Mass Made Pizzle

Now its time to get ready for the next season and everything in between.  Going through school finals now so once that is over I will just be concentrating on CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, CrossFit Olympic Lifting Certs, speed and agility training, and most important my relationships with other people.  It can be a little tough to juggle all the above, so I have had to learn everyday on ways to get better at it.  Hopefully this new thing Siri on my iphone helps.  She already talks back to me though.  No different then any other woman that has been in my life I guess.  hahaha!  Except Lauren of course, she would never do something like that.  ;)

As of right now workout wise, I am still and always doing the Olympic Lifts.  That is just what keeps me going and explosive.  I am also trying out a program called Mass Made Simple by Dan John.  See if I can put on a few pounds of “quality” muscle for the next season.  Ideally I would like to be around 190 and still be quick and fast.  If I see that my speed is handicapped by the added size I will forego the size.  Speed is so huge in the game of football.  And probably more quickness, then flat out speed.  As a running back you have to stop, start, and change directions so many times in a play.  Explosiveness, Strength, and Size are all things that help an RB.

The program consists of the basics, bench, squat, press, row.  Something that is unique to this program is all the complexes and sets of high rep squats.  The complexes are challenging as the weight and reps increase.  Especially since you can’t put the weight down throughout the complex.  A sample complex looks like this:

• Bent Over row x 5
• Hang Clean x 5
• Front Squat x 5
• Press x 5
• Back Squat x 5
• Good Morning x 5

Doing all that without putting the barbell down can get your heart pumping.  Now when you add weight, reps, and sets to it you can imagine how much more it gets your heart racing.  I like them though.  Something about the suck factor makes me smile!

Now on to the high rep squats.  No Joke!  Legs are already burning from the complexes and then you throw in a few sets of 20-50 reps of squats.  If that doesn’t leave your legs and whole body feeling it, I don’t know what will.  Usually, by the last few reps my legs, lower back, ass, and calves are on fire.  Sample day of high rep squats looks like this:

• 110 x 30
• 125 x 30
• 135 x 30

The program is called Mass Made Simple because the routine stays the same with a few adjustments in weight and reps here and there.  But don’t be fooled, there isn’t anything really simple about it.  Each workout leaves you spent and sore for at least a day or two.

We will see what kind of results come from doing this.  One of the strength coaches who I call “Jack attack” has started calling me, “Mass Made Pizzle”!!!  HAHAHA!