OMG Shirtless - Brandon Watson
I like seeing as many of these as possible to confirm it isn't isolated players. So here is Brandon Watson.
Decided to post my progression pics pic.twitter.com/BBXLOjQoYD
— Brandon Watson (@beenice20) July 29, 2014
Son of a bitch, he got shorter too.
/s
Man we need to add one more workout to their daily routine: hang upside down from the monkey bars for 20-30 min a day
And add that device from the 1400s that slowly stretched a person's limbs out. All our 6'0 CBs with 15'0 wingspan? yes please. Granted their knuckles scraping on the snow as they walk upright in winter would be a bummer but this is Michigan fergodsakes.
how do we know these aren't posted in reverse?
noooooooooooo
I'll have what he's having
This picture makes him look 9 feet tall and 125 pounds. Move him to WR because jump balls in the end zone belong to him!
Taco Pants!
Veins for days!
more concerned with the camera man who's growing drastically, who's this guy and can he play basketball.
All of these progression pics just make me hate genetics. Must be nice.
Genetics gave you your 5'8", pasty, skinny, frame with a plethora of slow twitch muscle fibers, a balding scalp in your mid-20s, and a surfeit of patchy facial hair. What is there not to be thankful for in regards to genetics?
Color me jealous. Genetics weren't even that kind to me.
What the hell—did you hide a camera in my house somewhere?
I'm actually 5-10 but the rest is dead on lol. I'm athletic but not more than the slightly above average dude. I read that abd was going to reply "are you me?" Ha
Lol. I at least got 6'5" handed to me, but I've lifted weights since I was 14, and I'll never be close to that level of cut. They show more progression in 4 weeks than I show in 4 years. Ridiculous genes.
there is more to that transformation than genetics. That is an excuse for people who dont think that working hard and eating right pays off...most humans have about 97% of the same genes but the ones who work harder get bigger, faster, stronger, and build muscle where people who sit around do nothing and say well genetics is the reason im fat.
Thanks a lot, pal, for ruining the beer I'm drinking while I browse the internet on my sofa..
Perhaps another one will perk me up...
Do we know the dates?
are evidence that we will certainly win the body building and swimsuit portions of each game we play. I hope we do as well as on the interview segment. /s
PhotoShop. No Barwis, no S&C program.
You can see the obvious improvement from the first two, but by adding flexing to the last one its questionable if there has been further gains or to what degree. Same thing with Jabrill's pics the other day.
it is likely taken seconds after the middle picture.
The layout is:
before - after - also after (now flexing)
I thought that with the other pictures that have been posted recently also. I'm even more convinced after seeing this one.
muscles are used in both a relaxed a flexed state, so it would be more beneficial for them to do relaxed and flexed before, flexed before and after. That would be better of a showing of progression for the people on here who nit-pick at every little detail
...but this is just getting weirder and weird every time. I don't know why I do it. It makes me uncomfortable to some extent to do it. But every time, I click on these threads.
Something is just odd about our reaction to all of these, first it's just funny/MGoWHAT-WE-DO, then it's kinda strange. Nonetheless, keep on keeping on!
Tell us more Mr. Yost
Mr. Yost puts the lotion in the basket.
Guys at the NFL Combine are photographed shirtless and sometimes workout that way as well. One of the goals of the strength staff is almost always to add lean mass and improve body composition so progression pictures provide a means of assessment among other ways. Also the culture of football and weightlifting have traditionally been intertwined. Football players have always been the best sports teams to coach in the weight room in my experience. Granted, I am a little biased as I have been studying the theory and application of hypertrophy for years, but I don't see a single thing weird about it. I guess if you're not someone that enjoys strength training then I could see you might not understand the culture, but among those that do it's not weird at all. Most people that have ever spent any significant amount of time in the weight room has taken pictures of themselves with their shirt off or at least flexed in front of the mirror.
Pump the brakes...
I'm just talking about everyone getting so excited about looking a these guys and then analyzing it like crazy. Even guys who haven't played at Michigan.
It has nothing to do with guys with their shirt off...and it really has nothing to do with anything, it's not that serious no matter what side of the fence you're on, definitely not something I feel passionate about.
But this cult/meme that we have to show these pictures everytime one pops up, create a new thread and then check out the progress. It's strange to me.
Not photographing and documenting the progress, not even the kid showing the progress via social media. But I'm talking about us. The posters, bloggers and fans who eat this stuff up and some, IMO, a little stranglely.
Again, I have no real justification. But comparing it to the combine doesn't work. They don't post a hundred pictures of every guy shirtless and everyone go analyze them and comment on it.
Really it'll all go away in 2 weeks when there's actual football news to talk about, so I'm not worried. Just seems like every day we've got one of these and everyone gets all excited. I'm not saying stop, I'm not saying don't post, nothing. Just for me, I think it's probably best to not click on these thread when I know it's just going to be a shirtless young man and a bunch of MGoBloggers going "DAAAAAAMN" in some way, shape or form.
He is so sexy. lmao
Silence of the Lambs.
What a great movie.
Gordon is obviously darker skin toned than Watson, but the physical build and size look pretty similar. Good for him.
nothing wrong unless you are...you know, wrong.
He got darker. And less bed-headie.
Any chance the women's tennis team starts doing these too??
... That was ten words.
I think Watson is going to be very good. The pictures above reinforce his HS coach's claim of exceptional work ethic and character. Physical cover specialist! Untested recruit, but folks that have seen him play are quite impressed. My gut says he's legit. I think he plays sooner than many thinik.
I would think he would have the opportunity to work against Freddy Canteen everyday in practice. So I don't know if I would call him untested.
If he has a good impact relatively early (not necessarily this year as a true freshman but gets into the CB rotation next season) and Canteen lives up to the spring hype I think this "HS" pipeline could be a good one. I am still a little confused about how that HS is going to be long term (will Sills dad still be coaching and "recruiting" for it now that he got his son into college?) but based on how well developed these players are out of HS versus a lot of others it could be a little goldmine - especially if these 2 kids do very well. Their younger peers still in HS will be looking at that success and it should help UM down the road.
Watson is definitely one of the least talked about guys in this class - really like his size and bulk; if he picks things up mentally he looks like a guy who can be in the rotation for CB as early as 2015.
Well, he definitely is cut. But I think the height issue is being assessed incorrectly. Perhaps you don't know, or have simply forgotten, about the high gravitational field located under Ann Arbor. Consequently, all of our athletes lose an inch or two until thier bodies adjust to the extra force. It also contributes to the pudgery you notice in some of the players. Obviously, the S&C coach has over compensated with Watson at this point.
Man these kids are getting bigger, faster, stronger every year. I wish I looked liked these guys at 18/19. Specimens.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:54 PM ^
That Bruce Leroy reply was hilarious! Sho'nuff...