Football Palyers: Has any of you prepared for a season without weight lifting?
I'm going into my first year of high school football and I haven't been able to workout yet. My coach is emphasising it but iI just odn't have the time and the weight room is always closed. Has anyone that has paed football in high school been able to train without lifting weights that much or at all? Also any non-weight lifting workouts I can do for a lineman?
Sqautsa, benches, etc are weight lifting. What are NON- weightlifting exercises???
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1. at our school we meet at the school weight room and then run. you should bench press, clean, and squat. go to your school weight room and talk to the weight lifting coach.2. You'd better at least do some squats! Then push ups, sit ups and run, run, RUN!
3. Even though coaches emphasize weight lifting, you don't have to for 9th grade football. If it was Varsity Football its a different story.
I played lineman and strength/speed combo was my talent. I did a lot of push-ups, clapping push-ups, pull ups, and sit ups. Try gaining strength but not losing too much weight. A strong upper body will let you push people around. Remember that when your working out.
Also jog as often as you can, fast legs and that jump off the ball can make a huge difference in your game. I use to jog everywhere I went.
Also try jump rope. sounds wimpy but it builds up your lungs and that quick first step you need off the ball. try alternating with one foot when you get the hang of normal jump rope. last thing is try working out around 5 days a week.
4. Being a lineman it's going to be tough w/o weights but the story goes that Hershel Walker never touched weights just push-up/sit-ups. He was big and strong and starred in the NFL for a time.
5. going into my 7th and 8th grade football i never weight lifted, but now going into 10th grade i have 2 weight lift, dude find a place where u can lift, espcailly cuz ur a lineman gotta weightlift!
6. going into freshman year you dont have to lifts weights i didnt and started.just do push up seated dips chin ups and running
7. The great RB Herschel Walker said that he never lifted weights. His regiment was to do 500 pushups, 1000 crunchs and run 5 miles each morning and he was one of the stronest men in the NFL at the time he played. If you can do that than you do not need to lift weights if not than by all means hit the weightroom
8. Bud, the thing is, is that it's difficult not to weight lift and expect a lot. Everybody that has previously commented is beyond correct, in order to be a linemen, you have to work on all aspects of your body. Hershel Walker was a man-beast on the football field, but you're not Hershel Walker. Here's what I did, my local gym was closed a lot too because our school budget was cut quite a bit, so I couldn't weight lift. So, I got a job, earned a few bucks and bought a bar and weights, and some free weights. I found 45 minutes out of the 24 hours of the day, and did some exercises. I did do crunches, sit ups and ran as well. The thing you HAVE to do for a linemen though is work on your legs, people say that linemen have to be able to bench 350 pounds in order to be a dominant lineman. But in reality, a lineman that can bench 200 pounds and squat 350 is a much more rounded off lineman, because you need that first explosive step to initiate your man. Yes, you need pec muscles to push, but you need your legs in order for you to push and drive. So, do calf raises, work on explosion, do some quick feet drills, and do everything else everyone has said. It takes a lot of determination from you to set aside time for yourself to do this, so do it. It doesn't take that long, just focus and you'll be ok. It's all about commitment man. Football isn't a sport, it's a lifestyle.
9. i am entering high school football and i dont go
