This Full-Body Workout Keeps DK Metcalf Ready for Game Day

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FOR SEATTLE SEAHAWKS wide receiver DK Metcalf, the gym is a place to get better, day in and day out.

It’s where he can “go and push myself to where I don’t feel like I’m just being stagnant,” he says. “The training goal I abide by every day is just to get better, and push myself past my limits.”

Of course, the work he puts in the gym helps him perform better on the field. But, it’s vital to him outlasting his opponents, and preventing injury down the line.

During the season, Metcalf has a set routine. After a Sunday game, Monday is all about recovery and flushing out soreness before he takes a day off on Tuesdays. Wednesday is an upper body lift. Thursday is a lower body lift. Friday is another day off before he works on more proprioception and balance work before the game on Saturdays.

The most important muscle to work for him, though, is the brain. “Everyone is physically strong and physically gifted in the NFL. What separates you is how smart you are and how you can recover from play to play,” he says.

His top training tip? A piece of wisdom he got from both his dad (ex-offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears), and All-Pro former teammate Bobby Wagner: always do one extra rep of everything.

We caught up up with the wide receiver at ProActive in Southern California, where he and his trainer, Josh Tuerpe, took us through what a full body day, filled with balance and power work, looks like for him.