I am currently 16 years old 6'0, 193lbs. My coach was talking to me about a possible football scholarship, and he says I have a chance to get one for long snapping. He says all I have to do is gain about 25-35lbs before my seniot year in High School, and I have a chance to get a football scholarship. On the other hand, I have swimming. I am currently about 2 seconds away from making state championships, and I would probably lose about 30lbs before november in order to get there. I also have a chance to get a swimming scholarship too. I know that I should probably pick one or the other because I know it isn't exactly healthy to go from 225lbs to 160lbs in a couple of months. So was hoping that maybe some people on this board have some experience with this topic and could give me some advice.
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I used to gain weight between cross country & swimming. It was really hard to get my body weight up some for swimmin g in highschool. I'm sure that trying to gain only 10 to 15 pounds did some weird things to m e, lossing & gaining more would be very hard on yuor haert. You are probably in the upper weight/height range for some one your age in high school already. chances are you might put on some weight once you get into college with out doing anything. what you woudl have to do to gain that much weight woudfl not be good & in some cases illegal.
I used to gain weight between cross country & swimming. It was really hard to get my body weight up some for swimmin g in highschool. I'm sure that trying to gain only 10 to 15 pounds did some weird things to m e, lossing & gaining more would be very hard on yuor haert. You are probably in the upper weight/height range for some one your age in high school already. chances are you might put on some weight once you get into college with out doing anything. what you woudl have to do to gain that much weight woudfl not be good & in some cases illegal.
