UCLA Football 2010 Offseason: Athletic Testing

[@killyou45]

You can tell the guys on the team are really supportive and push each other. It's awesome to see

[@lunaf013]

Currently i am playing football at a J.C. and it is videos like this that get me excited to play a university in the near future.

[@brisseurdos4051]

So how did it go

[@davequader8595]

Thank God for all you experts!

[@Footballking33]

the punter was hype & the damn kicker was knocking that damn 315 out

[@worldwidewinter]

"strength is developed by exercises that use LOTS OF JOINTS and LOTS OF MUSCLES, moving lots of weight over a LONG RANGE OF MOTION... Fundamental strength exercises like the squat, press, deadlift, bench press along with the power exercises like the clean and snatch, always form a basis of any S&C program that is actually useful to an athlete..this is true precisely because these exercises are quite non-specific- they develop useful strength and power that can be applied to any athletic context"

[@ripperduck]

As the son of a proud Bruin alumni, just want to shout out "Go Bruins," make us proud....

[@Nisinique]

John Young Class of 2014 TE..Retired due to injury.My cousin Bleeds Blue n Gold. Will be graduating on time and has Corporate Job on Lock..Blessings John Harding Young

[@UCLA]

YES! Another successful Bruin! Thanks for sharing!

[@eizeman]

@xXxDaTruDyNastyxXX As everyone already knows...bounce bench is when the lifter drops the weight down onto to their chest with enough speed to bounce the bar off their chest, using momentum rather than strength to press more weight than they can by touching or pausing the bar on their chest. At heavier weights (500+ lbs) bouncing is hard to do, but the UCLA football team is benching light weight incorporated with a bounce off the chest to add a few pounds to their maximum bench press.

[@sodear2meee]

this footage is super tight !

[@PIEDOODLEZ]

Yes you can depending on what you do

[@ThatDunneKid190]

@the4halves you gain muscle when you do your full workout, a max attempt isnt meant to help you gain muscle, its just how you find out what your top performance weight is for one rep, its not meant to be a workout

[@worldwidewinter]

Tendons and ligaments are only at 30% maximal tension at 100% maximal muscle tension!!! Squatting below parallel and leading with the hips are ESSENTIAL to the squat. The hamstring will not fully engage until at or below parallel which aid in the effort of securing the femur from sliding in front of a sheering the patela, meniscus, etc. Plus going to maximal depth increases the range of motion of the exercise building way more strength then quater squats!

[@attilaezsias2464]

I'm surprised you guys don't do deadlift testing!

[@lburdeos464]

Squatting does not have to be to parallell-The lineman or running back is not below parallel when blocking. Tackling is low with driving the hips and legs into and driving the opponent to the ground!! The base for a football is low hip combined with hip and leg drive!! Shoulder- strength-bench pressing-including incline benching is a big benefit The power clean works sheer power! Excellent for football The bruins will succeed in football!!

[@lburdeos464]

@worldwidewinter Outstanding and thank you for your compliment. Not only am not a prepubescent-but a sapiential individual who recognizes that erudition is indispensable to fathoming the "strength and conditioning" insights of contemporary lifting. Yes, I am an adherent to the "treasure trove." Interesting, you maintain that I never addressed your concerns-wrong I have repeatedly done so. I am not incurable; perhaps you and I advocate on differing methods which results in pellucid facts

[@Woofydoof630]

They were better than a ton of other colleges.

[@matjusm1]

Awesome gym and some very strong athletes there. To my great surprise, the power cleans in this video aren't as bad as in many other football S&C videos (though there is still a lot of lateral splitting with the legs, catching the bar on your wrists and just muscling the bar up). However why are all those "record" squats so high? The guy at 5:00 is just barely bending his knees a bit, in no way is that a squat.

[@worldwidewinter]

@lburdeos464 Mark rippatoe was one the of the first on the board of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a senior USA weightlifting coach, Official Crossfit strength and barbell advisor, USA Track and Field Level One Coach, previous powerlifter and owner of one of the most prolific strength and conditioning gyms in the country in Wichita Falls,Texas and the author of Starting Strength and Practical Programming two of the best selling and highly regarded books of their kind

[@06livefast]

captivating..

