Richie Springs workout vid w/Coach Sal

[UConnKev]

 

[businesslawyer]

To state the obvious, Akok's injury makes Spring';s development much, much more important for next season.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Until I see him score against chairs on the practice court, I am a doubting Thomas.

 

[Excalibur]

Cue the Boneyard's amateur personal trainers . . . now

 

[Austin316]

I find Richie Springs to be a solid basketball player name. Glad he’s putting in the work. Need him to be in beast mode next season looking for minutes to steal.

 

[UConnStats]

Did he stretch enough @Chief00?

 

[ktuck911]

Glad this young man's in the lab getting that body ready for the rigors of the Big East... We are gonna need him as part of our frontcourt... Almost forgot about him after getting caught up into how well we've been coming together with the current squad.. Gonna be a fun ride with him joining in starting next year...

 

[navery12]

Chief needs to step his game up, he's getting beat to the punch by trolls

 

[Excalibur]

Don't like the stress I am seeing on the lower back with a couple of these exercises.
The record: Carlton a step slower and can't jump. Polley out with a torn up knee while
doing a routine jump stop. Akok out with torn achilles after an seemingly harmless jump ball and block. Having torn up my own knee due to a lack of proper warmup and stretching, I think this entire strength and conditioning program needs to reviewed.

Right on cue . . .

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Cue the Boneyard's amateur personal trainers . . . now

@Rocktheworld

 

[awfuldan]

Really could have used this kid this year with our injury situation. Glad he's putting the work in, hope to see him make a real impact next year.

 

[husky429]

Don't like the stress I am seeing on the lower back with a couple of these exercises.
The record: Carlton a step slower and can't jump. Polley out with a torn up knee while
doing a routine jump stop. Akok out with torn achilles after an seemingly harmless jump ball and block. Having torn up my own knee due to a lack of proper warmup and stretching, I think this entire strength and conditioning program needs to reviewed.

Didn't realize you were an armchair SC coach too. Just because you sneer at the lunk alarm at planet fitness 2x a week doesn't mean you have a clue how to train d1 athletes. Every one of these lifts are pretty basic, normal stuff. Fundamentals done at a high level is the goal.

People like you are 100x worse than nelson and pal to me. Having torn your ACL qualifies you to do nothing. Congrats--you are one of 1,000,000 people who have injured their knee.

The idea that this team doesn't warm up is ludicrous.

Carlton will always be slow. It is mental even more than physical at this point. Not knowing where to be on D and an inability to pass makes you look bad. Teams have figured him out.

6'9 kids with bicep sized legs are injury prone no matter who trains them. What looks "routine" to you isn't. These kids bodies are not normal. That jump stop or block puts a heck of a lot more stress on the body than anything you've dreamed of doing.

Injury rates are high all over college bball.

It happens. Stop being so annoying.

 

[UConn Dan]

Remind me, did Springs red-shirt because of pre-season injury ?

 

[husky429]

Remind me, did Springs red-shirt because of pre-season injury ?

Academic. No major injury history, I believe

 

[Rocktheworld]

@Rocktheworld

Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakn' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.

 

[CL82]

Didn't realize you were an armchair SC coach too. Just because you sneer at the lunk alarm at planet fitness 2x a week doesn't mean you have a clue how to train d1 athletes. Every one of these lifts are pretty basic, normal stuff. Fundamentals done at a high level is the goal.

People like you are 100x worse than nelson and pal to me. Having torn your ACL qualifies you to do nothing. Congrats--you are one of 1,000,000 people who have injured their knee.

The idea that this team doesn't warm up is ludicrous.

Carlton will always be slow. It is mental even more than physical at this point. Not knowing where to be on D and an inability to pass makes you look bad. Teams have figured him out.

6'9 kids with bicep sized legs are injury prone no matter who trains them. What looks "routine" to you isn't. These kids bodies are not normal. That jump stop or block puts a heck of a lot more stress on the body than anything you've dreamed of doing.

Injury rates are high all over college bball.

It happens. Stop being so annoying.

 

[BlueMAB]

Don't like the stress I am seeing on the lower back with a couple of these exercises.
The record: Carlton a step slower and can't jump. Polley out with a torn up knee while
doing a routine jump stop. Akok out with torn achilles after an seemingly harmless jump ball and block. Having torn up my own knee due to a lack of proper warmup and stretching, I think this entire strength and conditioning program needs to reviewed.

Did you enjoy the continental breakfast at your Holiday Inn this morning?

 

[UConn2SF]

Dont know squat about weight training, but Sal's hashtag game = legit. #PainNowGloryLater

 

[RipCity]

Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakn' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.

I just lost it at my desk.

 

[Vancat]

People have their own opinions, but JFC, don't you think these people we hired know what they are doing?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Glad to see him putting in the work. He's still skinny, especially those thighs. I realize it's tough with legs that long. That year off should really help him be productive for us next year, even though the injuries meant we could really use him this year.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Don't like the stress I am seeing on the lower back with a couple of these exercises.

Expound

 

[husky429]

Expound

She can't.

 

[Rocktheworld]

She can't.

I wanna see them try lol

 

[pj]

How many players over 6'8" has Sal worked with over the past year? Carlton, Akok, Polly
and Whaley. You do the math.

There's nothing wrong with the exercises they are doing -- as long as they are done with good form, which they are, and weights are not excessive and are escalated slowly, which is clearly the case, the exercises will improve fitness and reduce injury risk.

If there is a problem, it's much more likely to be on the nutritional side than on the physical training side, where it seems we have good expertise. Repeated daily exercise will break down tissue if the nutrition isn't there to build it back up again.

Akok's fall off in production in the month prior to his injury was a sign that something was wrong and injury risk was high. Perhaps that warning sign should have been heeded more closely.

As for your claim that Akok's injury occurred on a routine play, that's nonsense. He made a leap that places tremendous stress on the Achilles tendon from a forward leaning posture in which the tendon is stretched. That's exactly the kind of play you'd expect such an injury to occur.