Samaje Perine weight room tale: He's stronger than you

[badger]

What is Perine’s latest feat? Let’s let quarterback Trevor Knight take it from here.

“He was out for a practice or two with a busted up ankle. He wasn’t practicing so they take him into the weight room to do an arm workout. He comes back out and someone was telling us that was unreal. Samaje did 10 sets of 10 with 225 … I can’t do one set of 10 at 225.

“On the last set, he started pumping it out and, instead of looking at the bar and struggling, he just stared into the strength coach’s eyes and pumped out the last set. He’s just physically gifted.”

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextr...880f17a8f.html

[bmjlr]

Good lord, I can't do 10 sets of 10 with 25 pounds. Of course I can do 10 sets of 10 of Natty light curls though. Priorities.

[badger]

Samaje the true sophomore would not be able to curl Natty lights as an underager, so I guess you have him beat there

[Eielson]

Samaje the true sophomore would not be able to curl Natty lights as an underager, so I guess you have him beat there

None of our underage athletes drink!

[badger]

Oh no of course not

Samaje Perine will be the reason why OU fans (and Bob Stoops) can finally let go of the almighty Sugar Bowl win.

[bmjlr]

Samaje the true sophomore would not be able to curl Natty lights as an underager, so I guess you have him beat there

Good point!!! Woohoo!

[swardboy]

All that strength is useless without good wheels. What's the status of his ankle? I hope it's not a chronic issue this fall.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

Could they be a little more specific? I'm assuming this is bench press since 225 is the standard weight used by the pros. How much rest between sets?

Anyway, the problem child is the sets of 10. Most people who lift that much weight typically do sets of 5 (5x5) or sets of 8 (3x8). 10 sets of 10 is just a very odd number.

[BermudaSooner]

Could they be a little more specific? I'm assuming this is bench press since 225 is the standard weight used by the pros. How much rest between sets?

Anyway, the problem child is the sets of 10. Most people who lift that much weight typically do sets of 5 (5x5) or sets of 8 (3x8). 10 sets of 10 is just a very odd number.

I'm assuming bench as well, but then how does he look at the strength coach?--lying on the bench he is looking over at the coach? That seems odd. Curling with 225 is crazy--don't think I've ever seen that.

[badger]

If I had to guess, it was arm curls, not bench press... but looking at those arms, it could have been any arm exercise... how about military press

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

If I had to guess, it was arm curls, not bench press... but looking at those arms, it could have been any arm exercise... how about military press

Military press would be easier than curls, especially if you are doing it olympic style.

[badger]

I just googled that because I'm not a Crossfit workout freak and the images all show them standing, so I assume it would be the seated variety, as he was out of practice with an angle injury

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

I'm assuming bench as well, but then how does he look at the strength coach?--lying on the bench he is looking over at the coach? That seems odd. Curling with 225 is crazy--don't think I've ever seen that.

Yeah, that is what I was thinking (and why I thought it had to be bench). 10 sets of 10 with 225 on curls? it is no wonder we have so many bicep tears. It is one thing to fail on a press exercise where there is a natural collapse, but failing on a pull gets you hurt.

[KantoSooner]

Pushups.
One handed.
Slapping his chest on each rep.
With Eric Stryker standing on his back.
Wearing old fashioned golf shoes.
No rest between sets.

Danny Trejo has accepted a position as Schmitty's asst.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

I just googled that because I'm not a Crossfit workout freak and the images all show them standing, so I assume it would be the seated variety, as he was out of practice with an angle injury

You typically do seated presses with dumbbells (its called the Arnold Press after the guvner) whereas this sounds like its with a bar. I typically work out with 245 on bench and 155 on military press but only curl 110.

[BigTip]

All that strength is useless without good wheels.

Or a competent O-line.

[hornswaggled]

He ought to be able to hold on to the ball with those guns. I can hardly wait to see him stiff-arm a defender.

[PhiDeltBeers]

At 5'7" and 165lbs I could do 2 sets of 10 @ 225 on bench after a warm up. Granted, I was in the best shape of my life at 31 yrs old (now 37). That said, I would hope TK could do 1 set! Hopefully, he was humbly joking.

[cvsooner]

Only curl 110? Sakes.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

Only curl 110? Sakes.

I was playing around with it this weekend. The problem is the set of 10. A set of 5 i can do 160 (35/25/10/5), but a set of 10, i was at 130 and that last rep felt like I was about to detach something