Renegade Training for Football: The Ultimate Guide to Developing Maximum Strength, Maximum Speed and Maximum Power (Paperback)

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What does it really take to win in football? How can you turn apparent athletic mediocrity into an unstoppable force that can't stop winning? Why do God-given talents and genetic-freaks so often fail on the field to lesser mortals? How do you get the victory before you even step on the field? What fail-safe training method can churn out winners, year-in, year-out, with a staggering consistency? Enter the secret stealth weapon of modern football success, Coach Davies, who has helped high school, college and NFL teams to turn lead into gold -- and also-rans into number one -- with startling frequency. In this book, Coach Davies presents you with his full program for gridiron mastery. The physical programme itself cuts to the core of what really, really, really works-in-the-trenches to optimise on-the-field performance. Techniques run the gamut from cutting-edge Eastern European to tried-and-true traditional. It is all here, from rope-skipping, stretching, hurdling, sprint set-up and Olympic lifts to esoteric Russian Kettlebells, abs-work, ladder work, jumping, tumbling and cones. A goldmine of explicit charts and racks of photographs ensure your complete grasp of how to blow past your current athletic level and ratchet up to greatness.

About the Author

Coach Davies develops comprehensive training packages for all facets and levels of football, from high school to college to the NFL. Internationally, Coach Davies has been acclaimed for his work with European and South America soccer teams.

His Renegade Training philosophy is controversial but has proved highly successful in application. According to Coach Davies: "The sheer brutality of my work is probably the reason why my work is so controversial. My approach to work thresholds is unquestionably the crux of arguments against my training philosophy. My athletes are constantly reminded of the relentless, violent nature of their sport and our training reflects that.

Football in its purest form can be simply explained as a sport played by enormous men, of tremendous strength at an alarmingly fast pace. You must prepare your body and mind for the battle ahead. Preparation quickly decides who are the victors and the vanquished. I do not merely ask a lot of my athletes, I ask more than they ever imagined."

Coach Davies instills a "warrior mindset" in his athletes. The result: a stand-out toughness capable of excelling in the controlled chaos and extreme stress of modern football. Physically, his athletes have consistently broken through past performance barriers to dramatically enhance their speed, strength and power.

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: Dragon Door Publications (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938045423
• ISBN-13: 978-0938045427
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #719,193 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A review by an average Joe, December 12, 2002

By	Zuelquorneen (chicago) - See all my reviews

Okay, I'm not a football player, or a football coach. I'm a guy who wanted a book about training. Football players are some of the best conditioned athletes - even if some of them don't look like it. I'm a regular guy who wants to be in good shape. So from that perspective:

The Good: There are many exercises to improve your agility, strength, and power. Things that can benefit anyone of any sport or sportless background.

The Bad: As someone else said, there is no guidance. In general, there is no mention of amounts of sets, reps, or how often. No recommended routines or schedules. Just an explanation of how to do the exercises and drills.

That being said, this book does serve as an "idea book" so I can incorporate new things into my workouts. If you are looking for a book with a collection of interesting exercises (though someone may say some of them are not practical) and can deal with the lack of guidance, get this if you are willing to pay the high price. ...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For experienced weight trainers, October 5, 2004

By	J. F. Kubissa - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have played football very competively in both high school and college and can tell you that the fooundation that Davies lays out in his book produces better results than any other workout I have seen. There are some problems with the book however. First, as everyone has stated, there is no scheduled training guideline, this requires the reader to formulate their own. Thankfully I was very experienced and could do so with no problem. But I know that not everyone else is. Another problem with the book is that Davies has no emphasis whatsoever on gaining size. And yes, ask anyone who played real football and they will tell you that speed and then size are the two most important things (acceleration x mass= force). Davies has few if any exercises for developing much mass and even alludes to size slowing one down. Big mistake for anyone who wants to play a high level of football. It is few and far in between when someone has so much muscle that they are slowed down by it, look at the professionals. So again I had to go back and address that problem as well. Lastly, these exercises are not easy to accomplish. Many require considerable experience on how to perform the lifts, though Davies does a decent job with the pictures of showing you how to perform them. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with enough experience to formulate their own routine, if not it will only give you insight into some new lifts.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, July 17, 2003

By A Customer

I've heard nothing but great things about Coach Davies, and figured anybody hired by more than one NFL team to consult regarding their strength and conditioning programs certainly knows what they're doing. While I'm sure Coach Davies does know what he's doing, this book isn't the comprehensive guide to physical training that I thought it would be. It's more of a list of exercises and drills, which seem very useful... but without being put in the context of an overall approach to training, really didn't provide much benefit for me.

A book that did provide EVERYTHING I was looking for is "A Chance to Win" by Coach Mike Gentry. I can't speak highly enough about this book. It provided everything from the basic physiology, concepts about training cycles, different objectives during different points in the season, nutrition, motivation, etc. It also provides the requisite exercises and drills for strength, power, speed and agility development; and most importantly (for me) it provides loads of detailed, day-by-day, very specific sample training routines that combine everything for you. You want a sample workout for an advanced skill position player during the offseason? It's got a day-by-day 18 week program laid out for you. This book is comprehensive. Now, I'm a regular guy... just looking to get more out of going to gym... and this book has been fantastic. I've noticed real gains, and more importanly my knowledge about what I'm doing and why has increased dramatically. I can't recommend Coach Gentry's book enough.