Now that the NFL summer is over, the best players will keep setting absurd weight-gain records all season long.
Like in other professional sports, athletes compete with their bodies to develop the physical endurance and mental toughness needed to withstand and prepare for what is ahead.
The role has a major influence on the workouts and diets needed to carry out the related job obligations in football.
This week, Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas completed five reps of a 575-pound deadlift.
Here, Mail Sport examines some of the league’s top athletes in the kitchen and weight room.
The amazing performance included five sets of 575 pounds by Saints All-Pro wide receiver Mike Thomas.
Metcalf, D.K.
DeKaylin ‘DK’ Metcalf is among the players with more creative talent because of his DNA. Terrence, a third-round selection in 2002, began doing weights at age five.
Remarkably, Metcalf’s father, a seven-year NFL veteran, says that at five years old, he was able to press 50 pounds and squat 100 pounds.
Photographs of Metcalf’s body prior to his measurements—6-foot-3, 228 pounds, and 1.6 percent body fat—surfacing in the months preceding the 2019 scouting combine undoubtedly sparked a great deal of criticism. He also recorded a 4.33 40-yard sprint mark for good measure.
Of course, this could seem like the product of an amazing diet, but in March 2022, Metcalf discussed his daily routine with Kevin Garnett on his KG Certified podcast.
The NBA icon was informed by the Seahawks star that his daily intake consists of just “one meal, one coffee, and three to four bags of candy.”
Metcalf wrote of a day in April of last year where he worked out twice and then stopped at Starbucks for a coffee that “will hold me until about 4-5 o’clock.”
Then, at about 4:30 p.m., he ordered a water and two candy bags. This means he won’t have to eat until after 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. If if life were so easy for the rest of us.
Metcalf has gained notoriety for dressing in sweatshirt crop tops before games ever since moving to Seattle.
Wilson Russell
Metcalf’s former colleague Russell Wilson, the quarterback for the Denver Broncos, is well known for prioritizing his physical fitness, even if it means spending four hours on a plane doing high knees and other workouts.
Not that it took away from his quirky persona when Wilson made such an admission following a trip to London for a Jacksonville game.
Not everyone enjoyed the video that Wilson just posted of him doing out with a football and a kettlebell on a sliding board. Former Broncos Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth, an NFL analyst, called the video “garbage.”
The quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Russell Wilson, is well known for his intricate workout regimen.
Wilson, on the other hand, is still working out and will probably keep blogging. While in Seattle, the nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback revealed to Muscle & Fitness that he worked out with weights four times a week, doing Olympic lifts to improve his agility and two strength days.
In a 2020 interview, Wilson stated that he spends “$1 million, if not more,” solely on recovery, according to Bill Simmons. In addition, he and his spouse Ciara have a full-time trainer, two chefs, and a performance crew. Another is the cryotherapy chamber problem.
Wilson also revealed that he works out 363 days a year on average, avoiding Thanksgiving and Christmas if possible. He does, however, sometimes hit 364 or the flawless 365.
In 2015, Wilson asserted that he sleeps for five to six hours every night and that “that is plenty” for him. Even with his ten-hour weekly massage regimen, he finds time to relax.
Jalen Suffers
The Eagles quarterback, who entered the league in 2020, has demonstrated amazing strength and elusiveness. Not any more so than it was during the Philadelphia Eagles’ previous season’s journey to the Super Bowl.
Because of his time spent powerlifting in high school, Hurts has a well-established reputation as an expert in the weight room. Being able to squat 500 pounds while still a sophomore in high school made him well-known.
Hurts, who has become the franchise’s face, has discovered that a strict diet might help him reach a level of consistently high performance.
Simply altering the substances I consume. He stated, “I think it’s really helped as far as my conditioning,” during a news conference in 2022.
‘My feelings upon waking up. I believe it’s incredibly important to eat my greens, eat a lot of protein, and drink a lot of water.
Hurts achieved a back squat weight of 585 pounds while attending Oklahoma for his college career. A video of Hurts performing a 620-pound trap bar deadlift went viral in 2021.
The Eagles quarterback has shown off his power and elusiveness since coming into the league.
Odell Beckham Jr.
The Ravens receiver may have skipped OTAs, but Beckham is known for getting the work in notwithstanding his celebrity status.
Beckham frequently posts workout videos across his highly-viewed social media platforms, with one recent clip showing him pulling up in a lavish car.
The former Giants, Browns, and Rams receiver trains with Jamal Liggin, who looks after several NFL stars. Liggin told Inside Hook Beckham works through a variety of reactive drills with lighting, training around five or six times a week.
As for Beckham, he is put through weight workouts, in addition to running hills or performing sprints on the beach. Route running too is, of course, part of Beckham’s offseason.
Famously, there is a video of Beckham pulling an SUV with a rope back in 2018 while on the Giants.
Beckham’s celebrity status was born out of his incredible one-handed catch, while he has always practiced them in pregame warmups, Beckham has also partaken in Jerry Rice’s famous brick workout and worked with Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter on hand-eye coordination drills.
Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of the Baltimore Ravens is renowned for his amazing one-hand catching prowess.
Mahomes, Patrick
Patrick Mahomes’ arm strength and ability to maintain control at odd angles are what enable him to routinely produce ridiculous throws. He may have benefited greatly from his medicine ball exercises with trainer Bobby Stroupe.
In 2021, Stroupe revealed in an interview with Men’s Health that the quarterback’s exercises revolve around medicine balls.
“Patrick likes to produce power from multiple different angles in his quarterback play,” he explained, explaining why medicine ball conditioning is so vital to his regimen.
Throwing medicine balls is one of the two-time NFL MVP’s workout routines that teaches his body to extract strength from various places.
According to Stroupe, Mahomes’s plyometric exercises, like single-leg broad leaps, enable him to quickly change directions and decelerate as well as restore speed.
“Weight room exercises are essential as they aid in the development of resilience,” he continued.
“Athletes can conduct power and speed more effectively the stronger they are.”
Nιck Chubb
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Also a former powerlιfter, Chubb has been recorded squattιng as much as 675lb. Last year, a vιdeo surfaced on Twιtter of Chubb squattιng 610lb wιth a Tsunamι Max bar.
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Nick Chubb, the running back for the Browns, is well-known for his amazing weightlifting accomplishments.
Lane Johnson
Many people consider Philadelphia’s reliable offensive tackle over the last ten years to be among the best Eagles of all time.
The 6-foot-6 Lane Johnson attributes his recent success in the NFL to an absurd diet of 5,500 calories a day.
Johnson wanted to gain three pounds, from 312 to 330, three years ago. However, he found it difficult to eat enough to gain and keep the weight on. According to The Athletic, he engaged personal trainer Stan Efferding in 2020, and Efferding started him on the massive “Vertical Diet.”
A staple of the diet is a dish known as “monster mash,” which is a huge combination of rice, meat, and eggs that is high in calories, carbohydrates, and protein. Additionally, the plan calls for 250 grams of protein per day, or around five chicken breasts.
His diet consists primarily on carbohydrates, with fat accounting for thirty percent or less of it. The majority of his carbohydrates come from fast-digesting foods like rice and orange juice.
Lane Johnson prevιously had trouble keepιng on weιght, untιl he adopted the ‘Vertιcal Dιet’