I wouldnt bet on that champ.
I was also quite upset when I found a use for leg extns as well lol.
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Getting Huge Legs for Football.
- Thread starter Chief Smackah0
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I wouldnt bet on that champ.
I was also quite upset when I found a use for leg extns as well lol.
I believe it was Dan John who emphasized hamstring tension for many althletic movements, and coming out of a stance is no exception. This implies that technique is more important than additional muscular strength, but once you get that down, how do you best work this type of strength? With hip flexion exercises like SL DL's, RDL's, good mornings, ghr's, etc.
I've never played football on a team, or on a regular basis. So? What point does this make other than show that you think yourself at a greater authority, or are immune to any crtiticism I should have? If you have any other qualifications, please feel free to list them. Squats activate everything leg presses do, and then some. EVEN IF squatting didn't help with explosiveness (it does), to only limit a workout in the effort to make you come out of your stance faster is stupid. Squats will give you power pretty much every second after you leave your stance.
And for the record, you've contradicted yourself.
If hip flexion is key to generating more power coming out of a stance, and leg presses work hip flexion, and squats work everything leg presses do and more, then squats should therefore be beneficial to coming out of the stance.
I've never played football on a team, or on a regular basis. So? What point does this make other than show that you think yourself at a greater authority, or are immune to any crtiticism I should have? If you have any other qualifications, please feel free to list them. Squats activate everything leg presses do, and then some. EVEN IF squatting didn't help with explosiveness (it does), to only limit a workout in the effort to make you come out of your stance faster is stupid. Squats will give you power pretty much every second after you leave your stance.
And for the record, you've contradicted yourself.
If hip flexion is key to generating more power coming out of a stance, and leg presses work hip flexion, and squats work everything leg presses do and more, then squats should therefore be beneficial to coming out of the stance.
Well more to the point. Your 14 and 280lbs?! I'm sorry, but in my grade, all of us 14/15 and even in the next three grades nobody is 280lbs. That's nearly double my body weight.
I'm also 14, and from experience I can tell you that there is no way that much of that 280lbs is muscle. You simply haven't had enough time to develop that much muscle. My advice is lose some weight, like serious weight, do some squats, machines if you want (I normally do leg press myself as have no spotter for squats, max machine out at 400lbs for 20 reps) and mostly RUN. If you practise running and getting out of your stance you will. Atm you are just too big to be able to move like that.
I'm also 14, and from experience I can tell you that there is no way that much of that 280lbs is muscle. You simply haven't had enough time to develop that much muscle. My advice is lose some weight, like serious weight, do some squats, machines if you want (I normally do leg press myself as have no spotter for squats, max machine out at 400lbs for 20 reps) and mostly RUN. If you practise running and getting out of your stance you will. Atm you are just too big to be able to move like that.