Without any fanfare or attention, the summer strength and conditioning program started at exactly 7 a.m. this morning.
"Here we go!" head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle bellowed amid the calm din of the 42 players in attendance. "Hand down!"
And just like that, with precisely two months until Fall Camp's first practice, the summer training regimen kicked off, commencing an eight-week journey that will be the Trojans' final steps before plunging into Fall Camp and the 2009 season.
Like the initial workout of the winter strength and conditioning program, today's session had a freshness and excitement to it, as players and strength coaches moved through the warm-up and three agility- and speed-focused stations on Howard Jones field with a noticeable pep in their step. But unlike that 6 a.m. mid-January workout, this morning's 100-minute session featured a heightened sense of urgency, with the season just down the homestretch.
Instead of pitch dark, cold weather and players in leggings and winter caps -- all characteristics of the first workout of the offseason each January -- today's early-morning workout was conducted in daylight, pleasant temperatures and with players in shorts and t-shirts. What a difference five months makes, yet both times are just another part of the maturation process of the USC football team.
"It's a continuation of the steps we started in January," Carlisle said of the summer program. "We just came out of halftime and now we're ready to go -- it's time for the third and fourth quarters."
During the next two months, the players will work four days a week (bumping it up to five per week in July), focusing on speed, agility, power, endurance and strength -- all components that Carlisle calls "trainable attributes" -- during workouts split between the field and weight room. The five attributes are tied together by flexibility and core work, with a heavy emphasis on competition, finishing and "doing things right all the time," Carlisle says.
So it's not about lifting a bunch of weight? Not this summer, not ever for the Trojans.
"It's never about 'how much,'" Carlisle said. "We're way more focused on 'how to' and 'how fast.'"
Ready or not, the 2009 season is on its way.
Check out some pictures from this morning's 7 a.m. workout:
Players go through the warm-up just after 7 a.m. as the sun rises into the sky.
Wideout Ronald Johnson and quarterback Mitch Mustain do high-knee warm-up work.
Offensive tackle Tyron Smith and quarterback Matt Barkley conduct an "inchworm" exercise during warm-ups.
Offensive linemen Kristofer O'Dowd (black shirt), Butch Lewis (cardinal shirt) and Zack Heberer (gray shirt, red headband) hustle through agility bags.
Assistant strength and conditioning coach Jaime Yanchar leads the players through medicine ball drills aimed to work on their core.
Wideout Damian Williams sprints through a timed 20-yard dash.
Quarterbacks Aaron Corp (left) and Mitch Mustain (right) lead their group through agility bags.
Following the on-field work, offensive lineman Alex Parsons goes airborne as he lifts in the weight room.
"Here we go!" head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle bellowed amid the calm din of the 42 players in attendance. "Hand down!"
And just like that, with precisely two months until Fall Camp's first practice, the summer training regimen kicked off, commencing an eight-week journey that will be the Trojans' final steps before plunging into Fall Camp and the 2009 season.
Like the initial workout of the winter strength and conditioning program, today's session had a freshness and excitement to it, as players and strength coaches moved through the warm-up and three agility- and speed-focused stations on Howard Jones field with a noticeable pep in their step. But unlike that 6 a.m. mid-January workout, this morning's 100-minute session featured a heightened sense of urgency, with the season just down the homestretch.
Instead of pitch dark, cold weather and players in leggings and winter caps -- all characteristics of the first workout of the offseason each January -- today's early-morning workout was conducted in daylight, pleasant temperatures and with players in shorts and t-shirts. What a difference five months makes, yet both times are just another part of the maturation process of the USC football team.
"It's a continuation of the steps we started in January," Carlisle said of the summer program. "We just came out of halftime and now we're ready to go -- it's time for the third and fourth quarters."
During the next two months, the players will work four days a week (bumping it up to five per week in July), focusing on speed, agility, power, endurance and strength -- all components that Carlisle calls "trainable attributes" -- during workouts split between the field and weight room. The five attributes are tied together by flexibility and core work, with a heavy emphasis on competition, finishing and "doing things right all the time," Carlisle says.
So it's not about lifting a bunch of weight? Not this summer, not ever for the Trojans.
"It's never about 'how much,'" Carlisle said. "We're way more focused on 'how to' and 'how fast.'"
Ready or not, the 2009 season is on its way.
Check out some pictures from this morning's 7 a.m. workout:
Players go through the warm-up just after 7 a.m. as the sun rises into the sky.
Wideout Ronald Johnson and quarterback Mitch Mustain do high-knee warm-up work.
Offensive tackle Tyron Smith and quarterback Matt Barkley conduct an "inchworm" exercise during warm-ups.
Offensive linemen Kristofer O'Dowd (black shirt), Butch Lewis (cardinal shirt) and Zack Heberer (gray shirt, red headband) hustle through agility bags.
Assistant strength and conditioning coach Jaime Yanchar leads the players through medicine ball drills aimed to work on their core.
Wideout Damian Williams sprints through a timed 20-yard dash.
Quarterbacks Aaron Corp (left) and Mitch Mustain (right) lead their group through agility bags.
Following the on-field work, offensive lineman Alex Parsons goes airborne as he lifts in the weight room.
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