Weight training for football players
Common Questions and Answers about Weight training for football players
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My freshman and sophomore year of high school I played football and during that time my guess is that I received 3 or 4 undiagnosed concussions and maybe 25-30 sub-concussive hits to the head including my time of playing basketball. The somewhat recent news of the amount of American football players being diagnosed with CTE after their deaths has me terrified. Some players are even as young as me have been diagnosed after their brains were examined postmortem examination.
That's the interesting thing about this current interval training fad. It seems to be a big seller for people who don't want to work out very long but get the same results. My wife has started doing it, but I had to caution her to go more slowly -- she's had achilles tendon problems recently but started running for her interval training.
Rest about 30 sec and do a few more-- even just 2 at maximum weight. Rest than do even just one more. By now (if you are using enough weight) your muscle should be screaming. Eat protein within 1/2 hour of lifting. Drink a lot of water to flush the lactic acid out of the muscle. Then rest the next day, or work a different muscle group. Always let the muscles worked have a day to recover, or you'll just breakdown what you build up.
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As far as diet and training is concerned. Cardiovascular is great especially when an individual is weight training. Weight training is the best was to change the way the body metabolites food and burns fat. Powerlifters are not the same animal. There goal is to lift as much as possible. Thus they work the body in a completely different way. They welcome water weight as it aids in strength.
As far as how much carbs one needs on a diet. It all depends on how active an individual is.
About 2 weeks ago I was playing football with my team against another team, I almost got in a fight with one of their players and I insulted another one of their players, I accidently forgot to shake there hand after the game and also I said infront of my team that I will knock the player out, I was trying to look tough. I think of of my players knows a guy on their team but I'm not sure he told them what I said.
Dislocation of the patella (kneecap) is usually an isolated traumatic event (often seen with basketball,
If you are wanting to loose weight rather than build more muslce I would drop down on the weight you are lifting for your strength training and do more repetitions that way you are still working your muscle but not bulking up so much.
Cardio helps maintain your weight so I would recommend more strenth training than cardio but if you are worried about running building up your leg muscles you could do your cardio on an elliptical machine or a stationary bike.
Good luck!
I am a coach for a u7 soccer team and I am concerned that one of my players overdresses for training.
I have mentioned this to his parents but they seem unwilling to listen to my advice.
Am I right in believing that overdressing causes heat related problems as the body cannot get rid of excessive heat during training. The player appears more lethargic during the session compared to his peers and I suggested to his parents they he may be getting too hot.
Firstly am I right to be concerned?
s not that you have to watch what you are doing and how you defend or block,it is the fact that the players are compensated for causing injury to an opposing team member. In the rest of the country it is illegal to pay someone to hurt someone else.The nfl games take place within the jurisdiction of the law.This is just plain and simple illegal.No debate here really.
Exercise interventions include doing aerobic exercise (walking, running, swimming, bicycling, basketball, etc.) for 60 minutes on a daily basis. The football training that you are doing may be good for strength training, but if your blood pressure is elevated, you should not be doing ANY isometric activities (football, wrestling, weightlifting) until your blood pressure is adequately controlled.
However, now he wants to move into this new arena and the doctor is worried about his being hit or even the full gear workout, including weight training. His parents are conflicted. He needs to hear from others like him who have gone through this type of thing as he is stubborn about playing. Does anyone have any advice to share here or know of any support groups available online?? All help would be greatly appreciated.
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