Football Strength Training Workout V

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Another Football Strength Training Workout from the archives...this one from 3/6/06

This workout is a bit different. It was during a time when I really needed to focus on max strength in my lower body, thus the extra heavy work throught the session. Obviously, all strength training workouts for football will focus on strength, but, there can be a slightly different focus depending on your needs.

For example, while we are always working on our strength, we might put an emphasis on speed, or on a specific muscle weakness during certian periods of the year

o This is why it's ULTRA important that your Football Strength and Conditioning Program be adaptable! You have to be able to build on strengths and hammer the weaknesses.

1/2 Deadlift in the Rack - 135, 225, 310, 410 x 2; 500, 600, 650 x 1; 705 x 1,2,1,2,1,2

o The Partial Deadlift should be rotated into any good football strength program. It builds tremendous top-end strength

o This is a great movement for taller guys (like WR's) because it shortens the ROM and allows a taller player to use some significant weight.

Sled Pulls - Sprints x 12-minutes

o I don't have the weight recorded because this was before the days of the Prowler when I used a square piece of plywood with big ass rocks on top. Not scientific, but it worked.

o I varied the distance and angle of the "sprints"

o The sled was heavy enough that it was more of a strengt feat than a speed exercise

o It's very Dino-Training/Caveman-ish, which I like

Snatch Pulls - 8 x 2 x 275

Hypers - 3 x 8 x 110lbs

o Hypers and Glute Ham raises are a huge part of Powerlifting and should also be a big part of your football training.

o They strengthen the lower back and hamstrings which greatly contributes to getting faster for football

Hanging Leg Raises - 3 x 15

That's it. Brief. To the point. Builder of football strength. That's what these workouts are all about...getting stronger for football.

Too many guys forget this when they plan their workouts. They do what they like, what they read in some terrible bodybuilding magazine,...or worse, what they think will make them look good...

...looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane...