Running track for football ?

[youngmack]

I have been doing rippetoes ABA workout for about a month now to get myself ready for college football. I am going to a community college and plan to transfer out in as little as one semester to a year. I want to get fast as I possibly can and strong as I possibly can in that time. Thing is though I had no speed workout so I decided to join my community colleges track team. Will track make me fast enough to make the team?

Another problem I have is that track is 4 days a weeks mon-thurs. So I cant do the rippetoe workout anymore because I used to do it 3 days a week with rest days in between. mon, wed, fri. What I am thinking is that basically I am putting strength aside for speed with this move. I have never ran track before so I don't know if it will get me strong enough. I want to be able to throw up 225 on the bench a decent amount of times and I was working towards that with the rippetoe routine. I'm sure track is gonna take care of the squatting. What about the strength part now?

What should I do? I was thinking of just doing some benching every Saturday to get that up but is this a good move? Will track make me strong enough to throw up 225 a good amount of times? Overall is doing track a good idea to get ready to walk on to the college football team?

 

[youngmack]

Well I am 5'11, 165. At my size right now, the positions suitable for me are wide receiver or a cornerback. I don't know if the coach requires a specific time, but since both those positions are usually the smallest and fastest then I assume very fast. Like maybe sub 4.5 40 time and under.


I only joined track to take care of the speed aspect of football. I am lacking in size and strength so that was what the strength program was for. But since track is mon-thurs , idk how to fit in the lifting without overtraining. The program is as follows:

Mon: squat:3x5
bench:3x5
deadlift:1x5

Wed: squat:3x5
military press: 3x5
Bent over barebell rows: 3x5

fri: squat:3x5
bench:3x5
deadlift:1x5

 

[youngmack]

You are absolutely right Espi. You made perfect since. But I do need at least a minimal amount of strength, not saying I need to be a throwing up 405 on the bench, but I can barely lift my own bodyweight. And this is a competition too.

Im not the only one who is going to try for cornerback. I am going up against guys who are on scholarships and im sure they can throw up 225 a couple I times. I can't even do it once. I am not saying I need to be throwing up 225 either, but im supposed to beat out other corners and im sure a coach would rather the a fast and strong corner, than a solely fast corner. Just trying to get the competitive edge.

So what do you think I should do about the lifting? the starting strength program requires me to lift 3 days a week with rest days in between . The only off days I have from track are fri,sat,sun...which are all consecutive days.

 

[speed dawg]

Espi gave some good advice but I wouldn't completely get away from weight lifting. Maybe keep it to a minimum, and I'd go bench press, power clean and jerk, squats and deadlift. I'd probably do some rows as well, and some incline sit-ups. Twice at week at most. If you're 5'11", 165 lbs., you're going to be playing a speed position in college, no doubt.

Take in alot of protein and calories. You're running track, so you'll be in shape and burning an abundance of calories. You may want to add in some flexibility and balance drills. Google some drills that help you liven up your hips. I played HS football myself and did my university's workouts while in college (had friends on the team), and I wish I'd have done more of that. I didn't know any better, and now I have a busted up back to show for it.