Offseason stories about NFL players shedding weight are old-hat, tropey narratives regurgitated on the regular. Many times they have to do with an over-heavy lineman shedding extra pounds or even a running back getting back to salvage his waning career.
You don’t hear a 24-year-old reigning MVP-winning quarterback using athleticism talk and a rifle-rocket arm about getting into better shape.
Patrick Mahomes isn’t your MVP. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback told Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports he is focused on shedding body fat this offseason.
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“I have gotten more muscular and [have] less baby fat, I guess you would say,” Mahomes told Paylor. “So that has been the big factor for me sculpting my body in the simplest way possible so I could go through the season and feel just as fresh at the end as I did in the start.”
Mahomes tweaked his workouts to moisturize muscle while shedding the fat.
“For me, offseason-training wise, it is about trying to specify [my body]… trying to make sure I am in the best shape possible, emotionally and emotionally and mentally,” Mahomes said. “So the big thing for me this offseason going in was, I wanted to gain muscle mass but at precisely the same time, cut back weight. Kind of a mix of both.”
Mahomes’ objective is to drop three to five percent body fat from the time training camp opens July 26.
“The cheapest I had been last year following training camp was 12 per cent, and that is very great,” Mahomes said. “But now my objective is to maintain the single digits, so I am gonna try to have as low as I possibly can while still being healthy and having the body to be able to take a complete season.”
After Mahomes pitched for 5,097 yards and 50 TDs to win the MVP trophy in his first full season as a starter, many analysts project that the K.C. QB to return to the earth in 2019. Mahomes is currently working to ensure he remains among the glowing stars.
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