Quote:One can build muscle, the way a paraplegic can, by doing plenty of bench-press work, curls, and other beach-body exercises, but to build the same sort of raw strength required to be an offensive lineman, you will need more than just exercises that mostly just isolate the arms and shoulders.  Deadlifts and cleans are generally required for linemen because, besides the indirect workout to the upper body that you get from deads and cleans, the development of the "posterior chain" is crucial in developing upper body strength.  I could continue at length on what I mistakenly thought was common knowledge for football fans (particularly those willing to take a public stand on offensive linemen strength training), but I'm going to guess that this will bore most of the board.

 

That's why they invented pull up bars.

 

Besides, a broken ankle is a 3 month injury usually... Someone motivated to improve upper body strength could have easily worked on those iso workouts and strengthened his back and core until his ankle was ready to endure more dynamic power explosion type exercises.  

 

You are making excuses.  

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