How Perceptions Change When You Learn What Barbells Are For

[ud2o]

I watched the 30 For 30 about Shaq and Penny Hardaway and What Could Have Been last night. Good, I recommend it.

At one point it turned to Penny's injury problems after Shaq left, talking about how he started "breaking down," w/ clips of him hitting the floor after hard fouls, grimacing, struggling to get up, etc. If you remember, this dude was skinny (although in fairness, as talented as he was wafer-like). Then after a few of these clips, it showed him in the weight room quarter-repping leg presses. It didn't show the stack of weights, but I'm sure it wasn't much.

Immediately I thought: "That guy could have benefitted from a better strength coach."

Nothing more to say on the matter, I just thought it was interesting. If any of you end up watching this, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

[Cullen Baldwin]

I watched the 30 For 30 about Shaq and Penny Hardaway and What Could Have Been last night. Good, I recommend it.

At one point it turned to Penny's injury problems after Shaq left, talking about how he started "breaking down," w/ clips of him hitting the floor after hard fouls, grimacing, struggling to get up, etc. If you remember, this dude was skinny (although in fairness, as talented as he was wafer-like). Then after a few of these clips, it showed him in the weight room quarter-repping leg presses. It didn't show the stack of weights, but I'm sure it wasn't much.

Immediately I thought: "That guy could have benefitted from a better strength coach."

Nothing more to say on the matter, I just thought it was interesting. If any of you end up watching this, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

Reminds me of Hard Knocks last year. Arian Foster, the Houston Texan's running back, had an amazing new offseason regimen that looked a lot like crossfit. Gets hurt in preseason, either groin or hamstring (he's hurt both). They show him getting rehabbed by standing on an upside down bosu ball, medicine ball between his legs, pulling on cables.