'15 TN DT/OL Zach Stewart (UT Signee 2/4/15)

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highspeed said:
As I said in my initial post, it's great to see these guys throwing up big numbers. As I said in a subsequent post, it's an impressive accomplishment that took lots of hard work and dedication and deserves to be celebrated. Nowhere in that post did I criticize Zack Stewart or say that he "ISN'T" doing anything.

I was only trying to make a broader point that there is more to being in football shape than being able to lift lots of weight. Benching 500 lbs doesn't do you much good if you're exhausted after a handful of plays, so I hope these young guys are taking a well-rounded approach to conditioning. Once they're on campus, I know they'll get good guidance in that regard. While they're on their own, who knows?
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Nobody was screaming prototype SEC ready lineman. Most of us were astonished at the feat of strength for a man so young. If he shows up completely out of shape, a redshirt year under Lawson and another offseason will correct that. I'm personally worn out with every time a commendable accomplishment is published, we get the "Yeah...but" peanut gallery chiming in. Give us credit for a sense of reality and rationale.
 
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highspeed said:
I suspect there are quite a few posters on here who think big-time strength numbers automatically equal "ready to dominate." When I was younger and had less understanding of the game, I would certainly have been among them.
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I guess we get the benefit of your wisdom.
 
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butchna said:
I guess we get the benefit of your wisdom.
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I guess so.

I've always known volnation could be brutal. In almost 4 years of posting this is my first time being on the receiving end of it though. I've dished it out on occasion too, so I guess I was due.
 
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highspeed said:
I guess so.

I've always known volnation could be brutal. In almost 4 years of posting this is my first time being on the receiving end of it though. I've dished it out on occasion too, so I guess I was due.
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I have gained understanding.
 
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Everyone needs to chill a bit. Benching 500 lbs. is but one part of his training plan. Don't forget that within a couple weeks of signing a member of the training staff delivered his training plan. This is a balanced plan to have him ready for June/ July. He also is required to submit weekly reports of his progress. Upper body is but a portion of his overall plan.
 
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VAVolsFan2009 said:
Everyone needs to chill a bit. Benching 500 lbs. is but one part of his training plan. Don't forget that within a couple weeks of signing a member of the training staff delivered his training plan. This is a balanced plan to have him ready for June/ July. He also is required to submit weekly reports of his progress. Upper body is but a portion of his overall plan.
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Beat me to it. All of these incoming players are given a training plan and cardio is included.
 
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highspeed said:
As I said in my initial post, it's great to see these guys throwing up big numbers. As I said in a subsequent post, it's an impressive accomplishment that took lots of hard work and dedication and deserves to be celebrated. Nowhere in that post did I criticize Zack Stewart or say that he "ISN'T" doing anything.

I was only trying to make a broader point that there is more to being in football shape than being able to lift lots of weight. Benching 500 lbs doesn't do you much good if you're exhausted after a handful of plays, so I hope these young guys are taking a well-rounded approach to conditioning. Once they're on campus, I know they'll get good guidance in that regard. While they're on their own, who knows?
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No way I can say this without sounding like a Richard, but thank you captain obvious for stealing a kids glory (which is insane because I max out at 225 and I think that's heavy AF) to speak about the obvious lol. We know being strong doesn't matter if you aren't conditioned to move with the weight. We are all pros and experts here on VolNation, you've been here long enough to know that 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿.
 
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butchna said:
nobody was screaming prototype sec ready lineman. Most of us were astonished at the feat of strength for a man so young. If he shows up completely out of shape, a redshirt year under lawson and another offseason will correct that. I'm personally worn out with every time a commendable accomplishment is published, we get the "yeah...but" peanut gallery chiming in. Give us credit for a sense of reality and rationale.
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🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿
 
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highspeed said:
I'm about to be a buzzkill...

It's great seeing these guys lift crazy amounts of weight, but it doesn't do them any good if they aren't also working on their cardio. I think these guys get really fired up about setting personal records and hitting big milestones on weights (like 500 lb bench and 600 lb squat), but are they getting excited about running and cardio? I think that was one of the keys to Barnett's success as a freshman. He worked out with the track team as a senior in HS, did a lot of running, and, as a result, he came in with great stamina and endurance.

Guys like McKenzie and Tuttle obviously have the strength and explosiveness to be very good early on, but the thing that has the potential to hold them back (aside from injuries or poor technique) is that cardio/stamina piece. They may be monsters on the first couple of snaps of a drive, but how effective will they be on the 8th and 9th? How effective will they be in the 4th quarter when they've played 30+ snaps? Hearing that McKenzie has been running his ass off and lost a lot weight would excite me (no homo) much more than a video of him benching 550.
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There won't be a 8th or 9th snap. When Tuttle and McKenzie are on the field it'll be a world of 3 and outs.
 
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#900
#900
You want your guards to basically be be like Hercules to handle the NT and DT's in this league
 
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