Marv Marinovich
Marinovich went to Santa Monica College, where the team went undefeated and won the 1958 national junior-college championship. From there he transferred to the University of Southern California where he was a two-way lineman and a captain of the team that won the 1962 national championship. Known for his passion, he was named Most Inspirational Player by his teammates.
In 1962 Marinovich entered professional football during the era of NFL and AFL competitive drafts. He was drafted in the 12th round by the Los Angeles Rams and in the 1962 AFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. After a three year professional football career, Marinovich left to focus on sports training.
"Myself, as an athlete, when I got into the NFL, I overtrained. I was a dominant high school and college guy, but I overtrained when I got into NFL. Looking back, I see now the mistakes I made; most of it was I overtrained and improperly trained."
Marinovich studied Eastern Bloc training methods and was hired by Oakland Raiders owner, Al Davis, as one of the NFL's first strength-and-conditioning coaches. Marinovich learned to focus more on training for speed and flexibility, and much of his work became the basis for modern core- and swimming-pool-based conditioning programs. He later worked for the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals, and then the Hawaiians of the World Football League.
Marinovich published the book ProBodX, illustrating some of his techniques and helped establish the Sports Lab in San Clemente where he trained top level athletes like Troy Polamalu and Tate Forcier. He left the Sports Lab to further develop his techniques and in May, 2009, Marv began training UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn for his August 8 title defense against Kenny Florian, at UFC 101. He continues to work with Troy Polamalu, Tate Forcier, and BJ Penn and has been credited with bringing each athlete to their peak performance condition.
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