“The weight room is the cornerstone of the Iowa State football program. Programs are designed to maximize the athletes’ physical potential and minimize physical injury.
Developing speed flexibility and conditioning is as important as developing explosive power.
Our objective with the year-round conditioning program is to have the players in peak playing condition for the training camp and the upcoming season."
-- Iowa State football strength and conditioning mission statement
Cyclones.com sat down with Cyclone football strength and conditioning coach, Ken Sheppard for a two part interview. In part one, he discusses his own personal football journey from Hamlet, N.C. to Ames, Iowa.
Ken Sheppard was named head football strength and conditioning coach at Iowa State by Cyclone head coach Gene Chizik in January 2007. Sheppard came to Iowa State after nine years at Texas. Sheppard’s impact was immediate as
ISU players were bigger, faster and stronger last season. The list of current NFL players who grew faster, stronger and more explosive under Sheppard’s guidance is a long one. During his nine-year stint as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Texas under Mack Brown. They includes Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young, Chicago Bears defensive back Nathan Vasher, Tennessee Titan tight end Alge Crumpler and Detroit Lions wide receiver Roy Williams.
Before coming to Iowa State, Sheppard worked as a strength and conditioning coach at North Carolina and Texas under former
ISU assistant Mack Brown.
Cyclones.com sat down with Sheppard last week to talk about his career and the strength and conditioning progress made by Iowa State’s football players this summer.
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