Comments for Old vs. New: Comparing Michigan's Strength Philosophies at http://deathrattlesports.com , comment 1 to 15 out of 15 comments http://deathrattlesports.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:50:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1744 well abrazzi...you and 'intelligence' need to butt heads then...he's the one spouting how UM will be lucky to have ONE NFL guy this season...bottom line, all you suck ass traditionalists want to rip on michigan and suck on gittleson...the guy WAS a pioneer...what I've seen the last three weeks..(OH YEAH>>>WE ARE NOW 3-0!) haven't seen THAT record since...uhhh 2006,,,so even the FORMER GOD of Nam training...excuse me..STRENGTH training couldn't get it done...watching the Ark/UGA game...former GITTLESON TRAINED QB Mallethead at ARKY has MADE HIMSELF AN ATHLETE cutting 38 pounds off his fat ass...if you recall mr. headcase REFUSED to train at UM ...so he was ALL gittleson baby...fatass kids is all they produced in the end...that's why crybaby butterbean transfered to OSU...too hard at UM...cry all you want, cite "history" all you want...the 3-9 season was a product of the fat pieces of CRAP gittleson left behind...in TWO SEASONS the UM boys are already faster, already leaner, already meaner...go look through your old programs, relish the 'good ole' days...' I'll enjoy national title aspirations watching TRUE athletically conditions players run up and down the field...heck Rich Rodriguez hasn't even had enough time to implement everything. And they WILL hit some stumbling blocks over the next few years...as for me...I'm ALL IN FOR MICHIGAN... - mike Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:57:36 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1743 Gittleson was a great strength coach. Combine crap has little to do with Michigan's success for next year. Mike focused on Michigan football not the NFL. That is the way it should be. He was not a self promo guy. - Abrazzi Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:24 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1742 [i]But having the highest and most consistent stats in all football history means something, why dont you ask brady, or woodly?[/i] funny you mention them...WoodlEy (WITH AN E) was on field yesterday as an HONOR CAPTAIN... and BRADY HAS COME BACK WITH MANY PLAYERS FROM THE NFL ALUMNI GROUP TO WORK OUT WITH BARWIS...this NEVER HAPPENED on a regular basis with GITTLESON...and factually speaking when players prepped for the combines...they had to go the TRACK COACH to prepare...not with Barwis... - mike Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:57:58 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1741 *thought* not though... - mike Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:50:42 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1740 haaa....at least foolish is a good name..funny I though winning was why they played? this isn't Pop Warner or CYO developmental ball...it's D-1. And I REFUSED to work out under GITTLESON...talk about getting guys hurt...one of my teammates had career ending knee surgery due to his 'workouts'. He was an egomaniac, you couldn't get past the stories of his greatness in junior college and the glory of his days in NAM as a Seabee...etc to get a word in edgewise...the guy is unquestionably intelligent..to a fault. You can tell me all about him and what you've read and heard....I LIVED the experience for five years.... As to hardest workout ever...funny...ask Ryan Mundy who played under CARR/GITTLESON...then when he played one season under barwis/Rodriguez at WVa during his masters program...he said he had not worked out that intensely since HIGH SCHOOL... so keep up the campaign to enshrine Gittleson and berate Barwis...the stuff he's doing has been going on at the US Olympic training center for years...explosive movements, core balance, whole training instead of lifting vietnam shells and shipyard chains...not to mention nautilus machines from the 70's...you might want to consider a subscription to the Detroit FREE PRESS...they have the same opinion based RICH ROD BASHING views as you... And as to Obama...he didn't get my vote, HECK I'd even have voted for GITTLESON before Obama... thanks for showing how you so easily form judgements with lack of foundation. of substance...quit while you are humble. :P - mike Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:49:58 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1739 It doesnt matter if they win every game they cant beat the consistency of 30 years. Things change, yes, like fashion changes. But in strength training like in fashion it goes through cycles, many weight rooms these days have made cycles back to weight rooms as far back as the beginning of weight lifting (nothing NEW about it). Gittleson was ALWAYS new and on top of things. Always read about biology and how the body works always concerned about the players. Not of the skinny (and ... fast? not really) fashion of today. But about how its supposed to be done. Ask anyone who worked under Gittleson, nobody had an easy work out, ever. Ask NFL players, the hardest you'll ever experience. Game play and players always change, but the direction most training is occurring these days is off. By the way barwis injures his players and calls them all kinds of shit, and demeans them as human beings. FIRST off its a college sport, its about the players, not about winning. The priorities go in that order, players, then winning. You have too much faith in espn, fashions, and trends in football. But having the highest and most consistent stats in all football history means something, why dont you ask brady, or woodly? You want change? you got it with obama, you should be satisfied. - ^ foolish Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:50:00 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1738 ...there was a time when the FORD MODEL A and MODEL T were the class of the automotive industry...run one of those up US-23 OR I-75 today....times change...keep up or get run over. - mike Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:03:53 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1737 "But you know what's funny about all of this, if you compare their records... hmm the most consistent and successful strength coach of all time, versus the NEW GUY and everyone likes to hear about the NEW but sometimes the new is not well thought out, and sometimes what you had got the job done and adapted. Lets just say, your point doesn't