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Post by fantom on Mar 1, 2013 9:22:29 GMT -6
Are you opposed to lifting or just opposed to lifting when you feel someone should be coaching? Both. I have a bad shoulder. Under normal circumstances it's no problem but repetitive stress kills it. Bottom line-I can't lift weights. I won't throw it all on that, though. When I was younger I didn't like lifting either. When I needed to to become a better football player, I did. Now, I don't need to. On top of that, I have other things to do now in the weight room: instruct, supervise, motivate. If you want to work out, knock yourself out. Don't tell me that I'm a bad coach because I can't squat 400 lb. (Hell, I can't squat WITHOUT weights).
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Post by davishfc on Mar 1, 2013 9:30:09 GMT -6
and most importantly - in shape attracts and entirely different type of female. Are you divorced or is it an open marriage? Or are you just BS-ing? I ask because you mentioned your son and then how another type of female is attracted to you when you're in shape?
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Post by jspiwak on Mar 1, 2013 9:45:30 GMT -6
I am a younger HC, 30... In-season I find it very hard to consistently get good workouts in. However, this winter I have been doing the same 5-3-1 program my kids are doing and I love it. I feel it is very important for your kids see you as the coach working hard it the weight room. I can't expect my kids to do anything that I am not willing to do myself... This is one of my pet gripes among things that I see on the board: I couldn't disagree more. I do try to stay in shape (walk, bicycle, exercise bike) but don't lift. I did my working out when I was a player. I'm not a player any more. Its nothing to gripe about, when I no longer can do it, I won't. However, right now, as leader, I can lead BY EXAMPLE and will for as long as I can.
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Post by 20x on Mar 1, 2013 9:45:59 GMT -6
Not a head football coach yet, Varsity DC and Head Baseball Coach. I get up at 5am most days and do something, if we have morning workouts I get up earlier, today I got up at 4:30. Just finished P90X2 last week, if I don't do something the weight just piles on.
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Post by kboyd on Mar 1, 2013 9:50:59 GMT -6
I had really let myself go but over the last couple of years I've dropped 111 pounds. I haven't been lifting for awhile but I plan on getting back to that soon now that I've had my shoulder surgically repaired and have completed my physio. The kids get a kick out of seeing the old coach get back into shape and man do I feel better.
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Post by davishfc on Mar 1, 2013 10:51:03 GMT -6
Are you divorced or is it an open marriage? Or are you just BS-ing? I ask because you mentioned your son and then how another type of female is attracted to you when you're in shape? Divorced since 2009. Son 25, Daughter 22 and I'm enjoying the HECK out of life. Good for you that you've moved on but still interact with your kids. In that case, get after it Coach!
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Post by davishfc on Mar 1, 2013 11:00:50 GMT -6
I'm a head coach and I don't work out during the season. That's time I could be watching film and practice/game planning or just trying to stay on top of the teaching end. I do lift during the off-season 3 times a week on average although after school meetings are a regular occurrence around these parts. I still enjoy lifting from my playing days when that was just another part of football. I should run or do something that would incorporate some cardio. I just don't enjoy it. I'm 30 right now so I anticipate my hand will be forced at some point to get out on the road or on a treadmill. I swear if they would just invent a zero calorie beer that tasted like beer, I'd be just fine...lol.
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Post by mholst40 on Mar 1, 2013 12:12:30 GMT -6
I lift during the season, but only 1-2 times per week for 30-45 minutes. The time crunch kills. Moving around and having tempo at practice helps to keep you in shape.
You have to make the time for yourself and stick to it. Everyone can find 1-1.5 hours per week during the season. I know it's hard, but it's important. I understand family time, but if you never exercise, your family time is going to be cut down later in life and your quality of life is going to be bad.
In the off-season, I lift 3-4 days per week and do only interval training (way less time than traditional aerobic exercise and has better results).
