Aday Mara had completed a series of pull-ups and curls, not to mention a few delicate minutes walking backward on a high-performance treadmill, when the strain of his post-practice training started to show.
Laboring to finish a set of shoulder pull-downs, he succeeded only after his workout whisperer weighed in.
“Rip it and squeeze!” demanded Dave Andrews, UCLA’s director of basketball athletic performance. “Come on, go!”
As the weights dropped with a satisfying thud, Andrews delivered his verdict amid the Spanish reggaeton blasting from Mara’s playlist inside the Bruins’ practice facility.
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