{"id":1562,"date":"2016-01-05T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2016-01-23T13:34:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T18:34:30","slug":"mercer-t-cfl-combine-blog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/mercer-t-cfl-combine-blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer T- CFL COMBINE Blog 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mercer-and-Brett-East-west-CIS-football.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mercer and Brett East west CIS football\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mercer and Brett East west CIS football\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mercer-and-Brett-East-west-CIS-football_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I knew that the road to pro football would be full of sacrifices. That&#8217;s why I left home to play high school football in the States, then went to the U of C. I knew that I would have to push my personal limits, on and off the field. The next step is no different. I&#8217;ve chosen to work with one of the top trainers and have surrounded myself with people who will help me achieve my ultimate goal. This blog is my journey and I&#8217;m happy that you are following it with me. I felt that it was important to tell you where I was, before we go on this journey. <\/p>\n<p>I know that training for the combine will be a gruelling test. It&#8217;s why I felt like I needed SST at my side.  <\/p>\n<p>Could I train on my own? Sure, but I&#8217;ve been working with Larry for several years and he&#8217;s proven to be one of the top strength coaches in North America. He gets it and he gets me. He knows the road I&#8217;ve travelled and where I want to be. Training for the combine is more than just getting bigger and faster &#8211; it&#8217;s about mastering the combine drills. I&#8217;ve got just over 2 months to prepare and I&#8217;m going to work every minute! <\/p>\n<p> My first week back to training was a sore one, it was filled with drop sets of bench press and 10 sets of 8 second eccentric squats. On the running side I have been stressing the technique of my stance and start. There is no better person to be working with than Larry.  <\/p>\n<p>Mercer T <\/p>\n<p>U of C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I knew that the road to pro football would be full of sacrifices. That&#8217;s why I left home to play high school football in the States, then went to the U of C. I knew that I would have to push my personal limits, on and off the field. The next step is no &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/mercer-t-cfl-combine-blog-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mercer T- CFL COMBINE Blog 2!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,134,112],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","category-football","category-qbcanada","tag-football-40-yard-dash-40-yard-dash-training-speed-training-football-training-training-squats-squat-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}