how do nfl/college football players stay big and strong during the season?

[young954]

just wondering..

[xxsupergman25xx]

these guys are in the best shape almsot imaginable. they bust their butt during offseason and during regular season. im sure some college FB players could get into greater detail...but from what i know they still do hardcore workouts everyday. Thats how good of shape these guys are in....some suffer from overtraining...you can see it with the number of injuries these days...lots of pulls, strains, sprains, tears.

[qb0708]

these guys are in the best shape almsot imaginable. they bust their butt during offseason and during regular season. im sure some college FB players could get into greater detail...but from what i know they still do hardcore workouts everyday. Thats how good of shape these guys are in....some suffer from overtraining...you can see it with the number of injuries these days...lots of pulls, strains, sprains, tears.

Personally, we workout 2x a week on Sundays, and on Wed. for Vets, and Thurs. for Rooks. I doubt most teams have hardcore workouts everyday, unless you consider practice a hardcore workout.

[young954]

Personally, we workout 2x a week on Sundays, and on Wed. for Vets, and Thurs. for Rooks. I doubt most teams have hardcore workouts everyday, unless you consider practice a hardcore workout.

and 2x a week still keeps your size?

[svillasenor]

At Nevada we would lift on M,Tues ,W, Thurs. Condition hard on Monday, Tuesday was moderate conditioning, W /Thurs we did position specific conditioning. And EAT!!!

[theACEofSPADES]

Here's a typical week in the NFL

Monday: Game film / Meetings / Weight Lifting
Tuesday: Day Off / Game Film / Weight Lifting
Wednesday: Practice / Meetings
Thursday: Practice / Meetings
Friday: Light Practice / Meetings
Saturday: Walk through / Travel
Sunday: Game Day

Keep in mind these guys have the top trainers and nutritionist in the world to help them, not to mention they get free food and supplements

[young954]

dam. well im starting rugby practice in a few weeks, and we start off practicing 3 times a week so ill figure out what days to lift on

[hellawaits77]

I played ball in college, and yes, we lifted all season long. With the amount of work college and pro ballers do in season, you really don't lose THAT much. You may drop a few pounds in certain lifts, but that doesn't always neccessarilly equate to being in football "shape", ya know what I mean?

I currently play semi-pro football, and I know by the end of the season, my lifts are down, but I still look the same, and I'm actually a better football player. I know when we first begin hitting, my lifts are always among they highest they've ever been, but I;m not in the best "football shape".

Nutrition really helps, too. I'm a big guy, so I don't go nuts, but I imagine most players eat like horses to keep their size. PM me if you wanna know more. Don't feel like typing anymore.

[qb0708]

Here's a typical week in the NFL

Monday: Game film / Meetings / Weight Lifting
Tuesday: Day Off / Game Film / Weight Lifting
Wednesday: Practice / Meetings
Thursday: Practice / Meetings
Friday: Light Practice / Meetings
Saturday: Walk through / Travel
Sunday: Game Day

Keep in mind these guys have the top trainers and nutritionist in the world to help them, not to mention they get free food and supplements

This is pretty similar to what we do in the college setting except we don't lift back to back days, and our meeting are before practice. Just move everything back one day starting with Monday to Sunday.