In this episode, ASAP PODCAST host Ed Cicale talks 'training and Eleiko equipment' with Rodney Corn, Director of Eleiko Education, a world-renowned Swedish company known for its high-quality strength training equipment. Rodney shares the history of Eleiko, from its origins as an electrical installation company to becoming a leader in the weightlift…

ASAP Classic Podcast with the late Roger Schwab who passed this past March 2024. ROGER HAD BEEN A PIONEER IN WEIGHT TRAINING FOR DECADES. HE WAS COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S FIRST STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH (PENN STATE 1964-1965) AND THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED THE NAUTILUS TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT SYSTEM TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1976. FROM 1976 TO 2015, HE WAS THE …

In this episode of the ASAP Athletic Strength and Power podcast, our host, Ed Cicale, engages in an insightful conversation with Ethan Reeve, a prominent name in the strength and conditioning industry with deep ties to wrestling. This episode, sponsored by The CBD Healthcare Company, covers vast areas related to athlete conditioning, personal athle…

One of the main reasons that the ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Podcast is sought out by top professional, collegiate and high school coaches and athletes is because of our vast connection to many of the most brilliant strength, conditioning and speed coaches in the USA. Our advisory board consists of many of the top professionals in the field. I…

Wrestling.... Strictly Business!For a Cincinnati high school wrestler, to qualify for the Ohio High School Athletic Association's State Wrestling Tournament is an arduous task at the very least. Attaining and maintaining a given body weight-class, wrestle-offs, intense practices, managing a disciplined approach to nutrition, continuing the in-seaso…

When The University of Cincinnati Bearcats' Director of Football Sports Performance, Niko Palazeti, took on his new role in January 2023, he recognized an immediate need for his program and the Bearcats football squad: he needed a strength and conditioning performance staff. Palazeti had been a member of Coach Mickey Marotti's sports performance st…

It took awhile to reconnect with Andy Kettler, mostly due to that good old pandemic. Closed doors and stop signs, red lights and masks. However, I was finally able to get a mutual date on the ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power calendar with the veteran strength, conditioning and sports performance coach! I have seen him on several occasions, includin…

Youngstown State junior volleyball player talks with Drae Smith on the Penguin Playbook Radio Show on Sept. 5, 2023By Youngstown State Athletics

Youngstown State junior volleyball player talks with Drae Smith on the Penguin Playbook Radio Show on Sept. 5, 2023By Youngstown State Athletics

https://www.specathletic.com/ Youngstown, Ohio For the Youngstown State Penguins, the season can't start soon enough. Excluded from the play-offs in 2022, the football squad is ready to put that in the rear view mirror and move on. This is a program that prides itself on winning tradition, and the atmosphere around Stambaugh Stadium, which houses t…

In her five seasons as Director of Sports Performance-Women's Basketball at The University of South Carolina, Molly Binetti, has seen the Gamecocks lose but only 19 games. And, she's been on board to witness 152 wins that include NCAA Sweet Sixteen, NCAA Final Four twice and an NCAA National Championship! (The COVID19 fiasco eliminated a run for an…

One of the big highlights of the HAMMER STRENGTH Clinic that was conducted at the Spooky Nook Athletics Complex in Hamilton, Ohio was the presentation on the opening night by Coach Tommy Moffitt. Basically, he laid out the infrastructure of his championship performance program that had the LSU Fighting Tigers fighting for and winning the big games …

Things were moving quickly at The University of Cincinnati as the school's athletic director scoured the football world for a replacement for Head Coach Luke Fickell who had departed to take on a struggling program in Madison, Wisconsin. A little over a week later, Cincinnati A/D/ John Cunningham was welcoming in his new football coach, Scott Satte…

This is a re-issue of my podcast with the late Chris Simmons, who has passed unexpectantly. just this week, January 2023. He was the best! Chris spent over ten years as The University of Kentucky Mens Basketball Head Athletic Trainer with Head Basketball Coach John Calipari. He will be dearly missed as a friend and ASAP associate and podcast guest.…

John Vargo sits down with Youngstown State men's basketball student-athlete Bryce McBride.By Youngstown State Athletics

John Vargo talks with YSU women's basketball student-athlete Malia Magestro.By Youngstown State Athletics

Columbus, Ohio There's a countdown clock in the Ohio State Buckeyes' massive strength training complex. A constant reminder to everyone involved with this program of when the BIG game kicks off. If you're a player, it's in one's subconscious. Time is ticking away..... will you be ready? Have you applied enough effort into the workout sessions? How'…

Tempe, Arizona I had to go all the way out to the desert to track down Coach Joe Connolly, Arizona State's Director of Sports Performance. I'd last seen Joe at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, when the Michigan State Spartans hosted the ASU Sun Devils. In the end, MSU couldn't find a way to catch the shifty Sun Devil freshman QB Jayden Daniels as t…

Youngstown State Women's Golf student-athlete Madie Smithco joins Drae Smith on Penguin Playbook on 1390 WNIO.By Youngstown State Athletics

This ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power Podcast with Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Scott Holsopple was recorded on loaction in Nashville, Tennessee at one of America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Tennessee State University. Coach Holsopple, the Director of Sports Performance, is a twenty-two year veteran in the collegiat…

ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale ventured to The University of Cincinnati Bearcats, post-pandemic, to check in on what last years' media darling college football team is up to and how they are preparing to make another move toward becoming a top ten program. This podcast is a group interview with the strength staff assembled by Bearcats' Director of Footba…

Robert Rolf M.D. is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and a graduate of La Salle High School. He attended the University of Notre Dame where he received a BS in Chemical Engineering. This served as the foundation for furthering his studies into medicine and eventually, a specialty in the shoulder following his advanced research conducted at The Boston S…

Former NFL star and Super Bowl winner, Rocky Boiman joins ASAP Podcaster Ed Cicale at the 700 #WLW Radio studio. We talk everything NFL, draft day, Notre Dame, Tennesse Titans https://www.athleticstrengthandpower.com/ https://www.teambuildr.com/en/ https://blackironstrength.com/ http://loadthebar.com/ https://www.specathletic.com/ https://700wlw.ih…

We've featured Coach Anthony Schlegel on our site in the past. His colorful and demonstrative personality is pure linebacker. Nowadays, Anthony spends the majority of his time running his business, THE DIFFERENCE USA out of his workshop in Columbus, Ohio. It’s basically just a short drive from Ohio Stadium where he once roamed the field seeking a c…

Coach Brady Collins. He's the guy that Coach Fickell has entrusted to lead his Bearcats as the Director of Football Sports Performance. Once Fickell had landed from the short flight south of Columbus, Ohio, he summoned Collins for the task. Coach Collins has been well schooled for the assignment, as he spent a the entry level years at the Universit…

Drae Smith talks with Youngstown State junior quarterback Joe Craycraft.By Youngstown State Athletics

Drae Smith talks with Youngstown State junior placekicker Colt McFadden.By Youngstown State Athletics

Drae Smith talks with Youngstown State junior defensive lineman Antoine Cook.By Youngstown State Athletics

Drae Smith talks with senior wide receiver/punt returner Jake Coates.By Youngstown State Athletics

Drae Smith talks with Youngstown State senior running back Christian Turner.By Youngstown State Athletics

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Youngstown State tight end/long snapper Kyle Gregg joins Bob Hannon on "Penguin Playbook" on the Sports Animal 1390 WNIO & iHeartRadio.By Youngstown State Athletics