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Home » IDEA Answers » I have a friend who has played semi-pro football and wanted me to put together a program for him.
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Question asked by christopher shaddock 172 days ago

I have a friend who has played semi-pro football and wanted me to put together a program for him.

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What kind of program should I put together? Knees are not as good after playing for many years.

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Answered by Karin Singleton 172 days ago
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Hi Christopher,

ultimately, the program still depends on his current goals and the results of your fitness assessment.

The fact that he has played semi-pro fotball in the past has bearing only to the extent to which he approaches training in general. I have sometimes found that ex-athletes still want to be pushed beyond their limits, and it is often not easy to introduce a training approach more consistent with their current status and goals.

On the other hand, he probably has a good workout discipline and a great sense of body awareness even if his playing days may be long gone. That means that he needs to be challenged not necessarily with pure strength workouts but with those that involve the entire body using a lot of core strength.

I wish you fun and good luck.
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Answered by Jason Martuscello 171 days ago
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Pre-Requisites:
Health/Medical Screening
Informed Consent
Fitness Assessment

This possible can not be answered by anyone unless the above is conducted.

Fuel the Movement,
JM

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Answered by christopher shaddock 171 days ago
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Thank you both. Very helpful!
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Answered by Susan D'Alonzo 66 days ago
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I would concentrate on strength work, and as much "functional " training as he can withstand.

TRX is great and Circuit Training would be beneficial.

Once you do your initial assessment you should then be able to design a proper workout.
I agree with Jason and also: unless you analyze and organize, it won't work otherwise.
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Answered by Joanne Duncan-Carnesciali 66 days ago
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It's hard to determine when one doesn't know what are the goals of the client. What is he training for, health, fitness or performance.

It's a little easier to give a suggestion if one know his goals.
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His goal is for better health. He admits to not keeping up with his health after he quite playing football.
Comment by christopher shaddock 65 days ago
Christopher, I encourage you to do a bit a research on exercise programming for health, fitness and performance as the program variables are different.

If he has health conditions, the way his body responds to exercise would be different than training him if he were healthy.

I don't know what health conditions he has so I can not give you a more concrete answer.

What I can tell you, is if his goal is health you want to design a program with the objective of reaching his health goals first. Afterwards, you can design a program with the objective of fitness.

Hope this is of help to you.
Comment by Joanne Duncan-Carnesciali 65 days ago
 
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