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WR Boston's Personal Trainer: NFL Teams' Training Methods are Moronic
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Clipped from: PalmBeachPost.com article by Joe Schad, 5/18/04
David Boston's personal trainer said Monday that the Dolphins' contention the wide receiver should lose about 11 pounds is "counterproductive" and that the training and testing methods NFL teams use are "moronic."
The Dolphins believe Boston plays his best at 229 pounds, but in two months, Boston hasn't shed a pound and still is around 240. Coach Dave Wannstedt believes weight was an issue for Boston in San Diego and doesn't want it to be here.
But Charles Poliquin who has helped build Boston's muscular physique, doesn't see the rationale, considering Boston carries about only 5 percent body fat.
"When you get below 4 percent, you start to encounter sleep disorders," Poliquin said. "So they want him to lose muscle mass and to lose quite a bit of it. The problem is that if he loses weight, he will be more prone to injury and not as fast. That would be taking two cylinders out of a car. The thing about this NFL science is that it's about five or six Olympic medals behind in the times."
The Dolphins believe excess weight may have contributed to lower leg bleeding that kept Boston out of the first three days of quarterback school. Boston expects to return to practice today. Poliquin disputed the notion that Boston's "armor" makes him more susceptible to injury.
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Now we can see where a bit of Boston's attitude problems may be coming from, huh? If his personal trainer advises him to ignore his employer's trainers, it seems like a natural source of some of the friction that we heard about regarding Boston in San Diego last year. Will Boston "shape up" and please the Dolphins, or will his spiral out of favor continue in Miami? We'll keep you posted. Side note: Charles Poliquin is a controversial figure but he has the respect of many folks. You can check his website here http://www.charlespoliquin.net/index.htm and his list of clients here http://www.charlespoliquin.net/clients/index.html It's very likely that he does indeed know a good deal more about strength training than the Dolphin's staff. That does nothing to reduce the friction however.
win win for us i think. either he doesnt lose the weight and causes problems w/ the coaching staff like in san diego... or he lose it and is like 6 cylinder engine running on 4 cylinders according to his trainer.
good.
Full Article:
Clipped from: PalmBeachPost.com article by Joe Schad, 5/18/04
David Boston's personal trainer said Monday that the Dolphins' contention the wide receiver should lose about 11 pounds is "counterproductive" and that the training and testing methods NFL teams use are "moronic."
The Dolphins believe Boston plays his best at 229 pounds, but in two months, Boston hasn't shed a pound and still is around 240. Coach Dave Wannstedt believes weight was an issue for Boston in San Diego and doesn't want it to be here.
But Charles Poliquin who has helped build Boston's muscular physique, doesn't see the rationale, considering Boston carries about only 5 percent body fat.
"When you get below 4 percent, you start to encounter sleep disorders," Poliquin said. "So they want him to lose muscle mass and to lose quite a bit of it. The problem is that if he loses weight, he will be more prone to injury and not as fast. That would be taking two cylinders out of a car. The thing about this NFL science is that it's about five or six Olympic medals behind in the times."
The Dolphins believe excess weight may have contributed to lower leg bleeding that kept Boston out of the first three days of quarterback school. Boston expects to return to practice today. Poliquin disputed the notion that Boston's "armor" makes him more susceptible to injury.
[[[[[[[[[[ OUR VIEW ]]]]]]]]]]
Now we can see where a bit of Boston's attitude problems may be coming from, huh? If his personal trainer advises him to ignore his employer's trainers, it seems like a natural source of some of the friction that we heard about regarding Boston in San Diego last year. Will Boston "shape up" and please the Dolphins, or will his spiral out of favor continue in Miami? We'll keep you posted. Side note: Charles Poliquin is a controversial figure but he has the respect of many folks. You can check his website here http://www.charlespoliquin.net/index.htm and his list of clients here http://www.charlespoliquin.net/clients/index.html It's very likely that he does indeed know a good deal more about strength training than the Dolphin's staff. That does nothing to reduce the friction however.
win win for us i think. either he doesnt lose the weight and causes problems w/ the coaching staff like in san diego... or he lose it and is like 6 cylinder engine running on 4 cylinders according to his trainer.
good.
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