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Mladen Jovanovic on “Priority Lifts”
https://complementarytraining.net/concurrent-strategies-in-strength-training-part2/
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The smart lifter’s guide to writing the best training program for his needs and goals. Check it out.
https://www.t-nation.com/training/how-to-design-a-damn-good-program-part-1/
Coach's Spotlight: Fred Eaves (2013 Samson Equipment and American Football Monthly Central Region High School Strength Coach of the Year)
What is your background?
I interned at UT-Chattanooga, Tennessee, and LSU at the collegiate level. I also interned with Gayle Hatch in Baton Rouge, LA. I have been the strength coach for multiple state champions in multiple sports at the high school level.
Why did you go into Strength & Conditioning?
I always had an interest in the weight room. My senior year of high school we didn’t have a weight room due to construction on campus. We finished with multiple injuries and the worst record in 10 years. Even at that age I realized the weight room and athletic success were strongly correlated with each other.
What are some challenges coaching today's players?
Today’s players have so many different distractions that we did not have to deal with as athletes. There are many other things to do besides play sports in our society today. I feel you have to make sports participation meaningful and worthwhile to capture their attention. I think it is very important to try to build intrinsic motivation in your athletes to yield optimal results.
What philosophy(-ies) do you subscribe to?
I use Hatch Periodization meshed with Joe Kenn’s Tier System set up. We believe in proper progressions as well as developing proper movement patterns above everything else in developing our athletes.
How do you feel about Battle Ground's S&C program?
I am very passionate about it. I believe it is unique, and I believe that we are working extremely hard to develop our athletes in the best manner we know how.
What advice would you give to those aspiring for a career in S&C?
It can be a thankless job sometimes. Keep plugging away and keep grinding. Keep developing professionally, and be ready when you get your chance to advance.
How to get in touch with Fred Eaves Email: [email protected] Twitter: @CoachEaves Phone: 865-335-5757
Examining Coach Joe "House" Kenn's Tier System Strength Training
Recently, Professional Strength & Conditioning Coach Joe “House” Kenn became an avid fan and partner of Body Boss. House is also the operator of BigHousePower.com where he shares with coaches all over his Tier Strength Training System. The Tier System is a systematic program design model that establishes the goals of:
Work
Team Building
Injury Prevention
Development of a football player/ athlete (in this case)
The Tier System is the brainchild of House created in 1992 when he was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Boise State University. The focus of the model is Athletic Based Training (ABT). Football players are not “lifters”, but by convention and of sheer necessity, football players play in the spheres of bodybuilding, weightlifting, and powerlifting. And as such, House’s Tier System aims to train the players based on the sport they are playing, not just generic lifting.
ABT is comprised of the following components:
Complex movements
Multiple joint actions
Functional strength
Free-weight-dominated approach
Train the football player/ athlete first
The Tier System’s ABT is based on five key philosophies:
Train movements versus training body parts. Football is a game of movements. And contrary to what many athletes and exercise enthusiasts (recreational included) aim for, training by movements does not focus on size necessarily. On the field, does it really matters how big your chest is?
Explosive exercises versus non-explosive exercises. The Tier System focuses on force and maximizing acceleration of power delivery.
Variety of exercises. Utilizing free-weights, athletes can focus on the development of stabilizer muscles and engage muscles in multiple angles and planes (sagittal, frontal, and transverse).
Whole body training sessions versus split sessions. During any given play, players engage a multitude of muscles working in unison that involves all the major joints of the body. As such, ABT focuses on the total body.
Tempo. Similar to the idea of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), ABT focuses on rapid recovery versus timed rest periods. This creates an anaerobic experience increasing work capacity to drive conditioning of the athlete.
The Tier System utilizes moderate load principles versus heavy/ light loading with whole body training sessions. Weekly programs rotate movement categories (total body movement, lower body movement, and upper body movement) through multiple emphasis zones (tiers).
House’s Tier System is widely known and embraced at major programs throughout the Strength & Conditioning arena. The Tier System is flexible and focuses on athletic training, not just a singular focus which many coaches may institute. In today’s age of divergent training philosophies, House’s system is diverse and can be adapted for the high school, college, professional, and recreational athlete.
In the future, I’ll share some of the sample exercises or workouts that House’s Tier System may employ. For now, if you would like to read more about House and the Tier System, check out BigHousePower.com. Additionally, you can grab a copy of the book The Tier Strength Training System on his site.
