Russell Wilson's Diet (article)

[SoulfishHawk]

Yeah, he really looks like a fatty :roll:

 

[titan3131]

Yeah, he really looks like a fatty :roll:

Russell Wilson in the press conference HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WEIGHED LAST YEAR.

He had rested on his laurels, got comfortable, and in consequence got fat.

Fat for an athlete isnt much.

Men body fat %'s are like this with some variance from Genetics.

6 pack = 9-12% Body fat
Athletic looking =12-15%

16-19% this is overweight and fat.

20% + is obese

ive broken this out before, he was 225 according to the espn diet article, thats 17 lbs and even conservatively 3 lbs of muscle lets say 14 lbs of fat.

Every lb of extra weight is 7x that weight on your joints while running. so even that paltry amount of weight to most land whales keyboard warriors is significant for a serious mobile athlete.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

:roll:

 

[semiahmoo]

Eyes don't lie.

RW was too heavy the last two seasons - especially last season when he rolled into Training Camp a chub.

That was no secret to those willing to admit it.

Now he's dropped some pounds and looks much better. Not like he did coming into the league but that's asking an awful lot. He's short and puts on weight easy and now he's older so those days likely ain't ever coming back. We all know that feeling.

Go Hawks!

 

[Seymour]

Well, this land whale plans to make a new documentary about obesity.

Think I'll call it...."Son of Blubber". :twisted:

 

[semiahmoo]

Eyes don't lie.

RW was too heavy the last two seasons - especially last season when he rolled into Training Camp a chub.

That was no secret to those willing to admit it.

Now he's dropped some pounds and looks much better. Not like he did coming into the league but that's asking an awful lot. He's short and puts on weight easy and now he's older so those days likely ain't ever coming back. We all know that feeling.

Go Hawks!

And I say this as a RW fan.

He just needs that speed, though, or his abilities as a QB go way down. Speed is essential to his success and he was too heavy and too slow of late. Hopefully this season will be different.

 

[Seymour]

And I say this as a RW fan.

RW fan?

Did you leave out "the flames" part?

2015 the first year you say he was fat, happened to be his best year as a Seahawk. Over 4000 yards, 110 passer rating, and 34 TD, 553 yards rushing.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'm not sure there has ever been a better player who is more scrutinized than Russ. Geezus. Oh well, we all look at it our own way. :2thumbs:

 

[Uncle Si]

Eyes don't lie.

RW was too heavy the last two seasons - especially last season when he rolled into Training Camp a chub.

That was no secret to those willing to admit it.

Now he's dropped some pounds and looks much better. Not like he did coming into the league but that's asking an awful lot. He's short and puts on weight easy and now he's older so those days likely ain't ever coming back. We all know that feeling.

Go Hawks!

And I say this as a RW fan.

He just needs that speed, though, or his abilities as a QB go way down. Speed is essential to his success and he was too heavy and too slow of late. Hopefully this season will be different.

I agree. He has a particular skill set that relies on speed and agility. It's just a bit assumptive to think he lost all of that last season due to weight gain.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I get the feeling that some (not many hopefully) just want the guy to fail so they can be right about him.
Even if it means the team loses because of it :shock:

 

[semiahmoo]

Eyes don't lie.

RW was too heavy the last two seasons - especially last season when he rolled into Training Camp a chub.

That was no secret to those willing to admit it.

Now he's dropped some pounds and looks much better. Not like he did coming into the league but that's asking an awful lot. He's short and puts on weight easy and now he's older so those days likely ain't ever coming back. We all know that feeling.

Go Hawks!

And I say this as a RW fan.

He just needs that speed, though, or his abilities as a QB go way down. Speed is essential to his success and he was too heavy and too slow of late. Hopefully this season will be different.

I agree. He has a particular skill set that relies on speed and agility. It's just a bit assumptive to think he lost all of that last season due to weight gain.

True. The weight gain was a contributing factor made worse by accumulated injury.

RW also needs to be smarter on the field. He goes through periods of seeming brain freeze. He hasn't yet developed that consistent nano-second processing of options that makes the very best QBs so darn good. Since the decline of our D the Hawks of declined as well further exposing RW's shortcomings.

This upcoming season will either elevate him via accomplishment and confidence or possibly push him toward the declining years of his career.

 

[Seymour]

....This upcoming season will either elevate him via accomplishment and confidence or possibly push him toward the declining years of his career.

Now we are on to declining years?

Russell is 28.

Brady is 39, is he declining?

Palmer at 37?

How bout Rodgers at 33, or Ryan at 32?

QB's do not decline at 30-32 like most positions. They often improve through mid 30's.

