SpiritGuy
02-22-2008, 09:47 PM
For those of you thinking DT LAWS would be a good fit (or not) :approve:
Irish defensive tackle adds 30 pounds of muscle By Brian Hamilton
February 20, 2008
In two months, Trevor Laws has undergone a total-body overhaul worthy of a late-night infomercial.
Between lost body fat and increased weight, he has added about 30 pounds of lean muscle. He said he has bench-pressed 225 pounds, the NFL industry standard, 31 times. He sometimes works out three times a day, always eats five times a day.
The change is complete. For all his trouble, the former Notre Dame defensive tackle has become an 85-year-old man.
"Me and my girlfriend are probably laying down at 8:30 every night," Laws said. "My dad is making fun of me, saying I go to bed earlier than him now."
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and ... well, that's potentially enough. Despite his team's 3-9 implosion last fall, perhaps no one on Notre Dame's roster helped himself more than Laws, who returned for a fifth season almost specifically to barrel his way onto the NFL radar screen.
His team-high 112 tackles were the first step. Now the endgame to Laws' gambit is nigh at the NFL combine.
"I really wish we had a winning season," Laws said. "Besides that, I'm healthy, I had a great year, a good Senior Bowl. To this point, things have pretty much gone as good as they can go for me."
The Irish's lack of a bowl appearance accelerated Laws' transition to an NFL-ready frame. By mid-December, he was out in Irvine, Calif., doing what most any draft prospect does: undergoing the complete NFL makeover.
It is a six-day workout week. A two-hour conditioning and agility session begins at 7:45 a.m. Twice a week there is field work, running through drills, at noon. Then it's back into the weight room at 2 p.m. for the gamut of power lifts, snatches, cleans, dead lifts, squats and bench presses.
In the morning, Laws picks up a cooler full of five prepared meals for about 5,000 calories a day, which he pre-orders through a Web site. The variety -- filet mignon, fish, pasta -- is geared to amplifying the workouts.
None of this is groundbreaking. All of it is necessary to craft a commodity that fits an NFL mold.
"My body has changed immensely," Laws said. "I just changed the type of weight I had on. I put on muscle, but I also lost tons of body fat, so I got a lot more power, a lot more speed. I'm just feeling pretty good right now."
*SNIP*
www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-20-irish-ssfeb20,1,1240871.story
Irish defensive tackle adds 30 pounds of muscle By Brian Hamilton
February 20, 2008
In two months, Trevor Laws has undergone a total-body overhaul worthy of a late-night infomercial.
Between lost body fat and increased weight, he has added about 30 pounds of lean muscle. He said he has bench-pressed 225 pounds, the NFL industry standard, 31 times. He sometimes works out three times a day, always eats five times a day.
The change is complete. For all his trouble, the former Notre Dame defensive tackle has become an 85-year-old man.
"Me and my girlfriend are probably laying down at 8:30 every night," Laws said. "My dad is making fun of me, saying I go to bed earlier than him now."
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and ... well, that's potentially enough. Despite his team's 3-9 implosion last fall, perhaps no one on Notre Dame's roster helped himself more than Laws, who returned for a fifth season almost specifically to barrel his way onto the NFL radar screen.
His team-high 112 tackles were the first step. Now the endgame to Laws' gambit is nigh at the NFL combine.
"I really wish we had a winning season," Laws said. "Besides that, I'm healthy, I had a great year, a good Senior Bowl. To this point, things have pretty much gone as good as they can go for me."
The Irish's lack of a bowl appearance accelerated Laws' transition to an NFL-ready frame. By mid-December, he was out in Irvine, Calif., doing what most any draft prospect does: undergoing the complete NFL makeover.
It is a six-day workout week. A two-hour conditioning and agility session begins at 7:45 a.m. Twice a week there is field work, running through drills, at noon. Then it's back into the weight room at 2 p.m. for the gamut of power lifts, snatches, cleans, dead lifts, squats and bench presses.
In the morning, Laws picks up a cooler full of five prepared meals for about 5,000 calories a day, which he pre-orders through a Web site. The variety -- filet mignon, fish, pasta -- is geared to amplifying the workouts.
None of this is groundbreaking. All of it is necessary to craft a commodity that fits an NFL mold.
"My body has changed immensely," Laws said. "I just changed the type of weight I had on. I put on muscle, but I also lost tons of body fat, so I got a lot more power, a lot more speed. I'm just feeling pretty good right now."
*SNIP*
www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-20-irish-ssfeb20,1,1240871.story