Mangold is in his fourth consecutive season as the Yankees' Strength and Conditioning Coach after holding the position from 1984-88. He served in the same capacity for the New York Mets from 1993-96. Since 1989 he has been the President of Phase 4 Fitness, Inc. a personal training, sports training and corporate fitness consulting company. Jeff Mangold should be joining us shortly. I will give them the option.
Recovery is very important.
We play a 7 month season so it is very important. As they get older that recovery is important. So yes there is a difference. All the work they do during the offseason to build a strong muscle base, would be totally wasted if they did not continue it during the season. We don't look at it as in season training, we have time to get stronger during that 7 month period.