In the Trenches 104 - Ben Herbert
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
How are the Wolverines preparing for the season during this pandemic? Jon catches up with Michigan's Director of Strength and Conditioning Ben Herbert to discuss his flexible plans, recent uptick in technology and much more (24:30). Jon and Brian also chat about the NCAA's waiver for spring sports athletes, the bond that the team is forming during this unprecedented time and Tiger King.
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| 0:00.0 | Lots of changes over the last couple of weeks in college athletics. |
| 0:04.8 | More changes last night from the NCAA. |
| 0:07.5 | And we're going to catch up with Ben Herbert, |
| 0:09.8 | who's probably dealing with one of the most difficult situations, |
| 0:13.3 | and that is training 100-plus student athletes from distance. |
| 0:19.6 | We'll talk to him next on In the Trenches. Let's go |
| 0:23.4 | in the trenches with John Jansen. The former Wolverines captain in Michigan Sports Hall of |
| 0:28.5 | Famer will take you inside the locker room with players and coaches. Our job is to create the best |
| 0:34.3 | plan for our program to continue to move forward and to continue to grow. |
| 0:40.2 | And the most creative ways we can do that. |
| 0:42.4 | And that's what we've been focused on. |
| 0:44.6 | Once again, here's John Jansen. |
| 0:47.2 | Welcome back, friends. |
| 0:48.2 | Over the last couple of weeks, we have had Brian Greasy. |
| 0:51.2 | We've had John Jumbo Elliott Ward Manual in our 100th episode celebration. |
| 0:57.5 | We want to continue to bring you as much content as possible over the coming weeks as we all |
| 1:03.3 | try and fill the void left by no college athletics, by no pro sports. So stay tuned here. |
| 1:09.3 | We'll continue to provide you with as much content as possible |
| 1:12.8 | regarding Michigan athletics and Michigan football. Today we're going to have Ben Herbert, |
| 1:18.4 | the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Michigan, and we'll get to him in just a few minutes, |
| 1:22.5 | but I want to bring in my partner because we haven't heard too much from him, although we did |
| 1:25.9 | on that 100th episode |
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