This is an interesting situation to be in, because it’s tough to keep gaining size while you’re practicing two hours a day.
What I recommend to football players in this situation is that you mix the core exercises like squats, bent over rows, bench presses and deadlifts with your explosive cleans and push presses. Shortening your routines to the basic compound movements will allow you to train twice a week during the season, where your goal is to maintain all of the mass you gained in the off-season. If you can do that, then each off-season you will get that much bigger, stronger and more powerful. This is the same for other sports like basketball, where a younger player needs to put on size to battle down low in the paint. Maintain during the season, build in the off-season.
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