I hate fucking deadlifts!!!!!

[hornedfrogs07]

I believe it was like 100lbs less on the combine

On what lift??? For bench, they do reps of 225, not maxes, at the combine.

 

[bob marley]

I love deadlifts, they're like my favorite exercise. i don't use gloves. i don't get blisters but i have some mean caluses(sp?).

 

[hornedfrogs07]

BOB motherf***ing MARLEY in the TRAINING forum????? WTF?????

 

[josh81]

Deadlifts are the shit...They've thickened my back up so much in the last 4 weeks, its unbelievable.

 

[r3ver3nd]

Yeah, our football players don't do them either.

If I were the coach I would certainly have them doing them off season though. Since deadlifts are the most intensive exercise, using the largst number of muscles, they are the best way to gain mass.

I remember reading somewhere that the average college lineman today is much heavier and significantly weaker than in 1985.

Can't remember the exact stats, btu basically, they're all a bunch of teddy bears.

Linemen are bar far slower. (Look at the old pulling guards for Vince Lombardi's Packers.)
I would have to believe they are stronger, and more in touch with the techniques than the players of old.
They outweigh the linemen of old by about 100pds, no doubt.