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Post by PIGSKIN11 on Mar 1, 2013 12:13:43 GMT -6
I am a younger HC, 30... In-season I find it very hard to consistently get good workouts in. However, this winter I have been doing the same 5-3-1 program my kids are doing and I love it. I feel it is very important for your kids see you as the coach working hard it the weight room. I can't expect my kids to do anything that I am not willing to do myself... Be cautious working out when they do... I know guys who lost jobs, both teaching and coaching, because of "mishaps" in weight room while they worked out with team/class... Supervision is key!!! CYA This is one of the main reasons I will NEVER work out with my team/class... Also, during the year and offseason, I always just feel somewhat selfish working out... To explain, I feel like that time would be better spent hanging out with my wife and kids, film, SLEEPING, or something for someone else.... I know I need to be healthy and I try hard at eating right, but when it is all said and done, I will put my family and team first... OK - I am now off my soap box
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Post by wingtol on Mar 1, 2013 15:25:29 GMT -6
Yeah I am that guy...I usually loose weight during the season since I have the metabolism of a 4 year old. So I am usually always trying to gain weight. Go ahead hate away LOL
Not to be all preachy but I do no think it is being selfish to work out in the off season, nothing selfish about taking care of yourself. Being a PE guy I am always promoting being active and exercising. It's all about the quality of life you live. You want to be able to enjoy your family and life, not be lying in a bed with all kinds of health problems because you didn't take care of yourself.
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Post by PIGSKIN11 on Mar 1, 2013 16:25:17 GMT -6
wingtol says that as the coach in his avatar is smoking a ciggy haha
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Post by coachdmyers on Mar 1, 2013 16:34:30 GMT -6
When I work out, I end up using Intensive Care...
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Post by tgun25 on Mar 1, 2013 17:25:14 GMT -6
For me exercise is a must. Three years ago I had two stents placed in the arteries of my heart so eating well and regular exercise has to be a part of my life. But, I'm human and like many of you, I struggle during the season to find time to workout and when I do, I'm very inconsistent. I almost take the mentality that I get a pass during the season to eat and drink crap and not take care of myself...I've got to change that. In the offseason I do much better as I workout about 5 days a week and eat much better. I really hate running but enjoy the eliptical and I've really got into doing cycle class workouts. I always feel great after working out so I just don't know what's holding me back when I'm in season. I think it's just self discipline but any advice or tips you guys have, I'm all ears! Great thread.
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Post by wingtol on Mar 1, 2013 18:57:06 GMT -6
wingtol says that as the coach in his avatar is smoking a ciggy haha LMAO That guy was the most ornery SOB you could ever come across. But possibly one of the best OL coaches ever. I had the pleasure of being yelled at by him for 3 years when I first started coaching, learned just about everything I know from him yelling at us.
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 2, 2013 14:06:35 GMT -6
I never lift with my kids
I have tried a couple of times but discovered this
If I get a good lift in, I am a crappy coach that day If I do a good job coaching, I get a crappy lift in... You can't do both successfully it is all or nothing
I lift after I leave our workouts during the week (I leave school at 6, at the gym 6:30-6:45ish, lift for no more than an hour, I can get my 20-25 sets in during that hour window, if it isnt too crowded I can get it in 45 mins)
I prefer to go to a commercial gym (24) for my lifts, better facility than our current weight room, better atmosphere than being alone, I feel like I work harder (mental thing, have to lift the weight, people are watching me) and I make my GF come with me so she stays in great shape
Make your GF squat with you, all the cardio in the world won't give her the butt/legs that squats will
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Post by lionhart on Mar 2, 2013 19:37:33 GMT -6
great topic. my body calendar is amazing.. lose weight off season, pile it on during the season. last year i did Insanity 60 day workout....... dropped 40 lbs. now its 4 months after the end of the season and ive put back on about 20 of those lbs. during the season i just cannot find the time to stick to a workout plan. i have a bit of a unique family situation (3 kids, TWO of them are autistic boys 13 yrs and 8 yrs).. so there really is no such thing as "free" time for me. i plan on doing the Insanity program again, will have to wake up and do it at 5am, but its worth it. hardest thing, like everyone else, is how to maintain a healthy regimen during the season. feels like theres not enough hours in the day. not a HC, an OC though
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Post by cvaughan598 on Mar 2, 2013 19:42:15 GMT -6
I dropped 35lbs in off season by dropping back to 1 soft drink a day (I don't drink coffee, so had to have caffiene), cut out fast food, and eliminated starches from my diet. No white potatoes or white bread.
