re: Your Two-A-Day Experiences from Yesteryear

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If your arse had spent the summer under the AC then everyone would know by the second day of practice. There were always about 1 or 2 guys who decided to take the summer off. I never wanted to be in their shoes. Can't tell you how many freshman guys just walked off the field or didn't bother to come to the next practice.

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You are exactly right. This is why heat related illness is more common now. Kids spend the summer inside and aren't acclimated. What's even worse is the morons that go take a cold shower or sit in the AC between two-a-days. That makes it worse. Even with water breaks every 20-30 minutes, they drop like flies the first few days of practice.

When we were kids, we didn't spend all summer inside playing video games. Mom made our asses play outside all day. And I'm not old, it's just that staying inside all day was not an option for us. I never had a heat stroke.

Now, it's a different story. My arse would die if I had to be outside in the heat all day.


Eta: And every locker room I have ever been in has "that smell". The smell of wet, partially moldy jock straps and practice jerseys. It is a smell like no other.