Spring sports at the collegiate level are cancelled, and students have returned home to complete the spring semester remotely. At Central College, the focus for student-athletes has turned to offseason training. With gyms and fitness centers closed, the strength and conditioning coaching staff has rolled out a program called “Accelerating in Exile,” a remote program in which student-athletes receive guidance online to do workouts from home. Strength and conditioning coordinator Kyle Johnson says the last thing he wants his athletes to do is get behind in their fitness and training, and this program is designed to help the athletes stay in shape without the use of facilities.

“What we really wanted to stress is not to throw their time away. If you’re a fall athlete, you’ve been training hard all winter, getting ready for spring practice that you’re not going to have now. We still need to invest in our bodies and in our training to get ready for the fall season. Our winter athletes are just coming off their season. It would be really easy for them to say ‘Hey, I don’t have practice for a long, long time, we don’t start practice until next October or November. I don’t have to do much.’ And we don’t want that, we want them to be doing something just as they would on campus.”

The program was designed with some creativity in mind. It allows for workouts with non-traditional items that can be found around the house, rather than gym equipment that the student-athletes may not have easy access to. Hear a complete interview with Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Kyle Johnson on “Accelerating in Exile” on tonight’s edition of the Central College Radio Coaches Corner at 7:00 on 92.1 KRLS.