A football strength and conditioning programme is always going to be demanding at any level - but all players can benefit from how it is tailored to get the maximum performance in their sport by understanding some basic ideas.
When you look at any football strength and conditioning regime, there is one thing that you can spot above all others. It is not really about building up endurance for long, long stretches. Football demands explosive power in short bursts, be it for running backs or defensive linemen.
This means an off-season of hours on the running machine might keep you fit in one sense, but it won't really work for getting you in the best shape to play the game. A good football strength and conditioning style workout is not your classical bulky "bodybuilding" approach.
Though linemen will work with weights, they will not do so many repetitions and concentrate on lifting as sharply as possible to build up muscle fibre and increase strength for that "explosive" quick out of the blocks feel at the start of a down. For those looking for speed as their key it's the acceleration that matters to get half a yard ahead of your opponents - unless you keep running in 94 yard punt returns you won't be at full pelt most of the time.
So again, look for exercises that build up that sudden, explosive power and strong muscle fibres to get off you the mark that half a second or so ahead of your rivals.
Football strength and conditioning does vary from position to position - but it is that explosive initial burst that is a common theme.
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