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Oakland Raiders running back Jalen Richard is coming off his best season in the NFL. The 25-year-old had 55 carries for 259 yards and one touchdown, but more impressively had 68 receptions for 607 more yards.
Richard is set to be a major part of the Oakland offense again. Although they drafted running back Josh Jacobs, Richard will still carry the load as the receiving back. He was never much of a handoff guy (as shown by the 55 carries last season).
The running back seems ready to go after using an underwater gym training program called “Aquabred.” He was so excited about it that he expressed his feelings to David Lombardi of The Athletic.
The program is still in its infancy, not part of any NFL team’s curriculum. But those involved believe that it’ll become a fixture on the sports training scene.
“And this shit works,” Richard said recently at the Raiders facility, noting that he felt less winded and healthier during the 2018 season, the most productive of his career, after Aquabred training. “It builds your lungs. It takes pressure off the body, relieving your body from gravity. It does what everybody says pool workouts do, but (Gibson) is taking it to a different level with the things we are able to do in the water.”
Players are always looking for new ways to get their body into shape. LeBron James famously spends $1 million every year on workouts and diets. Therefore, it's no surprise when you hear something new has cropped up.
However, this one is different — it seems to have struck gold. The players seem to be all-in on it, and Richard is proof that it worked.
The question now is, where does this leave everything? Will this be the new standard for workouts? Or is this simply a fad that will fade away in a few years? It appears if Jalen Richard has a say, “Aquabred” will be around for a long, long time.
