The Adam Archuleta Workout Video????

[DCskins12]

I just ran across this while I was on scout.com....

http://www.protectmanagement.com/video/freak.htm


I wonder if he teaches "riding the bench 101"

[The Batman]

Arch's trainer... is that THE Jay Schroeder?
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[Bleeding Burgundy]

it should be

[buenosdiaz]

man i wanna see that...be more explosive and what not

[talk show host]

I just ran across this while I was on scout.com....

http://www.protectmanagement.com/video/freak.htm


I wonder if he teaches "riding the bench 101"

yeah thats been out for like a million years and on their website for like a million years. but thanks for finally noticing it and starting a new thread about it. now if you actually bought the video and could tell us about it... that would be something. for all his workouts, he evidently cant put his physical prowess to good use on the field.

[bigyim]

Hey, don't knock it. It takes a lot of "fast-twitch" muscle action to be a punt-block protector...

[Bleeding Burgundy]

Here is an example of Archuleta doing a workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzf4sAcRC-k

[zoony]

Don't waste your money on the DVD. If you want to get the Archuletta workout, stand in one spot while people run by you.

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[Tastes Like Chicken]

Don't waste your money on the DVD. If you want to get the Archuletta workout, stand in one spot while people run by you.

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Yeah- by guys that are taller than you and outweigh you be a good 30+ lbs, no less.

Oh, and don't forget the 'biting on double moves' exercise.

And my personal favorite, the "Making Punt Protection Personal" bonus disc.

[Sawyer5500]

The Adam Archuleta workout DVD, when you need to make a lot of money fast by doing nothing.

[elkabong82]

Yeah! Let's create a thread that insults a player and offers no real valuable input. Yeah!

As talk show host pointed out, the video has been on a here many, many times. Before we even signed Arch the video was posted on here. Arch isn't great in coverage, he is great at stopping the run and tackling. When we had him in, he led the league in tackles for a safety. Unfortunately, due to injuries in the secondary and on the defensive line, Arch was forced to do a lot of coverage, meaning he was put into a bad situation. Nobody here was saying he would be great in coverage when he was signed. Yet, because he was benched, which had a lot to do with the fact he was injured and hid it, everybody craps all over him.

Here's a crazy idea, why don't we see how Arch does when the defense as a whole isn't ranking in the bottom of the league? Why don't we give our guys more than one year to prove themselves? Oh, I know, I know, it's blasphemy around here to think a player can't improve unless we drafted him.

[DButz65]

Here is an example of Archuleta doing a workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzf4sAcRC-k


Is it just me, or does that man have NO CALVE MUSCLES? lol i mean none, almost a straight line up and down.

No wonder he's so slow :laugh: and his ankles are 2 inches in diameter

[the burgundy and gold]

we all know that he sucked last year, but you have to admit he's a great athlete.

[phatSkins27]

Hey, don't knock it. It takes a lot of "fast-twitch" muscle action to be a punt-block protector...

Apparently not fast enough when we gave up that safety against an 0-5 Tennesee!

Jason Campebell trained with Doug Williams and replaced a busted starter in mid season and Arch trained with Jay Schroder and was benched after playing foiotball like bozo the clown...maybe Its just me but I see a pattern....

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[phatSkins27]

we all know that he sucked last year, but you have to admit he's a great athlete.
There are a lot of great athletes at the olympics but half of them are women and the other half do not play football!:D

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[D'Pablo]

Say what you will about Archuletta, but that work out is no joke. Just go ahead and try the demonstrative exercise in the video.

[Ryman of the North]

Archulleta is a crap athlete but through hard work he turned himself into an NFL player, the guy had little talent coming out of high school but he put the time and effprt in to become a decent NFL player. I would say that he has done more with less than any other NFL player. I hope he comes back and has a great season.

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Here is an example of Archuleta doing a workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzf4sAcRC-k

Man this comment under that video had me rollin...

"If you - like Redskins Free Safety Adam Archeleta - wish to bulk up, make it to the NFL, play two mediocre seasons in St. Louis, become the highest paid safety in NFL History with the Redskins, start two games, get burned for multiple touchdowns, get demoted to special teams by Week 8, miss a block that leads to a blocked punt, whine about the fact that the coaches lied to you, then go home and pork a fine peice of tail every night, then THIS DVD IS FOR YOU! "

[thesubmittedone]

Yeah! Let's create a thread that insults a player and offers no real valuable input. Yeah!

