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Having low levels of bodyfat and being strong.

Are you smoking crack?

This young man is benching 20 pounds over his bodyweight, squatting almost 100 pounds over his bodyweight and trap bar deadlifting almost twice his bodyweight!

These are...

Wow. I had forgotten about you, deltaforce! I can see by your totally incoherent reply that you are still eating paint chips.

Depends what the weight you are losing is. Obviously, if you lose LBM, you will get weaker. However, if you drop bodyfat, you will actually be stronger in a relative sense.

Because running fast is all about having a high strength-to-weight ratio. The stronger and leaner you are, the faster you will be. Strong guys who have a lot of bodyfat or skinny guys who are weak...

Squatting 1.5x your bodyweight is simply a general rule of thumb. Basically, what it comes down to is whether or not you have built a solid foundation. Are you lean? Are you strong? If the answer...

If you are a good athlete and your coaches don't have their heads completely inside their 4 points of contact, they will probably find a position for you.

As a football coach, I will ALWAYS find a...

Go out for basketball!

looks like a bodybuilding workout. Curls? Leg extensions? Where are the rowing movements? What kind of sets and reps does he use?

Not impressed. Typical "genetic freak" program.

Middle school girls...run away! Quickly! Don't look back! ;)

watchandsee is correct about Ben Johnson. In his prime, he was able to squat 600+ for multiple reps (at least 2, IIRC).

Just goes to show you that having some fancy piece of paper from some school to hang on your wall doesn't mean anything when it comes to effective strength and conditioning programming. If those...

Chu is OK, but the guy you really want to read up on is Dr. Yuri Verkhoshansky. He is the "original gangster" when it comes to Russian "shock" training, which is whatever plyometric training was...

How far/fast/long do you run for?

Yes! This is the key, IMO. Once an athlete has built a solid foundation, the "finer" things like running form can be addressed. You can't build a house on quicksand nor can you fire a cannon from...

I would be careful with distance running or any other long-duration cardio activity for football systems. When you do long-duration cardio training, you are really not training the energy systems...

Hey...now if the combine is free, I say go for it. No harm, no foul! However, if they want you to pay to attend, I would seriously question the legitimacy of it.

The combines that are "invite...

If by "speed training", you mean losing bodyfat and getting stronger in your lower body, than yes, that is what you need to do.

You obviously have no experience with high school kids. Few have the discipline necessary to jump in headfirst. For most kids, small steps must be taken over time.

Cleaning up the diet is...

How laughable!

I have worked Beebe's "speed camps" (I live in Illinois) and have observed the seminars...lots of worthless skipping and bounding drills that have almost ZERO carryover for MOST...