PuckSR t1_iznz2k1 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in NFL players, especially former linemen, had fewer disease-free years and earlier high blood pressure and diabetes diagnoses. Two age-related diseases, arthritis and dementia, were also more commonly found in former football players than in other men of the same age. by Wagamaga
Yeah. And that massiveness also correlates to a much higher caloric need while they are athletes. So while an elite RB might need 4000 calories to maintain, a 320 lb lineman might need 5-6000 calories(out of my butt numbers for illustration purposes)
When those linemen end their careers, it is harder for them to adjust to a normal diet and many of them wind up being fat as hell. And unlike the RB who can just take up jogging after his career ends, their aren't many normal exercises that approximate 3 hours shoving around other 300lb men.
So, just from knowing former college and NFL linemen, they are typically obese very shortly after their careers end(or they may already be obese)
DjTrailer t1_izo82u2 wrote
I believe the caloric intake for a lineman is like 8000 calories a day. I heard an interview that they say it’s not even fun anymore. You have to eat at all hours of the day. He said he had to wake up at 2am and 5am to eat meals just to keep weight. It’s a chore.
PuckSR t1_izohhpp wrote
My brother and I were both linemen, he wound up playing D1. Just in HS, I remember once eating the following lunch: quart of milk, a loaf of French bread, and an 18 oz sirloin. A few hours later, I had a 44 oz malt milk shake, which I drank while lifting weights.
ZoqY t1_izpk7nu wrote
Yeah exactly. I feel they have so much money they might go out to eat a lot and eat bad. Tons of commentators that are old and used to play in the nfl and healthy still
PuckSR t1_izpyz8p wrote
I don't think that going "out to eat" is the problem. It is the fact that you go from an 8000 calorie lifestyle to a 2000 calorie lifestyle in a week
ZoqY t1_izpz7q2 wrote
Yeah people who put on muscle have bodies that adapted to high calorie diets. But also, I'm sure they are eating lots of high calorie foods
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