Word: weightness
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Then it’s off to the weight room for an hour and 15 minutes, followed by the occasional ice bath (which he calls the “horrible part of being an athlete...
Though he had focused on the shotput and the disc throw in high school, he had only competed in the weight throw during his first year at Harvard—a decision Brady wasn’t happy about...
...sophomore year, his new coach, Catherine Grace Erickson—who coached an NCAA-record holder in the weight throw—encouraged him to keep working at the event...
...think it was a little difficult for him, when he started out, to really understand what impact he could have competing in the weight three years down the line, because he didn’t have much experience with it,” Erickson says. “It’s not something as easy as picking up a football and just throwing it; it’s a very unnatural event...
...kept telling him to trust the process, stay calm, and try to pick up one thing every day,” she says. “[I told him] by the end, you’re going to be in good shape...[and] that the weight and hammer would help his athleticism in the other events, because there’s a lot of crossover...