Heard an interview Titans LB Brian Arakpo. Dude said he gave up weightlifting. Interviewer asked what does for strength and explosiveness and he said "yoga". He went on to say he is stronger and more explosive without weights
Heard an interview Titans LB Brian Arakpo. Dude said he gave up weightlifting. Interviewer asked what does for strength and explosiveness and he said "yoga". He went on to say he is stronger and more explosive without weights
How would he know he is stronger if he isn't lifting weights?
thejeff wrote:
How would he know he is stronger if he isn't lifting weights?
I guess he meant that he feels it on the field. Also said he is more flexible and agile
Not suprising. Plenty of muscle bound meatheads in the gym with no mobility that look like trash if you make them actually move on a court/field/track.
Hordes of sweaty girls in yogapants are so effective on testosterone that USADA should ban their use.
Great study of one individual who has a decade or more of weight training behind him.
Alan
Arakpo interview wrote:
Heard an interview Titans LB Brian Arakpo. Dude said he gave up weightlifting. Interviewer asked what does for strength and explosiveness and he said "yoga". He went on to say he is stronger and more explosive without weights
Most Professional and collegiate programs are really starting to get away from weights. The problem is, they invested so heavily in them the last couple of decades that they can't just give them up. Most strength coaches these days only lift in the off-season and only twice per week and no longer focus on numbers but strictly form. Last spring I saw a 280 lb letterman defensive end squatting 135. I asked the strength coach and he said "honestly, I could give a f*ck about weights, we do this strictly for form."
Most track programs are now focused on biomechanics with resistance and stability.
Most still train during the season but not to gain strength but to maintain as much as possible and to remain injury free. As the athlete's form progresses he will lift more weights. But true, chasing numbers in the weight room is a thing of the past. They're football players not power lifters.
Runningart2004 wrote:
Great study of one individual who has a decade or more of weight training behind him.
Alan
The study sounds awesome, if someone could just post it so another could actually read it?
most people I know who lift are throwers. The ones that really take lifting way too seriously are not the best throwers. Not sure if that adds anything but I don't think focusing on lifting does much
A strength coach once told me - don't lift without roids. You'll just get injured
Runningart2004 wrote:
Great study of one individual who has a decade or more of weight training behind him.
Alan
A prefer to study the form of my lovely classmates in tight yoga pants, rather than a 'roid freak in a ripped tank top with zits all over his shoulders.