Between 1985 and the year 2000, legendary wide receiver Jerry Rice played for the San Francisco 49ers and became a bonafide legend of the sport. Today, he is always in the conversation of best WR in NFL history. That distinction has a reason behind it and those three rings he won were possible because he took his body to the limit. Those three Super Bowls played with the San Francisco 49ers were the ones that made Jerry Rice the force he is today. He won the MVP during the first one but he was equally important in the other two he won. In a recent admission on his part, Rice revealed one of the wildest pre-game routines we’ve ever heard from any athlete in this sport. Jerry Rice took the UFC approach before each game.
Jerry Rice, el mejor WR de la historia del futbol Americano
Jerry Rice and his outrageous pre-game routine
As it turns out, Jerry Rice thought that not eating anything before the Super Bowl would inevitably make him lighter and more impossible to catch on the field. Not only that, he also deprived himself from any sleep before the game in order to be more aware due to the adrenaline that kicks in when you haven’t slept for a while. It’s safe to say that this risky routine paid off for Rice, who has three Super Bowl rings to show. UFC fighters tend to take a similar approach in terms of staying light but they truly put their body at risk when they cut weight. Although Jerry rice’s approach is quite different, there are some smilarities between the two of them.
Also, hearing Jerry Rice and his logic for choosing this method is riveting and it describes perfectly what winning means to athletes of his caliber. You can tell he was truly flying during Super Bowl games with the 49ers, Jerry Rice thought of everything that could help him win before these big game. Here’s what he said: “I’m one of those active guys that catch on the move a lot so I didn’t want anything to weigh me down. I always had a target weight. If my target weight was 189 lbs and I was 192, I would work out the night before to get down to 189 because. I felt that if I was at my target weight, I could run all day, and there was no way anyone was going to be able to keep up with me.”
