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Football Workouts for Strength, Conditioning and Getting Faster for Football
Here is how to structure your football workouts for strength, speed and conditioning. This is an actual example of a workout we do at Explosive Football Training
Despite my intense hatred of cleaning, I decided to clean my car the other day.
Amongst the dozens of books buried in my trunk, I came across one of my older workout journals. I've kept records of my strength and conditioning workouts from day 1. Sadly, my first few months are lost. However, every workout from my freshman year of high school until now is logged in a series of journals.
For those of you who don't do this, start now. Go to Borders, plunk down around $4 and buy a good, durable notebook. Log your football workouts, your diet, your conditioning, and even how you feel that day.
Anyway, I started reading through some of my football strength workouts from '06. It's always good to go back and see where you were and how far you've come.
Here is one of my favorite workouts from '06. It's a solid football workout, full of big, heavy compound movements. Enjoy.
o This was the last time I ever attempted a weight that high. Frankly, it almost killed me.
o I don't deadlift anywhere near 900, so the extra effort just isn't worth the injury factor.
o Still, 900lbs on a bar is pretty f'n cool
Shrugs - 500, 600 x 8, 650 x 8, 6, 6
Jerks - 140, 230 x 3. 320 x 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Thick Bar Curls - 100, 125, 135 x 4 x 5
o I've used many kinds of Thick Bars but have settled on using EliteFTS.com's Farmers Walk Bars. Nice diameter, and short so balance isn't a huge issue.
