You know I'm a big heights and weights guy. It's what I do. In all srs'ness, I posted last year that I was concerned that our strength and conditioning program may be at the root of some of our problems. No doubt they're in shape but it was evident that we were getting pushed around the field against teams that had no excuse manhandling us. In posing that question to a strength corch buddy, he said that's absolutely the case. The big trend in college sports training has been going to more of a crossfit type regimen, bro. Let's do some duck walks while holding dumbbells overhead, then quickly jump over to handstand pushups. Let's measure and time everything.
I noticed on a recent video of Auburn's workouts, they seemed to be doing a lot more basic core strength moves. A lot of benching, squatting and dead-lifting. I don't know how much of a change, if any they've made. I only know what I see and read about what they're doing. But the updated roster suggests that more than a couple of them have been packing on the mass. Whether it's muscle mass or donut mass, I guess we'll see. Just a few of note:
Montravelosity Adams is up 13 pounds to 309
Jeff Holland has put on 10 pounds and is at 250
Carry On Johnson is up 16 pounds to 211
Alex Kozan is up from 300 to 310
Robert Leff is also sitting right at 300, up from 288
Devaroe Lawrence is now at 303
Dontavious Russell is up to 308
Not that he's played or in the rotation, but Prince Tonagaho-ho Wanogado has put on 32 pounds since coming to AU. Now at 282.
A couple of note that dropped some. Jovon Robinson is down from 230 to 219 and Marlon Davidson has dropped 8 since the spring to 273.
I'm sure some of that weight will be dropped when Fall camp begins, but those are some pretty significant changes and now, just about everyone on the interior of the D-line will be 300 plus.
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