Nick Piccone
Jay Glazer is an MMA maniac and does some good NFL work on the side. He also trains NFL players the same way MMA fighters train, and according to this SI MMQB article detailing every aspect of the training, I’m not sure why most guys don’t hate him for what torture he probably puts them through.
But, I’m sure it’s worth it.
On this Thursday, Bush showed three hours earlier than the 11 a.m. start time to stretch and work with speed coach Jamal Liggin. The coach held a resistance band fastened around Bush’s waist while the 30-year-old running back leapt atop three-foot tall wooden boxes spaced apart on the narrow running space. Later, Glazer asked a staffer to stand outside the front doors to make sure no oncoming traffic interfered with Bush’s back-and-forth sprints, which started inside and ended on the steep driveway. Hours later, after Glazer and Evans got the group started on stretching, Bush joined Glazer in the half cage built against a back wall.
“You ready to start working?” Glazer asked.
Bush: “Start? I’ve been here three hours.”
Glazer: “Sure, but all you did was stretch.”
Later on, Bush Joked with Evans: “Jay will have you believe you wasn’t doin’ s— until you met him, but I love him though.”
A typical day at Unbreakable consists of an unorthodox hip-focused stretching session with David Honorel (inspired, he says, by the movements of bears, crocodiles, frogs and gorillas), speed training with Liggin, weight training with an emphasis on safety, MMA work including boxing, wrestling and hand fighting with Glazer, Evans, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner John Lewis and former UFC stars Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture. Glazer co-owns the gym with Brian Urlacher and Lindsey Berg, an Olympic volleyball player who now plays professionally overseas. Their faces are painted on a gym wall with the word “Unbreakable”, but it’s Glazer who runs the show, transforming fighting drills into football drills. Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham showed up this summer to work on beating press coverage.
According to the article, Eagles that have trained with Glazer include: Lane Johnson, Zach Ertz, DeMarco Murray and John Moffit. Moffit, who retired from the NFL years ago to combat a drug problem, has been working with Glazer and seems to be one of the most improved trainees of the program.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is also a regular client of Glazer, and that should probably come as no surprise to anyone. Read more about Glazer’s program here.