Football

[Thecornerback]

Does anyone play american football here? I'm 120 pounds and 5,4. I need some excersises to help me gain weight and help me tackle people. I can't tackle a person and I get tackled easily. Please help .

[grouchyjarhead]

Does anyone play american football here? I'm 120 pounds and 5,4. I need some excersises to help me gain weight and help me tackle people. I can't tackle a person and I get tackled easily. Please help .

Can't go wrong with Bill Starr's 5x5 program for football. Basically power cleans, squats, bench, and press.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Strongest-.../dp/B000GK2BLU

In short...

Power Clean 5x5
Bench/Press (alternating) 5x5
Squat 5x5

The first workout of the week is the Heavy Day. Do ascending sets so your last set of 5 is the heaviest you can manage with good form.

Second workout of the week is your Light day. Take 80% of the weight you used for your last set of 5 and work up to that as your final set (e.g. so if you squatted 300x5 on Monday, you'll squat 240x5 on Wednesday).

The third workout of the week is your Medium Day. Use 90% of your heaviest set as your last set of 5 (e.g. so if you squatted 300x5 Monday, you'll do 270x5 on Friday).

For the bench and press: bench heavy on Monday, press heavy on Wednesday, bench medium on Friday.

Stick with these basic three exercises for a while, then once you get used to them (after about 12 weeks or so) you can add in some isolation exercises at the end. 1 for upper body, 1 for lower body, no more than 2-3 sets of 8-10 reps.

The book is excellent and worth the money though.

[sowilson]

Does anyone play american football here? I'm 120 pounds and 5,4. I need some excersises to help me gain weight and help me tackle people. I can't tackle a person and I get tackled easily. Please help .

Sign up for football camps. You need to be taught how to tackle and you need to learn how to pursue.

[Viking2396]

Almost every high school has a summer camp program were they teach the plays and techniques.

[bucsdodgers]

Cleans,deadlifts, bench, squats and eating to you almost burst should be your best friend right now!

[Donoservice]

Does anyone play american football here? I'm 120 pounds and 5,4. I need some exercises to help me gain weight and help me tackle people. I can't tackle a person and I get tackled easily. Please help .

Hey Buddy,

I would like to help you out as much as I can. As a former College Football Player I was in a similar boat as yourself in regards to harnessing my athletic potential. Are you currently enrolled at a 4 year College or 2 year JUCO school? Or are you located outside of North America?

[PhillipQ25]

All league CB here. I'm quite small for a football player (5'8") however I make it up in muscle. Hit the weight room like crazy and eat well. Still, being my size it's hard to take 6 foot dudes. So what do u gotta do? Ankle bite. That's just what u gotta do, your only real option. People say oh it's a pussy tackle or whatever but you're smaller than him so you have to do what you have to do in a contact sport. He's trying to run your ass over, you're trying to get him to the ground. As long as you don't so anything illegal, it's OK. Even my Coach teaches us to tackle below the waist. No matter how big a guy is, he can't run without his legs. If you can't get him down, hold on for dear life and your team will come and wipe him out. After a few times he'll voluntarily go down because getting hi-low tackled like that Hurts.