Adrian Luster

The Citadel

By Dr. Greg Shepard
Published: Winter 1996

Editor's Note: Citadel strength coach, Jim Peal, and I met at the NSCA Conference last June. He said he had an amazingly strong player by the name of Adrian Luster. Indeed he did, and so it is a pleasure to bring you his story.

Coach Peal has been at the Citadel, a Division I-AA School, for nine years. In 1994, Coach Peal was voted the Strength and Fitness Coach of the Year by his peers in the Southern Conference. He has a B.S. degree from the University of Miami (Ohio) and Masters in Physical Education from Tennessee. Coach Peal has been an Assistant Strength Coach at Kansas State, Tennessee and a graduate Assistant Football Coach at the University of Evansville prior to his appointment at the Citadel.

The Citadel has recently had some negative publicity. I have chosen, in this article, to focus on some of the many positives at the Citadel which includes Adrian Luster, a bright and shining star.

Adrian Luster, born November 2, 1975, might very well be the strongest college football player in the nation. Coach Peal, Citadel Strength Coach, is very strict with his players and all lifts, especially the Squat, are done with competition standards. Adrian is 6'1 1/2", 295 lbs. and Benches 610, Inclines 525, Squats 765, Power Cleans from the floor 385 while running a 4.9 forty. His Vertical Jump is 32 inches. Perhaps his most astonishing feat is his ability to do 25 chins in a row. Adrian also maintains a solid 2.5 GPA with an accounting major ^\~ ¶(r-color: #333333 } .caption { font: normal 10px Century Gothic; } .lg { font: bold 18px Arial; } p { font: normal 11px Arial; } #flash { position: relative; /*or absolute*/ z-index: 0; }