Update on Indoor Practice Facility

[WeezyBengal]

(04-03-2022, 10:43 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: There's a couple of articles that make mention of it. Uzomah mentioned that Joe Burrow had joined him in the Bengals rehab facilities. Here is another article that talks about Burrow returning in January to rehab his knee at the Bengals facilities. Hopkins also did his rehab at the Bengals facility. The Bengals physician actually performed the surgery. To hear it from the horse's mouth, Burrow talks about rehabbing in Cincinnati with Uzo and Hopkins in this video. Skip to 5:18. 

For the weight room, it's a pretty standard "nice" weight room. It really doesn't look much different than Ohio States weight room.

That's a dope weight room. Love the orange accent lighting and the big ass blade fan. Hopefully there more than just 6 power racks though.

[Mike M (the other one)]

The reason is simple,
The Browns discovered how much is cost sending the team 1 week early to the SB so they can practice in the proper conditions, forecasted that out over the next 10 years, and discovered it's much cheaper to build an indoor facility and let the team stay home that extra week...

[BFritz21]

(04-03-2022, 01:24 AM)sandwedge Wrote: That really made no sense.....

Or you obviously just have no response because that made perfect sense.

[KillerGoose]

(04-03-2022, 11:54 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: That's a dope weight room. Love the orange accent lighting and the big ass blade fan. Hopefully there more than just 6 power racks though.

I am counting eight, judging from this photo. That's probably enough for a professional team. These guys aren't lifting a bunch in the season, nor are they lifting heavy. During the off-season, they have variety in their lifts, with a lot of focus on core strength. Stabilization work etc. From what I understand the lifting environment for a professional team compared to a college team is quite different. The weight room is gorgeous IMO. I think they did a great job.

[BFritz21]

(04-03-2022, 04:08 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I am counting eight, judging from this photo. That's probably enough for a professional team. These guys aren't lifting a bunch in the season, nor are they lifting heavy. During the off-season, they have variety in their lifts, with a lot of focus on core strength. Stabilization work etc. From what I understand the lifting environment for a professional team compared to a college team is quite different. The weight room is gorgeous IMO. I think they did a great job.

Yeah, that's pretty nice. I was wrong about that one.

[Soonerpeace]

(04-03-2022, 12:50 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: The reason is simple,
The Browns discovered how much is cost sending the team 1 week early to the SB so they can practice in the proper conditions, forecasted that out over the next 10 years, and discovered it's much cheaper to build an indoor facility and let the team stay home that extra week...

They planned this before they had any idea they would make the SB.

[fredtoast]

(04-03-2022, 04:08 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: . From what I understand the lifting environment for a professional team compared to a college team is quite different. 

College teams have twice as many players as NFL teams. So they need more equipment.

[KillerGoose]

(04-04-2022, 10:18 AM)fredtoast Wrote: College teams have twice as many players as NFL teams. So they need more equipment.

I was meaning the intensity of the programs and not necessarily the actual space. College S&T programs are more geared towards making high-school athletes "freaks" whereas professionals are maintaining what they have. I'm just gathering this from a former D-I coach that I know. 

[fredtoast]

(04-04-2022, 10:21 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: I was meaning the intensity of the programs and not necessarily the actual space. College S&T programs are more geared towards making high-school athletes "freaks" whereas professionals are maintaining what they have. I'm just gathering this from a former D-I coach that I know. 

In college there are scheduled work out times for large groups of players. It is almost like a practice session. 

I don't think NFL teams work out as regularly in large groups. In the off-season NFL players are scattered instead of all living around the facility like college.

[KillerGoose]

(04-04-2022, 10:47 AM)fredtoast Wrote: In college there are scheduled work out times for large groups of players. It is almost like a practice session. 

I don't think NFL teams work out as regularly in large groups. In the off-season NFL players are scattered instead of all living around the facility like college.

Okay, that's what I was thinking. I am pretty sure that you're correct in that professionals don't work out in large groups as much. It is a lot of individual players on their individual routines from what I understand. 

[THE PISTONS]

(04-03-2022, 04:08 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I am counting eight, judging from this photo. That's probably enough for a professional team. These guys aren't lifting a bunch in the season, nor are they lifting heavy. During the off-season, they have variety in their lifts, with a lot of focus on core strength. Stabilization work etc. From what I understand the lifting environment for a professional team compared to a college team is quite different. The weight room is gorgeous IMO. I think they did a great job.

Yep. Some college programs have 100 guys on the team. So colleges do need more.

8 is plenty and I wouldn't be surprised if there were more, that you can't see. Mirrors in weight rooms make photos weird.

[THE PISTONS]

(04-04-2022, 10:21 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: I was meaning the intensity of the programs and not necessarily the actual space. College S&T programs are more geared towards making high-school athletes "freaks" whereas professionals are maintaining what they have. I'm just gathering this from a former D-I coach that I know. 

Yeah. And there times are limited too. Classes, practice, etc. They are limited on the time they can be in the weight room, so they go in in larger groups and need the equipment available so they can lift and get out.

The programs are interesting at some schools that I know. People tend to think that they use a bunch of freakish lifts. But, it's pretty basic stuff...atleast the programs that I've seen/known. Focuses on a lot of functional and adds like weighted carries, etc.

[KillerGoose]

(04-04-2022, 12:18 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Yeah. And there times are limited too. Classes, practice, etc. They are limited on the time they can be in the weight room, so they go in in larger groups and need the equipment available so they can lift and get out.

The programs are interesting at some schools that I know. People tend to think that they use a bunch of freakish lifts. But, it's pretty basic stuff...atleast the programs that I've seen/known. Focuses on a lot of functional and adds like weighted carries, etc.

