10-24-2019, 12:47 PM
Adrian Peterson doesn't run like an old manEven at 34, Adrian Peterson is a physical marvel.
“Oh my gosh,” Callahan said Tuesday. “He’s got so much in him".
Chiseled Vikings defensive end Danielle Hunter sees that firsthand four to five times a week every offseason. He and other Houston-based NFL players work out alongside Peterson while swearing by grueling taskmaster James Cooper, Peterson’s longtime trainer and co-owner of the O Athletik, the gym Peterson opened in 2016.
“The harder it gets, the more and more determined Adrian gets to get that next rep, finish another lap,” Hunter said. “He just gets that look. How he takes care of his body is something I admire, and it’s where I get some of the way I take care of my body.”
Give us a good example, Danielle.
“We’ll do legs with maybe 10 sets of squatting with heavy weights,” he said. “We’ll darn near almost die. But then we go run the track. Or runs miles in the sand pit, changing directions. Or run up a steep hill 20 times. Or bear crawl up the hill backward.
“You come out of the squats and your legs feel like Jell-O. You’re thinking, ‘How in the world am I going to be able to go run?’ Then you push yourself. Everything we do is about muscle endurance.”
Hunter was a 20-year-old rookie in 2015 when a 30-year-old Peterson won his third NFL rushing title with 1,485 yards on a league-high 327 carries. Peterson also joined Marion Motley and Curtis Martin as the only players to win a rushing title in their 30s. Motley was 30 in 1950 and Martin was 31 in 2004.
Fast forward four years and, according to Callahan, “He’s looking like the same old Adrian that we all know.” Or, as Vikings coach Mike Zimmer put it, “Typically, [power runners], once they get older, they slow down. He’s always had the speed and the physicality of the way he runs. Typically, those guys get beat up once they get older, and I don’t see that with him.
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Four years and 217 days after he rode a camel into his 30th birthday party, Adrian Peterson now wears the workhorse saddle upon which Redskins interim coach Bill Callahan will ride into U.S. Bank Stadium for Thursday night’s game against Peterson’s former team.
So, Bill, you old-school O-line coach, exactly how much football do you think is left in Peterson, who, by the way, said Tuesday he is “for sure” playing Thursday on his nicked-up ankle.“Oh my gosh,” Callahan said Tuesday. “He’s got so much in him".
Chiseled Vikings defensive end Danielle Hunter sees that firsthand four to five times a week every offseason. He and other Houston-based NFL players work out alongside Peterson while swearing by grueling taskmaster James Cooper, Peterson’s longtime trainer and co-owner of the O Athletik, the gym Peterson opened in 2016.
“The harder it gets, the more and more determined Adrian gets to get that next rep, finish another lap,” Hunter said. “He just gets that look. How he takes care of his body is something I admire, and it’s where I get some of the way I take care of my body.”
Give us a good example, Danielle.
“We’ll do legs with maybe 10 sets of squatting with heavy weights,” he said. “We’ll darn near almost die. But then we go run the track. Or runs miles in the sand pit, changing directions. Or run up a steep hill 20 times. Or bear crawl up the hill backward.
“You come out of the squats and your legs feel like Jell-O. You’re thinking, ‘How in the world am I going to be able to go run?’ Then you push yourself. Everything we do is about muscle endurance.”
Hunter was a 20-year-old rookie in 2015 when a 30-year-old Peterson won his third NFL rushing title with 1,485 yards on a league-high 327 carries. Peterson also joined Marion Motley and Curtis Martin as the only players to win a rushing title in their 30s. Motley was 30 in 1950 and Martin was 31 in 2004.
Fast forward four years and, according to Callahan, “He’s looking like the same old Adrian that we all know.” Or, as Vikings coach Mike Zimmer put it, “Typically, [power runners], once they get older, they slow down. He’s always had the speed and the physicality of the way he runs. Typically, those guys get beat up once they get older, and I don’t see that with him.
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