As talk show host pointed out, the video has been on a here many, many times. Before we even signed Arch the video was posted on here. Arch isn't great in coverage, he is great at stopping the run and tackling. When we had him in, he led the league in tackles for a safety. Unfortunately, due to injuries in the secondary and on the defensive line, Arch was forced to do a lot of coverage, meaning he was put into a bad situation. Nobody here was saying he would be great in coverage when he was signed. Yet, because he was benched, which had a lot to do with the fact he was injured and hid it, everybody craps all over him.

Here's a crazy idea, why don't we see how Arch does when the defense as a whole isn't ranking in the bottom of the league? Why don't we give our guys more than one year to prove themselves? Oh, I know, I know, it's blasphemy around here to think a player can't improve unless we drafted him.


Hey, elkabong... I totally agree with everything you just said there but I was just wondering where you got the part I bolded, italicized, and underlined for you (don't you dare miss it ;) ). Not saying I think you're lying, I promise you that... just really interested in knowing where that came from, cuz I definitely missed it. I know Adam himself was complaining that the coaches benched him and didn't tell him why, and with what you're saying it makes perfect sense. They shouldn't have to tell him why. That was messed up of him to do, period. If you can clear that up, I'd appreciate it. If it's just what you think yourself, it's still interesting to say the least. Could be the case. :)

[Ryman of the North]

I read that he hurt his back working out, If 85% of who he is as a player has to do with being in better shape that would affect his ability. I said it before we signed him that he would be a higher than average injury risk befire he has no margin for error.

[thesubmittedone]

Well that's damn interesting. I never heard or read anything like that. Really puts the Archuleta situation in a whole new light for me. You guys got any links or anything?

[Rolling Thunder]

Yeah! Let's create a thread that insults a player and offers no real valuable input. Yeah!

As talk show host pointed out, the video has been on a here many, many times. Before we even signed Arch the video was posted on here. Arch isn't great in coverage, he is great at stopping the run and tackling. When we had him in, he led the league in tackles for a safety. Unfortunately, due to injuries in the secondary and on the defensive line, Arch was forced to do a lot of coverage, meaning he was put into a bad situation. Nobody here was saying he would be great in coverage when he was signed. Yet, because he was benched, which had a lot to do with the fact he was injured and hid it, everybody craps all over him.

Here's a crazy idea, why don't we see how Arch does when the defense as a whole isn't ranking in the bottom of the league? Why don't we give our guys more than one year to prove themselves? Oh, I know, I know, it's blasphemy around here to think a player can't improve unless we drafted him.

Are you Archuleta's agent or his mom? I love the comments from Arch fanboys who say he is great in stopping the run but everyone knows he can't cover so it's the Redskins fault for putting him in that position. Do ya think the other team scouts the Skins and gameplan to make Arch cover? A one dimensional safety is soon toast.

[ALLWORLD]

A one dimensional safety is soon toast.


Well I use him to blitz out of the 46 on madden and hes awesome :doh:

lol

[robotfire]

yeah thats been out for like a million years and on their website for like a million years. but thanks for finally noticing it and starting a new thread about it.Your post was equally insightful. Thanks for adding to the conversation!

[pjfootballer]

I hope Adam realizes he needs to stop working out and start working on improving his football skills and not his squat jumping ability. The guy's in great shape no doubt, but I'm willing to give him 1 more season. Work on the football skills AA, not your squat thrusts.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Are you Archuleta's agent or his mom? I love the comments from Arch fanboys who say he is great in stopping the run but everyone knows he can't cover so it's the Redskins fault for putting him in that position. Do ya think the other team scouts the Skins and gameplan to make Arch cover? A one dimensional safety is soon toast.

Well if it isn't the Skins fault for putting a one dimensional safety in the position he doesn't excel at....who's fault is it?

I dont really care for Arch, I'm not a fanboy. But really, he was out of position last year, you can't deny that.

[XxSpearheadxX]

Well if it isn't the Skins fault for putting a one dimensional safety in the position he doesn't excel at....who's fault is it?

I dont really care for Arch, I'm not a fanboy. But really, he was out of position last year, you can't deny that.

Arch used to be able to hold his own in zone coverage - last year not at all.

Its not like he never covered at all before, his best years were in Lovie Smith's Cover 2 in St. Louis

[skins4life61]

I just ran across this while I was on scout.com....

http://www.protectmanagement.com/video/freak.htm


I wonder if he teaches "riding the bench 101"

Riding the bench 101...:laugh:

[Spaceman Spiff]

Arch used to be able to hold his own in zone coverage - last year not at all.

