Nebraska Cornhuskers - Husker Power

 


As a self-employed farmer in Ulysses, Nebraska, Damon Dobesh enjoys watching college football, especially his favorite two teams, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Damon Dobesh also keeps busy operating his own plumbing business in Ulysses.

For more than four decades the Nebraska Cornhuskers collegiate football team has relied heavily on its strength and conditioning training program, known around the world as Husker Power. The University was the first NCAA school to implement strength and conditioning by hiring a coach dedicated to the physical fitness training of its players. Since the program began in 1969, athletic departments and student-athletes around the world have based their training programs on the Husker Power model.

Husker Power uses ten principles that are designed to train the body’s energy system while correcting postural imbalances and building muscle tone. The program uses a strength index and a performance index to measure the progress of its student-athletes. Husker Power coaches are nationally certified and accredited in strength and conditioning training.