Training for Football

[androxen]

Hey ya'll I need a workout to get bigger,faster,stronger,and everything that goes along with football...I have some equipment like a bench with leg attachment and preacher curl thing and up to 150lbs...and if you have a meal plan to get bigger for it to that would be great thanks.

~Andrew

[androxen]

does anyone play football or know what it is??

[Swarmer]

Not sure if you have already looked this over or not, but here is a link to a football specific routine http://www.muscleandstrength.com/wor...h-workout.html

[Shaun]

I guess your talking about american football??

[androxen]

yeah not soccer...hahah

[Swarmer]

really i would think that a basic muscle building routine with just lots of compound workouts to build up the overall power in your body would be great for football...im not sure what position you're playing, but if you're O or D line or RB or FB or something like that then you definitely need to do alot of squats to build up your lower body so you can push the pile...Just dont train to failure, as doing so could stunt your growth . As far as the diet goes, the standard bulking diet should work.... try this link to figure out your daily calorie needs http://www.muscleandstrength.com/too...alculator.html and then add 500 calories to that to bulk...try to split your calories 30% protein 50% carbs and 20% fats, that seems to do the trick for me. Hope this helped!

[androxen]

thanks i would like to play wide recciever or corner back....

[Swarmer]

Oh...I played wide reciever and strong safety for a year before deciding that football wasn't really my sport and i switched to boxing, but here is what i did to keep my starting position:

Speed: I would strap nylon weights around my akle/shin area and then run sprints...you dont have to do it this way, really any type of sprints with something strapped to you/tied to you/forces any resistance in any way that is moderately heavy(dont want something too heavy, that would hurt ) forces you to make longer and faster strides, but be sure to keep running in perfect form or else you wont really get any benefit out of it...

Power: Like i said earlier...squats. Obviously excercise all of your muscles so you dont have any imbalances, but squats are extremely important to build explosive power which is needed for every position, so try to master your squat form. Also, with the lower body power that squats build it will make you a much better blocker...and coaches LOVE recievers that can block well...it really sets you apart from everyone else and catches their attention.



Hands: well speed and power are great, but they're useless for a reciever if you can't catch and hold onto the ball! Try fingertip pushups to strengthen your hands(just like normal pushups, but you go up on your fingertips instead of palms) and incorporate wrist curls into your routine, they're great for builing up your forearms and grip to hold onto the ball once you do catch it.


LAST NOTE: All of this stuff may seem like alot, but the most important thing about training for football is... REST! If you don't rest enough, all your workouts will do is destroy your body, not build it up. I'm sure you already knew that but i just wanted to remind you ...I know sometimes while training for sports, especially when the start of the season is close, you get impatient and sometimes overtrain because of it...but in the long run this won't help you at all.

OK, hope you didn't get a headache reading all of that!
Peace out!

[androxen]

aahhh yeah thanks for the info and thats pretty cool that you played the same thing that I wanted to really cool...so now I have everything to beast up the feild for football thanks bro...

[Target]

Don't try to get too big, no one wants a big slow reciever. I would work some upper body and alot of lower body. Get those legs really strong. Work on your sprinting, I don't mean sprint for 75-100 yards then rest, I mean Sprint till you puke. Also work on footwork, Find a tree in your yard and run full speed at it and try to dodge out of the way, don't ***** out work at it till you are as close as you can be without hitting it. Set up some trip wires at different heights around your yard( everywhere from a 5'' to 5ft. Jump and duck them. Also try to hook up with the QB and have him work with you, you and the QB being on the same page is a big part of it. This will help you know how he throws and will help you with catching them. Plus having the QB on your side is always good at tryouts. I was O line in highschool and my junior year we had a kid that could run circles around anyone but he constantly either outran or under ran the passes because he wasn't on the same page as the QB. Also go right now and talk to the coach and see if he can get you a playbook. Start learning them now so when try outs come around you already are a step ahead. Also hang out with the coach and see what he likes in his players, this will help you to become what he wants as well as get him to know your name.

Also hang by your hands when you sleep, you want to grow as tall as you can...