I moved and changed schools this past season and put all of it back on plus 10. I have wanted to start a quick 30 minute kettle bell routine to try to get my cardio back up and a little bit of muscle tone. I have two kids and a third on the way. I need to try to make sure I am around a little while.
I get up at 5 to get my kids to daycare and me to work. I just don't have the time to do much at my current school.
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Post by hwkfn1 on Mar 2, 2013 19:59:24 GMT -6
I am an OC as well. Lost 65 pounds last offseason. Made myself get up twice a week during season to run and run Sunday afternoon. Helped that I started a 28 week marathon training program in early October. Ran 26.25 miles today. Marathon is in April. One long training run left (29 miles). I found that I love the mental challenge. Looking forward to my first marathon!
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Post by fballcoachg on Mar 2, 2013 20:24:06 GMT -6
Not trying to be the jerk here but if you don't have enough time to work out, just start with eating healthy food and only 3 meals a day What? Don't you know that this is AMERICA! The Founding Fathers made it a right to put bacon and everything, and nobody can take that away. Ever heard of Epic Meal Time, those cats are canucks and throw bacon on EVERYTHING. I am an OC, was packing the pounds on pretty badly, very unhealthy, and decided I needed to do something. I try and run at least 4 times a week and am much healthier for it. Have tried working on my diet but it's rougher than I thought...I have cut booze down significantly, partly by design and partly because 2 year olds don't care how much daddy drank last night. I am also in the camp that will never workout when it is my turn to supervise the weightroom, too much of a liability and I'd rather be coaching/encouraging. Plus, I don't really lift that much anymore, done playing football and rugby so getting swole isn't top priority on my list. Another thing to keep in mind is the first impression you make...obviously I am not an HC and haven't landed the jobs I've interviewed for but I've had an administrator tell me in passing conversation about when he was hiring that he took a look at all of the candidates from in the district he was at (there must have been a database with your id or something) and automatically threw out the guys that looked sloppy. Sure he could have possibly short changed some good coaches but if you have the time and the will, just another reason to try and drop a few lbs.
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Post by tango on Mar 2, 2013 20:36:51 GMT -6
I work out and lose around 20 each offseason. I gain around 10 during the season and get sick after the last game each year. I always start working out in Feb. I never drive to the practice field or to the bus barn. I always walk for two reasons it lets me walk and talk to the kids and not be the HC for a few minutes which I think is important.
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Post by Chris Clement on Mar 2, 2013 20:47:08 GMT -6
What? Don't you know that this is AMERICA! The Founding Fathers made it a right to put bacon and everything, and nobody can take that away. Ever heard of Epic Meal Time, those cats are canucks and throw bacon on EVERYTHING. I am an OC, was packing the pounds on pretty badly, very unhealthy, and decided I needed to do something. I try and run at least 4 times a week and am much healthier for it. Have tried working on my diet but it's rougher than I thought...I have cut booze down significantly, partly by design and partly because 2 year olds don't care how much daddy drank last night. I am also in the camp that will never workout when it is my turn to supervise the weightroom, too much of a liability and I'd rather be coaching/encouraging. Plus, I don't really lift that much anymore, done playing football and rugby so getting swole isn't top priority on my list. Another thing to keep in mind is the first impression you make...obviously I am not an HC and haven't landed the jobs I've interviewed for but I've had an administrator tell me in passing conversation about when he was hiring that he took a look at all of the candidates from in the district he was at (there must have been a database with your id or something) and automatically threw out the guys that looked sloppy. Sure he could have possibly short changed some good coaches but if you have the time and the will, just another reason to try and drop a few lbs. Epic meal time is a joke. About Americans. Specifically, The people who decided buns could be replaced by donuts.
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Post by fballcoachg on Mar 2, 2013 21:09:29 GMT -6
Haha the sad thing is, sometimes I watch it and think, man that would be delicious...
