JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?맒+)'ۓQjnU89}+Dd|F:YAyb[<ξ(owHF4?^¬xiH 7d]VXӀ1Ч Ѓc@' 3+'eU;Uprs?t+:uҪ%pWU95uq$qHGcQT+<\,3mKu ?Jf)ɑ +bEEj"TLTUk+Z/R  ZD_51TJj~)aEQHcq$VێI8VPW;% j3L֬7m>VYt\?g ;zj"/-=~y:a.VH\یPKk ww52ŌAZUN0Z,;AY=Z ~nQZOB;ֳrj\v9KKU H?қš"+zg^kd~m\Û|VcUW*V}jQYۥ;-DuR՛;{~*^ЏŠrVJv.OhcaE (&ǙVzgN)S\8>NoR <{ ۜbxWXoZ=#–_+{7{%va8T}:Q`9 =]M.1GnXL$P͞A]g 84} l"?A !|p9:W˼' ^H q4{G1✲I<_5l8jK:U&:vl9`B->2D>-Q\wɨZ4֧f#esxWl[Gw'Qi_7ZH$ժ2{TͩF^깷6:^6 dl1%@sɏֽvVK#a F/kvDC,PҷQrud>,Sʠg?3Z5^ȸh¨ h~}lQbprG^ f'!ȣIZSV%U MOWtqG,?lPEqYzn!$(mp%TWcu&OEN[˗rZTSrIsc`譵Jy_Im,sZsڀ0  N=kU"{MjIb2Tڰ/<#[4C5Mv]H%I+*"?# $2l/%:PЈ=3X/oHV] p;V֟MON6CNƻϽ\]1Tg$g}ZC1G4e ~fʀI+xǨa֡լKhk7+4x>Cw#5ZYg_7ݨŝOʓj&yK@njM:fσ\|S3O3q裧@~ђ\H5Ē`[smyhBrp02kԵ$m:˜),GHrx;خ3pp Džr Au9HN\`UBFլ ,Nұ.bUDci#5t4*Qdηw&[ zӿ,K|lQiqCm}ť w& 884z#sue/&-8*fXshZveR9uv(X/je|yM+RRvojb]wsQ_>p0MSg,€9ŦM4gxUYd`Ts0<9y]oU~nvN-F7$"p^#5 I34ac`6Gs8yRgOX13)l!_~1^\{+KFnr `rNVsQѳjrG)K;*ݶFqYT[ʭ~>%^k)$DFF-zV*4@D Q U4t"vvzvvNY {Ҩ* kBXI*زl!zsiJoPÑi w@[Gɛg*O4hp[cU6anMKi-:}.OX(HMPnwqN̐(Uֹvf4G1Zs^"PRrsR{`Y4 m $?W,F6m'Dp|&]KM [iAtLV6Vq).".C=uK{kn|ye]TeJ?-h՛w:8L - \;qEfxv;heۨjB⍩՜#iz0Ĺپj.v!CWQTBŴLp"dvCWMnKt` Rn9ʥ昐=NP2iZ5X1R۴ $vcEb[Y9r>*m#o;QE'u2|_m>K((,,nG϶" +}qGE2ʗZjyYeY㧥miݼJGQE6*c7} tV]K$TmAQSmYvF^(.aЈCk>N7/$n Ee=$\\Kʸ-4xTȩ14QJ0#Vaw5n\/;X4Q[-rDN <P>Coach Johnston is ably assisted by Barry Rubin who is in his third year with the Packers.&nbsp; Barry has had 16 years of experience including being the head strength coach at Northeast Louisiana.&nbsp; Coach Johnston and Coach Rubin never sit back and watch their Green Bay players workout.&nbsp; They actively coach every minute.&nbsp; The workout for the day is posted.&nbsp; The players come in and get right to work on the plan.</P> <P>I asked Coach Johnston about the difference between Division I college level and Pro-level of strength and conditioning.&nbsp; Coach Johnston replied, "You have to do a lot better job selling your players on your program, they have got to believe in your program to do it properly.</P> <P>"Because of Free Agency and Collective Bargaining you see a lot of new players each year.&nbsp; In college you have the players four to five years.&nbsp; The age difference is also a factor.&nbsp; An 18-year old is not the same as a 25-year old.</P> <P>"I'm going to train multi-joint movement lifts and explosive lifts.&nbsp; Most of this type of training is done with free weights.&nbsp; Some people may question the safety factor of my philosophy, but to me there is a certain risk when you train to win and to be a thoroughbred.&nbsp; It's my job to teach the players perfect technique and to train smart. </P> <P>"I want to come across as someone who wants them to perform at their highest level.&nbsp; If a player sees that you always want what's best, they will respond.&nbsp; I try to serve the players and do the little things that make a difference.</P> <P>"We also do plyometrics.&nbsp; We have Plyo Boxes and Plyo Hurdles.&nbsp; We do a number of variations of ground plyos.&nbsp; We teach sprint techniques and have speed and speed endurance days.&nbsp; I really like over-speed training which is done especially in the off-season.&nbsp; We do some parachute training but I like over-speed training a little better.&nbsp; We have a number of devices for over-speed training; some very expensive and some very economical.</P> <P>"Another thing I like is sled work.&nbsp; Dragging the sled and doing sled lunges with a sled harness can be great.&nbsp; I don't look at sled work as speed tools but I use them to develop functional strength."</P> <P>The Packers incorporate martial arts training for flexibility, joint mobility and range of motion.&nbsp;&nbsp;They do this two to three times per week in the off-season.&nbsp; "We stretch our players for five minutes before practice," said Coach Johnston, "but before that we do a lot of functional warm-ups like high knees, waking lunges, butt kicks, etc.&nbsp; We also do the BFS&nbsp;Dot Drill on a regular basis in the off-season."</P> <P>The Packers do Power Pulls which is a Power Clean movement in addition to Dumbbell Cleans and Dumbbell Cleans and Presses.&nbsp; Overhead Squats are done with a snatch grip for balance, along with a ton of medicine ball work.</P> <P>At Green Bay, if you miss a scheduled workout, you are fined.&nbsp; "We haven't had anyone miss for two years," Coach John