Joe “House” Kenn played collegiate football as a Guard with Wake Forest University 1987-1988, obtained his Strength and Conditioning Specialist Certification in 1990, and Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Boise State in 1993. Coach Kenn coached at Wake Forest (1991), Boise State (1991-1998), Utah (1999-2000), Arizona State (2001-2007), and Louisville (2008-2009). Currently, Coach Kenn is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for a professional football organization (since 2011). Coach Kenn shares insights and connects with Strength & Conditioning professionals through his site BigHousePower.com.
Hello Carolina Panthers, We're Body Boss!
Not often do people get to step foot into the weight room of an NFL franchise. Back in March, the Body Boss team had the opportunity to visit the Hammer Strength Clinic in Greenville (you can read more about our visit here). We got the unique and exciting opportunity to show Body Boss to Coach Joe “House” Kenn of the Carolina Panthers. Long-respected and followed by Strength & Conditioning Coaches everywhere and operator of Big House Power, House gave us 10 seconds to show him what we had. Armed with Body Boss on his iPad, Darren Pottinger didn’t disappoint.
After an exciting hour or so with House at the Clinic and email exchanges, House invited us to Bank of America Stadium, home of the Panthers, in Charlotte, NC in early April to show him more about what Body Boss can do for him and his players. Needless to say, we were stoked.
“Body Boss for Sport is an excellent product […] It can be used by any coach regardless of personal program design philosophies. […] nice job developing a rating system that would be a great motivator for individual improvement for the high school and collegiate athlete.[…] easy to upload a program and have your athletes log in and follow their routine when they are offsite.”
– Coach Joe “House” Kenn, Strength and Conditioning Coach of the NFL Carolina Panthers and BigHousePower.com
Entering Bank of America Stadium was surreal. The facilities were immaculate, and their weight racks were state-of-the-art from Hammer Strength in the Carolina blue (provided by Rich Gray and team, no doubt). So this is where Cam Newton, Steve Smith, and Co. work out… Wow.
We demonstrated how easily Body Boss could be set up for his players, and how his custom workout system, the Tier System, could be created as well. Credit House for being a visionary and someone who sees the opportunity to leverage new technologies to help him and his players. He’s created his Tier System program in Excel, but immediately sees the tremendous opportunity and ease-of-use with Body Boss – props to Don, Darren, and Andrew for creating a simple interface that WORKS.
After watching some players buzz in and out of the gym rep’ing weights I could only dream about, House was sold on Body Boss. Body Boss would enable him to engage his players, and get instant feedback. He recognizes the shift in players and how prevalent a role technology is playing in his athletes’ lives. Anyway to keep players engaged and make his life easier is an idea House would entertain.
At the end of our meeting, Coach Kenn and the Carolina Panthers were onboard with Body Boss! They now join some fantastic teams already using Body Boss including colleges like Georgia Tech with John Sisk, and high schools throughout the Southeast including Coach Jeff Carlberg and Ryan Douglas of Centennial High School and Coach Sid Maxwell and Kyle Hill of Lambert High School, and Coach Benjamin Nabers of Nabers Soccer Academy.
Coach Kenn’s take on Body Boss, “Body Boss for Sport is an excellent product for those coaches looking for a web based, easy access program design model. It can be used by any coach regardless of personal program design philosophies. The Body Boss team has done a nice job of developing a rating system that would be a great motivator for individual improvement for the high school and collegiate athlete. The Body Boss program holds value for the professional coaches because it is extremely easy to upload a program and have your athletes log in and follow their routine when they are off site. The can access their account through their smart phones, ipads, etc. and go to work.”
We’re excited about where we’re heading, and the fantastic coaching staffs and players we’re working with. Now working with the Carolina Panthers and House motivates us that much more to continue to build a stronger product for our partners. We’ve already made vast improvements since our launch in January, and are excited to continue to build the best Strength and Conditioning program in the market for teams all over the country – high school, college, and professional!
** SPECIAL SHOUTOUT to Brenda and team at The Common Market Juice Bar in Charlotte, too!
About Coach Joe “House” Kenn
House played Guard for Wake Forest in 87-88, and has lived and breathed Strength and Conditioning and football ever since with Coaching stops at Wake Forest, Boise State, Utah, Arizona State, Louisville, and now, joining the epitome of the coaching ranks – Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Talk about rare and special jobs – he’s got one in only 32 positions in the world. And from the start of a conversation with House, you know you're talking to someone who on top of the Strength and Conditioning world.
House developed one of the most successful workout programs in his Tier System. The Tier System builds on the Prilepin Table for Hypertrophy, and goes beyond breaking down movements into four-week cycles (Traditional), three-week cycles (Performance), and two-week cycles (Mini-Cycles). You can read more about House’s philosophies at www.BigHousePower.com and follow him on Twitter @bighousepower.
