5 NFL Wide Receivers Who Love Pilates

Antonio Brown

For Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, Pilates is an integral part of his training routine. Brown’s regimen is designed to enhance core strength and develop explosive power in his hips and glutes. He is focused on improving his flexibility with dynamic stretches. “It’s not like weight training . . . it’s all about control and body position, which receivers like myself need the most,” Brown told STACK last year.

“What Pilates does best is it creates muscle balance, so it works on strength and length at the same time,” said Brown’s instructor Christine Ruby. “Ideally, to keep him from getting injured, we need to make sure the muscles on one side of his body match in length and strength the muscles on the other side of the body.”

 

Brown said that this whole-body approach, including the feet, has helped him become more “elusive.” In other words, the exercises have benefited his overall balance control, and “knowing how to get my feet where [I want] to go.”

 

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