About Michelle :
Michelle Hart-Miller ATC, CSCS
Michelle graduated in 1992, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of New Hampshire and holds a BS in Athletic Training.
In 1993 she was hired by Londonderry High School as one of the state’s first full-time athletic trainers working in a public school system. This was an exciting opportunity to Michelle as she was a three season Lancer athlete who graduated from LHS in 1985 and had a deep commitment to Londonderry athletics. To expand her career offering and give Londonderry athletes the advantage in competition, in 1997 she fulfilled the requirements to become a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. As a Certified Athletic Trainer, her primary responsibilities are to prevent injuries and to aid in recovery and return to sport if an injury does occur. She fulfills both of these responsibilities through her Lancer Power Strength Programs at LHS. Michelle has worked hard to build a program that brings a “college level” weight-room to the high school athlete in Londonderry. She works with all athletes and teams that are interested and willing to utilize the program and has done so with great success. Her programs may be geared toward the team sport workout, but her programs may also focus on an individual athlete who has more specific needs. Those students, who have gone on to participate in sports at the college level, have returned to LHS to thank Michelle for giving them an advantage over other incoming freshmen. Their strength and conditioning experience at the high school level is an invaluable help to these athletes in transitioning to the most competitive college sports atmospheres. Michelle enjoys seeing several alumni return during breaks to ask for advice and continue their college programs in the LHS facility. The field of strength and conditioning continues to evolve on a yearly and sometimes monthly basis. New research, equipment, and training methods arise to keep athletes safe and performing at top levels. Michelle spends many weeks a year in workshops and seminars learning the latest conditioning techniques that apply to student athletes. The contacts that Michelle has made during this professional growth has brought her to meet some of the most premier strength and conditioning experts in the college and professional sports arenas. Today’s Lancers benefit from the contacts and knowledge that Michelle actively pursues on a daily basis. Michelle’s professional goal is to keep up with these changes and provide the Lancer athlete with the best tools to stay at the top of their game, fulfill personal or team goals and prepare for their future as college or scholarship athletes if they so desire.
“I have been prepared for Division 1 track and field since my freshman year of high school. Michelle's variety of exercise's and workouts assisted in my rise to the ranks of Captain of the UNH Men’s Track & Field Team. I attribute my above average explosive ability to Michelle’s ability to teach proper technique and form when using a prescribed workout regimen from her”.
-Erik Lundquist-
February 14, 2008
I'm in the process of designing the summer program. Information will be out in the next week. As a reminder, football players tend to wait untill the last minute to sign up. If you need a specific time due to work sign up early! Morning time slots fill up first. We will have "team" training this summer. High school football, Female athletics, 8and 9th graders and "off season" athletes will have seperate groups. Off season will consist of athletes not participating in a fall sport, hockey, baseball, softball , basketball etc. It will be used as a time to get stronger and will be the prelude to the fall "pre-season" program.
Amy Remmer will be joining the staff this summer and will be working primarily with our female athletes, Amy is currently running track for Division I James Madison University. She has been a Lancer Power participant since she was a freshman and was an Iron Lancer for 2 out of the 4 years.She has stated that her stength coach was impressed with her training technique and strength level coming in. Check out the the Madison Power website at http://orgs.jmu.edu/strength/index.htm
it's a great site!
It's come to my attention that some people question the program design of the Lancer Power program. If you feel you cannot train with Lancer Power or have questions about why we train what we do please e-mail, call or come in and ask questions. I'm going to say bluntly that the "questions" are coming from misinformation and a lack of education in the current concepts of the strength and conditioning of ATHLETES. I assure you I have a program that will progressively and safely gain results. This is a program to improve athleticism, it's not for bodybuilding or powerlifting, although it has some of those characterstics. After talking to me, if you feel you need more individualized training, I have some colleagues that run great strength and conditioning programs check them out. As always I Do Not recommend athletes being let loose at a gym on their own.