[@racerfarrow]

really nice weight room, id like to be in there in there one day!

[@ObiWanKenobi]

it's a shame Christian Yount got cut. I'm glad I got to meet him tho

[@iKrackeD]

no problem man

[@DanielHernandez-un4oc]

His voice is like that because he screams a lot,just like the marine core

[@lburdeos464]

@eizeman Correction: the football team is 1-2 . Maybe you should limit your boasting- "can lift more than any of the records." If you can lift, be excessive in your accomplishments, not denigate or slander the athletes in their developmental stage

[@Hawkpeter1]

Making a mockery of barbell lifting. Is it too much to ask for a few things from college football weight rooms. Squatting is below parallel otherwise its a curtsey. If your spotters are bicep curling the same bar your are pressing then it doesn't count. If you have to do the 'ol star jump reverse curl clean with scramble foot recovery then maybe you should take some weight off the bar and learn how to clean effciently

[@Babatunde24]

I feel you on that, these kids know how to train propery now or should.

[@brianomahony1809]

why is everyone hating? yeah, its not the best form on max day. But UCLA is not any worse than any other school. football players are not olympic lifters. Everyone else hating on them... why are you watching this??? get over yourselves.

[@ericfenton8364]

If they had quarter-squatting and synchronized benching at the Olympics UCLA would have a team of gold medalists

[@MrTopGunnar]

2:15 all this testing why dont you teach them proper form haha what the fuck was that

[@dangazder1836]

I agree, you think as a strength and conditioning coach at a collegiate school they would teach proper form, and depth.I guess he missed a couple years in college lol

[@MrTopGunnar]

Dan Gazder lmao these guys are going to snap their shit up big time

[@mumpert8091]

And typing this is supposed to change what happened in 2010?

[@lburdeos464]

@aguenias Poor lifting? Based upon what denotation? or what sports training or Strength and conditioning manual are you referring to?

[@cashdaddy99987]

agreed my man! as a former bruin football player, there is nothing that pisses me off more than people runnin thier mouth to shit they dont understand, every athlete that can PLAY at this level is one of the best athletes in the nation. everybody needs to stfu you dont know the commitment it takes and many of you never will

[@prodoman89]

it's called being a team ;) it's pretty much a brotherhood

[@paulhetherington3854]

Paul Hetherington 57 seconds ago (edited) Experimental fake skin, with magnet chip!-- 2 wires, connected-- wrapped around-- anatomy clases, fake skeleton! Gives you, blue stream-- programmed as VCR, what banks! Matches most LEDs!

[@eizeman]

@matjusm1 Unfortunately for UCLA the "record" lifts are 3/4 squats and bounce bench with high school level weights.

[@Babatunde24]

315 being a record for Safeties... I benched 315 my senior year in high school

[@MrClayton90]

Are they going low enough on their squats? I want to know so i can trsnafer it into my training, I have noticed a lot of controversy in exactly what depth to squat it.

[@4thFloorFitness]

A Functional Movement Screen isn't a flexibility or coordination assessment, just so no one gets confused here...

[@DarthLampe]

@thtkidudntknow1 They're helping lift the weight, you can tell. Not on all of them, but some of them absolutely.

[@lburdeos464]

@DuiVert The football team is 3-2-perhaps you have misconstrued the purpose of a "clean."

[@lburdeos464]

@eizeman Excuse me, but the UCLA football team was VICTORIOUS last night!

[@worldwidewinter]

And the power clean is a test of POWER not maximal strength(im not saying the "power" in "power clean" refers to this however it's actually the depth of reception of the bar) some athletes i know are extremely strong but couldn't translate that strength in the olympics lifts at first because of lack of power development, mobility, nuero-muscular coordination, flexibility and early technique limitations...

[@nLInversion]

you're supposed to arch your back. This is to use your back and traps as a foundation to press..

