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Erik Blekeberg (’03)<\/p><\/div>
\nA CSUSM article about their new fitness facility alerted us to the fact that a member of the Class of 2003 is CSUSM’s Sports Performance coach!<\/p>\n
Blekeberg, who also teaches Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II?at CSUSM, tailors workouts to the skill set of the athletes on the particular teams. It’s his way of improving their play as he serves as a coach, albeit one who is concentrating on bodies and fitness and not techniques. <\/p>\n
“I can’t teach somebody how to pitch or how to shoot a jump shot,” Blekeberg said. \u201cBut if a coach comes to me and says, ‘We’re slow,’ I can make them faster. If a coach says, ‘My team doesn’t jump well,’ we can make them more powerful. <\/p>\n
“Then I get a kick out of seeing their improvement. It validates my work.” <\/p>\n
Blekeberg didn’t play sports while a student at nearby San Dieguito Academy. He liked video games and was “a nerd that wasn’t necessarily the most gifted athlete.” <\/p>\n
But he enjoyed the weight room, where he would work on building up different parts of his body. Now he does it for the Cougars’ teams. <\/p>\n
“Let’s say you want to get better at basketball,” he said. \u201cWell, if you can improve your jumping, then you can improve your basketball. That’s how I look at it.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Go, Mustangs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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