30 year old sophmore WR/ DB

[skinnyray]

My Story :

I graduated high school in 1997 , I was 5ft 2 and 120lbs. I played Football my entire life up till 10th grade . I made some bad decisions in my own life between the ages of 16-28 but now I have turned my life around I have completed 30 credits at my local CC with a 3.4GPA and have enrolled for Spring 2010 in a small private D3 school here in VA.I played basketball at my local CC and started and was able to compete with guys alot younger than me. I just got in to lifting weights and working toward my dream of playing college football in the last year or so . I went from 6ft 140 to 6ft 175 , i cut some of that out as I felt like I was gettin a little gut and am now at 6ft 164. Classes start for me Jan 19th and that is when I will be able to officially join the football team , my goal is to be as close to 190 as possible , I feel a good playing weight for me would be between 185 & 200. I have talked to the coaches , they know my story and are the ones who actually encouraged me to come there in jan. instead of finishing my associates at my cc so that I could go through offseason conditioning and spring practice with the guys.
My lifts are currently Bench 175lbs , squat 275 deadlift 335 military press 115. I ran a hand timed 4.8 at Parissi speed schol back in march with horrible form .
I am using this to track my progress through out my journey. I am lifting 4 days a week and doing plyo/ speed and conditioning drills 2 days a week. My goal is to earn some playing time next fall and be able to contribute , my long term goal is to graduate with my degree in sports mngmnt and become a gard asst coach at a d1 school . all yea I am also eating a ton of food !!!

[IMBAK]

Congratulations on the turnaround, great job in school and good luck with the program. IMO, you're going to need to get those numbers up to compete at the collegiate level. Best of luck mang!

[skinnyray]

Thanks for the encouragement. I know I need to get my weight and my lifts up thats my current project.
Tonights workout
Squats warm up 135 1X 4 work set 195 3 X 6

Leg Press 360 3 X 8

DB Lunges 30 3 X 8

Seated Calf Raises 90lbs 3 X 8

Leg Lifts 3 X 12

Stick Twists 3 X 12

[TheHitStick]

My Story :

I graduated high school in 1997 , I was 5ft 2 and 120lbs. I played Football my entire life up till 10th grade . I made some bad decisions in my own life between the ages of 16-28 but now I have turned my life around I have completed 30 credits at my local CC with a 3.4GPA and have enrolled for Spring 2010 in a small private D3 school here in VA.I played basketball at my local CC and started and was able to compete with guys alot younger than me. I just got in to lifting weights and working toward my dream of playing college football in the last year or so . I went from 6ft 140 to 6ft 175 , i cut some of that out as I felt like I was gettin a little gut and am now at 6ft 164. Classes start for me Jan 19th and that is when I will be able to officially join the football team , my goal is to be as close to 190 as possible , I feel a good playing weight for me would be between 185 & 200. I have talked to the coaches , they know my story and are the ones who actually encouraged me to come there in jan. instead of finishing my associates at my cc so that I could go through offseason conditioning and spring practice with the guys.
My lifts are currently Bench 175lbs , squat 275 deadlift 335 military press 115. I ran a hand timed 4.8 at Parissi speed schol back in march with horrible form .
I am using this to track my progress through out my journey. I am lifting 4 days a week and doing plyo/ speed and conditioning drills 2 days a week. My goal is to earn some playing time next fall and be able to contribute , my long term goal is to graduate with my degree in sports mngmnt and become a gard asst coach at a d1 school . all yea I am also eating a ton of food !!!

PM me what school in VA? I'm planning on attending ODU

[07hudson]

Motivating story man, in for this ride. Good luck w/ football

[scott_donald]

subbing for us older ones...

[skinnyray]

Todays workout

Squats 2 x 6 95lbs ( active recovery set from yesterday )

Benchpress warm up 95lbs 1 X 6
work set 135 lbs 3 X 6 could ony get 5, 4 & 4

Upright Rows 65lbs 3 X 8

Military Press 65lbs 3 X 8

Barbell shrugs 225lbs 3 X 8

Lat Pull downs 110lbs 3 X 8

Bodyweight dips 8 , 6 , 5

[07hudson]

What's ur max for bench?

[federaldb59]

definitely an interesting log. hope everything works out well for ya.

[skinnyray]

What's ur max for bench?

175 ... and I was told to start off trying to lift 70% of that for 8 reps then add weight each week , which would be 125 but when I got to the gym yesterday my ego convinced me to try 135 .... for 3 X 6 ... so next week I 'll try the 125 for 3 X 8 ... I really want to be able to get my bench up to the 200 pound range . I am also focusing more onkeeping my elbows in and my arms tucked when performing bench presses.

