Eleven Warriors

Form wasn't perfect but not terrible either. Least he wasn't doing knee crunches.

Urban recruits a different type of beast I can't wait to get this season started!!!!!!

what do you mean knee crunches?

That's what I call it when a dude stacks a lot of weight in the gym and he travels approximately 2 inches with it. Because of the angle of the camera it was hard to see if Bosa's quads actually went parallel to the floor, which is what qualifies as an official lift in power lifting meets. Regardless, the travel was enough to incorporate some deep muscle fiber growth. He was doing work! Excellent effort for a 17 year old kid.

Yeah, he's gotta really sink down into that thing. Do less, get more out of each one, it'll be a better workout. Not bad, though.

I think we're looking at the next John Simon

Def would not have counted at a powerlifting comp, but impressive regardless

@JASON, I meant more in being a workout warrior, maybe without the humility. In the same way  Simon is "Tebowish", doesn't mean he's devoted to religion haha.

I second the idea about a lifting thread, I'd love to talk to some other serious lifters.

I concur.

Let us not forget Billy Price, who was recruited by Simon AND family. He has a really good family around him and he is also known as a relentless workout warrior.  Can you imagine what these guys will be like in 2-3 years, heck, what all of our recruits will be like if Price and Bosa set the tone as leaders for the program

Those were half squats, not even close to full squats. But a very strong young man none the less.

Ohio and Pennsylvania are universally accepted as the heart of the power lifting and to some extent the bodybuilding movement. I was always amazed at how many large bodybuilders I saw in our old rusty gyms when I was young. I worked hard in preparation for the USMC. Little did I know that I should have focused more on cardio, than mass building. My cardio wasn't bad. I maintained what I developed from my senior year of wrestling but I shot up from 145 to 185 in just 5 months. Most of that was putting water weight back into my system. I wrestled in the pre hydration test years. Back on point, It might have been because I was so young and smaller that I thought so much of the other dedicated men in the gym but I don't see that same level of drive and dedication but in a select few, in other areas of the nation.

I know that there are certain areas in California and random places in Florida dedicated to that lifestyle but I have never seen such a concentrated interest as when I was at home. There is a town in Alabama, Trussvile to be exact, where there seems to be a blooming interest in the sport. I think law enforcement needs to protect some of the kids at that high school there. Some of those guys I saw there on a business trip looked much larger than Bosa. I am normally the first guy to give someone the benefit of the doubt when it comes to accusations of "supplemental use" but it was a little too obvious in this instance.

Sorry for the way my comment bounced around. I too enjoy talking about the challenge of physical development.

The JO North is full of people using the squat racks for shoulder shrugs. God damn that pisses me off.

@Javalen - What's the big deal?  *shrugs shoulders*  ;-p

I can confirm with certainty that I would be crushed under that kind of weight...

Good information! Yeah I know there are isolated areas in every state where certain activities are favored more than others. It just appeared that no matter where I went in Ohio lifting and Buckeyes were always prominent.

Yeah, I have never used a suit for lifting. I always believed that if I wouldn't have it on (in the real world) when I needed it then I didn't want to lift with it. The only exception were things that supported my back and knees. I was never much of a power lifter. I typically did a blend of shaping and strength movements. In my prime I was a mid 500 on bench low 7s on deadlift and high 7's on squat. those numbers when compared to the elite powerlifters as mentioned above, were no where close to theirs. Leave it to Ohio lifters to leave you humbled. Just when I thought I was accomplishing something in the south, I'd come home and always found someone to impress me in the gym.

@Fortmeyer

i actually remember a guy in my HS doing 600 plus with good form but he was not near the athlete that Bosa is. Bosa is sure to be a beast after a few years on campus and with Marioti.

Just imagine if we end up getting Da'Shawn Hand in the 2014 class... We could end up with a D-line rotation with Spence, Washington, Bosa, Hand, Schutt, Price, Hill, Mike Bennett & Steve Miller, etc.... hot damn, that would be impressive.

Sounds like we have a few weight lifters on here, which is awesome.  Bosa is a strong dude, but he is going nowhere close to parallel.  Proper technique grows muscle so much faster.  check out this link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnV7vEi7Sz8

If that interests you, just google stronglifts 5x5.  It is a pretty amazing workout.  I have been doing it for a few months now, and the results have been pleasant. 

I played DIII football down at washington and jefferson and considered myself pretty strong. My best max bench was 345 hen i weighed roughly 205 (soaking wet) my Junior year of college, which got me pumped as hell that i got it. Then, I clear the rack, and This massive Cro Magnon Man comes in, lines up 6 plates on each side, reps out ten, and leaves.... That was it..... Wham. Bam. Thank you ma'am. I felt like such a weakling and almost called it a day to go home and lick my wounds.

My favorite lift is hang cleans though. For some reason I get excited for hang cleans.

Lifting thread would be key. would like to get input and advice because after football (been out of college for two years) i kind of got away from the lifting scene. Just starting to get back into it, more for toning and cardio, and could use a centralized thread to ask some questions.

Still, Bosa is a freak man, 17 years old!!!??? excited to see this kid play.

Half squats or not, absolutely rediculous!!! Kid is a beast! Wish he were on campus for this year, gonna be hard waiting to watch him suit up!!!!!

I started a topic on the above information if anybody is interested. If someone else would like to do something different I can break mine down. Just wanted to contribute.

-JKRK

Not sure when the coaches can "offically" give the recruits training packets and info to be prepared for the camps, etc. I would think the day after they graduate its all fair game. I do know that they get a big package concerning a training routine to prepare them, I just don't know when. Hopefully somebody else can answer b/c I'm curious as well.

OL Tommy Brown was in my graduating class, and all sports use the same weightroom. Somewhere around the summer before my senior year, an OSU football workout was posted on the weightroom wall. Im not sure whether our football coach got that for him, or it was sent by the administration, but he was on it senior year.