Picture a college football lineman. He’s probably 300-plus pounds with a big gut to boot. But as Stephen Bailey of syracuse.com reported yesterday, the new Syracuse Orange strength and conditioning staff is taking a different direction, one that is already yielding positive results.
Steven Clark, a sophomore defensive tackle, is the prime example of the philosophy change. After playing last season at 315 pounds, Clark told Bailey that a new diet and different conditioning helped him to drop down to 283 pounds, a weight he said he could handle much easier.
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