Sigmon Sports Systems

My good friend Todd Hagler and the people from Williams Strength delivered yesterday my Half Rack! Todd, an assistant strength coach for UNC and head strength coach for AL Brown HS for many years and now at Williams Strength did an awesome job getting me the design and setup for what I needed for Sigmon Sports Performance (my garage)!
Shout out to Todd and the fine people at William Strength! They will and did make it Right!!

This past week I had a good friend Darrel Kitchens send me these pictures of the App State weight room. Darriel came to visit me in 1986. This weight room is where all ASU athletes and all teams trained. Things to notice:
1). I had one of our football players Rocky Martin I believe paint the Bible verse on the wall. If you do that today you would be fired on the spot!
2) The record board on the wall for the football team. 3) My office in the back. Roachel Laney had it approved for them to blow out a wall! I owe Roachel so much!
4) the bulletin board where all the workouts where posted.
The weight room was in the basement of Broome-Kirk gym. Hope this bring back some memories for ASU athletes during this time 1984-1990. Some of the best memories of my life! What made it special were the athletes! Please share!

Some of my assistants during my time at ASU that joined me this past Saturday:
Jenni Mix with her 2 sons Max and Luke. Jenni was the very first female strength coach at ASU. Went on to coach at the IMG academy in Florida.
Kevin Kaga: Kevin was one of my very first assistants. He has spent 37 years teaching and coaching in the public schools.
Ben Cook and his girl friend Lynn. Ben went to be the Head Strength coach for basketball at UNC under Dean Smith. Later worked in NASCAR training pit crews.
Anthony Glass: went on to be be the head strength coach at U of Georgia and Ohio State U working with all Olympic sports, then made his way back to ASU working in the same capacity. Now Anthony is back in Ohio with his family as strength coach at a local HS.
Next, the two men responsible for this, number 23 C Philip Byers and Lee Barnes. Philip is on the UNC Board of Governors and a successful businessman but more importantly a dear friend! Lee Barnes is on the board of Trustees at ASU and a very successful businessman. He was my assistant 87-89 and that’s his name along side of on the wall as well it should be!
Next: my dear friend Rick Parker along side his wife Ronda. Rick (my Saturday morning workout partner for over 30 years) is a legend in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system is head Principal at East Mecklenburg HS in Charlotte.
The two big guys is (on my right) Alex Johnson. Alex, a dear friend is cohost of the Black & Gold Podcast. No one loves ASU athletics like Alex.
Next: head strength coach for football Matt Greenhalgh. A superstar in the making when it comes to strength and conditioning!
Last but not least (not pictured) is David Mieburg. David was my go to guy when it came to exercise science. David is retired now but was a very successful businessman and was Regional Director of Development at ASU.
Two men who were not able to make it, Roger Morrison due to Covid
And my very first Assistant Dan Duncan. Our thoughts and prayers are with Dan as he battles cancer. If anyone can beat it Dan certainly will!!
I am so very proud of each as they went on to be so successful in this thing call Life!!

The Black and White photo is what I stepped into in January of 1984. All teams used this small room down in the basement of Brooke-Kirk Gym. Roachel Laney CB the Assistant AD at the time was instrumental in blowing out a wall to put my office in. We won 2 Southern Conference championships in football and many many other conference championships from other teams in that room. In 1989 Owen’s Field House was redone and a new weight room was added. Owen’s Field House was torn down a few years ago and now what a tremendous facility!
Now you see what ASU has today and has a great strength coach to lead the way, Matt Greenhalgh.

Saturday September the 16th is a day I will always remember. I was very humbled and honored to have a plaque put up in the new field house in the weight room at ASU. What made it special was that many of my assistants from 1984 to 1990 were there for the ceremony. My thanks to Lee Barnes, C Philip Byers, Sarah Strickland and Doug Gillian the Athletic Director at ASU for making this day possible. More pictures to come I’m sure! Again, one special day!

When Dementia and Alzheimer’s is common place as we age, I believe in being proactive in the fight against such a heart breaking situation for a person and their family to go through.
That’s why I have listed below some foods and supplements that help with the fight against such a dreaded disease. I know there are no grantee’s, however I do believe in being proactive to help stop or delay the onset of either one.
I just lost a good friend several months ago and visited a good friend (the same age as me) this past Sunday with Dementia/ Alzheimer’s. Very sad.
Do the research yourself, don’t take my word for it. My reference was the Huberman Podcast #42 “Nutrition for Brain Health and Performance. Huberman is a Professor at Sanford University.

Went to visit last night my good friend and his great family, 285 pound offensive lineman for the Lenoir Rhyne Bears Luke Stone.
They demolished Carson- Newman 34-13. A shout-out to strength coach Trent Caldwell for LR. Very impressed by his teams Strength, Explosiveness and overall team speed! Excellent job!

In June of 2020, Austin Brenner a Soccer player from Nation Ford HS came to me wanting to put on some weight, muscle and strength. He was tired of being push around on the soccer field.
Austin left this past weekend for Clemson University and is someone I will truly miss! During those two years Austin very rarely missed a workout and in that time period, well —read below!
Body Wt. Started: 119.5 / finished 148.7
Skeletal Muscle Mass (bones and muscle) 56.9 / finished 73.2
Body Fat% started 14.7 —. Never changed—14.1
Consistency/ Discipline and great Nutrition plus hard work!
That’s why Austin will be a success whatever he decides to do!
Will miss you my friend!

Xavier Cumbee’s last day with me this summer before heading to High Point University to play baseball for the Panthers. During Xavier’s 6 weeks with me he increased his VJ by 2 inches (31 to a 33) and his Broad Jump from a 103 to 117 inches!
During some of the explosive work we did, notice the hip extension on the Dead Lift then resting 1 and a half minutes then performing a Broad Jump (Contrast Training). This is why he runs a 60 yard dash in 6.38 seconds! Around a 6.7 is an average time for a Major League player! Watch him jump and you’ll see why!! It’s been a pleasure working with such a fine young man!