Thread: my upperbody

You'd have to post your workout for us to give recommendations. Summing up all the details of adding upper body size/strength cant really be done in one post.
As far as flexibilty, I'd recommend getting into a yoga class. Your whole body is stretched doing it. My flexibility improved dramatically.

Also, diet is the most important element of gaining size and strength.

post ur workout

Also, diet is the most important element of gaining size and strength.

Damn it, I need to be faster. I love saying that

well monday we do parallel squats and towel bench as our core exercises, then we do something to strengthen our core, like crunches, jack knives, medball tosses, and so on. we do an array of auxilaries each day, partners, one set of I think 30 seconds. I believe we do something like leg extensions, leg curls, biceps, triceps, weighted dips, and some other stuff on mondays and different exercises on the other two days. Tuesday we usually run sprints of some sort, with agility ladders. Wednesday our cores are hang clean and deadlift, along with cores and then partner auxilaries. Thursday the O-line does pull steps and technique work along with plyo boxes and resisted running by way of harnesses. Friday our core lifts are box squats and flat bench. to get the rep/set spread you could do a search for Bigger, Faster, Stronger. However I believe it is something like week 1- 3x3 Week 2- 5x5 Week 3- 5-3-1 Week 4- 10-8-6 for benches and 4-4-2 for squat, hang clean, and deadlift.

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you don't do very much upper body lifting.

Weighted dips, bench, deads, & cleans...all hit upper body. I've actually read a little about that workout and it looks good (for sports, rather than bodybuilding). If you arent gaining size, its likely due to issues with your diet. Might wanna post it in the Diet forum so everyone can see how it looks.

i don't think those are enough to raise your bench a lot. inclines, declines, flyes, and tricep excercises should be added in my opinion. but i don't know about sets, reps, or diet.

The workout he's using is geared specifically towards the goals of a football player. I've heard good things about it from a buddy of mine who coaches high school football. Its about not just gaining size, but explosiveness needed on the field. His problem is diet.

Originally posted by Var
The workout he's using is geared specifically towards the goals of a football player. I've heard good things about it from a buddy of mine who coaches high school football. Its about not just gaining size, but explosiveness needed on the field. His problem is diet.

well if his goal is to raise his max bench he needs to things like incline bench and flyes. although it does sound like he follows this program that his football coach makes him do. so i don't know if it is possible for him to do those extra excercises that i mentioned. if he has to follow this program the only thing he can do is improve his diet.

i'm not that he can't raise his bench with that program but i think it will go faster with other chest and tricep excercises added.

When did he say he wanted to increase his max bench?

he wants to increase upper body strength which is pretty much bench, back excercises, and arm excercises. and abs.

We're going to have to agree to disagree on whether or not this workout is sufficiently working his upper body. After looking at his diet, there's no doubting the fact that this is his weakest point.

Eltombo... I'm guessing you are in Oxford, playing for that school people get confused with the one in Florida . I lived in Dayton OH for many years and visited Oxford many times.

I am not well versed in football training, but what stands out to me is your weight. 220 seems too light for an offensive lineman, even in D2. I think you need to bulk up with food, and although your program sounds great for explosiveness, as a lineman you still need raw strength. I would consult with the team strength coach and state your concerns. Incline press is a great strength movement for a lineman since it mimics the initial explosive move after the snap, and will work to increase your upper body strength.

i think he is high school

Thats what I thought too

I'd try changing the routine, strict lifting, try some powerlifting IMO.

yeah I am in highschool, my brother goes to oxford, though! 220 is light but I've been told by my football coach I'm not allowed to get lower than 215lbs. We do a lot of counter and midline and don't concentrate on just running it up the gut too much and overpowering the Dline, though we can, we emphasize quickness and technique, rather than sheer size. Strength is importan, don't get me wrong, but we do a LOT of lateral movement.

Originally posted by eltombo
yeah I am in highschool, my brother goes to oxford, though! 220 is light but I've been told by my football coach I'm not allowed to get lower than 215lbs. We do a lot of counter and midline and don't concentrate on just running it up the gut too much and overpowering the Dline, though we can, we emphasize quickness and technique, rather than sheer size. Strength is importan, don't get me wrong, but we do a LOT of lateral movement.

sounds like your coach knows a couple things about the game. my football coach is stupid as hell. if i didn't figure weight lifting on my own i'd be screwed. he just says "go lift" and we lift for an hour, but most people just screw around.

Ouch, yeah we have a schedule and rep records and a weight recording sheet and the like. He just got some computer program that he is going to use to keep track or our weight and stuff, I stayed home from school yesterday so I don't know, I just got the information secondhandly. But once I find out what it is I'll come back with more details.

ElTombo.... I am at a Southwestern Ohio school too. In Cincinnati.

Oak Hills here... I'm gonna take a guess and say you are Moeller or Elder??

I said D2...but I WISH I played for elder, I'd have two state champs rings and could have contributed to the "cheaters" with twelve players. lol. to all those not in the "know" as it is, Elder has won, obviously, the past two years, division one state, they are known for their HUGE fan base. It is said an elder panther is born with a flag and buried in a purple suit in a purple casket (so I kida made that part up but they are die hard fans and are known as Elder's 12th player). As for moeller, I would never want to play under their head coach, Crable, used to be a badass, now just a tightass. He won't even let the players celebrate and be loud for their own team. I go to loveland highschool, home of the tigers

Don't EVER wish you played for Elder hehe

Too bad you arn't Div. 1, we could play you sometime.

lol I'm a fan of elder but as for us playing you might just have your self esteem broken by being beaten by a D2 school. HAHAHA sorry had to throw in the poop talking, gotta have school spirit, well, sport spirit, couldn't care less about the school, I just love the game.