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Sweeny Posts: 120 Joined: 2001/07/26	2001/07/25, 12:13 PM Football is once again coming around this year. I have been on a 5 day a week plan, doing one muscle a day, besides abdominals and calves. Is this effective for football or is a multi-muscle workout more effective?
merlinhog Posts: 213 Joined: 2001/04/23	2001/07/25, 06:56 PM I've never played myself, but I would say lower body is much more important to the sport than upper. Seems you block with your legs and obviously run with them, so I would do lunges for buttocks and hammies and squats and leg presses for thighs. Maybe throw leg extensions in there too. Good luck dude!! Peace.
mongrel2012 Posts: 125 Joined: 2001/05/04	2001/07/26, 07:10 AM whatever you do, don't waste your time with leg extensions. Don't work one muscle group per day, stick to the biggest exercises like squats, power cleans, RDL's, Glute-ham raises, bench, pullups ect. Dr. Squat has the best football cycle
theaznguy1187 Posts: 51 Joined: 2001/06/24	2001/07/29, 03:23 PM power cleans and squats are prob the best workouts u can do for football+ur ass is really important to workout
Sweeny Posts: 120 Joined: 2001/07/26	2001/07/29, 07:13 PM Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it. What about reps? High, Medium, low reps? I want to get bigger, stronger, faster. I was thinking mostly medium reps, with low reps and heavy weight once in a while for great explosive strength. What do you think?
mongrel2012 Posts: 125 Joined: 2001/05/04	2001/07/31, 09:48 AM www.drsquat.com ... go to articles, then football cycles/tables. there is a real good program there