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This week, Chiefs Wire's Ed Easton Jr. spoke with Team USA Weightlifter Aaron Williams.
In his interview with Easton Jr., Williams discusses his recent offseason workout with Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jack Cochrane at USA Weightlifting's National Team Camp at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He praises Cochrane's weightlifting progress and offers tips for any prospective athletes who want to pursue a pro weightlifting career.
"For someone who doesn't specifically train just for technique and just for load, he (Cochrane) moved incredibly well, and especially being tall," said Williams, "I mean, we gave him a few pointers here and there, but for the most part, if we gave him some time and some reps, I think he would be very competitive very quickly."
Cochrane is a two-time Super Bowl champion who typically serves as a leader on special teams under coordinator Dave Toub.
His offseason focus on weightlifting has benefited him and could inspire many other football players and athletes seeking to pursue it as a profession.
"Be willing to build back up from the bottom. Because whenever I first found the sport, it was kind of by accident. It just happened to be the coach working at the gym I was going to. I knew I had a certain strength level, and I felt that, in my opinion, I should have been lifting certain weights. Still, I wasn't, and it was because I didn't have the foundation of the technique to begin with." said Williams, "So it's one of those humbling things where you have to be willing to take a couple steps back and rebuild properly to have success and longevity in a sport like weightlifting, it's gonna a lot of things that you've done in the past are gonna translate over, especially if you've lifted weights, if you've been playing football, you've been in uncomfortable positions, moving 300 pound guys around. There's a lot of it's going to come naturally, but being able to take a step back and just allowing yourself to rebuild properly, that would be my biggest piece of advice."
The Athlete Identification & Recruitment Initiative is a targeted USA Weightlifting effort designed to identify exceptional athletes from non-weightlifting sports whose physical qualities, movement characteristics, and long-term potential align with the demands of Olympic-style weightlifting.
For more information, visit the USA Weightlifting Athlete Identification & Recruitment Initiative and learn more about Williams on his Weightlifting profile.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Aaron Williams shares advice for football players on weightlifting
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In his interview with Easton Jr., Williams discusses his recent offseason workout with Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jack Cochrane at USA Weightlifting's National Team Camp at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He praises Cochrane's weightlifting progress and offers tips for any prospective athletes who want to pursue a pro weightlifting career.
"For someone who doesn't specifically train just for technique and just for load, he (Cochrane) moved incredibly well, and especially being tall," said Williams, "I mean, we gave him a few pointers here and there, but for the most part, if we gave him some time and some reps, I think he would be very competitive very quickly."
Cochrane is a two-time Super Bowl champion who typically serves as a leader on special teams under coordinator Dave Toub.
His offseason focus on weightlifting has benefited him and could inspire many other football players and athletes seeking to pursue it as a profession.
"Be willing to build back up from the bottom. Because whenever I first found the sport, it was kind of by accident. It just happened to be the coach working at the gym I was going to. I knew I had a certain strength level, and I felt that, in my opinion, I should have been lifting certain weights. Still, I wasn't, and it was because I didn't have the foundation of the technique to begin with." said Williams, "So it's one of those humbling things where you have to be willing to take a couple steps back and rebuild properly to have success and longevity in a sport like weightlifting, it's gonna a lot of things that you've done in the past are gonna translate over, especially if you've lifted weights, if you've been playing football, you've been in uncomfortable positions, moving 300 pound guys around. There's a lot of it's going to come naturally, but being able to take a step back and just allowing yourself to rebuild properly, that would be my biggest piece of advice."
The Athlete Identification & Recruitment Initiative is a targeted USA Weightlifting effort designed to identify exceptional athletes from non-weightlifting sports whose physical qualities, movement characteristics, and long-term potential align with the demands of Olympic-style weightlifting.
For more information, visit the USA Weightlifting Athlete Identification & Recruitment Initiative and learn more about Williams on his Weightlifting profile.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Aaron Williams shares advice for football players on weightlifting
Continue reading...