Scott Prunier www.gotopfitness.com
Bob Scaccia www.completeathletenh.com
Eric Cressey www.cresseyperformance.com
Michael Boyle www.bodybyboyle.com
Also check out Dr. Steven Baroody in Manchester who is an ART practitioner something I highly recommend for athletes
www.artfulchiropractic.com
October 10, 2007
Wow, the summer goes by faster and faster every year we need to start earlier. The summer program went well. The coaches agree that the smaller group sizes are better only hang up was losing the upstairs weight-room with 2 weeks left due to floor maintenance, we'll fix that for next summer.
I liked the division of level 1 and 2 kids and keeping football players together, the next chore will be to make sure we get those kids moved to the right places which is hard to do with popular time slots. Individualizing by sport is the next step. We were able to do that this summer with the one hour session especially. Hockey, baseball, softball, swimming worked mostly on strength and "base" building. Level 1's built a base and learned technique level 2's pushed the 2 hour mark with relentless intensity ( my new favorite word).
I did get a chance to go to BC this summer...................training philosophy is the same, I even heard the same words from the coaches over and over again, "push harder, elbows bent, punch and chop, arm, arms arms , leg drive, get lower , FINISH"
When I asked the head strength coach about squat depth? The answer was "ass to calves" in other words, LOW. He like a growing number of coaches favors front squat for depth over back squat...............he does both because his football coaches want back squat numbers for testing.
Next stop in the next few weeks will be UNH and a visit to Foxborough where Eric Lundquist is currently training athletes. His facility trains a ton of hockey players and did I mention Patrick Pass, Ben Watson and Rodney Harrison to name a few!!
Ahhhh before school lifting for football, it took a little flack, but overall it's been best for the athletes and by the way, it was my idea , not the coaching staff.
What's irritating me lately??
Athletes who don't eat right ( 7 habits on nutrition page) don't sleep 8 hours a night and don't train with intensity and committment and then ask me what supplements they should buy at GNC , what exercises best work their tri's and bi's and ask why they are not getting stronger. Come on people, listen to what I'm telling you, read the information l'll bend over backwards for those athletes that want to make the committment but you've got to trust my experience and knowledge and not what some sales rep or some article says in Muscle and Fitness magazine! Listen to this, YOU WILL WASTE YOUR MONEY ON 98% OF THE SUPPLEMENTS MARKETED TO YOU. If you want to spend money, donate it to the Lancer Power program for new equipment, see Dr. Baroody and get ART ( www.artfulchiropractic.com) or spend it on fish oil, whey protein for post workout and a protein mix with casein, the rest should be spent on GOOD food, that's it!
College athletes program may contain, sets, reps, lifts and techniques that as a high school athlete you are not ready for, I have 4 different training programs: frosh, soph, junior and senior. Newbie, Intermediate, advanced. Athletes , especially in high school mature at different rates. Your training regimine is highly dependant upon your age and "training age". If you don't committ to the basic progression I won't and can't progress you to advanced. And........... you don't get stronger and faster through osmosis. You actually have to show up , lift weight and continue to add weight every week or you simply don't improve. Speed is about force production, you can't get faster unless you get stronger! For the big guys out there, you must change your body composition in oder to become more athletic and faster. See 7 habits and nutrition for newbies.
One other thing........athletes who go to gyms to lift "on their own" are lazy and misinfomed and in my expereince end up with injuries. They go to socialize more than lift, they do the wrong things and yes, It's a lot easier to go to a gym and leg press than it is do come here and front squat. By the way, things that are "dumb" are usually the things you need the most, they only become "dumb" because your too weak to do them!
Thanks........................I feel better :)
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Just got back from a 3 day Functional Training Summitt in Rhode Island where I spent time listening and interacting with some of the best strength and conditioning experts in the field. Some of the information was review, but, as always, I did learn several new techniques and new information to bring home to my Lancer athletes!
Learning from coaches who work with athletes from the high school to the NFL to the elite provides an excellent opportunity for me to learn and include this information in my programs.
I'll be visiting some strength and conditioning facilities this summer to talk shop, on my list is Holy Cross, Boston College, UNH, Eric Cressey at Excel Sport and Fitness in Waltham, Ma. and Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (www.bodybyboyle.com) it will be quite the summer! I can't wait!