mean anything considering that this was the worst season in Michigan's 153 years of history, sorry man but Michigan will be lucky to get even ONE NFL player from this failed season. " so because Barwis and Rodriguez were on campus for ONE season it's their fault LLLLLLOYD recruited a core group of lazy slow incompetent players who finally became seniors??? what of the three years STRENGTH training under your GOD gittleson? I'd say three years can't be undone in one... - mike Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:53:28 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1736 "plus Gittleson never talked to the press so how would you know of his millions of achievements? Its easy to be excited about new things but when there isnt scientific background to it, then it just becomes fun rather than productive. " I knew him personally...I didn't need the press... - mike Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:51:26 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1735 are you serious jim? have you seen Barwis??? he's a former MMA guy...he trains like a maniac...I get worn out just listening to the guy talk...gittleson on the other hand pontificated ALL DAY about his experiences in NAM...and how awesome a three sport athlete he was at some little hick school in New England...Mike was a foundation LONG ago...he was still trapped in the days of manual resistance and nautilus machines...SLOW MOTION athletes...who could no longer keep up with the pace of today's game... - mike Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:50:16 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1728 plus Gittleson never talked to the press so how would you know of his millions of achievements? Its easy to be excited about new things but when there isnt scientific background to it, then it just becomes fun rather than productive. - Intelligence Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:58:23 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1727 But you know what's funny about all of this, if you compare their records... hmm the most consistent and successful strength coach of all time, versus the NEW GUY and everyone likes to hear about the NEW but sometimes the new is not well thought out, and sometimes what you had got the job done and adapted. Lets just say, your point doesn't mean anything considering that this was the worst season in Michigan's 153 years of history, sorry man but Michigan will be lucky to get even ONE NFL player from this failed season. - Intelligence Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:55:51 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1724 From MGOBLUE.COM...YEAH...sounds like they are really missing Gittleson...poor Will Johnson only did 47 reps with 225#...possibly more than any other NFL combine participant EVER...HAIL to Barwis...Gittleson needs to tell stories about his days as a SEABEE instead of leading a weightroom... ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fourteen former members of the University of Michigan football program worked out for professional scouts today (Friday, March 13) at Schembechler Hall. Scouts for nearly every NFL team were in attendance to evaluate the players in the bench, 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, 20- and 60-yard shuttle and the three-cone drill. "I thought that our players represented themselves very well for the NFL scouts," said head coach Rich Rodriguez. "I think they were able to showcase their abilities in an intense environment and hopefully each guy helped themselves in preparation for the draft. Quite a few players worked with Mike Barwis leading up to pro day and I know they performed exceptionally well. We are really proud of all the guys." Defensive tackle Will Johnson turned in the day’s most-impressive performance, wowing the scouts and onlookers with an eye-popping and record-setting 47 reps of 225 pounds. The effort eclipsed anything that has been previously achieved by a Wolverine and broke what was believed to be the NFL Combine record, 42 reps set by former U-M left tackle Jake Long last season. Johnson also clocked 4.9 second in the 40-yard dash. "It was exciting, but my goal was to put up 50 reps," said Johnson. "I’m really pleased with what I was able to accomplish, though." "Will’s performance on the bench was amazing," added Rodriguez. "He showed great effort and determination in setting that record. Will is an intense competitor and a hard-working guy." Defensive back Brandon Harrison and tight end Carson Butler were extremely impressive in the 40-yard dash. Harrison clocked in the 4.4 range and Butler had a pair of 4.5 efforts. Defensive end Tim Jamison worked out in four drills, including the 40-yard dash, clocking 4.9 seconds on both efforts. Nose tackle Terrance Taylor improved mightily on his 40-yard dash from the combine, trimming nearly four-tenths of a second off his time, clocking both efforts in just a hair over five seconds (5.09 and 5.06). Long snapper Sean Griffin also fared much better on his 40 time, clocking 4.9 seconds after running 5.1 at the scouting combine. Taylor and Griffin also did positional drills. After an impressive combine where he was among the top performers in five of the seven categories, including the best among cornerbacks in the 60-yard shuttle, Morgan Trent participated in only position drills at pro day. Tight end Mike Massey, linebacker John Thompson, defensive backs Doug Dutch, Shakir Edwards and Charles Stewart and kickers K.C. Lopata and Jason Gingell also worked out for the scouts. - mike Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:02:21 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1721 With Rodriguez Michigan will lose. Without tradition Michigan is like any other team, or should I say WEST VIRGINIA. Its just an upside down M right now, and hopefully that changes. Gittleson, Bo, and Lloyd, were Michigan. - Intelligence Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:09:14 +0100 http://deathrattlesports.com/200805151388/Michigan-Wolverines/Football/Old-vs.-New-Comparing-Michigan-s-Strength-Philosophies.html#comment-1628 Dumping Mike Gittelson will come back to haunt Michigan in the years to come. Mike not only was a great strength coach, but he actually trained himself, a rare commodity today among the training "experts". who pontificate and work the media from an isolated office while the weight room is a scene of utter chaos. Jim Ganley - Jim Ganley Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:45:28 +0100