American University Athletics Strength and Conditioning

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The three primary goals of the strength and conditioning program at AU are to increase athleticism, reduce injury and increase mental/physical toughness. This is accomplished by primarily utilizing free-weight, ground based, multi-joint, explosive exercises. Athletes perform exercises of all types but focus is put on three main genres: Olympic lifting, Powerlifting and Plyometric. The goal is to try and replicate the velocities and forces that are experienced during competition.

Strength and Conditioning's 2010 Super Eagle awards were given to women's soccer's Kelsey Brasher and men's soccer Dor Yasur. Click here to watch Riddell present the awards at the 2010 Student-Athlete Banquet.

The following video about the men's basketball team's involvement with strength and conditioning program. It originally aired on Eye on the Eagles, American University Athletics' monthly 30-minute television show. All Eye on the Eagles episodes originally air on Comcast SportsNet in the D.C. area. Click here to see all archived Eye on the Eagles segments. 

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