Jonah squatted 600 lbs!

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(06-09-2023, 09:05 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Good grief, feel better soon.  But on another note, and not to derail the thread, I never understood why coaches have football players do powerlifting moves to gain strength for football.  They really have no connection.  If anything, Jonah should be doing front squats to full depth, like an Olympic lifter.  Olympic lifting leads way more toward athletic power than powerlifting movements.  The clean and jerk is the most powerful movement a human can do, seconded by the squat-catch snatch, which is likely the most athletic power movement that an athlete can do.

Thanks man.

I agree, I’m a big fan of Olympic lifting. I enjoy following the international scene and the lifts themselves are a lot of fun to do, even though I normally run powerlifting routines. I do think a lot of football lifting programs heavily incorporate Olympic lifts, or at bare minimum a power clean. I haven’t seen the jerk incorporated, but cleans seem to be quite common.