BlueWolverine02

December 30th, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^

The purpose of a football player lifting weights isn't to lift as much weight as possible, it's to prepare for the game of football.  Power lifters want to lift as much weight as possible so they might wear a belt.  A football players goal is to properly lift as much weight as possible so that they can become better at football.  This includes knowing how to properly brace your core to support your spine.  If you can't properly brace your core, you sholdn't be doing that much weight.

I don't know how old you are but yes, when I was growing up everybody wore belts too. That's because we didn't know any better.  This is why GIttleson had everybody on machines, because he didn't want back injuries while exercising.  This is ignoring the whole purpose of lifting which is to create usable strength and with a properly functioning kinetic chain, not a temporariliy artificially supported kinetic chain because you are wearing a belt that won't be there when on the football field.

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xtramelanin

December 30th, 2017 at 8:17 PM ^

and i played D-1 hockey and then football, so maybe, just maybe, we might have a clue about 'the purpose of football player lifting weights'.   i played football into my 40's. putting aside the humble-brag claims of strength and athleticism,  i think whatever i was doing was 'working' and fit the 'purpose' of making me a 'football player' who 'lifted weights'.  and squats was the sole exercise we utilized a belt, and only then when we were lifting big.  our kinetic chain was working for us pretty well.   

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aflapan

December 30th, 2017 at 8:51 PM ^

And strength helps in nearly all aspects of playing football. Lifting heavy weights builds strength the quickest. You should be wearing belts even at weights which powerlifters would consider "light". If our linemen were to only lift weight they could manage safely without the use of the belt, we'd have the wekeast offensive line in the country. Also, you say that a belt if artificially helping the kinetic chain, but then argue for the glory of machine work. Do you realize how stupid that is?

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FatGuyTouchdown

December 30th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^

Shannon Turley, but a guy who was incredibly instrumental in shaping Wisconsin's Offensive Line for 11 years and turned numerous 2 and 3 star recruits into monsters is ok in my book.

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FatGuyTouchdown

December 31st, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^

to him? I said he was incredibly instrumental in their development. Would you disagree that a good strength coach is instrumental in the development of an offensive lineman? Obviously the majority of the credit should always go to the coach, but it doesn't mean it's solely them. S&C coaches spend 10x more time with the players than any coach does.

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