Should I start weightlifting if I want to play Varsity football next year?

June 4, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
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Larry C asked:

I’m only 125 lbs but really want to start lifting so I can get some muscle because I want play football next year. Plus I’m really skinny.

Strenght training?

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2 Responses to “Should I start weightlifting if I want to play Varsity football next year?”
  1. William says:
    June 5, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    It is up to yourself if you want to weight training. It will make you bigger and stronger if you do, which will help out a lot for football.

    Make sure you do plenty of big exercises like squats, deadlifts, rows and benches. Do not do as many smaller exercises like flies. The reason being you want big exercises to work the larger muscle groups and build your body as a whole for sport.

    If you want to build strength as well as muscle use lower rep ranges, a rep scheme of 5×5 is a great one to use for this purpose.

    Here is a free book with workouts if you need some to start you of:

    You will also have to make sure you are eating a lot of you are skinny and also training a lot. William

  2. joe714 says:
    June 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    you don’t say how old you are.
    you could just do a bodyweight routine and build up strength,endurance and flexibility at the same time.
    hershel walker is an example of a successful football player who never lifted weights. he did pushups and sprints.
    remember too. exercise only stimulates the muscles, you have to eat more calories to get bigger muscles from the exercise you do. joe714

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