LOS ANGELES – Entering his 11th NFL season, Rams offensive lineman Rob Havenstein knows what works and what doesn't for his offseason and training camp routines.

"(Shoulders are doing) good, feel good," Havenstein said after arriving at Rams Training Camp presented by UNIFY Financial Credit Union. "Strong, healthy. Kind of hit my benchmark for what I wanted to do for upper body strength. Feel ready to go play football. I've never been the world's biggest bencher anyway, so we'll save that for the other guys. I just kind of go out and play football. But feeling pretty good."

Havenstein didn't expand on what those weightlifting benchmarks were – "I don't need to get specific, because like I said, I'm not the world's biggest bencher, so it's not going to wow anyone anyway" – but he's in a good place after reaching those goals, and with his rehab from his cleanout procedures on both shoulders. He said he'll be full go for the first training camp practice today.

The Rams' longtime starting right tackle doesn't try to let his approach to camp change too much as he progresses in his career from the mental aspect. From the physical, it's all about keeping his body fresh.

"Mentally, you try not to let it change too much. You're still taking all the notes you can," Havenstein said. "On the physical side of things, it's taking account of the body of work that I already have and trying to stay as fresh for as long as possible, but still continuing to grow and make sure I get all the work I need to make sure I feel good about playing ball."

A team captain for Los Angeles last season, Havenstein leads an offensive line room with plenty of continuity, between the experience gained by young players and the returning veterans – not to mention the return of center Coleman Shelton, whom Havenstein already has experience playing with.

"Knowing how those guys think and react to certain situations, just know that we can kind of clean things up in the meeting room a little faster, because we don't have to learn how each other speak, and how each other kind of think about football, think about offensive line play, think about different blocks, different schemes," Havenstein said. "All that's kind of experience, and we know what we're doing. We can kind of all talk the same language a little faster, so hopefully get us back to all working together as a unit, and things like that."