Thread: Football weight gain question

i have also been doing planks and ab twists for working my core

If you gain muscle and gain it at least proportionally in your legs, work on running and work out explosively, you should be fine. There are RB's in the league who are only an inch or two taller than you but weight 225 lbs with very low BF. Muscle built the right way and in the right places won't slow you down.

Heavy lifting, big eating, plyometics, sprints.

Naturally the increase in training volume and running will increase your caloric demand, especially if you're trying to gain weight. You're gonna get sick of eating for sure. If that does happen, liquid calories can be a lifesaver. Low fat chocolate milk.

Chocolate Milk Refuels Muscles After Workout

Better than Gatorade.

Don't gain to much fat and do cardio all the time to help but eat a good amount....20 pounds will be tough to do but if you really work at it, especially at that age you can defiantly do it. Like said above, it won't slow you down if its good weight. Bad weight WILL slow you down.
Good luck.

thanks, so do the workouts im doing sound good?

I got news for you, at 15 years you could still gain another 20lbs just by GROWING a few inches in height!!!!! Just remember to eat.

Yeah man the workouts you're doing should do you well. Do you have a strength coach? Or is there a routine for your team? Are there position specific workouts they want you to do? Work on your 5-10-5, vertical jump and doing some 40's pulling a weighted sled (or dragging anything heavy) helps too

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conditioning, stregnth, and speed training! they're all equal. never forget it

so as long as i work out and eat healthy and get lots of sleep i should have a increase in speed, is this correct?

not many think of this, your a smart kid!

in terms of the performance athlete you want to gain muscle slow and steady as rapid increases in muscle mass do not have a positive effect on sports performance for most. to many think that more muscle always increases performance but that is not always the case.

along with resistance training and plyometrics you want to stretch, a lot after exercise. far too many athletes neglect it, strength training and stretching complement each other in many ways.

thanks!

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As a former College running back let me offer you some advice. As we say around here often: Pick One.

What do you want to do? Do you want to add weight, or get faster? If you want to get faster then try to make any weight gains come as a secondary goal. Good luck with that but it's doable. If you want to make a considerable difference over the course of a few months you need to talk to your parent or guardians now and let them know your plans or get a job so you can buy real food. You need to eat and do shit that running backs do. Sled, or drag some weights. And run. sprint. And do it when you're tired. Then do some more jumping, drills, and all the shit you will need to excel at while you're tired. Do about three days of explosive shit/plyometrics followed by gassers and sprints, wind drills whatever you want to call it. Then do some more. Then eat. Then sleep. Then do research on Form Running and probably shave a second off of your 40 by learning how the arms are waiting on your legs and your swing needs to be as much forward and back and less side to side. Then do it some more, and eat some more, then sleep some more. Then do it some more...and do sprints when you're tired while keeping form. Then do starts when you're tired...then do some more. Get the picture? Yes powercleans are great, and squats. Do romanians to help keep your hamstrings in good shape and flexible, Keep benching and balance it out with good back work. Get 2 days off a week of doing no working out at all. And drink water all day

...... If you're serious.

If you want size then speed as a secondary priority then well, eat, lift heavy, do your drills and rest.

thanks alot, my coach told me about straight leg dead lifts for increasing speed, what is your opinion on that exercise for improving speed?

Originally Posted by eaglesfan!

thanks alot, my coach told me about straight leg dead lifts for increasing speed, what is your opinion on that exercise for improving speed?

stiff leg maybe. Straight leg, no. At least a Slight bend is mandatory. I don't see how these are magically going to make you faster though. For football you need explosion and endurance. A 4.5 in pads is pretty fast, but a 4.8 in pads is fast as hell in the fourth quarter.

yea for sure, can anyone guess the average forty yard dash time for a 15-16 year old skill position player?

Originally Posted by eaglesfan!

yea for sure, can anyone guess the average forty yard dash time for a 15-16 year old skill position player?

4.7

You shouldnt loose any speed if you train with the correct equipment, look at the olympic sprinters their big and also quick.... practise with Ankle weights when you go running. Sounds obvious but when you go running without them you'll be quicker... do this whilst weight training your legs, you should be more powerful and quicker. To be a quick sprinter you dont necessarily need to be small.....

what should i do just before i run a race or a 40 to be loose and ready to race?

and does 5 hour energy really work? tons of energy for hours?

Originally Posted by eaglesfan!

what should i do just before i run a race or a 40 to be loose and ready to race?

and does 5 hour energy really work? tons of energy for hours?

very slow jog on grass for about 5 minutes.
5 hour energy is just caffeine.

Just throwing this out there - gaining twenty pounds in a year is easy! Having the majority of that being muscle is a different story. The scale means virtually nothing. Eat a lot of potato chips and drink a lot of water and you could throw on like ten pounds in a single day. I think after what Merkaba said you got the lifting and speed training part covered. Make sure you watch your diet though and make sure the calories you eat aren't a bunch of empty calories and crappy food. I can't stress how important a proper diet is in this situation. So many people think just because they put on a good amount of weight while lifting lot and "bulking" that its all good weight. Trust me on how important your diet is, especially for your goal.


I dropped 28 pounds on a "cutting" diet and once I started bulking I put about 10 pounds back on in three weeks. Sounds good right? Wrong. Way too much of that weight was fat because I cared about what the scale said, not about putting on muscle to fat, I just wanted all muscle and expected no fat to come.

yea you're right i need to improve my diet.

Can someone explain to me why it is so important to drink water after working out?

Ya cause you're body is 3/4s water and you need it to function. You loose a lot of water when you work out and water helps facilitate lactic acid out of the muscles and is just necessary for over all health. I'm sure there's more reasons I'll go find them.

Why is water so important for working out and getting in shape/being healthier? - Yahoo! Answers
First - it flushes out your kidneys. Keeping your digestive system healthier and less likely to get an infection.

Second- it hydrates your muscles. If you're really active, and exercise a lot, you're very likely to be sore afterwards. The more hydrated your muscles are, the less likely you are to be in pain (as much or for as long.) Which is good for everyone

As well as little things... less headaches from dehydration, good for your skin, etc. The list could go on for ages

thanks for the answer

is whey protein powder the way to go?

ya pretty much... I use whey protein isolate without artificial sweetener, actually I just got a tub from this site haha.

9 times out of 10 the RB is gonna be the best athlete on the team at your level. If you weren't blessed with a very high level of natural athleticism there's only so much you can do. What position did you play this past year?

If you haven't played running back since peewee football it's more important to start focusing on form running and learning how to run behind your pads and explode through contact.