3 weeks in / Testing

How we started offseason was something new to our program. Coaches finally understood that we were willing to earn our ring rather than it given to us. We started with high intensity workouts to work explosiveness in the weight room and on the field. On our second week of the Offseason, we had to max out on weights. This is basically 4 core lifts that you do the most weight that you can. We started on incline bench, where the bench is inclined in a 45 degree arch and basically from there you do bench press, but it is just using a different technique. Our second max the next day was squat press. It is when you place the bar between your neck and your shoulders and squat. When you do squat, you would want to make sure that your butt is somewhat aligned with your thighs. On Thursday, we had bench press which is basically a universal lift throughout the world. And finally, we finished on power clean, which is possibly the most explosive core workout you can have. Here were my maxes for every lift. Incline was 313, squat was 565, bench was 344, and power clean was 245. My goal was to get over 1415 lbs overall because the coaches set a certain weight of 1415 of all 4 lifts to get into a specific group. It was a great accomplishment on my part to achieve that goal as a freshman. But I later found out that I was the only one that made the "maroon" out of my position group. So this is my next goal for the offseason. To make sure that at least 4-6 fellow offensive linemen make it to the maroon because if that happens, then that means that our positions are getting better which means our team is getting better.