Weightroom Report

[rgw]

Which of the new DT's are as big and strong as Andre?

What tackles on roster are as good as Andre? Mr. Smith will play that position on Sunday.

 

[NYBamaFan]

LSU's Herman Johnson is playing LT at 6'7" 372. I believe he backed up the starter last season who weighed 325-335.
Arkansas OT's play at 330ish same for Georgia. I didn't check all the SEC lines but I would prefer my OTs to be over 310.
I bet Andre hasn't seen 290 since his junior year of HS.

I know. My thought was of his setting his goal weight low so as to produce an athlete with a somewhat lean body mass. The goal wouldn't necessarily be to achieve that actual weight, but to reach the BMI score that he would achieve were he at 290 today.

At 357, he is obese. At 320, he would probably still be obese. Lord knows that he looked obese at 330 last season.

Were he to focus on reducing his body fat to a lower level, he might just find that he could end up at a weight of 320, but with a much healthier BMI. This would make him a more effective FB player...

 

[realmc1969]

I'm all for him losing body fat. I can only imagine how awesome he would be if he lost his body fat. He is great now and he is only a FRESHMAN

 

[bayoutider]

I know. My thought was of his setting his goal weight low so as to produce an athlete with a somewhat lean body mass. The goal wouldn't necessarily be to achieve that actual weight, but to reach the BMI score that he would achieve were he at 290 today.

At 357, he is obese. At 320, he would probably still be obese. Lord knows that he looked obese at 330 last season.

Were he to focus on reducing his body fat to a lower level, he might just find that he could end up at a weight of 320, but with a much healthier BMI. This would make him a more effective FB player...

There are many men weighing 310-330 who are not obese.

Wrestled at 308-318 and was pretty darned agile.

This guy is over 300 where is the fat? Obese does mean increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat.

 

[victory hunter]

Did I give you permission to put my pic at the bottem of your post?:biggrin:

 

[realmc1969]

There is nooooo way she weighs 300, maybe 250 but three hundred noooo way.

 

[UA All the Way]

Did I give you permission to put my pic at the bottem of your post?:biggrin:

Now that's funny. :biggrin:

 

[Hoose]

I think there is a roid rule in the college football rule book. at least they won't be girlly men. cause we have arnold. He's going to pump them up.

 

[SimCastilleFan3]

Never knew a obese boy could be a pulling tackle!!!

 

[lynyrd skynyrd]

Never knew a obese boy could be a pulling tackle!!!

Or catch a touchdown pass...

 

[TexasBammer]

There are many men weighing 310-330 who are not obese.

Wrestled at 308-318 and was pretty darned agile.

This guy is over 300 where is the fat? Obese does mean increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat.

Just to split hairs... :biggrin2:
I don't believe the hulkster weighed over 300... except maybe when he was much younger.

And Ronnie Coleman shows up for the Olympia in the 290's, but I don't think he'***** 300 yet.

However, he is packing some severe muscle mass..

 

[Bama323]

Just to split hairs... :biggrin2:
I don't believe the hulkster weighed over 300... except maybe when he was much younger.

And Ronnie Coleman shows up for the Olympia in the 290's, but I don't think he'***** 300 yet.

However, he is packing some severe muscle mass..

Don't forget the Hulkster is like 6'9". He should weigh over 300 lbs.

 

[NYBamaFan]

There are many men weighing 310-330 who are not obese... Obese does mean increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat.

I agree, but Andre doesn't look like either of the men whose pictures you posted. Andre has an "excessive accumulation of fat". Just look at his pictures. And if he looked like that at 330, he must be a sight at 357.

Like I said, were he to get to a much leaner 320, he would be more effective. 330 lbs, but carrying around 50+ lbs of fat, might mean that he has more bulk for a defensive lineman to push around, but left tackles face the quickest defensive linemen. Therefore, they must be quick and agile to be effective. While Andre was very effective early in the season last year, his performance slipped quite a bit late in the season. Whether that was because he was out of shape, or because the SEC competition was simply better, the fact still remains that there is room for improvement.

He is no Chris Samuels - yet...

 

[NYBamaFan]

Don't forget the Hulkster is like 6'9". He should weigh over 300 lbs.

In reality, he is "only" 6'4" - though he was billed as 6'7" in the wrestling world for obvious reasons. At his peak, he weighed 275 lbs. This from several sources...

 

[bmcklv]

Just to split hairs... :biggrin2:
I don't believe the hulkster weighed over 300... except maybe when he was much younger.

And Ronnie Coleman shows up for the Olympia in the 290's, but I don't think he'***** 300 yet.

However, he is packing some severe muscle mass..

I was chiseled when I played, but that is grotesque. I would bet my money on Andre putting him in the dirt, though, because all that muscle would get in the way of agility.

 

[rolltideas]

CRC is also busting the baseball players chops as well. I guess the ripple effect is in full force. All UA athletics will be beasts in the SEC.

 

[bayoutider]

Kevin Nash 6' 11" 356 pounds.

 

[BEATtutorsee]

I know. My thought was of his setting his goal weight low so as to produce an athlete with a somewhat lean body mass. The goal wouldn't necessarily be to achieve that actual weight, but to reach the BMI score that he would achieve were he at 290 today.

At 357, he is obese. At 320, he would probably still be obese. Lord knows that he looked obese at 330 last season.

Were he to focus on reducing his body fat to a lower level, he might just find that he could end up at a weight of 320, but with a much healthier BMI. This would make him a more effective FB player...

This is a situation where the BMI index is a bunch of garbage. For your average person it is fine to try and conform to this index, but when you're dealing with athletes like football players it doesn't do much good. Just because these guys can weigh over 300 pounds doesn't make them "obese" as the BMI index would lead you to believe. I'm not saying that a lot of them couldn't be in better shape, but if they were truly "obese" they wouldn't be able to do the things they do on the field. This doesn't even take into account players that you could look at and clearly see were in terrific shape, but if you were to rate them on the BMI index they would be considered "obese." I think reducing one's body fat is a terrific idea for everyone, but the BMI index can be somewhat misleading IMO, especially when you try to apply it to athletes.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Another incidence where the BMI is all wet is that it doesn't take account of skeletal changes that come with age. In my case, I have degenerative disk disease, which has caused me to lose three inches or so in height over a period of 15 years or so. I normally lift four days a week, and have since I was twelve years old. Although I've suffered some muscle mass loss, it's far less than most my age. Doesn't matter to the BMI, if you take actual height. Even though my case is extreme, there's some natural shrinkage with age even without DDD. The BMI doesn't take account of this factor, among several others. It's a very crude tool...

 

[uafootball92]

In regards to Andre being 350+, a lot of football players want to gain weight in the offseason, so that it is easier to build muscle and then come a few weeks before fall practice, start running it all off. Guys at my high school would take weight gainer and add 10 or 15 pounds, i'm talking linebackers, running backs, and defensive backs, so that they could gain muscle and then run it off. I would say it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for college linemen to gain 20-25 pouns in the offseason of fat and then once the muscle is built, run it off in the summer.