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Make me stronger: Leavenworth strength program thriving

“We were able to actually grow in two ways,” Capps said. “What we did was take all of the equipment we had at the high school and took it to the middle school, so now Warren Middle School has a strength program too. I ran that three days a week in the mornings last school year and from here on out we’ll have an intern running that program during the school day. Over at the high school, almost everything you see (in the weight room) is new — from the floors to squat racks and benches, bumper plates and more. Honestly, everything we have in here gets used and gets used quite a bit.” “We’re also proud of the jump boxes we have,” Capps said. “A lot of other places you might go to train, their jump boxes are either wood or metal and either way, if you miss that box, bad things happen. With our, that doesn’t happen and kids aren’t scared to try  a higher box and consequently they learn to jump higher.” “During the school year we have our sports conditioning classes for six of the seven hours of the school day,” Capps said. “That alone ends up being about 150-175 kids. Then you add in our after-school program and you throw in an additional 30-40. Throughout the year, we have about 50 or 60 kids that pack the weight room after school. “Our coaching staffs have let me in on that quite a bit, and it’s obvious to me (that there’s been an improvement),” Capps said. “So far the only thing we’ve competed in in football since we really got a good, solid base with the program is 7-on-7 this summer. We went from not doing so well last year to this year ... out of the 15 games we played we went 12-3. That was a huge improvement from last year, not to mention that the coaching staff lets me know on almost a daily basis how much better and more athletic the kids are. “Wrestling was similar too,” the coach continued. “They made a big commitment to the program. One of the biggest compliments I got during wrestling was Nathan Butler’s mom talking to me about how she felt like his efforts in strength and conditioning had a lot to do with going up a weight class and winning the state championship as a sophomore.” “That was kind of a funny deal,” Capps recalled. “A lot of people assume that I had plans to come in and do that. Honestly I didn’t have any plans to be a competitive lifting coach, but I have a hard time saying no to good, committed kids. Maggie Lee and Madeline Ammel approached me during the fall last school year about it. It was something they’d heard about and were interested in because there’s a lot of powerlifting  that goes on in high schools in Kansas. I couldn’t say no, so we started the club here and the rest is, I guess, history.” “My goal from day one is to make Leavenworth athletics across the board more competitive, the obvious sports and not obvious sports,” Capps said. “The biggest thing here is I want our kids to experience success here and beyond here. A lot of the things we do in our program are actually geared toward long-term development and not just winning here now. We want to make sure we’re winning here now and that they have the ability, if they wish, to go beyond this level.

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Conditioning for outdoor fitness, functional exercise and nutrition for every body

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