RB Christian McCaffrey: How He Builds His Body To Withstand The Pressure Of A Large Workload

[Jesse]

I think I'm gonna have to try this gator run with some of my players. CMC is a straight dude.

[shaqattaq]

6 minutes ago, RealBitsOfPanther said:

My wife wants his jersey. Lol. 

My wife want's his pants...

[Hogmolliesmaht]

The only thing I'm worried about is his pass protection, but if they use him like Stanford did, he may not have to do a lot of that anyway.

 

Just think about it though. CMC and Samuel are both only 20yrs old. They are nowhere near finished products yet. Their arrows are definitely pointing up.

[panfanman]

Elusive is great but he will definitely what to be more decisive on the NFL level.  Opportunities for open lanes close up much faster.

[bigpoppa]

The 4% body fat is actually what caught my attention. Frankly that could be what is inhibiting his strength. 4% is what bodybuilders get down to when they are at a competition and quite frankly is very close to the minimum that a human needs to survive. Im betting that the trainers get him up in the 7-10 range and with that he will gain a bunch of muscle. They do this and the overrated bench press numbers will go up, I guarantee.

I ran into the same thing when I tried to get my bodyfat as low as possible. I will never be 4% but I got down to 10% and my strength and endurance was fading because I wasn't getting enough calories to feed the muscle. You can talk about how much he works out but for you to be at 4% you are at a calorie deficit regardless if that comes from eating less or exercising more. At 4% the human body will use some muscle to survive.