Lightning Strikes San Diego Chargers\' Dave Redding\'s Unusual Methods to Effect

by Larry Hartstein

American Football Monthly March 2007 Issue OnlineSTRATEGY

San Diego’s Dave Redding, the 2006 Samson Strength and Conditioning NFL Coach of the Year, describes football as an “awkward movement sport.”

And that description shapes his strategy on training the Chargers.

“I could really care less what they bench, squat or power clean one time,” he said. “I don’t test them on that. I do test them on their ability to sustain a very intensive effort for two hours, four days a week, year round. The o
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