[@jimmercastro]

Looking back. There's too much emphasis on "Position" weight lifting records. It doesn't mean shit if the team sucks. And they did. Go Bruins. Go Sal Alosi

[@leothelion634]

5:10 whys the dude following the squatter with his camera...

[@uhwarrior71]

@Lamborghini274 why would he need to go parallel ? he's low enough . it's not powerlifting .

[@npharvey]

@Lamborghini274 you will find this with most S&C programs. Don't be suprised

[@rey5600]

@lburdeos464 How can you say squatting does not have to be parallel? IT DOES

[@ezirikeezirike]

Guys I know they aren't squatting to full depth. Lets understand that once you pass a weight like 450 . Squatting low invites poor form . So yea there max isn't great form but with consistency it will get there

[@SteezySteez2011]

If you can't do it with good form, then you need to lower the weight. This isn't rocket science.

[@MattyBeavs]

UCLA LETS GO! BABYY :) YEAH BUDDY!

[@worldwidewinter]

@lburdeos464 are you a licensed trainer or coach?? so what makes you think you know about ANYTHING that is going on besides staring at this video and liking the team??? please tell me?! id like to see one counter argument explaining why you believe its important to limit the range of motion of a maximal back squat and how the legs and hips are the limiting factor, and why a 3rm is accurate for maximal strength testing? i dont want any fancy words unless they are based in anatomy and physiology!

[@paulhetherington3854]

I"m not allowed, any bench press! My culture!

[@NT-fb6ow]

Every bar was touched and helped, no legit lifts here.

[@juicyjfan]

They aren't powerlifters so fuck off

[@NT-fb6ow]

john doe Never said they were, if someone helps you lift the bar it's not legit. None of these would count in any way in powerlifting because of the technique anyway, but that's not what I said.

[@juicyjfan]

ben-t powerlifting also condones some extreme arching so that comparison isn't shit

[@NT-fb6ow]

john doe No it doesn't. I never compared them to powerlifters.

[@juicyjfan]

ben-t you just did

[@DuiVert]

'YEAH BABY LET'S DO A POWERCLEAN AND DROP THE BARBELL BEFORE WE ARE DONE!!!'

[@Ep1cPvP]

I know right, and then they give him props T.T

[@gagejones101]

@YoungBuckmen they implemented a new diet program consisting of growth hormones and anabolic steroids

[@MaestroKong]

there are 117 likes. as a fan, id like to keep it that way.

[@lburdeos464]

@swampa904 The football team is a JUGGERNAUT!!!

[@EndlersaurusRex]

@TheBagBalm Though there is such thing as half squatting, it isn't very good for football

[@MAskDCreePer]

@MrThedamned100 Because, that's what a "Family" does.

[@cashdaddy99987]

its the victory bell, usc vs ucla...they play for the victory bell

[@Banter17101992]

Anyone know what weights the different colour weight plates are?

[@thabest1995]

@hp0904 You ever heard of lifting groups??

[@LosDoyers8]

damn my high school weights coach would die watching their form......

[@lburdeos464]

@worldwidewinter I think you miscomprehend football and such proficiency talents as tackling. Let me apprise you of college football games-observe the method of tackling-high to low. Observe the blocking, too In addition, let me dissent, the "squat" can be a quarter, half or "full." The football team, the lineman, linebackers, running backs, kickers, punters, have specific requirements for their position. the squat,in contrast to your defamatory comments develops hips-thighs-not upper body

[@worldwidewinter]

@lburdeos464 Mark rippatoe isnt the only coach who believes strength isnt trained through sports specific movements..EVERY COACH with a brain does!! even this coach does! thats why hes using bench press, completely not specific to any motion in football(especially considering the kinetic chain of ALL upper body movements in athletics start from the ground) but a decent STRENGTH building exercise.so why is he using the bench press if he is tailoring his squats to mimic tackling and blocking then?

[@MkMcManus]

hitting there genetic ceiling! that sounds cool!

[@frontdesk123]

all those records were broken, what about football records?