Its not like he never covered at all before, his best years were in Lovie Smith's Cover 2 in St. Louis

I know that, but still. It's not the strongest part of his game.

Being able to "hold his own" isn't equate to dominance. It certainly doesn't equal what we're paying him.

[ChiefPowhatan17]

Maybe Arch can get a video on how to cover in cover 2.

[Wyndorf25]

Don't waste your money on the DVD. If you want to get the Archuletta workout, stand in one spot while people run by you.

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LOL...good one!

BTW, what is up with AA's friggin eyebrows? He looks like a transvestite on steroids.

[SinisterJay]

Man this comment under that video had me rollin...

"If you - like Redskins Free Safety Adam Archeleta - wish to bulk up, make it to the NFL, play two mediocre seasons in St. Louis, become the highest paid safety in NFL History with the Redskins, start two games, get burned for multiple touchdowns, get demoted to special teams by Week 8, miss a block that leads to a blocked punt, whine about the fact that the coaches lied to you, then go home and pork a fine peice of tail every night, then THIS DVD IS FOR YOU! "i like the last part

[jrfriedm]

You know some of you guys really make me sick. The guy was brought in here to be a run supporter and a blitzer, and because of injuries was asked to be a pass defender which he never has been. But of course you have your heads to far up your @$$ to realize this. You know better than a Hall of Fame head coach and a great defensive cordinator. So tell me, why aren't you coaching?

:stupid:

[Bleeding Burgundy]

I agree. Yes, Archuleta had a rough first season, but he still has his strengths, being a blitzer and a run stopper. This past season, his weaknesses far outweighed his strengths due to other injuries forcing him to back up and play where he isn't as effective. But once he gets the support he needs in the secondary (Smoot & Rogers) both he and Sean Taylor can play instinctively.

[Blackest Eyes]

man you guys are rough on the dude. Granted he didn't have the best season last year, still no need for ripping him apart. I know he did some things that weren't so good, missing tackles and blowing coverages. But you have to remember he was new to the defense and was still learning it. If he is awful this next year, fine rip him apart. But until then I would like to see you all get out there and try to cover those guys. I'm in shape but I know I couldn't do it. This board has way too much negativity sometimes.

[jrfriedm]

man you guys are rough on the dude. Granted he didn't have the best season last year, still no need for ripping him apart. I know he did some things that weren't so good, missing tackles and blowing coverages. But you have to remember he was new to the defense and was still learning it. If he is awful this next year, fine rip him apart. But until then I would like to see you all get out there and try to cover those guys. I'm in shape but I know I couldn't do it. This board has way too much negativity sometimes.

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[trez]

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[DC_Native,NC_Fan]

man you guys are rough on the dude. Granted he didn't have the best season last year, still no need for ripping him apart. I know he did some things that weren't so good, missing tackles and blowing coverages. But you have to remember he was new to the defense and was still learning it. If he is awful this next year, fine rip him apart. But until then I would like to see you all get out there and try to cover those guys. I'm in shape but I know I couldn't do it. This board has way too much negativity sometimes.

I think the negativity toward the players is all in good fun. Famous people are fair game to criticism. OTOH, I think that the negativity toward our fellow posters, especially during the offseason, is a bit unwarranted. "You posted something that was already posted 6 months ago". Wow. What a burn.

Funny post OP. :cheers:

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

i shed a tear every time i see the archuleta jersey rack at the redskins store in tysons. theyre like the ugly dog nobody wants to buy.

[Cdowwe]

Looks like workout season is starting early

[Taurus82]

Id rather watch John Basdow videos

[Smoot Point Really]

Is it just me, or does that man have NO CALVE MUSCLES? lol i mean none, almost a straight line up and down.

No wonder he's so slow :laugh: and his ankles are 2 inches in diameter

I think you secretly have a man-crush here...

[BawlCoach]

Arch's trainer... is that THE Jay Schroeder?
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Saw that too.... Reading on to see if someone else answered.

[RedzoneHunter]

This may be a very good video for women. Who knows, it might be right up there with the Richard Simmons workouts?

Archuleta may want to consider resigning from the NFL and beginning a new career in this field, though he might want to take a few pointers from Simmons on how to dress in a way that's more compatible to women?

[tone_dubbz]

Yeah I've seen this video before last year when we signed him. I remember a lot people on this forum we're pretty optomistic about him coming here too.

[DButz65]

I think you secretly have a man-crush here...


