Tom Brady trying to prove a case for different training methods

[erod]

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/21227039/can-tom-brady-leave-football-terms-tb12-method

I think Tom Brady is on to something here.

In all sports, injuries are so much more prevalent these days. Yes, players are bigger and faster, but I think it has to a lot to do with the training they do to get their bodies to these conditions.

In effect, they've built themselves into highly tuned Lamborghinis instead of tough, reliable pickup trucks. They perform better, but they break easier.

ACL tears and hamstring pulls were far less common 30+ years ago. Guys got hurt, but not with this much regularity.

 

[Stryker44]

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/21227039/can-tom-brady-leave-football-terms-tb12-method

I think Tom Brady is on to something here.

In all sports, injuries are so much more prevalent these days. Yes, players are bigger and faster, but I think it has to a lot to do with the training they do to get their bodies to these conditions.

In effect, they've built themselves into highly tuned Lamborghinis instead of tough, reliable pickup trucks. They perform better, but they break easier.

ACL tears and hamstring pulls were far less common 30+ years ago. Guys got hurt, but not with this much regularity.

He is a cheater.

 

[sean10mm]

Yeah, those allegedly slightly softened footballs are why he's playing better at 40 than most guys at 28, instead of being a cripple like Aikman and Romo already were in their mid 30s. lol

Brady believes in a lot of woo-woo new age garbage pseudoscience, but he's also probably on the right track by doing a ton of work on flexibility to prevent tears, and keeping a strict diet. Especially for a QB, being able to bench or squat a lot is fairly irrelevant, but being less likely to have pulls, strains and tears is EXTREMELY relevant.

 

[perrykemp]

He is a cheater.

That's your response to the OP's thread about Brady's training methods?

 

[SSoup]

I didn't bother clicking on the link because Tom Brady thinks drinking water prevents sunburn. Tom Brady is a stone-cold dum-dum when it comes human anatomy and physiology.

 

[DoctorChicken]

He is a cheater.

The same people who say this stuff are the same people who will say Zeke is a woman abuser.

 

[Hoofbite]

What he's onto is a marketing ploy to sell a product.

 

[Hoofbite]

I didn't bother clicking on the link because Tom Brady thinks drinking water prevents sunburn. Tom Brady is a stone-cold dum-dum when it comes human anatomy and physiology.

He's selling a product. $15 for less than 2 oz of his magic multivitamin liquid. Get a 200 count bottle of centrum from Amazon for the same price and call it a day.

The only thing I am even slightly interested in would be the neuroplasticity exercises.

 

[yimyammer]

That's your response to the OP's thread about Brady's training methods?

 

[gmoney112]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the league let him get away with HGH use.

 

[punchnjudy]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the league let him get away with HGH use.

I would...but only because it would mean they were competent enough to catch it in the first place lol.

 

[CATCH17]

When you lift a lot of weights it just makes you so tight all the time that you’re definetely more prone to injury.

These guys need to spend as much time doing yoga as they do lifting.


I think some of these injuries we have like Lawrence and Tyron Smith happened in the weight room. Just a guess.

 

[CATCH17]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the league let him get away with HGH use.

I doubt it or they would’ve done it with Manning.

Manning gets into HGH conversations and then all of a sudden he can’t throw a football 30 yards.

 

[CyberB0b]

Seems like a big sales pitch to sell his products. He's been extremely fortunate in his career and hasn't taken a lot of big shots.

 

[khiladi]

Terrell Owens started doing a lot of resistance band training, if I remember correctly, close to the end of his career.

It’s all about training for your goals.

Yes, athletes need to stay flexible, but being a QB versus a DL, the latter needs explosive power and deals with a lot of force, which is just like weightlifting.... Brady being a QB needs to stay nimble and throwing is a lot of technique, using your hips and body to get extension..