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Why Rutgers athletics turned to RWJ Barnabas to add key new element to summer camps

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PISCATAWAY -- The way that Joe Litterio remembers it, five simple words -- "We have a weight program" -- used to check off the box for discussing strength and conditioning in a recruiting pitch.

Those days are long gone. So what's next?

The Rutgers baseball coach -- and his colleagues in men's and women's basketball, soccer and lacrosse, as well as women's volleyball and gymnastics -- incorporated a nutrition aspect into their camps for pre-college athletes this summer.

"It's a big part of the (recruiting) conversation," Litterio told NJ Advance Media.