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Post by Chris Clement on Mar 2, 2013 21:39:54 GMT -6
I also find it easy to stay trim by coaching like a man possessed.
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Post by jsk002 on Mar 2, 2013 22:23:48 GMT -6
I have always made it a priority to stay in shape. Now a days in-season, I work out maybe once a week. Either a run or some type of circuit training. I don't lift weights heavy anymore, but do kettle bells, physioball & boso ball type stuff. Off-season I run. 25-40 miles per week, plus 1 xtrain day every other week. Comes to about 5 days a week. I run road races to keep me motivated and to develop a plan. I don't run a marathon every year but have run 7 of them. I at least do a couple 1/2 marathons each year. I gain the most weight right after the season when I take about two weeks off to re-charge. A big part of controlling weight is what you eat.
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Post by Underdeveloped on Mar 2, 2013 22:24:29 GMT -6
I workout with my two starting gaurds 3 days a week and with my QB 2 times a week. Try to do 2 disk of insanity each week as well. That is all out pf season. In season i lift on my own lightly. I hate it all. (30 years old, HC)
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Post by s73 on Mar 3, 2013 7:52:13 GMT -6
I agree w/ fantom. I am getting older and the joints can't handle regular lifting anymore. I'm in decent shape so I'm not copping out (elliptical/ or insanity workout several times a week). But, to say I need to workout to have credibility w/ my kids is silly.
If anything, I would say the OPPOSITE! My job is to COACH these kids to lift properly when THEY are in the weight room, not get paid to work out myself. That's why when we run the weight room I do not workout until they all leave. I personally feel this is the most appropriate way to run a weight room.
Furthermore, I will NEVER play a single down of football for my school. So my lifts are irrelevant.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2013 8:43:20 GMT -6
I'm not a HC but like all of us I find myself stretched for time during the season. February of 2011 my weight was 335, but I weigh right around 260 now. I do want to be a HC someday, but my health has become important enough to me to where if I get my HC opportunity and it has a negative effect on my health, I'll give up the HC job in a heartbeat and go back to being an assistant.
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Post by jsk002 on Mar 3, 2013 10:13:17 GMT -6
I had really let myself go but over the last couple of years I've dropped 111 pounds. I haven't been lifting for awhile but I plan on getting back to that soon now that I've had my shoulder surgically repaired and have completed my physio. The kids get a kick out of seeing the old coach get back into shape and man do I feel better. Nice job coach!
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Post by powerfootball71 on Mar 3, 2013 10:29:47 GMT -6
Not a hc. I usally take about 3 weeks off after the season do about a month of cardio work to cut the 10 15 pounds I put on during season. Between head coaches right now so not using the hs weight room. Rest of the year I try to lift like a power lifter. Has nothing to do with getting cred with the players. When I was coming home from college my dad was a power lifter and was able to work out with me and he was in his late 40's and hope to maintain a strength level where I can provide the same experience for my sons.
I would like to drop 20 pounds I played at 315 my last year of college in 03 and stay around 285 now. Ilift at 430 am after I get off my night job just always lifted wary in the am.hit a pre work out 35 min or so cardio and just try to coach very fast sprint everwhere on the field. Work a physical job try to eat healthy guess im just lucky with geneitics and have always kept a good muscle mass.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 3, 2013 12:27:44 GMT -6
This time of the year, I work out 5-6 days a week, usually 3x total body lift, 2x core, 1x whatever I feel like. In season, I try to do 3-4 days a week, usually Monday-Weds and Saturday. I do different stuff than out of season, usually geared toward being done in a 1/2 hr with a good sweat going. LOVE kettlebells for my in-season workouts because I can absolutely murder myself in about 30min. Of course, I'm 28, single, and somewhat vain/shallow, so it's ok for me to prioritize this way. If I want to date cute, fit ladies, I need to be a fit dude. So far, so good, but if/when I find a keeper, this could all go right out the window. I also like being able to perform the drills/technique I want the kids to do, so there's that, too. I've got a pretty mean backpedal, I deliver a nice hand strike for LB drills, and I'm getting better with "getting 2-0" in case I ever need to coach a QB
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