Yea, ok, whatever :rolleyes:

[Skins110]

We need to give AA one more chance. Let's see what he can do with an improved secondary around him and a better pass rush.

[cphil006]

go skins...

Archuleta, while a workout warrior, doesn't react fast enough. Maybe he will this season. we shall see.

[cphil006]

by the way, not the same Jay S. as the one who played here.

[pjfootballer]

You know some of you guys really make me sick. The guy was brought in here to be a run supporter and a blitzer, and because of injuries was asked to be a pass defender which he never has been. But of course you have your heads to far up your @$$ to realize this. You know better than a Hall of Fame head coach and a great defensive cordinator. So tell me, why aren't you coaching?

:stupid:

Whoa dude. Lay off the caffeine. While I agree with you that AA shouldn't be ripped, and I do agree that he deserves another season to prove his worth, you went a little to far with the heads up the asses thing. We all have a right to our opinion, no matter if it is right or wrong. If he was just brought in to be a run stopper/blitzer, then the FO made a big mistake. You can't put a SS out there solely for that purpose or teams will make him pay with the pass, which they did last year. Someone else mentioned he had an injury. What injury? As far as I know, he played in all the games.

The Redskins just misjudged the type of talent they were getting. Like I said in my earlier post, AA needs to stop with the workouts/calistenics and workout in the film room and on the field, trying to improve his coverage skills.

[nemocystem]

Whoa dude. Lay off the caffeine. While I agree with you that AA shouldn't be ripped, and I do agree that he deserves another season to prove his worth, you went a little to far with the heads up the asses thing. We all have a right to our opinion, no matter if it is right or wrong. If he was just brought in to be a run stopper/blitzer, then the FO made a big mistake. You can't put a SS out there solely for that purpose or teams will make him pay with the pass, which they did last year. Someone else mentioned he had an injury. What injury? As far as I know, he played in all the games.

The Redskins just misjudged the type of talent they were getting. Like I said in my earlier post, AA needs to stop with the workouts/calistenics and workout in the film room and on the field, trying to improve his coverage skills.

ok...a few things here.

yes...we definitely overpaid for him. I liked him alot in St. Louis, but not that much. although I was excited we brought him over, we could have done a little better maybe at a couple of other positions for THAT price.

on the other hand (saw those videos actually pre-draft with St. Louis. Mel Kiper made them show it like 3-4 times before & after he was picked by them), he was drafted as an OLB & was converted to a safety. even the Rams knew when they drafted him that his prime usage was in run support & blitz packages. Lovie did want to use him a bit as a John Lynch type of safety but Lynch has always been serviceable in coverage.

I am still curious to see if another year in this system will be another year towards AA's imporvement, & I lean towards the guess of that being the case. in Greg Williams' D he's supposed to play at a tweener position that's more like a hybrid SS/OLB. he's supposed to play closer to the LOS & be able to react to seam reads & cover TE's or RB's that try to split the middle...but the help has to come from the MLB spot if he's got to cover for the WLB who might be blitzing, in this scenario he has to read either an inside "hot-route" & meet the receiver or he needs to read the flat.

he did neither exceptionally well last year but, he was coming from a predominantly cover-2 scheme. Williams does play SOME cover-2, but it was mostly out of necessity last year to try & cover up our porous (& oft injured) secondary. with some health & maybe some upgrades (most particularly pass-rush & secondary) we should be able to attack much more succesfully this year than last. we don't have the personnel to run cover-2 because that's not what we're trying to run.

that's what killed us the most last year. see most successfull cover-2 teams & you'll see at least 1 gargantuan DT & another run-stuffing DE, usually on the quarterback's strong side. you'll get speed rushers on the blind-side & a stunting DT at the opposite side. then you usaually have smallish "speed backers" to run around behind the d-line & be able to cover more ground (usually 12-20 yards...though Urlacher sometimes will cover 25-30 yards) in their drop-backs for pass-coverage.

we have medium to just above average speed at LB (Rocky is the exception) & a smaller DT quota than most anybody who runs the cover-2. about the only position we satisfy in this scheme is the blind-side DE w/Andre Carter & maybe you could make a case for Philip Daniels at the other side. Griffin would be great as a complimentary DT to a space-eater type in any scheme really, but if he gets more help from the backers & the edges with the blitz he'll be fine where he is.

anyways...I digress. the point is, our team is not set up for the cover-2. in-fact, we were probably more capable of running a 3-4 in a pinch than running a cover-2, but we needed to stop the bleeding in the passing game so a 3-4 would have done almost nothing to help our situation.

if we are blessed with better health this year, plus having had an extra year to soak up the system, then this should be a year where we can truly see if AA is right for our team.

believe me, I'll be one of the first to jump on the AA bashing bandwagon if this is the case & he still does not perform within range of his contract. though, I personally think we need somebody a little-bit more versatile. too bad everyone seems to be leaning towards a D-Line fix, otherwise Landry & Taylor in the secondary would put the fear of God into the rest of the league.

