Football Practice = Total Soreness... HOW do I lift afterwards?

[StoneColdGold]

i see some pretty good advice.... for older athletes. as a freshman in high school, you should focus on eating a TON of clean, healthy calories... and lift your ass off! at your age, with adequate nutrition, overtraining should not be a problem. i'd do three hard lifts early in the week so you have time to recover before a game. hell, i used to lift friday morning the day of games.

 

[Toshendin]

You really think so? I did really recover a lot better from today's practice.. i don't even feel any pain in my legs.. As where on the first 2 practices, I could barely walk..

I was planning to start bulking after the 23rd of September. Before that we have this little freshman trip down to this sports camp, and there's gonna be swimmin and all, and I don't wanna be seen with a belly. Abs are a must for that. But right after that, I was set to bulk heavily.

Three hard lifts? So whatchu thinking? Sunday, Tues, Weds? Full body each time, or split it up somehow?

"ok when you say endurance. how do you train for it?
what are some things you do for it?"

Roughly 50 meter sprints.. 5-10 of them each day. Each time someone makes a faulty start, or something of that nature, +1 100 meter sprint it added on to a set 5-7 100 meter sprints we already have. Maybe a 20-50 second rest inbetween.
It varies a lot, depending on what kind of a mood the coach is in.. Or so I've been told.

 

[StoneColdGold]

the more i think about, the more i agree with myself! with the right diet, you will be growing like a damn weed at your age. you do NOT need to work just on maintenance during the season. you should be able to make substantial gains, even during the season.

i'd take the day after your game as an active recovery day. i'll assume this would be saturday. go ride a bike or go swimming. don't just sit around; you will just be more sore. I'd do a hard explosive lift Sunday (power cleans, power snatches, explosive hip flexor movements, etc.). Monday a heavy upper body pushing day. Follow that by a heavier lower body day on Tuesday. Wednesday, to a lighter, quicker upperbody day (push press, jerks, etc.)

 

[thriller]

Roughly 50 meter sprints.. 5-10 of them each day. Each time someone makes a faulty start, or something of that nature, +1 100 meter sprint it added on to a set 5-7 100 meter sprints we already have. Maybe a 20-50 second rest inbetween.
It varies a lot, depending on what kind of a mood the coach is in.. Or so I've been told.

ya thats sport specific. iv just heard so many ppl on here talk about football practise and how the coachs make them runs stairs none stop (which is not sport specific) or run nonstop.