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“Gentlemen,” he said, grinning, “we
are placing Lloyd in charge of
conditioning.” Then, turning to Lloyd,
he continued. “Lloyd, run them through
up-downs.”
I don’t know anyone but a masochist
that enjoys conditioning, but up-downs is
the worst drill of all. The coach blows
two blasts on his whistle, and we start
running in place. With each subsequent
whistle we have to hit the ground with
our chest and pop right back up running,
continuing on until two quick signals are
sounded.
Running in place was tiring, but
hitting the ground and coming back up
was absolutely grueling. A dozen times
in any session was more than enough,
but Lloyd loved his whistle, and he
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