Results 1 to 14 of 14
  1. #1
    Starter
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Celina, TX
    Posts
    779

    Default Off Season workouts of OLD

    How many here can relate to off season workouts where you pulled tires, climbed rope, did various parallel bar exercise including dips . Back in the 70's Celina was a much smaller school with limited finances as most of the other schools that it played . With limited resources the Coaches had to be creative on drills for strength and conditioning. Back then we had just the standard Universal weight machine and one free weight set for dead lifts and squats. Most of our off season training was done outside doing the above mentioned items and several others that I just cannot remember. I actually thought lifting weights was much easier than doing all the outdoor stuff .

  2. #2
    All-District
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    texas
    Posts
    1,106

    Default

    Back in my day we played all the sports and never had an offseason.

  3. #3
    All-American bobcat1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Sanger, Texas
    Posts
    13,220

    Default

    Don't forget hauling hay. Square bales.

  4. #4
    Starter
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Celina, TX
    Posts
    779

    Default

    God , I hauled hay every summer sometimes starting in May before school was even out all they thru 2 -A-Days till school started . Very few people understand the art of stacking a bale of hey on a truck so it will make it all the way to a barn that is 10 miles away without having to tie it down. LOL! The only job where I would come back weighing less than when I started the job.

  5. #5
    Starter
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Sherman, TX
    Posts
    924

    Default

    If I remember right you can get close to 700 square bales in a standard 52' trailer. I know you can stack them 6 tall and 7 wide, I just don't remember how deep.
    24 down ... 24 to go.

  6. #6
    Starter
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Celina, TX
    Posts
    779

    Default

    I remember when I got strong enough to throw on and stack in the barn instead of driving and throwing off I went from 3 cents a bale to 7 cents man I thought I was really making it then.

  7. #7
    All-American
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Hungerford
    Posts
    20,705

    Default

    Worked in my grandfather's grocery store in Hungerford in the 60s and 70s where I grew up-pricing stock and buying candy off a truck.

  8. #8
    All-American
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Hungerford
    Posts
    20,705

    Default

    Even sliced cheese and sandwich meat in the market

  9. #9
    Starter
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Celina, TX
    Posts
    779

    Default

    Scoop and bobcat I am actually surprised how few kids actually have summer jobs any more . We have a niece who mom has already said her summer is pretty much covered up with summer conditioning , volleyball camp , and some other camp that I didn't quite catch during the conversation.

  10. #10
    All-American
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Gilmer
    Posts
    10,062

    Default

    I was in Frisco last week with a little extra time. Decided to make my first trip to Celina. Actually found the football field which wasn't very hard at all. Looks to me like there are lots of housing additions being built. That part of the world seems to be rapidly expanding.
    Originally posted by Ranger Mom
    Umm...what is a sweet beaver??
    the best kind???

  11. #11
    All-American panfan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Location
    Liberty Hill, TX
    Posts
    2,676
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Celina8 View Post
    I remember when I got strong enough to throw on and stack in the barn instead of driving and throwing off I went from 3 cents a bale to 7 cents man I thought I was really making it then.
    I hated hauling hay - decided to do it once in shorts and a t-shirt, bad idea. I was cut from ankles to thighs and wrists to upper arms. Dad warned me, and of course I didn't listen.
    You Talking to Me?

  12. #12
    All-American
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Hungerford
    Posts
    20,705

    Default

    I also helped brand my dad's cows on his farm and got kicked in the leg and I kicked it right back. I also sold fireworks for three years in a stand in front of my house and made good money doing that

  13. #13
    All-American Trashman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Brownwood
    Posts
    3,364

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Celina8 View Post
    Scoop and bobcat I am actually surprised how few kids actually have summer jobs any more . We have a niece who mom has already said her summer is pretty much covered up with summer conditioning , volleyball camp , and some other camp that I didn't quite catch during the conversation.
    Even the band kids are affected, my daughter had two-a-days in band this past summer, they started 23 July.
    The Trashman

  14. #14
    Starter
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Celina, TX
    Posts
    779

    Default

    Scoop you have done a little bit of it all it sounds like which I think or I wish more kids would actually experience. Trashman I understand what you mean sometimes families cannot even do a summer vacation anymore unless they go as soon as school is out for the summer.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •