Strength by The Beast - Coach Herbert's influence being seen

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"Days after the Michigan football team lost its Jan. 1 Outback Bowl game to South Carolina, Devin Bush, Jr.'s cell phone lit up.

It was a text message from an unfamiliar number with an uncomfortable question.

"Who is this?," the text read.

Bush, admittedly annoyed by this point that an unknown number reached out to him asking that question, soon found out who was on the other end.

It was Ben Herbert, Michigan's new strength and conditioning director. And he wasn't there to just introduce himself. He wanted Bush and his teammates in the gym.

"I'm like, 'Coach, we just got off a game,'" Bush said. "'We need rest.'

"He's like, 'Nah, there ain't no time for rest. You got a lot of things to accomplish with your team, (and) yourself. Let's get rolling.'"

"Everything that we did was completely new," said Bush, who enters his junior season at linebacker. "Lifts we had never done before, variations running-wise, field work that we had never done before. It was all new to us."

Three months in, the new staff seems to already be paying dividends. Earlier this week, defensive coordinator Don Brown, directly crediting Herbert and his staff, marveled at how fast his side of the ball has looked through three spring practices.


http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2018/03/michigan_footballs_new_strengt_1.html

Credit: Mlive.com, 3/29/18, Aaron McCann

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Monkey House

March 30th, 2018 at 9:27 AM ^

s&c stories are the only stories i care less about than coach speak. we hear this every time a new coach comes in. i dont care. i hope he makes all the changes in the world, just sick of hearing these same lines over and over.

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Kevin13

March 30th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^

we do hear it, but it's one of the most important coaches for a program. They spend more time with the players then the coaches do. Speed and Strength are obviously huge for a program. Most of the top teams are very close in talent and the difference can be how good of an S&C coach do they have.

Also since they spend so much time with the S&C coach that personallity actually carries over to the team so it is a huge part of a good program.

I think we have a very good one now. I was never much of a Tolbert fan and I think Herbert will help improve the entire team.

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schreibee

March 30th, 2018 at 11:23 AM ^

I CHOOSE to be a believer this time.

Can't say that about the past few. Tolbert seemed like a "comfort" hire after JH couldn't pry the Stanford s&c guy away. Sorry it took 3 years to make a move on s&c & OC, but in reality 3 years has only become a "long time" in the past decade.

Blame/credit "social media" for society's becoming you can call it impatient, or call it demanding the best.

 

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Hab

March 30th, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^

But only if we get to see them outdoors.  We'll never be able to distinguish precisely what shade of yellow--yes, screw you all--yellow, the shirt is, or whether the finish on the helmet is eggshell or matte.

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LDNfan

March 30th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^

I never understand people complaining about stories or thread that they DON'T HAVE TO READ....

I like reading pretty much everything related to the team as we get into the spring eventhough I know much of it is coach speak, fluff and BS...but its a voluntary choice that I make.

Now if anyone take issue with these stories then..you know skip over it, click the back button, read a magazine, go for a walk, call a friend, put on some disco and dance around the room...whatever. OR I guess you could just continue to complain about stories you "care less about".

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LDNfan

March 30th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^

I never understand people complaining about stories or thread that they DON'T HAVE TO READ....

I like reading pretty much everything related to the team as we get into the spring eventhough I know much of it is coach speak, fluff and BS...but its a voluntary choice that I make.

Now if anyone take issue with these stories then..you know skip over it, click the back button, read a magazine, go for a walk, call a friend, put on some disco and dance around the room...whatever. OR I guess you could just continue to complain about stories you "care less about".

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PopeLando

March 30th, 2018 at 9:30 AM ^

I don't think strength and conditioning were the reasons we had a disappointing year. But I AM interested in seeing how a stronger Don Brown defense destroys opponents.

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MGoStrength

March 30th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^

While I know UM has many resources, I'd be surprised if the strength staff is using a dexa scan.  They are likely using bioelectrical impedence, body fat calipers, the good old fashion scale, or some other similar means to measure body weight and body fat percentage.  Those will give you an indication of how much fat free mass a person has gained as well as measure changes in body fat percentage, but fat free mass is not only muscle.  It includes all mass that is not fat.  That is a common misconception.  So, it's unlikely they can with much accuracy tell you how much muscle an athlete has gained.  Also, things like bioelectrical impedence and calipers while good for tracking trends might be upwards of 5-10% margin of error when assessing the accuracy of a single reading of body fat percentage.  So, take those numbers with a grain of salt.

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MGoStrength

March 31st, 2018 at 9:16 AM ^

Me too, he looked great as the year went along last season.  I was surprised by how quickly he was able to get meaningful snaps.  But, I'm still hopeful we can see Luigi healthy as well.  He was one of the guys I was most excited about in that class.  Getting them both on the field at the same time once Chase & Rashan leave would be great to see.

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Mcguffie717

March 30th, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^

This is said every time a new strength and conditioning coach is hired.. see Gittleson, Barwis, Tolbert, ect.. like they say the proofs in the pudding.

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Mcguffie717

March 30th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^

At things rationally. See past 12 years. But by all means. Drink up. Never said you couldn’t. Just sayin I’ll wait and see. Same with this spring practice stuff. While nice to hear it don’t matter much. Things shake out in the fall. Not in March

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