Stephanie wrote a bunch more on the changes with the new offseason conditioning program.
http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/2...tioning_1.html
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As I've discussed before, under the old program, the primary focus was lifting machine weights and then doing skilled pattern running for the player's position (like running patterns for wide receivers, or dropping back and rolling out for quarterbacks). As illustrated by this old Texans strength and conditioning manual (pdf link), machine lifting was used because the thought is that you can lift more weight if you take the skill of lifting and balancing out of the movement (p 49-61).
I don't know about you, but if my primary method of lifting was only machine weights, I would be bored out of my skull in short order. ...
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