[Richoss]

My Story :

I graduated high school in 1997 , I was 5ft 2 and 120lbs......


How old were you when you graduated? 5'2 120llbs at 17/18? And now 6'0 175lbs!! How did you grow so much man, when did you spurt? As you can tell from my stats, im short! So im very curious to know about your growth spurts and what not

[skinnyray]

How old were you when you graduated? 5'2 120llbs at 17/18? And now 6'0 175lbs!! How did you grow so much man, when did you spurt? As you can tell from my stats, im short! So im very curious to know about your growth spurts and what not

I graduated in June of 97 at 17 turned 18 that August . ..... I did all of my growing height wise between july and december of 1997 I went from 5ft 2 120lbs to around 6ft 140ish I was really skinny and I had awful pains in my hips and lower back ... don't know why it took me so long to grow or what happened as my mom is 5ft 2 my dad is 5ft 5 my bro is 5 ft 7 I am the tallest person in my entire family by a couple of inches... You should see the look on peoples faces now who haven't seen me since HS

[skinnyray]

Todays workout

Deadlifts 3 X 8 185 ( straight bar had been using trap bar )

Barbell step ups 3 X 8 135

walk the stairs ( my gym has 2 flights of stairs ) 20 lb dumbell each hand 3 times

lying leg curls 70 3 X 8

Abductors 3 X 8 80

Leg Lifts 3 X 15

Twisting sit ups 3 X 25

[07hudson]

Just a little bit of my 2 sense man, I'd stick w/ the trap bar if your a DB. Obvious not a huge difference like most things but the trap bar seems to hit your hips and glutes more which is good for us DBs b/c we need that foot work

[skinnyray]

Hudson -
Thanks for the tip. I like trap bar better anyways! I feel like my form is better with the Trap bar.

Friday's Workout

LW Deadlifts 2 X 6 135

DB Lateral raises 3 X 8 10

DB Flys 3 X 8 30 ( keep elbows bent the whole time? )

Decline Bench 3 X 6 135

DB incline press 10/8/6 30 1 X 10 40 1 X 8 45 1 X 6

Barbell curls 3 X 8 50

Tricep rope xtensions 3 X 8 80

Leg Lifts 3 X 15

[skinnyray]

Saturday & Sunday - I am running Routes and doing drills with my brother throwing me some passes. Doing ab work and sprint work .

Monday 11/9 workout

Squat - Warm up 95lbs 1 X 6
Work Set 195lbs 3 X 6

Leg Press Warm Up 270 1 X 6
Work Set 450 3 X 8 ( struggled last few reps of last set but I got em up )

DB Lunge 40 3 X 8

Seated Calf Raises 100 3 X 8

Leg Lifts 3 X 20


Tuesday Workout

Squat LW ( Recovery set ) 95 2 X 6

Benchpress 95 1 X 20

Bent Over Rows 95 3 X 8

MIlitary Press 75l 3 X 8

Barbell Shrugs 225 3 X 8

Lat Pulldowns 120 3 X 8

Dips BW 3 X 8


Sample of my diet

Breakfast ( 7am )
Monster Milk Shake
Bananna or Orange
Kashi Cereal w/ Skim Milk
120z Orange Juice
Multi Vitamin & 2 fish oil pills

Snack ( 9-10)
1 cup oatmeal w/ skim milk
handful of almonds
( if at school chik fil a chicken samwich)

Lunch 12
(2)Lean Hamburger Patty or ( 2 ) Grilled chicken Breast or pack of Tuna
Carrots , green beans or spinach
Water

Snack
Pb & J on Arnold whole wheat bread

Preworkout
hour before Monster Milk shake
30 mins before Superpump 250

Post workout
10 minutes after Monster Amino Shake
30 Minutes after Monster Milk Shake

Dinner
Same as lunch menu
Maybe some chocalate ice cream for dessert
Water

Before Bed
Monster Milk Shake

[HumptyBrahh]

Man I needed to read this. Thanks for the motivation. I'm trying to make my own college football comeback and I was feeling like I was too old...if you can do this, then I'm just feeling sorry for myself. Go get em killer, I'm pulling for you.

[07hudson]

Still trucking along I see man, nice work. I need some1 to run routes with

[skinnyray]

Man I needed to read this. Thanks for the motivation. I'm trying to make my own college football comeback and I was feeling like I was too old...if you can do this, then I'm just feeling sorry for myself. Go get em killer, I'm pulling for you.