Even losing a bit of his speed to the point of Rodgers, he can still play "his game" well into his mid to late 30's.

 

[semiahmoo]

Exactly. If RW doesn't improve his mental quickness, his ability to play QB in the NFL with be further complicated by his inevitable decline in physical quickness be it via age and/or weight gain.

That was made clear last season when he had a middling performance from the position and the Hawks struggled to make a deep run into the playoffs.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Well, since it's Wilson, 28 is ancient. But 37 for someone else is just getting started. In what world is 28 old for a QB?
Wow

 

[Seymour]

Exactly. If RW doesn't improve his mental quickness, his ability to play QB in the NFL with be further complicated by his inevitable decline in physical quickness be it via age and/or weight gain.

That was made clear last season when he had a middling performance from the position and the Hawks struggled to make a deep run into the playoffs.

What you refer to "mental quickness" because he doesn't throw to player X you see as open, I call being drilled into him to not turnover the ball. That creates indecision on "being open", and the big reason Graham is not a great fit here since his size makes him always open if thrown to the right spot.

Wilson is byproduct of the coach he plays for, and has to play that balancing act.

Some people will always see that as coming up short. I say his numbers don't lie.

Funny that he has 1 Andrew Luck type year and some are willing to write him off and elevate Luck as the better QB. A crock of crap as far as I'm concerned.

 

[semiahmoo]

A QB who can't process reads quickly enough and needs to sandlot to buy time will not be long for this game as loss of speed makes that sandlot increasingly difficult.

To try and compare RW to Tom Brady is laugh out loud crazy. :lol: :lol:

Tom Brady is likely the best from the position of all time.

RW isn't close to that kind of career and odds are never will be.

RW has 3-4 season left to make something happen - if he stays healthy.

After that his career is on borrowed time given his stature and already shown struggles with weight and speed.

Now if his mental capacity for the QB position improves then RW might squeeze out a few more productive seasons.

That would be great, but as of this moment, less likely.

 

[Seymour]

A QB who can't process reads quickly enough and needs to sandlot to buy time will not be long for this game as loss of speed makes that sandlot increasingly difficult.

To try and compare RW to Tom Brady is laugh out loud crazy. :lol: :lol:

Tom Brady is likely the best from the position of all time.

RW isn't close to that kind of career and odds are never will be.

RW has 3-4 season left to make something happen - if he stays healthy.

After that his career is on borrowed time given his stature and already shown struggles with weight and speed.

Now if his mental capacity for the QB position improves then RW might squeeze out a few more productive seasons.

That would be great, but as of this moment, less likely.

You really have no clue on this do you?

Take Brady's first 5 years vs Russell's 1st 5 and Wilson has been clearly better.

Sometimes I wonder what side you are on. :roll:

 

[Anthony!]

A QB who can't process reads quickly enough and needs to sandlot to buy time will not be long for this game as loss of speed makes that sandlot increasingly difficult.

To try and compare RW to Tom Brady is laugh out loud crazy. :lol: :lol:

Tom Brady is likely the best from the position of all time.

RW isn't close to that kind of career and odds are never will be.

RW has 3-4 season left to make something happen - if he stays healthy.

After that his career is on borrowed time given his stature and already shown struggles with weight and speed.

Now if his mental capacity for the QB position improves then RW might squeeze out a few more productive seasons.

That would be great, but as of this moment, less likely.

You really have no clue on this do you?

Take Brady's first 5 years vs Russell's 1st 5 and Wilson has been clearly better.

Sometimes I wonder what side you are on. :roll:

Not to mention they play in different systems with coaches that ask different things. Also since you obviously missed it PC has said that the "sand lot" plays are part of the plan also allot of them are because the line can't block but hey let's not let facts get int he way of reality you want but that does not exist

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Exactly. If RW doesn't improve his mental quickness, his ability to play QB in the NFL with be further complicated by his inevitable decline in physical quickness be it via age and/or weight gain.

That was made clear last season when he had a middling performance from the position and the Hawks struggled to make a deep run into the playoffs.

Two problems there.

1) Wilson had a fine performance, breaking his own single-season yardage record.

2) Wilson had his finest year in 2015 by some metrics and went just as far in the playoffs as he did in 2016.

We've developed a real issue around here with conflating playoff performance with team/player potential. It's a lot easier to judge a team or player by their season record than their playoff showings, which are a small number of games more easily swayed by flukes.

 

[semiahmoo]

Wilson was a middling QB last season.

Granted he was injured but he also showed up too heavy/too slow which might have contributed to him getting injured in the first place.

2015 he was much better (even with some added weight) so with him back to lean -n- quick this season, perhaps we will be able to discard 2016 as an anomaly.

We'll all fine out soon enough...