Tuesday, April 07, 2009

  • Stan Jones


    • Stan 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.

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    Friday, March 20, 2009

  • Billy Cannon


    • For a number of years strength training was frowned upon with in athletics. Lifting weights was thought to make athletes slower and musclebound... One of the key figures in changing this attitude was Billy Cannon. He was one of the first high profile athletes who regularly lifted weights. Here he is featured on the November 1959 issue of Strength and Health magazine, a month after he won the Heisman Trophy.

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    Tuesday, March 10, 2009

  • Sled Pushing


    • Oldtime 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.

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