[Pigskinman53]

Ok I have listened to all these arguments and I am a coach, so here is my take. Weight lifting is absolutely necessary for a team to be successful, as well as a good speed program and conditioning. I will agree that some kids are great without weight lifting but weight lifting and speed work make the average kid, a good one. I would say Randy Moss would be where he is at today without every lifting a weight but I doubt Brian Urlacher would. At LCC we lift from January to December but we lighten the load during the season. We also place a high importance on speed and conditioning. During a one hour workout about 30 minutes is lifting and 30 is speed work and agilities. I am not saying this is the right way because we do it, we are far from a great team. But once we got everyone to buy into the weight program, we started to win a few games.

So what kind of different things do you do for speed? I know speed is more of a natural talent, but how can you help those lineman get faster. And what type of things do you run for conditioning such as 20's 40's or distance running?