Michigan Football Series: 45 Exercises to Build Strength, Stability & Power

with Ben Herbert,
Los Angeles Chargers (NFL) Executive Director of Player Performance;
University of Michigan Assistant Head Coach & Director of Strength & Conditioning from 2018 to 2023;
2023 College Football Playoff National Champions;
3x Big Ten Champions;
4x Big Ten East Division Champions;
has worked with 95 NFL draft picks, including twelve first round selections;
certified member of the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA);
in 2015, was named a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC) by the CSCCa (youngest coach ever to earn the honor at age 35);
Arkansas Head Strength & Conditioning Coach from 2013 to 2017;
Wisconsin Head Strength & Conditioning Coach from 2009 to 2012;
Wisconsin Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach from 2003 to 2008;
played college football at Wisconsin

This jam-packed video, from University of Michigan Football's Director of Strength & Conditioning Ben Herbert, includes tons of drills that center around building more strength in your football players. Stronger athletes mean stronger results on the field and you'll get plenty of ideas for how to increase your players' capabilities from Coach Herbert.

Body Stability

Coach Herbert begins this presentation with some of the exercises that he uses at the University of Michigan that help develop stability in the joints and core of his athletes. Several exercises are demonstrated, including: resisted four-way neck, band face pulls, four-way crawling, tap planks, and many more. These exercises are unique ways to develop the strength and stability that transfers to the dynamic movements needed in the game of football. Herbert also explains how these exercises form a base to build an athlete's ability to perform to their best in games and in practice.

Deficiency Drills and Safety

Herbert continues by explaining that many athletes have deficiencies present in one side of the body, which prevents them from improving as much as they should be capable of. Coach Herbert demonstrates several exercises that will help identify and address these deficiencies most frequently present in athletes.

Finally, you'll get a demonstration of some unique variations, using several implements, that help make traditional lifts such as the bench press, deadlift, and squat safer and more effective for your athletes.

Coach Herbert provides several exercises and methods to improve the strength performance and safety of your athletes.

59 minutes. 2019.