~EXCEED ALL EXPECTATIONS & BLOW AWAY THE COMPETITION~

~EXCEED ALL EXPECTATIONS & BLOW AWAY THE COMPETITION~
"It ain't braggin' if you can do it." ~Muhammad Ali~

Monday, August 4, 2008

Dustin Pedroia: "170 Pounds of Mouth"

Great article from ESPN The Magazine on Dustin Pedroia.

170 POUNDS OF MOUTH
As Boston's relentless agitator, Dustin Pedroia dishes out a never-ending stream of smack. Good thing he can back it up.
by Jeff Bradley


This is just one of 162. Every day is pretty much the same. It's not quite 4 o'clock, three hours before the first pitch at Fenway Park, and Dustin Pedroia is in the Red Sox dugout, ranting. "No one's going to separate us," he says to backup catcher Kevin Cash. "I'm telling you, when we win the World Series, I'll high-five everyone, but then you and me are going into the outfield, and we're going to have a fistfight. And no one's going to separate us!"
Although Pedroia keeps a straight face, Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek cannot. Cash just looks straight ahead and with a slight smile says, "That's fine by me, man."
There's not going to be any fistfight. Not even a shouting match (at least not a two-way shouting match). Pedroia has no real beef with Cash. His only problem right now is that it's quiet. And that's got to change. You've no doubt heard the expression "Manny being Manny." Well, this is Pedie being Pedie. He's a little loudmouth punk. And in a clubhouse full of superstars, he's also the guy who energizes the defending champs—with a never-ending stream of smack.
Training Log
Friday 8/1/08
rest day for real
just playin' around: max turkish getups 96# left and right (both pr's)
static hang: 2:05
Saturday 8/2/08
max deadlift 485# last time I maxed out, about a month and a half ago it was 405#. a year ago it was at 525#, maybe someday I'll make it back there.
Sunday 8/3/08
NSC WOD
200m lunge
3 rounds
30 wall ball
20 power cleans 95#
15 burpees
200m lunge
33:00
What the f...!
Monday 8/4/08
NSC WOD (modified) subbed double kb swings for double unders
21-18-15-12-9-6-3
Double KB swings 35 one hand, 25 other hand (that was all I had)
pullups
elevated pushups
didn't time this: no watch

No comments: