Winter Conditioning/Off Season Thread 2023

[Kaladin]

Someone who is much more physically strong and masculine than I am, explain what that's about pls.

Some coaches have moved away from traditional deadlifting and back squatting to more front squatting, trap bar deadlifts, single leg exefcises

Less taxing on the central nervous system, less weight on the spine and joints, etc

 

[Huskersballz]

Absolutely love how the staff has the players wearing all the same outfit for lifting and conditioning. Really makes me sense a lot more camaraderie and professionalism. Good programs are built when standards like this are implemented and enforced, especially by the players themselves.

Far cry from seeing what some of the players would wear during lifting with the previous staff.

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

That one is pretty lame

 

[Goskers07]

Hex bar is the one that wraps around the lower body and the lifter “steps into” to deadlift compared to a traditional barbell that is straight where the lifter picks it up from in front of them. Typically doing hex bar deadlifts works your leg muscles harder than a traditional deadlift because the movement is very similar to a squat, whereas a traditional deadlift typically very strongly works just your back/glutes/hammies.

My guess is they are doing hex bar deadlifts for the following reasons:
1. Prevent lower back injuries as there is a lot less stress on your back with hex bar deadlifts and more focus on legs
2. Strengthen the area around the knee to prevent knee injuries since more leg muscles are being worked with hex bar deadlifts.

I’m not a strength and conditioning professional, just a gym bro who has done a lot of research so I could be off.

Trap Bar is a much better lift for athletes than traditional deadlift. It puts the load into the hips, focusing on exploding through there rather than throughout just the posterior chain.

 

[Fargo Husker]

 

[vailhusker]

 

[vailhusker]

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

is it really that big of a deal that Turd needs to be asked and actually make a statement about it?!? My God lol

 

[ChocaEgg]

Hex bar is the one that wraps around the lower body and the lifter “steps into” to deadlift compared to a traditional barbell that is straight where the lifter picks it up from in front of them. Typically doing hex bar deadlifts works your leg muscles harder than a traditional deadlift because the movement is very similar to a squat, whereas a traditional deadlift typically very strongly works just your back/glutes/hammies.

My guess is they are doing hex bar deadlifts for the following reasons:
1. Prevent lower back injuries as there is a lot less stress on your back with hex bar deadlifts and more focus on legs
2. Strengthen the area around the knee to prevent knee injuries since more leg muscles are being worked with hex bar deadlifts.

I’m not a strength and conditioning professional, just a gym bro who has done a lot of research so I could be off.

This

 

[Havoc34]

Trap Bar is a much better lift for athletes than traditional deadlift. It puts the load into the hips, focusing on exploding through there rather than throughout just the posterior chain.

Safer too. A lot of people do conventional deadlifts wrong and it’s easy to fuck up. Plus like you said, develops greater power output.

 

[Bootleg11]

I know that a lot of D1 schools break their kids up by age/ability in the weight room. The younger guys are more or less learning how to lift, theirs a mid tier group and then an advanced group mostly of older guys.

It doesn’t make much sense for a 23 year old and an 18 year old to be doing the same lifting.

 

[vailhusker]

 

[vailhusker]

 

[Black5hirt]

I almost got choked up.

 

[vailhusker]

 

[ChocaEgg]

I don't think I recognize any of those guys

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

I don't think I recognize any of those guys

Got a lot to weed out

 

[vailhusker]

 

[Kaladin]

The fuck is an esports program

 

[cwessel76]

The fuck is an esports program

Sports for unathletic people.