PART 3 - 5 Things Training College Athletes taught me about getting STRONG & LEAN
Posted: January 23, 2025
One of the most frustrating things about being a college strength coach was having to disabuse team coaches of their faulty/wrong thinking about how to physically train athletes to win.
For example, many had a “this is how I trained, so this I how I train my team” mentality.
One such case was my wife’s coach - the Head Volleyball Coach.
The first pre-season I was the team’s strength coach, I was called in to talk with her about why her girls were so sore and could barely move on day 2 of pre-season.
It was because they had had their 4-mile run test and also their 10K meter Rowing Ergometer test.
They were ALL toast and the Head Coach was MAD. She had to rearrange practice because the girls were sore and exhausted, and she wanted to know why.
So, I asked for permission to speak freely. It was given. And I did.
“What does running 4 miles have to do with repeatedly jumping and moving as fast as possible multi-directionally across the volleyball court?”