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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Darren Avey on December 29, 2021, 10:49:24 AM
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Was a thick powerful looking dude even in later years
Bet he put four wheels a side up like no tomorrow.
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Was a thick powerful looking dude even in later years
Bet he put four wheels a side up like no tomorrow.
Less than Andre the Giant
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His house is modest by football-star standards—a tidy yellow-brick, single-story,nondescript he bought for around $50,000 in 1966, his second year with theBears. In 1968, with his fortunes vastly improved, Butkus expanded the house,adding a workout complex. In it stands Dick's pride and joy: a Universal Gym,$2,400 worth of muscle-building machinery on which he manufactures the strengththat makes him the game's best linebacker. "My weakest point is the benchpress," Butkus allows during an impromptu tour. "I only lift about 200,and the weights go up to 220. But I don't want to get muscle-bound. I need thatmobility." On the military press, which goes up to 200 pounds, Butkusregularly lifts 170 or more—the weight of a minuscule running back. "Incompetition," he explains, "you can do things that no gym can teachyou."
Leg weights, asit-up machine and many other Charles Atlas adaptations are available on theUniversal, and starting in May of every year Butkus begins using them. He worksout with two football-playing neighbors, Marty Schottenheimer of the Bills andJohn Johnson of the Broncos. After a few sit-ups the trio takes off in sweatsuits for a half-mile airplane runway belonging to a neighboring farmer. Theyrun for an hour or two, mixing the action up with competitive sprints andhandicapped distance races, then return to the gym for a few friendly leglifts. ""Working out by yourself can be deadly boring," saysButkus, "'but with Marty and John it's all a lot of fun. Sometimes, atparties, after we've had a few beers, some of us guys come down here andcompete on the weights but I try not to overdo it. This machine is supposed tokeep me from injuries, not inflict them."
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2013 Patriots -
(https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2013/06/record-board.jpg).
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What does the "DL/SL" mean for squats?
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What does the "DL/SL" mean for squats?
Double Leg / Single Leg.
I think the SL version is done like a split squat.
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Interesting stuff.
Butkus was "weight room weak" but hit like a freight train.
"In competition," he explains, "you can do things that no gym can teach you."
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I don't want to get muscle-bound. I need that mobility.
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His house is modest by football-star standards—a tidy yellow-brick, single-story,nondescript he bought for around $50,000 in 1966, his second year with theBears. In 1968, with his fortunes vastly improved, Butkus expanded the house,adding a workout complex. In it stands Dick's pride and joy: a Universal Gym,$2,400 worth of muscle-building machinery on which he manufactures the strengththat makes him the game's best linebacker. "My weakest point is the benchpress," Butkus allows during an impromptu tour. "I only lift about 200,and the weights go up to 220. But I don't want to get muscle-bound. I need thatmobility." On the military press, which goes up to 200 pounds, Butkusregularly lifts 170 or more—the weight of a minuscule running back. "Incompetition," he explains, "you can do things that no gym can teachyou."
Leg weights, asit-up machine and many other Charles Atlas adaptations are available on theUniversal, and starting in May of every year Butkus begins using them. He worksout with two football-playing neighbors, Marty Schottenheimer of the Bills andJohn Johnson of the Broncos. After a few sit-ups the trio takes off in sweatsuits for a half-mile airplane runway belonging to a neighboring farmer. Theyrun for an hour or two, mixing the action up with competitive sprints andhandicapped distance races, then return to the gym for a few friendly leglifts. ""Working out by yourself can be deadly boring," saysButkus, "'but with Marty and John it's all a lot of fun. Sometimes, atparties, after we've had a few beers, some of us guys come down here andcompete on the weights but I try not to overdo it. This machine is supposed tokeep me from injuries, not inflict them."
;D
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You could argue Butkus was the best defensive player ever.
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You could argue Butkus was the best defensive player ever.
Him and Lawrence Taylor.
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2013 Patriots -
(https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2013/06/record-board.jpg).
Ben Watson benched 495? Geez. James Harrison has vids of him hitting almost 500 currently. Dude is in shape too. He's no fat powerlifter
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2013 Patriots -
(https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2013/06/record-board.jpg).
355 on bench for a QB is really good. I'm surprised they even let QB's bench.
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Him and Lawrence Taylor.
Yeah LT was a wild man on and off the field.
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Weight training used for hypertrophy (bigger muscles, larger body weight) is what football players are after. Pure strength really does not equate to much on the field IF not accompanied my larger size.
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Yeah LT was a wild man on and off the field.
He cheated to beat Bam Bam Bigelow
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the way he tosses the bar around after failing is more impressive than the lifting
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Adding 20 lbs with no spotter seemed ambitious, he was clearly near a max on the first lift.