Running through some drills myself to make sure all programming fits well.
Easiest way to know what the athletes are going through during a workout is to test it out yourself.
One of my former students is graduating this year and will be attending
@IL_Wesleyan
in the fall! Had to hook him up with some gear (and match his favorite teacher)!
Whips are about to be speedy!!
Adjustable hurdles, 6โ and 12โ wickets, and ladder hooks to organize them all!
Big thanks to HHS Maintenance for hanging up the ladder hooks for us after school today!
Tonight we had some amazing athletes attend their first ever powerlifting meet at
@McHenryStrength
with
@HDJacobsFBall
Thank you to Coach
@JohnBeerbower
for hosting and running an amazing meet!
Needless to say, we had a blast! And I struggled to do some math ๐ ๐
Got to go up to Madison, WI to support Brock at his first
@USWeightlifting
meet this morning!
Brock went 3/6 and hit PRs in both lifts!
What a great way to start the weekend!
Had some visitors at tonightโs playoff game! Some former student-athletes made the drive to support their old coach.
Thankful for the wonderful people in my life!
Broke the school record with this 290 clean and barely missed 300, and 18 other guys prโd for a total of 31 prโs. It just goes to show what coach Jenisch and all of our coaches have done for this program.
@CoachJenisch
@whippurfb
@coachbrosman
T-minus 1 month til I get to add the Masters of Education from
@UofIllinois
below the B.A. from
@IL_Wesleyan
I left plenty of room to the right to add more too.
Degrees and certifications donโt mean everything, but Iโm proud of the ones I have!
Great meet last night
@McHenryStrength
Had a great showing by our kids! Highlights include 5 champions, 5 state records, and 5 tons of smiles!
Featured: Esteban Mallory State record squat of 365lbs at 132lbs and Cynthia Lieu state record squat of 290lbs at 132lbs
Just wanted to give this kid a shout out!
Jackson has been absolutely busting his tail in the weight room while being a 3 sport athlete and fighting through an injury.
Still able to smash this clean at 160lbs!
Great work, Jackson!!
Iโm not crying, you are!
We had a discussion about our โWhyโsโ in PE class last week. When your โwhyโ is bigger than any outside factor, great things happen.
I really relate to Susanโs pursuit here and wish her and Jeffery the best! These kids have a bright future together!
14-year-old Susan Bergeman has been pushing her older brother Jeffrey during her cross county races this season. "He's excluded from a lot of things," the Chippewa Falls 9th grader says. "This is something we can do together." KARE tonite
@10p
#land10kstories
Hair is GONE!!!
We raised $1k to donate with my hair to Children with Hair Loss!
Shout out to Dayne and Jeo for not doing me too dirty!
Thank you to everyone that volunteered and donated money!
Shout out
@danny_rod_5
this made my day yesterday!
Got this from Coach
@JohnBeerbower
yesterday.
PRs and hitting bombs are cool, but having another coach reach out because your athlete is a respectful and kind person is what itโs about!
@BendingBrett
@CoachSimoncelli
Had a former student from my 1st year teaching reach out yesterday.
Does it every year.
He updates me on school (now a college graduate!), his life, family, etc.
To think that 6 months teaching a 16 year old would result in a yearly conversation for 6 years.
Week=made
First ever middle school Summer Training Camp! Had over 30 athletes! Canโt wait to see their progress the next 5-6 years!
Huge shout out to our FIVE upperclassman and TWO alumni volunteers today! They led all warm ups and coached up a storm! Super proud of them!
Hadnโt deadlifted in probably 6-8 months. Figured I could work up to a heavy single. Forgot to take off the lifters and only had the Velcro belt. 455 was a pleasant surprise!
Summer Training Camp 2022 is in the books! Great 8 weeks of training!
We saw some great improvements and some awesome PRs!
Canโt wait to get started this fall and see continued progress!
Whippur families!
Weโve got multiple groups of siblings coming through the weight room these days! Itโs so exciting to see older siblings help build the future for their younger brothers and sisters!
This kid is a work horse! Three sport athlete, zero hour strength and conditioning student, and still stayed late to learn a new sport!
This was Brockโs first time ever snatching. Dude learns quick! Excited to see whatโs in store for this young man!
A very special congratulations goes out to one of our senior
@WhipPursWrestle
Christian Rivero who graduated yesterday and is enlisting in the Air Force! Best of luck Chris! Proud to have coached you the last two years!
Students will remember you because you genuinely love them. If you don't love spending time w/ children, no amount of training, PD or inspirational quotes in the world will overcome it. Love teaching, but love WHO you teach more!
Congrats
@tyfikis5
!!!! All of
@whippurfb
coaches and players are privileged to be a part of your journey. Love ya, kid!
Coaches, if you want a QB to lead on the field and in the classroom, Tyler is your guy!
Donโt miss out on a high level talent AND high level great person!
Top 40Yd Dashes from yesterday's Jambo!
We averaged a 5.02 as a program and on averaged improved .10 of a second! We had 17 athletes under a 4.8 and 37 athletes under 5 seconds!
Great work Knights!
Year โ๏ธ of 10M Fly Madness kicks off tomorrow! The 1 seeds look strong, but the field is packed! Itโs anyoneโs tournament to win!
Who will take home the golden shoe?!
