"The first thing we did was teach him how to eat." (HA)
HA Note: "Soares sought help in preparing for a National Football League audition. Soares will participate in tomorrow's Pro Day in Carson, Calif. — a one-day event attended by scouts and personnel directors from every NFL team. Each participant goes through a series of disciplines, such as the 40-yard dash and bench-presses. Soares was recommended to Triple Threat Performance, a training program that has helped scores of pro prospects."
About having 12 weeks to help train Blaze for Pro Day, Banning said:
"you have to do a lot of things simultaneously. You have to work on running mechanics and skills of speed, in addition to strength development and conditioning for speed. And you need the proper muscle balance. You have a small amount of time to fix some bad habits." (HA)
About working with Blaze on nutrition, as he reported to their Arizona facility at 237 pounds with 14% body fat on his 6'2" frame, Banning said:
"Generally speaking, the young men don't eat the best. They eat when it's convenient." (HA)
HA Note: "Triple Threat has its own chefs and nutritionists. The recommendation was to place Soares on a six-meals-a-day program that was high in protein and low in fat. Water replaced soda."
About having Blaze eat 6 meals each day, Banning said:
"We wanted to make sure he had adequate calories and adequate hydration." (HA)
HA Note: "Banning said protein came from small portions of chicken, lean pork, fish and beans. He also had 15 eggs a day. Soares ate brown rice twice a day, and four meals of green vegetables. Soares did conditioning drills and weight training twice day, for a total of about six hours. Those were followed by body-recovery sessions, such as massages and ice treatments."
About how they enable athletes to train all day, Banning said:
"You need to make the body health, so you can train day in and day out." (HA)
About getting 6-pack abs, Blaze said:
"Maybe a month or two into my training, I started to get abs." (HA)
About how Blaze responded well to their training regimen, Banning said:
"The nice thing about Blaze is that he's what I can say is an 'easy responder.' An easy responder is a guy who, once you get him adequate calories and appropriate training, loses fat and develops muscles very quickly. Blaze is one of those guys who works very hard, and is committed to everything we do. He's had pretty dramatic results." (HA)
HA Note: "Soares has gained nine pounds, and now weighs 246, but dropped his body fat to 8.4 percent. He also is capable of bench pressing 225 pounds 30 times, a 50-percent increase from January."
About how he wants to run the 40 in 4.6 seconds or faster, Blaze said:
"That's my goal. The NFL is based on speed, and I wanted to get faster. I've been working on this for three months. I'm ready to show what I can do." (HA)
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