Unconstraining The Lineman
At LSS, we believe that one key to solving the Lineman Development Problem1 is optimizing joint function year-round. By treating the lineman as an absolute strength athlete, we leverage the most potent training methods Exercise Science has to offer.2 Our intent? To develop neurological synergies and scale up the lineman’s neurological network so he is completely unconstrained on the field.
Understand: Unconstraining the lineman solves the neurological aspect of the Lineman Development Problem. Through our system of actualizing the lineman’s neurological potential in reality, we can say with confidence: we’ve solved the neurological aspect. Now, our training strategy focuses on sustaining joint function to support the violence this lineman is primed to generate.
Violence is The Answer
This scaled-up neurology enables the linemen to generate both force and velocity at outputs that violently displace their blocking targets. The standard on game day isn’t just to block the target—it’s to punch their sternum through their spine when the opportunity presents itself. This level of violence doesn’t just dominate the line of scrimmage; the shockwaves from these punches reverberate through the target’s neurology, shattering their psychology and breaking their will to compete.
Joint-Specific Training: Non-Negotiable
For those who have not read our manual, now you understand the standard of violence we demand on film. The magnitudes of force one of our linemen’s neurology can generate on the field, fueled by adrenaline after a violent block, stimulates them like any other predator, to output at even higher levels—once they taste it, they crave it. But at these extreme levels of violence, the joints and connective tissues are pushed to the brink of chaos—sometimes to the point where they can no longer support such violent force transmission outputs.
The beauty of it? Joints and connective tissues are trainable, just like neurology. Our system acknowledges these biological elements not only as trainable but as prerequisites. To avoid the tragic scenario where a lineman’s neurology outpaces his biology, we make joint-specific training non-negotiable—and a year-round priority.
As Olin emphasizes, this approach doesn’t just create biologically durable linemen. It provides football coaches with athletes who possess all the neurological and biological prerequisites to learn and in time master the art of generating the special strength that is blocking. You’re welcome, football coaches.
Check out the video to see how this training optimizes the trainable afferent-efferent feedback loop3, delivering enhanced output on the field.
"Movement—this the real phenomenon which is the basis for sport and its composition."—Y.V. Verkhonshansky4
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Max Effort and Dynamic Effort Methods. See our Absolute Strength Standards.
Credit to Dr. Andreo Spina, Dr. Michael Chivers, and Functional Range Systems for educating us at LSS about the joint afferent-efferent feedback loop.
Fundamentals of Special Strength Training.
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