Sunday, October 25, 2009
Tom KeatingHere's Tom Keating, who played his college ball at the University of Michigan, and who was drafted in the fifth round of the 1964 American Football League draft by the Buffalo Bills.
He was doing very well, but halfway through his rookie season, Tom broke his ankle. Instead of "doing nothing" which was the usual solution to such a situation, Tom kept right on training and got a head start for the next season. In Buffalo, Tom trained at the York Athletic Club under the supervision of Ken Stoller.
...This paid off. Tom went on to play seven more seasons, earning All-Pro status in 1966 and 1967, and getting a Championship ring as a member of the AFL Oakland Raiders.
Labels: Dumbbell Press, Football Training, Overhead Dumbbell Press, Tom Keating
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
The Gittleson DumbbellThe 'Gittleson Dumbbell is so named because it sat on my college strength coach Mike Gittleson's desk for all the years that I was at Michigan, and likely at least a decade before that. (Mike was the University of Michigan football strength coach for 30 years and produced more All-Americans and NFL Draft picks than any other college strength coach in history.)
As you can see this unforgiving chunk of Iron weighs 120 pounds - I've bent pressed it, snatched it but not yet strictly overhead pressed it ~ something I am on track to do sometime this summer.
Labels: Bent Press, Challenge Weight, Dumbbell, Dumbbell Training, Football Training, Mike Gittleson, one arm snatch, University of Michigan
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Stan JonesStan Jones, the great football player from the University of Maryland played 13 seasons in the NFL, 12 of which with the Chicago Bears. Jones is also well known as one of the first great players to specifically concentrate on weight lifting in order to become a better player -- this was in the 50s and 60s, long before strength training was popular (or accepted). He was enshrined in the Pro-Football hall of Fame in 1991. Here's Stan easily putting his 220 pound training partner overhead after a workout.
Labels: Football, Football Training, Stan Jones, Strength Training, York Barbell Club t-shirt
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sled PushingOldtime football players used to push wooden sleds to build leg strength and stamina. This was good for conditioning although not so much for football technique -- either way, it's a great workout. This picture shows the Harvard football team training circa 1910. Sleds like these are actually still made for training purposes although if you don't have one, you can always push a car for a similar effect.
Labels: Car Pushing, Conditioning, Conditioning Workout, Football, Football Training, Leg Strength, Sled Pushing, Stamina, Wooden Sled
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