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2006/05/16, 12:42 AM
Hello, I am a Junior in High School. I play football. I am a Offensive tackle and offensive guard. I have been out for the past 5 weeks with a problems with my syatic nerve. My doctor says I still can't run for another two weeks, but he is letting me do some of my regular lower back exercises that I have not been able to do for a long time, but starting our low and working my way back up. He has also cleared me to start doing my ab exercises again, which made me happy because I have packed on some pounds since I have been unable to do anything in reguards to cardio for the past 5 weeks. I am 6'2" and weigh 305lbs. I have a personal goal of being 15-20 pounds lighter by the time we have minicamp the last week in June. I need to be ready for this, how will I go about doing so?
I also have hit a huge platue at my bench. Our strength coach started us out at doing 4x5=at a certain weight for about 6 weeks, then he had us do 5x5 at increasing weights of 10 pounds each set, now finaly he had us doing a work out this week of 5 sets x 3 reps of a increasing weights of 10 pounds ending at 280 as our last set. I was able to get everything today on my bench all the way up to the last set, where I was only able to reach 1 rep of 280. I feel like I have not gotten stronger on my bench is a very long time. I will not, nor do not want to take any type of steroid. But I have heard of people taking Protien to help them out. Would a protien shake help me out if I want to get stronger? Would it make me put on more muscle fat, when I actually want to lose the weight?
Someone please help me out here. I am really at a crossroads with this one. When I see one of my fellow lineman that is just about the same stature of me starting out a couple of months ago at the same bench workout as me, and now he completed today with ease, and went on to get 3 reps of 300 also today, it really makes me mad. I get down on myself, but I fell like I can't control it. Is there anthing I can do to help myself out and catch back up to him by the summer?
Thanks so much.
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2006/05/16, 02:25 AM
calories are what make you stronger..the more you eat and vary your meals, the stronger you will get..therefore, losing weight will not help your bench..this doesnt mean do not do cardio, because you need it to get into shape for football..but you can get stronger by eating more and lifting hard..protein shakes can aid your process in getting stronger by taking one before and/or after your workout..however, if you got to a plateau for your bench, taking a week off of complete rest, and then starting up again may help you get over the hump..
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2006/05/16, 04:17 PM
Ok, thank you very much for your insight on this.
Does anyone else have any ideas? Not that I don't like your answer dgj3, because I do like it, it's just that I am trying to get as many answers as I can to try and figure out what would be the best possible road for me to take.
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