Thanks man. I don't look 30 and I don' t feel 30 . I am in the best shape of my life and I am fortunate that none of the dumb decisions I made in the last 12-14 years had any lasting negative side effects lol. Man look at people like Dara Torres, Mark Martin and Brett Farve They are older than the average person in their sport and they are still getting it done at a very high level. I also heard a couple of years ago there was an ex- army ranger who made the football team at The University of South Carolina at age 39 . Good luck to you man. The most important part is to write down your goals and get a plan . A goal is simply a dream but with a plan instead of a wish.

Hudson -

I need to somebody to run routes against! My bro can throw the passes but I need a DB to go up against why don;t you live closer!

[DocHollidy]

keep truckin ray... yeah the guy who made the south carolina team a few years back was like 39

just google Tim Frisby


good luck man

[skinnyray]

wow been a while since I updated this ....

In my 1st semester at my new university. Have been weightlifting with the guys from the football team . Our workouts are MWF strength training and tues /thurs we do core and cardio . All of this under the supervision of our coaches. We have workout groups of 3 and designated , mandatory lifting times. It has been a lot of fun and very intense much more so than goin to the gym and knocking out a few sets on your own. Every friday the coaches give out a snickers bar to the guy who has had the best workout week for each group , this past friday I won for our group. My bench is up to 205 I am up to 186lbs. They would like to se me be around 200lbs when spring semester ends. If the semester were to end today I would have straight A's. I am taking 16 credit hours. We start spring practice in 3 weeks. Myself and some of the other wr/db guys are going thru one on ones later today so I am anxious to see how I compare to the guys. I have been nicknamed POPS lol .

Thanks to everybody on here for your support!

[WannaBeAthlete]

Gotta support the fellow older athletes doing their thing. Keep it up man. :D

[lhshurdl3r]

Good luck man! Very great story, glad to see you had the motivation to make that comeback not only for football, but moreso for school!

[skinnyray]

I made it thru the spring! Spring Practices were alot of fun even though D3 does not use pads in the spring.Out for summer now, working on my acceleration and route running. Ran a 4.77 hand timed 40 , a 4.56 shuttle, Benched 215 , front squatted 280 and hang cleaned 195. Ready to work hard over the summer and try to be the most improved player from spring to camp !

[skinnyray]

wanted to post a few pics from our final spring practice , also just got my grades 4 A's and a B ( stupid anatomy and physiology class lol) 3.75 GPA should give me a good shot at making all academic team in the fall.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/leverhard/2009%20cruise/2010%20mustang%20show/averett/rayfootball2010043.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/leverhard/2009%20cruise/2010%20mustang%20show/averett/rayfootball2010048.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/leverhard/2009%20cruise/2010%20mustang%20show/averett/rayfootball2010022.jpg

[scott_donald]

loving the pics... seems you certainly have had a good year so far!!!

[touseef123]

Loving the pics....

[skinnyray]

So far this summer I have been hitting the gym hard on mon, wed and fri and been doing speed , agility and wr drills on tues,thurs and saturdays... really trying to work on my acceleration so I get on those DB's toes quicker. Have also switched to keto diet and dropped some bf% and weight down to bout 165 but so far I have kept most of my strength.

I plan on going back to a regular high carb diet about 3 weeks before camp starts ... anybody got any tips for camp?

Besides show up in shape .... I got that covered ... gotta love running 110's and sideline gassers lol

[raybrown]

Very inspiring! Much respect and best of luck to you.

[skinnyray]

alright I have slacked on the conditioning the last 2 to 3 weeks I got 1 week left till camp so I will be hitting the sprints hard! Don;t won;t to pull a Haynesworth and fail my conditioning test

[beertank23]

Good luck man.

[skinnyray]

update : well I survived my first season , I had 11 catches a lil over 80 yards and 1 TD . I also broke my leg with two weeks to go , on kickoff coverage team in practice. I broke my left fibula , it's healed up now and I am back in the weight room and getting ready for next year. I made straight A's this semester and have an overall GPA of 3.88. At our end of year banquet I won the T52 award which is given in memory of a former player who died in a auto accident. The award recognizes the guy opn the team who works hard , does everything the coaches ask of him and has a positive impact on his teamates. Without question 2010 was the most rewarding year of my life ......now onto 11 ... pics to follow , Thanks to everybody here for their support and encouragement ... tough to find time to update it during the season.

[Hoop_Dreams]

Good work man. This is one of the most inspirational threads I've come across here. Just goes to show you what hard work and dedication can accomplish.