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WEIGHT TRAINING FOR ATHLETES

Here is almost a BEFORE picture

of Ed Enos, but even here the effect. of some barbell training is evident.

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Ed Enos

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D ENOS started life in East Boston at a physical disadvantage. When he was three he contracted a severe leg infection, and it was thought that amputation would be inevitable. But he liked to play games and had a competitive spirit, and by the time he reached High School he was out for football. The spirit was stronger than the body, and he was soon sidelined with another leg injury. He used an iron boot to heal the leg, and this was his first contact with weight training.

He became a star high school and prep player in three sports, football, hockey and track. He captained the football team at Milford (Conn.) Prep. But when he came to the University of Connecticut, he knew that he needed more power and more bodyweight, and he turned to barbells to get these two physical qualities. He started with an ulterior purpose, but a few sessions with the iron, and he became as rabid a barbell bug as anyone ever saw. He started eating, sleeping, and talking weight training.

Mixes Barbells with Football ...

By Harry Paschall

University of Connecticut's rampaging tackle is signed to New York Giant Pro Contract. "The difference," says Enos himself, "between being just another football player and a star is Barbell Training."

This informal seaside picture of Enos was taken in August 1956. He went on that Fall to terrorize the opposing teams that played the University of Connecticut, and this year he has been signed to a N. Y. Giant Pro contract.

STRENGTH

AND HEALTH

The POWER comes from here. This training shot of Ed, just ready to drive a barbell overhead, shows the concentration and determination that makes him an outstanding athlete. Ed has practiced a good all-round weight program for several years.

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NOVEMBER, 1957

cut fans showed their respect for Ed Enos by carrying him off the field following the final game in Saturday's upset win over Brown. Big Ed played the entire sixty minutes and spent more time in the B.U. backfield than their own quarterback! He constantly broke up the Terrier offense with bone-crushing tackles. His offensive work was superb, as he took out opposing linemen like falling tenpins, and threw blocks that got Uconn backfield men away for long gains."

When Enos arrived at the University of Connecticut, there was no place available for him to lift and train with weights. But he did it anyhow, and now Track Coach Duff uses them for all his track stars. Other coaches also have a new respect for progressive weight training after seeing what they did for Ed. And Ed, himself, taught two classes in weight training as a part of his Physical Education course.

Enos is the son of a Boston Policeman, Lt. Edmund Enos, and every time he plays he has the whole Boston Force in his rooting section. His father has encouraged him in his (Continued on page 44)

When he started he weighed 160 pounds. Last year he went into the season weighing 228 pounds. Weight training had given him 68 solid pounds of useful muscle, and Ed says this was the difference between being just an average player and a star. The newspaper sport pages gave him column after column, game after game. For instance this caption under a photo:. . . "Jubilant Connecti-