As John Cleese (Monty Python) would say: And now for something completely different.
(Note: I'm not advocating that we hire this guy, so don't everybody have a cow. )
Marv Marinovich
Marv Marinovich's fanatical, strictly enforced, family healthy living regime (no sodas, no candy, no birthday cake, no nothing) probably took a heavy psychological toll on his son Todd Marinovich growing up. Todd M. went wild when he got out on his own at USC and with the Raiders. Todd M. got into some rough drug habits, and ended up on the street.
Still, Marv Marinovich knew training, and his ideas about football training radically changed over the years. To boil it down (heavily simplified and paraphrased), Marv apparently started out with the following initial philosophy for training football linemen: get bigger, get stronger, get even bigger, get even stronger, get even bigger still, get even stronger still. Quickness, flexibility, balance, speed, joint health--who cares, that sissy stuff is for ballerinas, pole vaulters, and gymnasts... This is how Marv trained himself. He was a two-way starter at lineman and captain of the USC Trojans, winning a national championship in 1962. He was ejected for fighting in the 1963 Rose Bowl. His family background was tough, to say the least--his grandfather was in the Russian Army and oversaw the amputation of his own arm.
Then, while playing for the Raiders, "he over-trained himself based on weight and bulk with little time for recovery." Marv had his Eureka moment and radically changed his training philosophy, becoming one of the NFL's first ever S&C coaches (Raiders). Marv studied Eastern Bloc training methods. Marv's approach evolved into a focus on training for speed and flexibility, including core and swimming pool-based conditioning, flexibility, and balance, in addition to weight and strength training. He has trained football players (including Troy Polamalu-Steelers), as well as pro MMA fighters (including BJ Penn). One source calls Marv Marinovich the "godfather of the NFL combine format".
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