Jared J.

My career in Strength and Conditioning began in 2013 as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. My first 3 semesters were spent assisting in all training sessions for each team. As a D2 coach I was lucky in the sense that it was me and one other coach training every team so I gained invaluable experience as a young coach. This really fast forwarded my career as a strength coach as it provided me the chance to gain hands on experience with athletes of different sports. Within the first month of my last semester as a graduate assistant our Head Strengh Coach took a job offer. This decision led to me being named Interim Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the remainder of the semester. After a very busy semester, completing my masters degree, an internship curriculum, teaching a college course in the exercise science field, and writing then conducting workouts for all teams I was given an opportunity to interview for the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach position. At 25 this was a big step and a great opportunity. After doing so I was hired full time and have been managing the strength and conditioning department and training all teams on campus. As of fall 2015 I hired a new Graduate Assistant who has been assisting me the last semester and a half.

I played my collegiate football career at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. As a four year starting running back and kick returner spent every summer training for the next season with a great trainer and group of NFL athletes that pushed me to be better every single day. This is where I fell in love with training and learned the ways to properly train for football. From this I contribute my success and the awards I received throughout my college career. My awards and school records are listed below.
First Team All Conference Running Back 2008, 2010, 2011
First Team All Conference Kick Returner 2010, 2011, 2012
NAIA Playoffs First Round Offensive Player of the game 2008
Set school record for 7 rushing touchdowns in a single game 2008
Set school record for most career kick return yards
Set school record for most rush attempts
1 of 2 players in Northwestern Football History to be award First Team All Conference for 4 years

First an athlete will go through a personal evaluation from physical tests to personal goals, and an individual needs assessment. Each athlete is provided with a plan to attack specific abilities needed for their sport as well as addressing any muscular imbalances or mobility restrictions the athlete may have acquired over time. This will not only reduce the overall chance of injury but it will allow the athlete to truly harness the gains that can be made through a complete strength and conditioning program. As far as a session goes an athlete will go through a series of different blocks to complete the training session. First being Corrective Stretches and Soft Tissue work, this includes specific stretches that will help eliminate muscular or postural issues over time and the use of soft tissue work through foam rolling will improve tissue quality by freeing any tight ares that may be limiting an athlete. The next block Is a General Dynamic Warm Up, this part includes drills to elevate core body temp and improve joint range of motion through various dynamic stretches. After we complete this section we move on to the Mobility and Activation portion, this is where the warm up becomes specific to your sport. We focus on mobility drills to help improve movement in your sport as well as the training session to follow and then we turn to activating all specific muscles that will contribute during the training session.
The next portion is our Power block. This portion focuses on developing power and speed through various plyometrics, short accelerations (depending on sport), and med ball throw variations. The amount of volume for this block depends on time of year such as in-Season or off-season.We then move to the Strength block which includes all of our strength training exercises to improve the specific bio motor abilities needed for a particular sport. The emphasis again depends on the time of the year. After this is complete we will complete a Core block on lower body days that consist of all of our core training exercises and a Recovery block on upper body days to help restore the muscles we trained the previous day. This is a typical session but may change due to various factors such as how many training days per week are needed, sport, time of year, athlete weight training experience, etc.