The Kokoda Trail

[Danny]

The Tigers have just got back from a fitness/bonding session along the Kokoda Trail. A top pre season idea by the Tigers! A good change up from the punishing fitness between two coloured hats.

[hhh]

Richmond have a guy coordinating their strength, conditioning and fitness who did post doctoral studies with Kraemer in the US. This has got to qualify him as a guru, a word that gets thrown around too often.



The Tigers have just got back from a fitness/bonding session along the Kokoda Trail. A top pre season idea by the Tigers! A good change up from the punishing fitness between two coloured hats.

[injuryupdate]

I though it was the Hawks going to the Kokoda trail.

And is that Cosmo Kramer who is helping the Tigers out? This would fit in with their on field prowess over the past few years.

[hhh]

I think you are right it was Hawthorn. Danny is getting paid good money to provide us wrong information.

Blaming the strength and conditioning coordinator for Richmond's poor performance is a bit like that joker Gibbo suggesting that Hugh Hazard is responsible for Canterbury winning the NRL.

Here is the low down on Kraemer. He is the MAN:

Dr Kraemer is Professor of Kinesiology, Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology and Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut in the United States.

Dr Kraemer was previously Director of Research and Professor of Applied Physiology, and the leader of a comprehensive research program in the Center for Sports Medicine at Pennsylvania State University. He has more than 20 years’ experience with both the practical and scientific aspects of resistance training and has also coached football and wrestling and taught health and physical education at the junior high through university levels. He has appointments in the Intercollege Program in Physiology, Department of Kinesiology, and the Department of Orthopedics at Penn State's Milton S. Hershey Medical School.

Dr Kraemer was named Chair of a NASA steering committee comprising astronauts, scientists and physicians from throughout the nation to provide advice on strength training devices and exercise programs for astronauts.

Dr Kraemer is a past president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and has been honored by the NSCA with both their outstanding Sports Scientist Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to bringing science into the field of strength and conditioning.

Dr Kraemer is an American College of Sports Medicine fellow and in 1992 was elected to the Board of Trustees for Basic and Applied Science. He is also a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). He serves as editor-in-chief for the Journal of Applied Sport Science Research and is a member of the editorial board for Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. He is also a reviewer for the National Strength and Conditioning Association Journal, the International Journal of Sports Medicine, and many other publications.

Dr Kraemer was appointed to the US Olympic Science and Technology Committee in 1993. He has authored and co-authored more than 150 manuscripts in areas of sports medicine, endocrinology, physiology, exercise science, and strength training.

Dr Kraemer is considered one of the premiere experts in the physiology of strength and conditioning in the world.