What the conditioning like on a day off?
“My days are, whether you practice or not, you have a lot of other things you have to do just to continue to improve and get better and obviously with the back but also as an athlete and a competitor. That’s what I’ll do day in and day out. There’s multiple things. Each day has got certain things that are way structured the same and there are things other days that you have to do.”
Did you talk to Troy Aikman about his back issues?
“Yeah, I talked to him. You talk to a lot of people. Troy is one of them. He went through it. Like I said, you have to change your routine. Instead of just going in and bench pressing and doing these other things that you do to get yourself ready, you need to incorporate this routine as part of it. You strengthen all of those areas around it.
Is routine Aikman had in 93 same as now?
“It’s pretty much the same. Somewhere along the way someone found out if you strengthen everything around there, your back doesn’t get used as much. So that’s what you do.If anything, it will probably help you because those are areas you need to strengthen anyway. I think what you find is all of those guys who are doing a lot of that stuff are younger now. They’re finding out the core is what keeps you healthy. More trainers and more people are incorporating that into their systems than they were 15-20 years ago.”
How much more time in training room this year than last?
“I’ll probably spend more. That’s also because I want to ensure the fact I can practice as much as humanely possible, that you can be there. When you watch me play, I doubt it looked any different to the naked eye. And it doesn’t because you’re going through it and you feel great. And then you did a little bit much because you lifted and you did eliptical and then you went and did jumps or something then all of a sudden you’re like OK, it’s sore, it’s heavy. And then all of a sudden it’s like OK, I’ve got a cold tub. OK, it’s going to take two more hours. Let’s wait until tomorrow. Oh, you’re great again. It’s an injury that’s a little different because it’s not like you just go boom, you’re back. You have to always manage it. It would be like if someone had an ACL. It takes a long time to strengthen. They’re back and they can go, but are they really back? You don’t know. If you get hurt again it’s like why did you come back so early. But if they’re healthy enough to go…But are they really as strong…You’ve got to be smart and not do something stupid.”
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