You came up short on a few plays, and you knew it was because you just weren't strong enough to get it done.
You lifted hard, you took your protein shakes, and by the time football camp rolled around, you were all jacked up.
Now you find yourself two weeks into your current season, and you weigh less than you did last year.
You start getting pushed around, your body starts to hurt, and you start looking more like Justin Bieber than Justin Tuck.
So what happened and why are you nervously walking around the mall looking for this shirt?
While I may not know everything, I have a few pretty good ideas as to why you lost all your muscle.
5 Reasons You Shrunk During Football Season
1. You Stopped Lifting
If your training regime over the summer consisted solely of football position drills and gassers, how jacked up do you really think you would be when you reported to camp.
If you want to keep on your muscle, you need to continue resistance training with heavy loads.
2. You Stopped Having Recovery Shakes
If they are good enough to drink after a lifting session in February, why are they not good enough after a practice session in September?
3. You Stopped Getting 8 hours of sleep a night
Getting adequate sleep enhances the process of muscle growth and development.
5 hours of sleep a night does not cut it.
Without enough sleep, your body will never be able to fully recover.
4. You Stopped Drinking Enough Water
I am not really sure why, but most football programs stop stressing water breaks once summer camp is over.
I guess most coaches think water is only needed when its 100 degrees out and they legally have to give it to you.
Unfortunately for them, the slogan "water is for the weak" couldn't be more wrong.
A dehydrated muscle synthesizes protein at a much lower rate than muscles that are well hydrated.
The more dehydrated you are, the less your body will use protein to build muscle.
Thanks Coach.....
5. You Stopped Soft Tissue Work
How many teams do you see stretch after a practice?
Better yet, how many stretch after a game?
I will not even get into how many use foam rollers or lacrosse balls.
Unfortunately for them, the less they stretch, the less blood will flow to their muscles.
The less blood that flows to the muscles, the smaller that muscle will get.
Enough said.
Wrap-Up
If you don't want to lose everything you trained for over the past months, make sure you don't make the same mistakes listed above.
If anyone wants advice or help on this topic, please feel free to contact me.
You start getting pushed around, your body starts to hurt, and you start looking more like Justin Bieber than Justin Tuck.
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| Is this what you trained 8 months for? |
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| What a football player should look like ... |
So what happened and why are you nervously walking around the mall looking for this shirt?
While I may not know everything, I have a few pretty good ideas as to why you lost all your muscle.
5 Reasons You Shrunk During Football Season
1. You Stopped Lifting
If your training regime over the summer consisted solely of football position drills and gassers, how jacked up do you really think you would be when you reported to camp.
If you want to keep on your muscle, you need to continue resistance training with heavy loads.
2. You Stopped Having Recovery Shakes
If they are good enough to drink after a lifting session in February, why are they not good enough after a practice session in September?
3. You Stopped Getting 8 hours of sleep a night
Getting adequate sleep enhances the process of muscle growth and development.
5 hours of sleep a night does not cut it.
Without enough sleep, your body will never be able to fully recover.
4. You Stopped Drinking Enough Water
I am not really sure why, but most football programs stop stressing water breaks once summer camp is over.
I guess most coaches think water is only needed when its 100 degrees out and they legally have to give it to you.
Unfortunately for them, the slogan "water is for the weak" couldn't be more wrong.
A dehydrated muscle synthesizes protein at a much lower rate than muscles that are well hydrated.
The more dehydrated you are, the less your body will use protein to build muscle.
Thanks Coach.....
5. You Stopped Soft Tissue Work
How many teams do you see stretch after a practice?
Better yet, how many stretch after a game?
I will not even get into how many use foam rollers or lacrosse balls.
Unfortunately for them, the less they stretch, the less blood will flow to their muscles.
The less blood that flows to the muscles, the smaller that muscle will get.
Enough said.
Wrap-Up
If you don't want to lose everything you trained for over the past months, make sure you don't make the same mistakes listed above.
If anyone wants advice or help on this topic, please feel free to contact me.
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