opinions on football training

[p0ink]

hey, i need some opions on this. i have a friend who plays college ball, and their coach must be trying to kill them. he knocked off 2 days of lifting from their 4 and replaced them of 2 days of cardio.
well day 1 of cardio is tehm doing sauna work. they go in the suana do 100 step ups left leave for like a min or 2 go back 4 times then do spean squats 30 sec x 4 then run in place for 16 x 16 seconds. the next cardio workout is an hour of running stadium stairs with pushups for breaks and then an hour of 100 tire flips followed by 10 110 yard harness sprints. doesnt that seem like wwwaaaaaayyyyy too much? isnt that overtraining? shit, it would literally kill me.

 

[p0ink]

dont you people think this is excessive?

 

[b fold the truth]

I think that this type of training is crazy at this point in their "off-season" unless they are fat slobs who are also out of shape.

I always thought that the off-season was for building...then increase the cardio as the season approached.

B True

 

[thriller]

this doesnt make sense or is this just me? y would you train like that. football is all power and quick explosive runs. how many times do you run 110 yards in football. y so much endurance?
i m new at this sport specific training but thats how i see it

 

[matto18]

endurance is crucial for football. i don't play at a collegiate level, but i guarantee you its exhausting as hell to go all four quarters, even though the actual playing time isn't much....

 

[coolcolj]

Haha you Amercians should take off your pads and helmets and play some real football, yeap Rugby Union or League

generally speaking every person on the team has to play the full game, that's 80 mins. Each player has to be able to run the ball, tackle on defence, catch the high ball etc...


Anyway bakc to the topic - yeah coaches make the worst trainers

 

[matto18]

sheeeeeit.... take off your pads in the NFL and you will be in Christopher Reeve's shape in no time....

 

[matto18]

sheeit, take off your pads in the NFL and you will be paralyzed in no time... there are some fucking huge & crazy phenoms in american football!

 

[matto18]

sheeit, take off your pads in the NFL and you will be paralyzed in no time... there are some fucking huge & crazy phenoms in american football!

 

[coolcolj]

True, but you yourself would be a big as well if your were playing on the field. There are just as big dudes in Rugby Union and league. Someone by the nam Jonah Lomu comes to mind. Imagine trying to tackle him head on with no pads and helmet ?

stats - 6'5" 125kg 276 lbs
100 metre sprint in 10.8 secs.....!!!

Good thing about pads is that it stops crazies like me trying to dead leg every person I tackle by using my head against their thigh, brings down the biggest man any day