While surgeons went in on separate occasions to repair injuries to both of running back Frank Gore’s shoulders, a little fine-tuning was going on back in Santa Clara in preparation for the 2006 off-season strength and conditioning program.
With the help of the 49ers grounds crew, a small 3 degree sloped hill resting on the border of practice field two was rebuilt into a new training obstacle.
“We modified the slope which was primarily utilized for downhill running, to an 8 degree slope geared toward uphill running because there are a lot of benefits to uphill running including improve leg strength and power, stride length, and burst,” said assistant strength coach Duane Carlisle.
Gore on Hill training
“I talked to some of my other college teammates who play around the league and I tell them what we are doing and they are surprised because they say their workouts aren’t like that,” said Gore. “I’m just glad our coaches are making us work real hard and offering us a type of training that hopefully pays off during the season.”
