Football tips: Adrian Peterson’s 4 Steps to getting yards after contact

Want to grind out an extra few yards on that run?

The Vikings’ Adrian Peterson has four easy steps to gaining yards after contact.

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Stay healthy during offseason workouts, wear your protective pads

Offseason team workouts are just around the corner. That means it’s almost time to put on the helmet and shorts and head out into the heat.

Don’t let your season end before it even starts.

Gear up with a padded shirt and a pair of padded compression shorts. They offer an extra layer of protection on sensitive areas like the shoulders, ribs, hips and legs.

These pads can save you from some of the bumps, bruises and aches that can make playing football a real pain. They can also protect against some of the more major, season-ending injuries like separated shoulders, broken ribs and broken collarbones.

And even though the offseason is full of non-contact drills, there’s always someone who gets injured before the season begins…

We carry a wide selection of both padded shirts and padded compression shorts.

With so many styles and fits to choose from, you’ll no doubt find a set of pads that’s perfect for you.

Among our favorite padded shirts is Rawling’s four-piece Zoombang padded shirt set.

Heavy duty but lightweight, the Zoombang is flexible when worn, but it stiffens up when you take or make a hit. It absorbs as much as 80 percent of the impact from hits on your shoulders and ribs.

This shirt is worn by over 250 NFL players and 23 teams.

When it comes to lower body protection, we’re fans of the McDavid Hexpad Girdle.

With this pair of compression shorts, you have the option to wear shorts with Hexpads in place of thigh pads or slide your own pair of traditional thigh pads into the shorts.

These shorts provide ample protection to the hips, thighs and tailbone.

They can be worn in place of lower body pads on light contact days or in addition to lower body pads for superior protection.

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Time is running out to gear up with jerseys, shirts and hats before the Super Bowl!

In case you live underneath a rock: The Super Bowl is this Sunday.

That means there’s still time to get your Saints and Colts gear in time for the big game.

We’ve got a wide selection of NFL apparel to choose from, including a heaping helping of New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts gear.

And it gets even better. Enter the promo code JGFBCC6 at checkout to receive 10% off your order and free shipping.

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Saints vs. Colts: Time to gear up for Super Bowl XLIV

For the first time in the history of the Super Bowl, both No. 1 seeds are headed to the championship game.

The Indianapolis Colts earned a return trip to the big game this past weekend with a 30-17 victory over Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets. Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and the Colts are primed for a repeat of their title three years ago.

Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and the New Orleans Saints are hoping destiny is on their side, following a 31-28 overtime victory over Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings this past weekend.

It’s the first ever Super Bowl berth in franchise history, and the Saints are hoping to parlay it into their first ever Super Bowl victory.

Kickoff is slated for February 7, which means there’s still plenty of time to gear up in your team’s colors and get it by game time.

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