When weight training for Football it is important to note that body mass and strength are major factors that help prevent you from being taken down or tackled. Eating and lifting weights as a routine can help you achieve your goals in reaching the body mass and strength you desire for whatever position you play.

My personal favorite lifts while training and conditioning my body for football are:

• Bench-press
• Incline Bench
• Parallel Squat
• Dead-lift.

    To do the bench-press, lay down on the bench with your back flat and your eyes directly under the bar. Remember to keep your feet flat at all times during the lift. Then take a deep breath, lift the bar of the rack and slowly bring it down to your chest, once the bar touches your chest take a short 1 to 2 second pause then press off while exhaling some of the air you have taken in.

   To do the incline bench-press, put the bench into a 45 degree angle to the ground and lock it into place. Now like the regular bench-press lay down onto the bench with your back flat and your eyes directly underneath the bar. Grasp the bar, take a deep breath and slowly bring it to your chest like before, once the bar touches your chest pause again and begin to exhale while pressing the bar back into rack position and rack the bar.

   To perform the parallel squat, place the rack just under shoulder height and place the bar onto the rack. Once you put the desired weight onto the bar, stand underneath the bar with it touching the tops of your shoulder blades. Grasp the bar and push up with your legs, step back a good 1 and a half feet away from the rack and put your feet into the athletic stance with your toes pointed straight ahead. Now choose a spot on the wall ahead of you and keep your eyes on it. Slowly bend at the knees while keeping your back straight and squat until your upper thighs are parallel to the ground. Stand up slowly remembering to keep your eyes on target and your back straight until your knees lock out at the top of the lift. Now walk forward and rack the bar.

   To perform the dead-lift, place the bar onto a flat surface with the desired weight on the bar. Now in an athletic stance with the bar touching you shens squat down with your back straight and firmly grasp the bar. Now while keeping your back straight and your eyes on target pick the bar up off the ground and straighten your legs. Now slowly put the bar back on the ground returning to the staring position keeping your back straight and eyes on target to finish the lift.

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As always consult a physician before beginning any type of workout plan.