Ridiculous sprint workout for NFL receivers.....

6 200s in under 22? That alone is an absolutely rediculous workout. 6 200s at race pace is a tough workout for a 400m runner; to run those kind of times one would have to be at least a sub 21, 44.x 200/400 runner. And then to top it off with 2 400s under 50? The warmup's no piece of cake either. If the workout is in meters, I have doubts that any man alive could run it.

I don't think Michael Johnson could have run six 200's in less than 22 seconds each.

It's very likely that the volume of those workouts is accurate, the times almost definitely are not.

Treadmillionaire wrote:

NFL athletes are fast.

Plus they take drugs.

Some would argue so are track athletes.

Maybe the 200s were running starts and remember the hand timed boost/estimation

Widespread wrote:

stranded traveler wrote:

The guys in the article are not. Someone write to the author.

Vernon Davis is a freak of nature. He has some of the best combine numbers in the history of the draft. It hasn't translated to success on the NFL field (he is a great blocking TE though). If you watch highlights of his from college you will see how great of an athlete he is.

I have no doubt he could do a workout like this, even at his size.

Not saying that the workout is accurate, but Davis did run a 4.38 40-yard dash. He does have speed. Also, I would bet money the 10x100's were on the football field and were actually yards. It is a common workout for a football team.

As for the 200 and 400 times, sounds like a professional athlete bragging to make himself sound better. Not a big surprise.

200 yards in 22 = 200 meters in +/- 24 (12.0s/100)

400 yards in 50 = 400 meters in +/- 55 (13.7s/100)

= workout for a 47" - 48" 400 meter runner

They didn't do that. Anybody on here ever work with an NFL player? They ain't doing that workout!

...and besides everything else, to classify that as a sprint workout is ridiculous. That is a speed endurance workout.

and I know for a fact that NOONE could do that workout!!

NFL workouts are always exaggerated. Look at 40y times - 4.4x is considered "good" but when Ben Johnson became the first man under 9.8 he split 4.6 ... all those times are lies.

Some would argue so are track athletes.

I chat with an ex football player all of the time. He wasn't a pro but the guy is huge and athletic. The other day he recommended I take some HGH to recover from runs. He takes steroids too. Also, the few players I knew growing up who had some success at college football took steroids. That shit is part of the elite football culture. Well, in my limited experience anyway. Why the hell would I want to take HGH to run in local road races? Yet he takes it for workouts and doesn't even compete anymore. It's just a different mentality between the sports.

radiostar wrote:

Bob Hayes

Homer Jones

Renaldo Nehemiah

Calvin Smith

Eric Metcalfe

Herschel Walker

its a long list....

I seriously doubt that football player was serious. No college player can take PEDs...they get tested randomly on a regular basis.....anytime that they are in school. My son is on a nationally ranked (oh all right ...No. 1) team, and it is still preseason and he has had two tests already. They cannot use PEDs.....

That workout is typical of summer stuff, the times are totally off base, but my son does that stuff from time to time, and he is a TE. And he HATES it.....

coachmom wrote:

I seriously doubt that football player was serious. No college player can take PEDs...they get tested randomly on a regular basis.....anytime that they are in school. My son is on a nationally ranked (oh all right ...No. 1) team, and it is still preseason and he has had two tests already. They cannot use PEDs.....

That workout is typical of summer stuff, the times are totally off base, but my son does that stuff from time to time, and he is a TE. And he HATES it.....

LMAO. (0/10)

Come on. Look at that workout again. A 250 lb. tight end could not complete that workout in those times. And 10 x 100m in under 12 seconds is not a warmup. That's a pretty solid effort, even for a guy who runs 10.5 or faster. Especially if they were wearing cross-trainers, rather than spikes.

Following that up with six 21.xx 200s in a row? And they still have enough left in the tank to run two sub-50 quarters?? NO! Not happening. Not Vernon Davis and Josh Morgan.

If these claims had come the mouth of Clyde Hart, I'd believe it. But it came from the mouth of Josh Morgan.

I agree it's like the kid who run track in high school and can't break 6:00 for the mile. Joins the army and comes back and says he ran 4:44 in the army. I can't tell yo how many kids have told me that and it's always 4:44. What kind of track are they using? Or is the watch stopped at 4:44 and they still use it?

Josh Morgan is the same attention whore that was committed to 3 different schools at the same time coming out of HS. I would take this with a big grain of salt. Add a second to the 200 times and there are probably a hundred NFL guys that could pull off something close to this.