU Director of Football Performance Eric Lichter is very clear on what his goals are in the weight room. He wants to build better football players. Period.
"No matter what we're focusing on, if it doesn't transfer to performance on the field, it's useless. It's got to transfer to performance on the field. It's got to mimic football movement or it's useless," said Lichter.
Lichter understands that 40 times and vertical jump accomplishments and bench press weights are good measurements of progress, but more than anything else, Lichter sees the weight room and the conditioning program as a place where winners are built, not a place where impressive numbers are posted.
Lichter is firmly focused on the concept of winning and everything he does in the weight room is a function of that concept. A former linebacker himself, Lichter is convinced that explosion and speed are the key elements in training successful football players.
"In a general sense with regards to football, I'm big into explosive training, which specifically means stimulating the fast-twitch muscle fibers through training that you prescribe and getting those to grow larger. When you train explosively and you develop those fibers your vertical jumps will increase, your first step will get faster, your 10 and short explosive running distances become much faster," he said. And that, he holds, translates into winning.
Though his focus, winning, is consistent in the way he trains each member of the team, Lichter's approach is that each position and each player is different, and therefore should be trained differently in order to achieve the ultimate goal of winning.
"Some athletes tend to be strong or far ahead of what I call 'the window of adaptation' than others in certain areas. A player might be very fast straight ahead but have poor agility. He might be very explosive but can only be explosive in the first series of the game and by the second quarter will be winded and playing slower."
Lichter's plan in to evaluate every player, then design a workout plan for each player that will turn him into a winner.
"What I emphasize is fully developing the athlete," Lichter said.
"The big emphasis is to fully develop the athlete in all facets.You really need to take a look at each kid, figure out where they are strong, where they are weak, where can we can get them better the quickest to help us win," he said.
Getting it done
Lichter's approach to training is at times unorthodox but always reasoned. The Buckeyes definitely will be doing some things differently with Lichter in charge, but no matter what they are doing, it will always be with a reason which points at the ultimate goal of winning.
"I'm a big believer in ground-based training," said Lichter of one his core beliefs that is somewhat different from other trainers.
"That means originating a lot of your training from a standing position rather than sitting down at machines and insolating one joint movements. That would never be able to take the place of a lunge or a power clean where you are involving many facets of the body."
Lichter likes exercise movements and routines that involves many training facets, but always tailors routines to the need of individual players even if the basic movement is the same. Every player may do lunges, for example, but not every player will do them the same way.
"We may add so many more things to it, like a lunge with a rotation of the trunk for the quarterbacks who have to have core strength. We really take it to a real cutting edge. Everything has a purpose," he said.
Lichter has been on the job just one week at OSU, but is fully immersed in his job. He has a clear plan both long-term and short-term for the Buckeyes, and some of those plans are clearly different from mainstream thinking.
"My plan for this summer is to get these guys football-ready," he said.
"What I'm trying to do is get these guys in the best shape of their lives early, and then really peak them for strength and power as we get closer to camp. Our first three weeks of training are a lot of break down. These guys are conditioning and putting in a base of work that they haven't seen in the past.
"In the past they traditionally built their conditioning week to week and their training has gotten longer week to week. Our training is starting off very hard and long early and we're shortening it down and making it much more quality and explosive and intense as we get to the latter portion," Lichter said.
It's a strategy that keeps in mind the ultimate goal, building a winning football team.
"That way, rather than having me completely break them down right as they go into camp and completing their breakdown, I'm doing what's called completing their rebuild.
"I want to peak these guys so that when they go into camp, they're not at 60 or 70 per cent of their performance capability, they're at 105 and they can compete against each other very hard and give each other great looks.
"I want to get the conditioning done early so we can really work on not only specific football movement and agility by position, but so that the guys are at their most explosive that they can possibly be when they arrive at camp that first week," Lichter said.
If Lichter gets that done, his task then will become maintaining that physical edge throughout the season. He believes that can be done, and has a plan to do just that.
"It absolutely can be maintained, so you can come out and get a very fast start rather than traditionally getting a little bit better as you go. Some teams who do it that way, it takes them three or four weeks before they hit their stride. We can come out with a very explosive start, fast start to the season, maintain it. As long as you train explosively, keep the reps low and the intensity high, you can maintain that strength and power over eight to ten weeks."
Beyond the weights
Lichter's approach to training is holistic. It encompasses movement and resistance, but also includes attitude, nutrition, and rest as key components.
"The first thing I told these guys is that there is only really one mentality, and that's the mentality of a predator, of a lion chasing down its prey. When they come into the weight room they have to be focused, and they have to have that predatory mentality, because really they're training their bodies to become hunters, predators, efficient killers.
"The faster you run, the more explosive your hips are, the more damage you're going to do and the more rangy player you're going to be," he said.
"We're going to talk about eating the proper foods at the proper times, and the proper number of meals per day become important. We have to educate these kids and we have to stay on them. Nutrition has a huge role.
"A lot of people don't realize that when you're training, you're not building muscle, you're breaking it down. The only way way muscle rebuilds is through nutrient intake and through sleep, you have to rest. If an athlete is not sleeping eight hours a day, they're setting themselves up for failure to some degree, because they will not rebuild and regrow and repair that tissue like they could, and then they won't be the most efficient killer, hunter, predator that we want them to be."
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