Alabama uses the Safety Squat Bar (SSB) Split Squat to create monsters—here’s why.
🔴It creates unilateral mastery: Directly attackinh leg asymmetries that fuel non-contact injuries.
🔴Sport-Specific Transfer: Football requires single-leg power for sprinting, cutting, and tackling. The SSB split squat closely mimics this on-field athletic position.
🔴Spine and Joint Relief: The front handles and camber of the SSB keep your torso upright, relieving stress on your lower back, shoulders, and elbows.
Congratulations to @WaneConnor and Joe Soria on being selected for the 2025 Shrine Bowl!!
Can't wait to watch you put on that @WHS_WarriorFB helmet one more time!!
#ET
Not the ending we wanted. It was an awesome ride. Broke four school records. Finished the season 24-10. Thank you to the seniors! Until next year. #ROLLSIDE
Week 3 Award Winners
Toolbox 🛠️ - Jordon Hurst
King Of The Trenches 👑 - Aaron Cardinale
Team First 🥇- Reid McIntyre & Mac Drey
Shield 🛡️- Christian Jones
ET Hammer 🔨- Anthony Rezac
This is your brain on sleep deprivation.
Scientists in Canada launched the largest study on how lack of sleep affects the brain.
They created games that tested skills like reasoning, language comprehension & decision making.
They had one participant repeat these tests in an MRI machine.
Here's what they found:
On the left is a normal night of sleep.
On the right is when it's deprived of 4 hours of sleep.
The colored areas are the activity happening in your brain. Notice the lack of activity on the right side.
Researchers found there was less activity in the frontal & parietal lobes, which are crucial for decision making, problem solving & mood control.
You are simply not at your best when you don't get enough sleep.
Another study done at the University of Oslo found that lack of sleep leads to reduced clearance of substances from the brain.
These substances are many of the same waste products that are seen to accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Some recent studies suggest that poor sleep contributes to higher levels of beta-amyloid protein in the brain, which lead to the amyloid plaques found in the Alzheimer's brain.
If you want a healthy brain avoid long term sleep deprivation.
What should you do?
• When deprived of sleep avoid making big decisions & pause before reacting to an emotion.
• Fix your sleeping habits. If you can't get enough hours, focus on increasing your sleep quality to make up for it.
Sleep is the best legal performance enhancing drug on the planet.
Make it a priority now so you can protect your brain for later.
Yesterday, LSU legend Boo Schexnayder schooled us on the benefits of speed training at #NSCACon23.
See some of our biggest takeaways from this phenomenal talk that can help you take your training to the next level.
Plus, stay posted for more featured sessions coming soon!
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