Yeah. My understanding is oly lifts are popular in football S&T programs. I know they were for us. Cleans and clean and jerks with squat/bench/deadlift. Building explosiveness.

[THE PISTONS]

(04-04-2022, 12:42 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Yeah. My understanding is oly lifts are popular in football S&T programs. I know they were for us. Cleans and clean and jerks with squat/bench/deadlift. Building explosiveness.

Yep. Add in some loaded carries, but you're right on.

The one I lifted with had rings too for rows and pushups.

Cleans may be the most controversial one as some people learn the technique quick. Some don't. For the ones that can learn it, strength coaches seem to like that.

[kdgjr]

Bengals ask Cincinnati planners to OK interim indoor training facility on riverfront

The Cincinnati Bengals are planning to build an interim indoor training facility and will go before city planning officials next week for their approval.

The proposed bubble would be located south of Mehring Way between the Brent Spence and Clay Wade Bailey bridges. The site is southwest across Mehring Way from the Bengals' current outdoor facility.

Katie Blackburn, the team's executive vice president, said on March 30 at the NFL's annual meetings that the team was "definitely looking" into plans to add an indoor facility soon. The plans were filed with the city on April 1.

Here's the site of the Bengals' proposed interim indoor training facility, between the Brent Spence and Clay Wade Bailey bridges.
The filing with the Cincinnati Planning Commission doesn't mention what will become of the current training facility, other than the team intends "to find a more permanent solution, on the subject site or elsewhere, to its indoor practice needs in the near future."

The new temporary facility, a removable and inflated 75-foot high air dome that attaches to a concrete footer, would have a regulation-size interior turf practice field. It also would have an 8-foot security fence and 187 parking spaces.


The training dome would be built at the team's expense on property leased from Hamilton County with the goal of having it ready for the 2022 season. The dome would be removed from the site in case of flooding since the site is on the banks of the Ohio River, according to the filing with city planners.

The filing does not list a dollar amount for the project.

Hamilton County purchased the seven acres from Hilltop Concrete in 2020 for $12 million and has paved it over for parking. It is part of a $30 million agreement reached with the Bengals and the concrete company in 2018 that paved the way for the music venue to be built next to Paul Brown Stadium.


Hilltop has squeezed its riverfront operations to 10 acres as it looks for a new location.

The county will make the remaining purchase of the land once the concrete company relocates. Hilltop Chief Executive Officer Kevin Sheehan hopes that will be by the end of this year or early next year.

The company has identified another site along the Ohio River in Hamilton County but has not made the purchase final. There's also another site in Northern Kentucky that's a possibility, he said.

He said he hopes to make an announcement in the next few months.

"We have flexibility when we have to be out by," Sheehan said. "There are no hard deadlines to be out. It is in our best interest to make this move happen as soon as possible."

Cincinnati.com will update this story.

[WeezyBengal]

(04-08-2022, 02:35 PM)kdgjr Wrote: Bengals ask Cincinnati planners to OK interim indoor training facility on riverfront

The Cincinnati Bengals are planning to build an interim indoor training facility and will go before city planning officials next week for their approval.

The proposed bubble would be located south of Mehring Way between the Brent Spence and Clay Wade Bailey bridges. The site is southwest across Mehring Way from the Bengals' current outdoor facility.

Katie Blackburn, the team's executive vice president, said on March 30 at the NFL's annual meetings that the team was "definitely looking" into plans to add an indoor facility soon. The plans were filed with the city on April 1.

Here's the site of the Bengals' proposed interim indoor training facility, between the Brent Spence and Clay Wade Bailey bridges.
The filing with the Cincinnati Planning Commission doesn't mention what will become of the current training facility, other than the team intends "to find a more permanent solution, on the subject site or elsewhere, to its indoor practice needs in the near future."

The new temporary facility, a removable and inflated 75-foot high air dome that attaches to a concrete footer, would have a regulation-size interior turf practice field. It also would have an 8-foot security fence and 187 parking spaces.


The training dome would be built at the team's expense on property leased from Hamilton County with the goal of having it ready for the 2022 season. The dome would be removed from the site in case of flooding since the site is on the banks of the Ohio River, according to the filing with city planners.

The filing does not list a dollar amount for the project.

Hamilton County purchased the seven acres from Hilltop Concrete in 2020 for $12 million and has paved it over for parking. It is part of a $30 million agreement reached with the Bengals and the concrete company in 2018 that paved the way for the music venue to be built next to Paul Brown Stadium.


Hilltop has squeezed its riverfront operations to 10 acres as it looks for a new location.

The county will make the remaining purchase of the land once the concrete company relocates. Hilltop Chief Executive Officer Kevin Sheehan hopes that will be by the end of this year or early next year.

The company has identified another site along the Ohio River in Hamilton County but has not made the purchase final. There's also another site in Northern Kentucky that's a possibility, he said.

He said he hopes to make an announcement in the next few months.

"We have flexibility when we have to be out by," Sheehan said. "There are no hard deadlines to be out. It is in our best interest to make this move happen as soon as possible."

Cincinnati.com will update this story.

So this is a temporary one until they can get the permanent one built, correct? 

[fredtoast]

(04-08-2022, 02:35 PM)kdgjr Wrote: The plans were filed with the city on April 1.

Oh, Katie, you little rascal.

You almost got me

[XenoMorph]

(04-08-2022, 02:59 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: So this is a temporary one until they can get the permanent one built, correct? 

yeah this is an inflatable bubble.... just something for this season... Bulding a permanent structure will take more time for planning location/utlities etc...

[kdgjr]

(04-08-2022, 03:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Oh, Katie, you little rascal.

You almost got me

Kudos.

[fredtoast]

"THE BUBBLE THAT JOE BUILT"