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Off Season Intensifies

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With Spring Break over, the off season changes gears and begins to intensify.  Programming for the SHS athlete will change to weekly updates and we’ve added a couple new wrinkles to directly hit and enhance targeted exercise movements.

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Group/Team agility training will be organized weekly in addition to your resistance training.  You will definitely benefit as well by partnering up to keep motivation rolling and spotter on hand.

There is still room for flexibility so that you can hit your favorite lifts AFTER taring up the prime four movements slated for the day.  If you are only able to do full body workouts 2 or 3 times per week, no worries, the program card can still direct you as well… Check the video on the training program page for details.

English: an exercise of shoulders

I feel the rumblings of excitement with the football program changes starting to settle in.  From my seat I can tell you that I think you have good reason for some optimistic excitement… but, you must do your part and put in the time to continue to improve your physical self in the off season…. I’m excited to help you do that.

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Reducing Concussive Forces

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Conditioning the football athlete has always included neck exercises.  At least where I’m from and at least during the season.  But, off season I’ll have to admit had very little attention paid specifically to the neck.

Not the Ideal

Recent research presented at the Football Strength Clinic may give us all very good reason to incorporate the musculature of the neck into our off season training… It is starting here (Snohomish) now.

Attendees of the Football Strength Clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio were

…reminded of what should be the main priority of every strength coach – training to help protect athletes from on-field injuries.

To that end, increasing neck size through training is proving one of the most important factors in helping to lessen the concussive forces that can cause head trauma for both male and female athletes.

Dr. Robert Cantu – one of the top researchers of NFL brain trauma – told FOXSports.com in 2010 that the reason “is just straight physics. If you see the blow coming and you have a very strong neck and contract the neck muscles, you have a much greater chance to have significantly reduced the forces the brain will see.”

Even if the athlete isn’t prepared for a hit to the helmet area, other medical research indicates that a larger neck still could help diffuse those concussive forces.

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