Home is where the 𝙃.𝙀.𝘼.𝙍.𝙏. is Ep. 01 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜

Adam Smotherman head strength and conditioning coach University of Virginia football we're sitting here in our beautiful new 14,000 square foot football weight room it is a beautiful space uh specifically designed for our student athletes and their daily training uh we have an unbelievable space as you see this weight room it's it's got Turf down the middle it's got inlaid platforms right off the turf it's got beautiful custom William strength racks right off those platforms we have 20 double-sided racks we have 40 workstations for our football student athletes if you go down to the other end of the room we have a huge auxiliary area it's loaded with dumbbells kettle bells fat bells it's loaded with custom adjustable benches so we can do a variety of movements with our players we've got every band and medball and and training tool you can imagine each of our racks is outfitted with perch which is a velocity Based training system it picks up the bar in space and tells us how fast we're moving it also what our power outputs are we can track that data over time to make sure that our players are getting the best individualized customized training uh for their specific needs other Technologies we utilize we have catapult which is a GPS unit that goes into our our players pads and allows us to track their their velocities and the demands of practices and games to make their training specific to what they need we've got every barbell variation you can imagine uh because the last thing we want to do is force one specific type of training on every player because everybody's different so there's a lot of tools in the toolbox that we can utilize to make sure we maximize each of our players needs individually and per the requirements of his position in this weight room we've got our mezzanine overlooking the room going the length of the room it's got every cardio piece you can imagine it's also got some tools for us to improve our speed it's got a prehab area uh which allows our our players to uh to do things specific to their lower body specifically their knees and hips that are going to help them be more durable and be better football players we have strength conditioning staff offices we have meeting space where we can sit down individually with players where we can sit down as a staff and plan everything that we do so as you look through this room everything is custom you know where you are when you walk in here right here on the turf it says Virginia football right here on the platforms it's got a beautiful V saers each rack has a different word in them those words are our building blocks of character with 21 building blocks of character and the mindset behind that coach Elliot's building blocks of character is that Talent may get you to the top but character is going to be what keeps you there so we want to make sure that we're always building our players character not just their bodies and their physical attributes so each rack has a different word at the top of the pyramid there that 21st building block of character is competitive stamina so you look on the other end of the room that's the end of the room all these racks build toward competitive stamina which is competing to a standard regardless of a circumstance you look in the ceiling we have a giant illuminated vaber that's not just for decoration it's it's very intentional we orientated that vaber to point like an arrow so that all the work in these racks these 20 building blocks of character build to that 21st competitive stamina also the way this weight room is set up we have a beautiful sliding door system that goes right out to our practice fields and also a Turf training area that was symbolic as well in the way that we pointed the vaber because all the work in this weight room is pointing out there we're trying to make you the best football player you can be there from a staff standpoint we have five full-time football only strength and conditioning coaches we have no other sport responsibilities we are 100% available and ready to help our players with any need that they have from a performance standpoint