Quote:So basically, there was nothing preventing Luke from doing bench work and other upper body exercises to improve his upper body strength?

No.  And, I'd imagine he did what he could: some bench work, some military presses, and the little bit that he could do, etc.

 

Was that your shiny little point? Was that why you took the time to detour the thread in this manner, so that you could prove that, oh yes, he could have gotten some incremental improvement in upper body strength? If so, please explain how that in any way adds value in any manner, or detracts one iota from the post that you quoted and responded to that said that LJ would greatly benefit from a full off-season of strength training. The point is, and remains, that he did not get a full off-season of strength training last year because his injury hindered him from doing many of the strength-training exercises required of offensive linemen, other than the few handful of exercises that you so helpfully reminded us that he could still do, as if we didn't know that, and as if that is in any way relevant.

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