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[QUOTE="CIL, post: 1187509, member: 22"]
You'll probably lose some gains during the season, that's pretty much the norm.  But you have to remember, these guys aren't Joe from the local LA Fitness.  Even your average player even at a FCS school is an excellent athlete.  These people are pretty much gifted and come into school with natural ability to get stronger than the rest of us.

Maintenance pretty lasts from August to December.  You take a few weeks off and get right back into things.  I'm not saying they are on;y doing 3 to 3 sets of 5 on the bench and squat and call it a day, but they certainly aren't doing 3 x 10 on bench, 4 x 8 on the incline and banging out dips until they can't move.  There is a much bigger emphasis on olympic lifts and explosiveness these days.

Sample off season day would have

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[*]prehab stuff:  foam rolling, mobility work, band pulls for shoulders, rear delts,  etc.
[*]some med ball work: throws, slams, etc
[*]olympic lift 3x3
[*]standard push pull, squat, etc 3x5
[*]lunges 3x8
[*]pull ups 3x8
[*]curls, etc 3x8
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These programs today are designed to get players in and out in under a hour.  Freshman and RS freshman, players that don't play much might more a tmost places, but even then, it is nowhere near the amount of lifting, conditioning, and plyos being done in the offseason.  These kids are also spending time in practice beating themselves up a bunch too.
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