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MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

Defend the Block 135 - Jon Sanderson

MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen

The Varsity Podcast Network

Sports, Football, Jon Jansen, Wolverines, College, Ncaa, Michigan

4.8754 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

As the regular season quickly approaches, Brian welcomes in an individual who is integral to the Wolverines' success - Strength and Conditioning Coach Jon Sanderson. Sanderson discusses how his work with the team changes during the season (7:00) and offers his impressions of the newcomers on the roster (14:30).

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0:00.0

John Sanderson's office has a ton of photos in it. Above his desk, there is a pretty dated before

0:05.3

and after collage with some players from the John B-line era who clearly benefited from putting in the

0:10.9

work with Michigan's outstanding strength and conditioning coach. There is a similar and more

0:15.0

current collage in the Michigan locker room, but the takeaways from any of those before and

0:19.6

after pictures are the same.

0:21.5

If someone trusts the process, if someone trusts and totally buys into Camp Sanderson,

0:26.9

they'll transform their body. The second collage in John Sanderson's office is much more noticeable

0:32.4

when you walk in. It's straight ahead when you're standing at the door looking in. The words, who's next, are surrounded by Wolverines who have reached the NBA.

0:42.0

Now, it's not totally up to date.

0:43.9

There's no Caleb Houston, Musa Diabate.

0:46.5

The Jordan Pool photo is from Draft Night.

0:49.6

He's earned a ring and a pretty darn good contract since that went up.

0:53.5

But once again, you get the point.

0:55.3

The first collage, the before and after collage, shows you that whoever buys in will be a much

1:01.4

better player and an athlete. The second collage are players who are eligible. And how do you

1:08.0

become eligible? By buying in. Not everyone who buys into Camp

1:12.2

Sanderson gets to the NBA, but if you don't, you really have no chance. Now, that's not the

1:18.5

only part of the process of going to the NBA, but to be truly great at basketball or at any

1:23.1

sport, you need to get the most out of your body. And that is where John Sanderson comes in for Michigan men's basketball.

1:30.1

Of course, all of us as fans are excited about what's to come, this season.

1:35.1

But John Sanderson has helped these young men get ready for the season.

1:40.3

And yes, there will be changes to how the strength and conditioning programs are in season

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