Players' training regimen will change under new Giants coach Ben McAdoo, and Aaron Wellman, formerly of Notre Dame, will be in charge.



Wellman was hired as the Giants new strength and conditioning coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media. The news was first reported by @FootballScoop.



Wellman spent last year as Notre Dame's assistant strength and conditioning coach. He had previous stops at Michigan, San Diego State and Ball State, where he was the head strength and conditioning coach under Brady Hoke.

Wellman replaces Jerry Palmieri, who, after McAdoo was promoted, was told he would no longer be the Giants strength and conditioning coach. It's believed that Palmieri will be reassigned to a much lesser role.

Here is some background on Wellman, courtesy of Notre Dame's release when he was hired there last year:

Wellman is a registered master strength and conditioning coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA), a certified strength and conditioning specialist and personal trainer by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and a specialist in performance nutrition by the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA).

Wellman spent the previous four years (2011-15) as the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Michigan. He was responsible for the yearly programming of strength, speed and football-specific conditioning. Wellman performed movement screenings to evaluate mobility and stability deficits along with subsequent programs to mitigate individual injury risk. He implemented athlete-monitoring systems including GPS, psychometric questionnaires, neuromuscular fatigue assessments and salivary testing.





The Giants have

in recent years to catch up to the times. But they seem to have been a step behind the curve and haven't been able to solve their injury problem. They finished this past season with 22 players on the injured reserve of physically unable to perform lists.

Under Palmieri, the Giants have been among the NFL's most injured teams

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