[SPRINTxBOMB]

Wow... All of the immediate and incessant whining over my " Browns to the Superbowl " thread has somehow actually paid off for the countless " how dare you start a new thread " and the " I cant believe the Mods let you talk about poop "cry-babies around here... Unbelieveable.

It was a very legit thread. Not sure where in the rules it says that " Any and all humor will not be tolerated here at ES!!! "

Jeez... Lighten up guys.

[jrfriedm]

Whoa dude. Lay off the caffeine. While I agree with you that AA shouldn't be ripped, and I do agree that he deserves another season to prove his worth, you went a little to far with the heads up the asses thing. We all have a right to our opinion, no matter if it is right or wrong. If he was just brought in to be a run stopper/blitzer, then the FO made a big mistake. You can't put a SS out there solely for that purpose or teams will make him pay with the pass, which they did last year. Someone else mentioned he had an injury. What injury? As far as I know, he played in all the games.

The Redskins just misjudged the type of talent they were getting. Like I said in my earlier post, AA needs to stop with the workouts/calistenics and workout in the film room and on the field, trying to improve his coverage skills.


Whoa, dude. Get a clue! Again the FO didn't "misjudged the type of talent they were getting", they just didn't expect/plan on getting hit so hard by the injury bug. The whole point of having him as a run stopper and blitzer is that you can play an effective zone behind him. Unfortantly, PP went down, Springs pretty much missed the entire season, and Rogers can't cover a middle school player and can't catch a cold.

[georgiaredskin]

oh yeah, saw it. He's a TOTAL MONSTER in that video. I hope he gets back to those exercises and studies the films to get back to that.

[shoefly72]

i shed a tear every time i see the archuleta jersey rack at the redskins store in tysons. theyre like the ugly dog nobody wants to buy.

:laugh: :laugh: My friend worked there up until about a week ago and told me they had only sold ONE jersey to his knowledge.

For some reason I can see Arch coming back and having a great year next year...or not.

[mi6]

I just ran across this while I was on scout.com....

http://www.protectmanagement.com/video/freak.htm


I wonder if he teaches "riding the bench 101"


I like the quote: "Fear the turtle".

Being an almunus ... I wish Skins would seriously consider some of the talent that Univ. of Maryland has to offer.

In the past, they go Frank Wychek (sp?). The could have drafted EJ Hendersen ... and, because of all the hype into geting a Franchise QB missed out on locking in Shawn Merriman - the animal! :helmet:

[REEGSKINS]

ladell betts also is a client of jay schroeder.

[mi6]

Perhaps he should follow his own advise ...

[washogskinz]

by the way, not the same Jay S. as the one who played here.

Yeah, I had to look that up too. It would have been highly unlikely that it was the QB Jay S. He had a reputation as an aloof, me first type of guy. Not the type of guy that would go from Star Quarterback to personal trainer. Thank God we had Doug Williams.

[pjfootballer]

too bad everyone seems to be leaning towards a D-Line fix, otherwise Landry & Taylor in the secondary would put the fear of God into the rest of the league.

19 sacks and 12 turnovers. No safety in the world would be able to overcome that. No to Landry. Pressure creates To's and without that, ST was very average last year. His previous years, when we got pressure, ST was able to create TO's. Landry won't help. Teams would just go underneath and around them.

[pjfootballer]

Whoa, dude. Get a clue! Again the FO didn't "misjudged the type of talent they were getting", they just didn't expect/plan on getting hit so hard by the injury bug. The whole point of having him as a run stopper and blitzer is that you can play an effective zone behind him. Unfortantly, PP went down, Springs pretty much missed the entire season, and Rogers can't cover a middle school player and can't catch a cold.

I agree with you. Just saying that if we aren't running the cover 2 (as AA has been good in) then why did we get him? I don't want our run stopper to be a strong safety. I want our DT's and MLB's to be our run stoppers. I want AA to cover, occasionally blitz and learn to play the system. I know we had glaring injuries. I know all that. I'm willing to give him one more year to prove himself.