Considine tackles problems by bulking up | Inquirer | 06/14/2007
excerpt:
Sean Considine realized after last season that trying to break into the NFL as a starting safety is more than just learning the playbook and coming up with interceptions and big hits.
It's also about things as simple as eating.
Considine gained a starting job with the Eagles in his first full NFL season, but he also lost at least 10 pounds.
He started the last 10 games last season, taking the spot of Pro Bowler Michael Lewis, who is now with the San Francisco 49ers.
Considine was placed on injured reserve after suffering a dislocated shoulder in his sixth game as a rookie in 2005. Playing 12 games a season at Iowa had been his limit before last season.
"I just got worn down," Considine said yesterday during the Eagles' minicamp at the NovaCare Complex. "I had to find time to watch film and stuff, so I sacrificed and might skip breakfast or lunch and go out to practice. You do that for 25 weeks straight and you're down to 195 pounds and don't know how it happened."
After taking off three weeks at the end of last season, Considine trained at Iowa for two months, focusing on strengthening his lower body.
He also started eating breakfast.
Considine, 6 feet tall, says he is now at his goal weight of 215 pounds - a gain of about 17 pounds through the off-season.
"I learned a good lesson that I need to get enough calories in and the proper training," said Considine, a fourth-round draft pick in 2005. "Even with practice, you have to keep up."
He finished last season third on the team with 107 tackles and is expected to start again this season.
Considine tackles problems by bulking up
Considine tackles problems by bulking up
Linear Mode