[@seminole1sport]

how many times

[@worldwidewinter]

@lburdeos464 HYPERPLASIA? HYPERTROPHY? you dont even know what these words mean and they have NOTHING to do with anything we have been talking about!! hyperplasia? you mean the concept of increases cell numbers?? you mean the concept that Phil Gollnick and Ben Timson proved to contribute to a zero net increase in muscle mass? wow FASCINATING!!! NICE! you are so witty! you still haven't addressed anything i have ask you to!

[@DarthLampe]

I see a lot of spotter help on these...

[@joebarto]

@sjm39 agreed I wonder how many kids get hurt allowing such sloppy tech. at such high weight.

[@ThisIsMetalz]

@underarmour5353 You're so awesome man. You should go train the guys at UCLA. WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE THEY COULD BE THE BEST IN THE WEST!

[@gab1918]

when your doing those tests its all about lifting has much has you can no one cares about the forms its all about showing your strengh

[@lburdeos464]

@worldwidewinter What exact or dynamic qualifications do you embody to castigate a strength coach at a football university like UCLA? My reasonable inference is that you appear to be jealous or at least frustrated at the strength program. Your punctilious and contumacious criticism and/or examination of college athletes appears to be undeserved and unwarranted. Besides the football team has one victory and commences PAC 12 play on 9-24-2011

[@DirtyDogg77]

@mmalover1991 the UFC dude?

[@codeman95291]

you're not suppose to bounce the bar off your chest when you bench press like some of the guys on this video were

[@cameronkolwich3692]

what college is that?

[@skubbles]

Don't know if I would call some of those real power cleans..

[@viralencore85]

If that's as low as I've got to go to squat, then at 5'6 and 200 lbs I can squat just about as much as a D1 lineman.

[@xXHEELTOEXx]

315 x 3 ?

[@RequiemForABuckeye]

That blond operating the bod pod is a hottie.

[@kdubLLM]

Wow... What a facility for athletes. It is far superior to anything my school has.

[@ThatDunneKid190]

why dont you just have them do a 1 rep max, your true max is howmuch you can do 1 time, thats why its called MAXIMUM, do you see olympic weightlifters or power lifters going to 3 reps?

[@kurtcoby]

even though they get their asses kicked by SC every year, at least their players don't break their trachea while doing bench presses

[@cashdaddy99987]

i think hes doin something right....

[@TheSK818]

@Lamborghini274 not even close to playing for UCLA........

[@lburdeos464]

@worldwidewinter Rippatoe is not hired NOR retained by any PAC-12 or Big 10 or SEC school. YOU stated he WAS-so contemporary strength coaches disdain his "erudtion." Those books are perused by who? Importantly, the UCLA football team is winning. This Rippatoe is not a "expert" nor has he trained an NFL football player either. He still is mythical. He coaches USA weight lifters -now the justification is patent:-why USA weightlifters lose-Rippatoe That "gym" is utilized by ravavis?

[@KevTech]

brace yourselves, personal training posts are coming..........

[@EthanTate44]

I'm just a highschool player, but spreading your legs like that on cleans isn't good.

[@worldwidewinter]

@lburdeos464 if you knew even one single thing about training you would know that strength training is meant to be GENERAL. let me quote one of the best S&C coaches mark rippatoe "so the concept of specificity has its limitations, while training should be relevant to the goal at hand in terms of selecting exercises that develop the muscles/movements used in the sport, it is neither necessary nor desirable to exactly mimic either a sport skill or the exact metabolic demands in the weight room...

[@ccmTopher34]

I want a body pod

[@mn2609AA]

That's why they coach a college football team and you don't?

[@the4halves]

@ThatDunneKid190 you don't gain any muscle doing one rep

[@speedstrengthathlete]

That Power Clean from the Floor look bad.

[@THREEGUNNER1]

@Lamborghini274 you try doing tht much its fucking hard

[@CnCProductions1]

your 5'6 and 200 pounds?!

[@Lamborghini274]

@ThisIsMyAltAcnt i know right

[@lburdeos464]

@eizeman Bruins football team is 3-2 in the Pac 12!!!!

[@kennyevansalligatorvideos1878]

my brother play for them

[@krb0123]

they call squats "back press"...WHAT IS THIS?!