Whoops, Gil Brandt says Cody NT only did 22 reps

[cowboyjoe]

Terrence Cody-DL- Player Mar. 10 - 8:24 pm et


Updating a previous item, NFL.com's Gil Brandt reports that Alabama NT Terrence Cody only had 22 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press at the Crimson Tide's Wednesday Pro Day.

The difference between this account and agent Alvin Keels' (he claimed Cody had 32 reps) is major. Cody has likely lost muscle while shedding 22 pounds since the Senior Bowl, and it showed up on the bench. Oklahoma DT Gerald McCoy, with only slightly shorter arms, was criticized for repping 225 23 times.
Source: NFL.com

[TheCount]

22, 32. Same thing, right?

[ninja]

I thought one always lost fat before muscle.:confused:

[Rampage]

well good thing they won't bring out a bench on the field and ask him to start benching during a game.......

[TheCount]

I thought one always lost fat before muscle.:confused:

It's a good sign he's been losing weight the wrong way.

[gmoney112]

We'd be better off putting Buehler at NT. Congrats Cody, you did 2 more reps than McCluster at literally twice his size.

[Arch Stanton]

Tub o' lard

[joseephuss]

I thought one always lost fat before muscle.:confused:

I've always heard that if you try to do a crash diet that your body will store more fat and burn muscle. The body thinks something is wrong and stores fat to survive. I am not a nutritionist or dietitian, but I have read that in several articles.

[newnationcb]

well good thing they won't bring out a bench on the field and ask him to start benching during a game.......

Yeah, because his agent will say we stopped the team short, only to find out through the chains that they gained a first down :(

[HoleInTheRoof]

Yeah, because his agent will say we stopped the team short, only to find out through the chains that they gained a first down :(

:laugh2:

[BraveHeartFan]

I thought one always lost fat before muscle.:confused:

You will...if you're doing it the right way.

If you eat properly, workout properly, get the right amount of sleep each day, and all that then you'll absolutely burn the fat instead of the muscle.

When you don't do it right the body thinks you're trying to starve it so it stores fat, instead, to use later and instead eats up the muscle first.

If he's losing strength, and muscle, it's because he's doing it wrong, crash dieting just to get the number on the scale down, and it would prove, to me at least, that he's not concerned about actually bettering himself in the long run but he's going for the short term fix so he can get paid.


It's a good sign he's been losing weight the wrong way.

Exactly.


I've always heard that if you try to do a crash diet that your body will store more fat and burn muscle. The body thinks something is wrong and stores fat to survive. I am not a nutritionist or dietitian, but I have read that in several articles.

This is correct. It's why crash diets, in the long run, don't work. It's why you'll see rapid loss of weight on the scale but the moment you stop the crash diet, and aren't properly feeding yourself and doing the right things, the number will go up on the scale and will do so rapidly because you simply stored fat.

It's the kind of thing beginners do when they're trying to lose weight and get in shape and have no clue what they're actually doing. So either Cody has no idea what he's doing, doesn't care cause he's looking for a short term fix, or both.

And with all the trainers and such available to him at this time, and really for the last how many ever years in college that he's been there, then there is simply no excuse for having no idea how to do it properly so my money is on him looking for a short term fix.


Yeah, because his agent will say we stopped the team short, only to find out through the chains that they gained a first down :(


LMAO!!!!!!

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Was Brandt even there?