Football Training : incoming freshman

[Skarlo]

So I'm planning on playing football next year in high school and I've already emailed the coach and he says the weight room is open for student use daily. Anyways I've never really lifted weights before other than in gym class in middle school and was wondering what would be a good routine in the terms of lifting / diet? I'm also doing lots of conditioning with the coach so speed should be covered.

Thanks for the help

[LiftNPlay]

Google: West Side For Skinny Bastards III. It's a program made my a world famous strength coach and is a great program for football players. Trust me, this guys has trained countless numbers of both college and pro athletes, he knows what he is doing. This program is made for a beginner/intermidate though, its not like an all-pro NFL player workout so it will be great for you. Speed is also covered later in the article.

[RichD66]

Google: West Side For Skinny Bastards III. It's a program made my a world famous strength coach and is a great program for football players. Trust me, this guys has trained countless numbers of both college and pro athletes, he knows what he is doing. This program is made for a beginner/intermidate though, its not like an all-pro NFL player workout so it will be great for you. Speed is also covered later in the article.

thumbs up on WSFSB3 Joe Defranco is the man im from new jersey and hopefully at some point during the summer i will save enough cash to be able to train at his gym

[AthELiTE7]

I'm also doing lots of conditioning with the coach so speed should be covered.

Thanks for the help

Conditioning is not speed...its the opposite of speed. Honestly i dont feel you need very much conditioning in order to play football. I played offense, defense, and special teams last year. i was never on the sideline, i never felt tired and i dont do any conditioning. make sure you are training high weight low reps for fast twitch fibers. dont listen to anyone who tells you light weight and moving the weight fast builds speed. i feel madcow 5x5 is another good lifting program that will last you 12 weeks, so the whole summer. do hill sprints and sled pushes for acceleration. work on plyometrics once you can squat about 1.5x bw. IMPORTANT: do a stretching routine for hip flexors. stretch them 3 times a day or so. they help in speed and vert. no reason to overlook them because it takes just a few minutes.

[LiftNPlay]

I think Madcow is a good program, but I feel like WS4SB3 is king for football workouts. It was made by a coach with sports in mind and madcow doesn't have explosive lifts unless you add power cleans in some weeks.

[AthELiTE7]

I think Madcow is a good program, but I feel like WS4SB3 is king for football workouts. It was made by a coach with sports in mind and madcow doesn't have explosive lifts unless you add power cleans in some weeks.

yes it does...you do it mondays and fridays...

[LiftNPlay]

I never saw that on the template that I saw.