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Penn State doesn't squat????
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Yeah, they're a "HIT school"
Only or primarily use machines. There's a bunch of them actually.
Also a surprising amount of NFL teams use machines too. This is probably because their too scared of players getting injured. Team strength coaches can hardly do anything with them. It's all in the off-season.
You can see this site strongerathlete.com, but don't bother arguing with them. It's been rehashed over and over.
Only or primarily use machines. There's a bunch of them actually.
Also a surprising amount of NFL teams use machines too. This is probably because their too scared of players getting injured. Team strength coaches can hardly do anything with them. It's all in the off-season.
You can see this site strongerathlete.com, but don't bother arguing with them. It's been rehashed over and over.
Try being a big time strength coach and explaining to the head coach and the Athletic Director why an athlete got hurt while you had him doing squats, deadlifts, and bench presses.
They will be less strong...but you will have a job as long as they are not injured from what YOU are having them do.
B True
They will be less strong...but you will have a job as long as they are not injured from what YOU are having them do.
B True
DieselFueled
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B, you have a point, but imo, the risk of injury is worth it compared to the benefits free weights and squats provide.
Anyway, Penn St.'s record speaks for itself, maybe they should start squatting.
Anyway, Penn St.'s record speaks for itself, maybe they should start squatting.
Shades McCool
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My brother plays football at Auburn and I know they squat, clean, snatch ect. All the major power movements.
The coolest thing they do is the hill. They have a 45 degree ramp that is about 20 yards long with astroturf on it. They do sprints, lunges ect up it. They also do weighted sprints up it. My bro says it is a bitch and a half.
The coolest thing they do is the hill. They have a 45 degree ramp that is about 20 yards long with astroturf on it. They do sprints, lunges ect up it. They also do weighted sprints up it. My bro says it is a bitch and a half.
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sconoscuito
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I've been in a few nba training facilities and they have shit that I've never seen in a regular gym.
you gotta consider olympic lifts and all that will put lot of stress on the player and sometimes mess up what his doing..
imagine playing 82 regular nba season games, your shot wont go in cause you will lose your touch after the workout...
so I mean people there arent stupid you know they have walked the way so they can talk the talk,
powerlifting may benefit a player in preseason to get better but during the season it will mess you up and the goal in football or basketball does not equel the goal you may have in the gym, you gotta do whats best for your sport
you gotta consider olympic lifts and all that will put lot of stress on the player and sometimes mess up what his doing..
imagine playing 82 regular nba season games, your shot wont go in cause you will lose your touch after the workout...
so I mean people there arent stupid you know they have walked the way so they can talk the talk,
powerlifting may benefit a player in preseason to get better but during the season it will mess you up and the goal in football or basketball does not equel the goal you may have in the gym, you gotta do whats best for your sport
Hey Shades could you go into a little more detail about what Auburn does. Those runs sound hard, but the opposite of what many suggest.
scono-I'm talking about more in the off-season. Players playing alot of minutes usually would be focused on maintaining strength during the season. What did you see in the facilities. I've been and it was pretty normal. Of course each of the 29 has their own thing going on, but regardless of all that, machines are not the best option.
scono-I'm talking about more in the off-season. Players playing alot of minutes usually would be focused on maintaining strength during the season. What did you see in the facilities. I've been and it was pretty normal. Of course each of the 29 has their own thing going on, but regardless of all that, machines are not the best option.
sconoscuito
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well when I played basketball in hs we did some powerlifting but mostly it was just power cleans from what I remember, I was told thats what jordan used to do and was good at when I was like 16 I think.
I also know some european basketball players in the nba like stojakovic and them are taught to do ab work every morning as soon as the roll out of bed and whenever they train next time cause abs and back is the most important muscle in basketball..(I kinda agree) I know some players who do an hour long cardio session after lifting or even after practice... there is people who will tell me that shit is really stupid but how can you hate on the guy who is one of the top scorers in the nba.
something that gets you in a good shape is hill sprints and is best if its hill made out of sand... these are all advices comming from people that got it done and are at the top level by the way and not a joeshmoe juco basketball player such as myself. so judge them not me..
I saw this journal for an nba player that had only abwork in it, it was about 20 pages long I think which showed all kinds of different ab workouts and one session lasted about 30-45 min which is a total ammount of time spent by an average person in the gym...
as for the weightlifting machines one thing I can remember they had was the cardio machine where you were hanging and basically and running on the road, which didnt put as much pressure on your knees so I guess some players needed that...
I know a boxer dude who used to do his boxing under water, they would put something on his head so he could breath and he would box under water untill he pretty much puked, this has the same principle as running the sand hill, we called them dunes when I used to run them and lived near chicago.
I dont know some people here will think this shit is just stupid or im making half of the stuff up but I worked during summer at one of the nba team at a camp and some players came in and worked out, I played against some, this was all like 3 years ago or so...
you cant forget that its not always about the stregth
I also know some european basketball players in the nba like stojakovic and them are taught to do ab work every morning as soon as the roll out of bed and whenever they train next time cause abs and back is the most important muscle in basketball..(I kinda agree) I know some players who do an hour long cardio session after lifting or even after practice... there is people who will tell me that shit is really stupid but how can you hate on the guy who is one of the top scorers in the nba.
something that gets you in a good shape is hill sprints and is best if its hill made out of sand... these are all advices comming from people that got it done and are at the top level by the way and not a joeshmoe juco basketball player such as myself. so judge them not me..
I saw this journal for an nba player that had only abwork in it, it was about 20 pages long I think which showed all kinds of different ab workouts and one session lasted about 30-45 min which is a total ammount of time spent by an average person in the gym...
as for the weightlifting machines one thing I can remember they had was the cardio machine where you were hanging and basically and running on the road, which didnt put as much pressure on your knees so I guess some players needed that...
I know a boxer dude who used to do his boxing under water, they would put something on his head so he could breath and he would box under water untill he pretty much puked, this has the same principle as running the sand hill, we called them dunes when I used to run them and lived near chicago.
I dont know some people here will think this shit is just stupid or im making half of the stuff up but I worked during summer at one of the nba team at a camp and some players came in and worked out, I played against some, this was all like 3 years ago or so...
you cant forget that its not always about the stregth
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