Just taking a moment to appreciate all the great things we have. I get caught up looking to improve and add things, but weโre really lucky to have what we do!
225 club after Jambo!
Had a lot of new members join the two plate club! Clean technique is something I heavily stress!
These guys all met the standards for a full or power clean during testing ! Great movement creates some great results!
Got some much needed updates for the weight room today! Canโt wait to unwrap em and get these athletes better! Thanks
@whippurfb
players for the help moving these and big shout out to all
@HampshireWhipp1
athletes and coaches who helped raise money!
One thing Iโve learned in training is that getting โhypedโ is so taxing on your CNS. Being able to calmly get after tough work has done wonders to my training. Donโt get me wrong thereโs a time and place for bringing the juice, just canโt rely upon it.
Lots of positives over the past weeks for us! But I have 3 that stand out
1) Athletes coaching other athletes daily!
2) Our female athlete attendance is โฌ๏ธ and consistent!
3) Several kids told me our sessions are fun and their confidence is better!
All HUGE Ws in my book!
The new barbells got broken out during 9th hour today! This class is chalk full of student athletes who helped fundraise money, so it was only fitting they got first use!
HHS Powerlifters came away with 2 Individual Regional Champions with Esteban Mallory taking the Boys 123 Division and Cynthia Lieu winning the girls 123 Division! As a team, boys had a 2nd place finish!!!
Thank you
@McHenryStrength
for hosting. Always a great time!
Lifted some weights this past Saturday with
@chrisabihudi
Felt good to compete again, had a ton of fun, and went 6/6. Maybe weโll start seriously training now!
Chooch takes ๐ฅ in the 55kg weight class at the Steve Saloukas Summer Open today!
Matt hit a 48kg/106lb PR in Snatch and a 67kg/148lb Clean and Jerk PR.
His 115kg total qualifies him for Youth Nationals!
No peak/taper. Just came to have fun and try a new sport! Turned out ok!
Shoutout to my first period class this morning! 21/23 students in our google meet. One student FaceTimed another because she couldnโt get in but wanted to be there! Iโm proud of these kids and excited to get back to it! Itโs a great day to be a Whippur
@D300Digital
@BendingBrett
Busy morning! 40 kids on a Wednesday during break.
Highlights this week:
9 GSoc player with perfect attendance
@HampshireCheer
joined for the first time today
7 alumni came through to visit
We got better together!
Mornings are a small group of volleyball girls right now, but they work hard and asked me to come in early so they could fit it in their schedules. Not going to deny that hunger!
Middle School Summer Training Camp Day
#2
I love ending my day with this group.
Another HUGE shout out to my High School and Alumni leaders. Each were given a group to coach and they absolutely killed it. Iโm EXTREMELY lucky to have these individuals around!
We got after some big weights today, but my favorite part of today was
@Mike04453308
coaching up his teammates! This kid is passionate about lifting and learning the intricacies of movements. Love having kids like this in our program!
Itโs been a while since Iโve posted a video, but I do still lift if anyone was wondering.
Having fun building the strength back up! Easy 315 triple to finish the day!
Experimenting with VBT. I only have 1
@VmaxproTraining
device, so letting a few kids try it out. We had 3x3 today working up to a heavy triple so set .4m/s as our guide.
4 PRs today!
Great to see immediate feedback and let the athletes push. Down the rabbit hole I go!
IHSA Boys T&F State Meet: Hampshireโs Devin Yeats, Maddux Chanthraboury, Tyler Fikis and Jack Rummell take ninth in 3A 4x200 relay. Rummell in purple here, Lane 8.
Gonna need a bigger leaderboard! Too many guys showing out yesterday morning!
You also know you're in a great spot when two D Ends top your leaderboard!!
Learn to enjoy the process and celebrate the small victories. Iโve got a long way to go, but Iโve come pretty far too. 6 months ago this was a max. This is set 5 of heavy singles at 205. 2021 goal: compete in first weightlifting meet!
Look what came in today!
๐ฅ9 new black zinc power bars๐ฅ
๐ฅ 10 new Freelap chips ๐ฅ
๐ฅ 2 new Freelap Touch Pads ๐ฅ
๐ฅ Powerlifting Team Shirts ๐ฅ
Man, we are lucky! Thank you to HHS PE Department and
@CUSD300
for purchasing all the bars and
@freelap
components!
This popped up in the memories today. Always fun to look back on some great times!
Pretty sure this was at McCraken Field against McHenry.
@HDJacobsFBall
first victory against McHenry in 30+ years at the time!
Today I suggested to a lifting group of softball players that they leave early one day because they had practice those days. Their response โBut we like coming every day. We donโt want to miss any of it.โ
Itโs not all about weights. This is what itโs about.
A couple clips from the last two days! Trying to actively record more and highlight our awesome athletes and their work.
These two keep putting in relentless effort and getting better! Love being a part of their journeys!
Youth National update!
Chooch went 3/6 and did not post a total, but came back after missing all three snatches to go 3/3 in the Clean and Jerk to take 5th in the lift with a 100kg (220lb) in the M16-17 61KG. Talk about GRIT!
What keeps me going is not winning, but the quest for reaching potential in myself as a coach and my kids as athletes. Always striving to get better! @ Hampshire High School (Illinois)