LOL. Road trips in the AL and NL in the 50's and prior were long train rides (vs planes) to places like Chicago where they played cards, smoked and drank (not all of them) and popped greenies. The trainers used to lay them out on the table in the clubhouse before games.
BigErn. It will be great to see your Boneyard photo guy, in one of our buildings, IN PERSON.
Ray Ray had Popeye calfs but that still didn't prevent him from getting in a bike accident
I think, similarly, one of the main issues today with injuries is that kids don't grow up as multi-sport athletes anymore. I think playing multiple sports consisting of different movements builds a stronger body overall. I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure I've read studies that show playing sports during a persons physical development makes permanent changes to the body that carry on into adulthood even when sport participation stops. Anecdotally, everyone I know that played sports as a kid puts on muscle faster than the people I know who didn't play sports. But that could just be selection bias.I found the posted topic interesting so I share this article.
The writer does not condemn training like bodybuilders, but points out the limitation of this training in the broader context of training to develop mobility and flexibility, which are components of any specific sport.
Should an Athlete Ever Train Like a Bodybuilder?
But, is there a place for bodybuilding techniques in the sports performance realm? Should athletes ever train like bodybuilders?www.stack.com
From my limited knowledge of the subject, I found the following excerpt informative:
The main issue with athletes training like bodybuilders is that the workouts don’t prepare them for the physical demands of their sport. As previously mentioned, most bodybuilding routines are calculated, controlled and muscle-specific. Sports are none of these things.