College F'ball Lifting Program

[MattD]

Anyone have any information on lifting programs for college football....my cousin is an Alabama football committment (unfortunately--I'm an Auburn Fan) but he wants to incorporate the program they gave him with a couple of others...any info is appreciated

[Deacon]

I would drop their program and go with a good well rounded power-bodybuilding program based around heavy basic compound movements

[ZEEBS]

listen to Deacon bro..he knows the stuf

[g3cko]

i used to see the football team doing some stupid ass shit in high school.

[hanuri]

Well If somebody PLAYS the football then he might try training their way too. For us it might seem like funny , but all sports have different goals and spesific ways to achieve that. remember that next time you laugh at someone. Compound . Speed training . sprints. things like that comes to mind about your football .

[MattD]

He's got a very basic Olympic style lifting program but the majority of it is, aerobic, running hills, and at different angles trying to increase his explosiveness...I'm sure it'll change once he gets on campus...and that's what he wants to prepare for...if anybody has seen a program I'd appreciate it

[jjeb33]

the use of a sport specific program is to specify the different movements used withing the sport. i have the ncsa sport specific program which is pretty good. i have had made a modification based on some of defrancos and powerlifting routines. i have played ball at a d1aa school and the program was olympic lifts, compound lifts, and some auxillary lifts. built to build explosiveness and power.

currently i am getting ready for a combine. my training is light/heavy day.
incorporating training cycles for heavy days.

monday
squats
lower back-Gms, hypers. pull throughs
hammys/quads
bis every once and a while

wed
heavy bench
lats- always bb rows
tri pushdowns or decline cgbp-3x5
rear delts

fri
same as mon but i do front squats

sunday
same as wed but sets and reps are all higher due to training for 225 as many as i can do. endurance

if you can post up his workout and i will take a look and maybe we can modify it a little but i wouldnt really make many drastic changes bc the strength coachs are there for a reason and they take that shit to heart. i have seen people kicked out of the gym for doing a different excercise.

[MattD]

I'll see his Dad this weekend and see if he can get me a copy

[Avid Learner]

Deacon, why would you just drop their program in favor of such and such? Wouldn't you think that they would have some knowledge being as they're the strength training directors for major college football programs? I'm sure you know your stuff but this seems foolish to me.

A side note, every competent strength trainer i've been with in Regards to football lifting has based everything they do around heavy compound lifts.