New Strength Coach
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Not hating on Alex but I was thinking there was going to be a picture of a dude that looks like the Incredible Hulk saying - welcome Bruce Banner - new strength training coach.
I used to be pretty darn good at coaching people to do what I never did.
His shoulders go out of the frame, either he has a really tiny head, or he has some broad shoulders. Lol
Lol same. My first thought was that’s the skinniest strength coach I’ve ever seen. Maybe yoga is the focus for the new S&C regime lol
Some of the strongest guys I’ve met have been a lot stronger than they’ve looked including some of the strongest guys of all time. And some of the better strength coaches and trainers I’ve met have been a lot stronger than they look too.
Ed Coan looked massively strong but not that strong for example lol. Lamar Gant deadlifted high 600s at 132, looked strong but not that strong lol.
Ed Coan looked massively strong but not that strong for example lol. Lamar Gant deadlifted high 600s at 132, looked strong but not that strong lol.
It seems as though strength coaches are different from what we used to think of. They are much more creative and do a lot of different things and have different approaches from what they had years ago. The CrossFit era has brought changes to strength coaching also.
They do things like have the guys pick up handfuls of rice from a bucket for a minute or swing a sledge hammer onto a tire for 30 seconds at a time order push ups on a 30 pound med ball etc.
When I see a strength coach who is all muscled up, I look for another option.
They do things like have the guys pick up handfuls of rice from a bucket for a minute or swing a sledge hammer onto a tire for 30 seconds at a time order push ups on a 30 pound med ball etc.
When I see a strength coach who is all muscled up, I look for another option.
I believe he was a casualty of the covid budget crunch.
This board is loaded with wrestling coaches that never wrestled so….
This guy is amazing. He has already transformed Cass!😂
I think he had to transform Cass during the interview process. Heard that’s what made him stand out.
BIO - Alex Harmer joined the Iowa Wrestling staff as strength and conditioning coach in August 2021.
Harmer previously worked as a strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer at Performance Health and Fitness in Coralville, Iowa. Prior to that position, he held strength and conditioning positions at Minnesota State, Iowa, North Dakota State, Wartburg and Iowa State.
Harmer was a strength and conditioning assistant at Minnesota State University from 2017-2019, working with their wrestling, football, women’s basketball, baseball and cheer programs. He worked with volleyball, rowing and diving during an internship at the University of Iowa in 2017, and 2016 he was a strength and condition intern for the NDSU football program.
Harmer was a strength and conditioning intern at his Alma Mater, Wartburg College, in 2016. He played football for the Knights and earned a bachelor of arts from Wartburg in 2016. Harmer earned his master’s degree in coaching and administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2019.
Harmer previously worked as a strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer at Performance Health and Fitness in Coralville, Iowa. Prior to that position, he held strength and conditioning positions at Minnesota State, Iowa, North Dakota State, Wartburg and Iowa State.
Harmer was a strength and conditioning assistant at Minnesota State University from 2017-2019, working with their wrestling, football, women’s basketball, baseball and cheer programs. He worked with volleyball, rowing and diving during an internship at the University of Iowa in 2017, and 2016 he was a strength and condition intern for the NDSU football program.
Harmer was a strength and conditioning intern at his Alma Mater, Wartburg College, in 2016. He played football for the Knights and earned a bachelor of arts from Wartburg in 2016. Harmer earned his master’s degree in coaching and administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2019.
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