In line with the other comments on the great climbers and Lance Armstrong: Jerry Rice was well known for following a conditioning regimen that went way, way beyond everybody else’s. He looked fluid and “natural” on the field, but his running sessions in the off-season were so strenuous that other NFLers who tried to work out with him would typically finish either zero or one of his workouts, then never come back. The sprint intervals, accelerators, cone drills, catching drills, and mountain runs added up to too much punishment for them. (And then came the afternoon session, which was for lifting weights.)

Meanwhile, Rice completed workouts at that level six days a week, every single week without exception, throughout every off-season. His baseline level of work was just a lot higher than others were willing to contemplate.

In line with the other comments on the great climbers and Lance Armstrong: Jerry Rice was well known for following a conditioning regimen that went way, way beyond everybody else’s. He looked fluid and “natural” on the field, but his running sessions in the off-season were so strenuous that other NFLers who tried to work out with him would typically finish either zero or one of his workouts, then never come back. The sprint intervals, accelerators, cone drills, catching drills, and mountain runs added up to too much punishment for them. (And then came the afternoon session, which was for lifting weights.)

Meanwhile, Rice completed workouts at that level six days a week, every single week without exception, throughout every off-season. His baseline level of work was just a lot higher than others were willing to contemplate.

In line with the other comments on the great climbers and Lance Armstrong: Jerry Rice was well known for following a conditioning regimen that went way, way beyond everybody else’s. He looked fluid and “natural” on the field, but his running sessions in the off-season were so strenuous that other NFLers who tried to work out with him would typically finish either zero or one of his workouts, then never come back. The sprint intervals, accelerators, cone drills, catching drills, and mountain runs added up to too much punishment for them. (And then came the afternoon session, which was for lifting weights.)

Meanwhile, Rice completed workouts at that level six days a week, every single week without exception, throughout every off-season. His baseline level of work was just a lot higher than others were willing to contemplate.