August 29, 2024 • 20 mins
LeBron James talked this week how his son isn't allowed to call him dad, but gave alternatives, so Covino & Rich came up with their own list of 5 possible nickames for LeBron; Tom Brady showed off his max bench of 245 - do you really care about your max weight at the gym or is it better to keep it low and slow? Covino & Rich debate their workouts
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
You know, last Thursday there's no football. Oh yeah, enjoy it.
Look at that right, embrace the holiday weekend, Labor Day
weekend is here, Covino and Rich. What a week it's been.
We've filled in for the herd. Now we're here, over promised,
all the ideas we didn't have time for and normally
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(00:24):
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(00:47):
want to miss that. Plus, at this stage of the game,
do you care about how much weight you're lifted? You
care about that? Should you care about that? There's a
Tom Brady story I got, I got major thoughts on
this and we're gonna throw it back with you your
favorite check and Charles Barkley, Yes, yes, yes, but you
know I thought this was interesting. Of all the people
that loved or hated the idea of Lebron playing with Bronni.
(01:09):
There were some people that are nipp twoso the stupid ship,
and other people are like beautiful a father gets to
play with his son. We're so polarizing. One question that
never came up in all that bullshit, like from a
month ago, what is he gonna call him on the court? Papa, Daddy, dad, poppy?
(01:32):
So they talked about it on the shop, take a look,
but what's your working relationship? Is he gonna call you
dad at practice in the locker room.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
We already laid that No, we already laid No, he can't.
We already laid that down. I cannot call me Dad
in the workplace all once we once we leave out
of the private facility and the gates closed, I could
be dead again in the car if.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We ride together at home, I could be Dad.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
No, he gotta call me like two three or bron
okay or you know, go if he wants To's up
to him. I mean, it's up to him. But it's
easy for me. It's easy to because it's easy for
me because I've been calling Bronni for so long. It's
not like I've been called a son a son like,
it's so easy for me, it's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Hold on, there is some hypocrisy there, and before we
start making fun of Lebron James, let me say this respectfully.
I think it's awesome what's happening between them. That's a
dream come true. So there's no hate here. It's incredible
and it's great to see. But isn't Lebron James the
first guy to be saying all the time it's a
it's a dream come true to play with my son Bronni,
(02:36):
my son Bronni, my son Bronni, my son Bronnie. He
keeps calling him my son Bronnie, but he's mad about
being called dad on the court. I'm not saying I
don't understand, because I do. He does. He doesn't want
to be the old guy or be deemed as the
old guy out there. But you know he is quick
to call him his son, right, so he can't have both.
(02:56):
I don't think he has to be calling him Bronni.
Then that's it. I think the funny part of that
cliff that has gone onto the radar. He's like, unless
you're driving home, they're gonna car pool together. How adorable.
And then then they go home for dinner together and
mom's making a pork chops. So there are other names
we thought of that he could call Lebron instead of Dad. Yeah,
(03:16):
if he can't call him dad or pop pop whatever
he calls him, how about he call him the Great Floppy?
All right, we'll start with that, the Great Floppy because,
as you know, Lebron James known for this. Oh yeah,
I mean old haters love to point out the fact
that you know, he loves to flop. Oh, he's a flopper.
(03:37):
I like him extra floppy. Hey Dad, Hey, I told
you you can't call me that. I mean the Great Floppy.
There you go, now, wy Floppy? Well, I mean definitely work.
How embarrassing and floppy is. Imagine he's like Daddy passed
through the ball, dude, like floppy Floppy. So the Great
Floppy we got that one. Oh, how about an old
gray beard. That's the other one. Old gray Beard sounds good.
(04:00):
I don't understand how he doesn't want to be dad,
but it looks like he could be everybody's dad with
the gray beard. And as Emmett Smith said for years,
no play for mister gray. The beard is weird. And
when you're on the court. Basketball is a young man's game.
I don't think you advertise this wisdom. And that's why
he doesn't want to be called dad. So why does
he have the gray Beard? Be honest with you. Yeah,
(04:22):
there's one thing and probably one thing I have in
common with Lebron James. It's about throw that picture back up.
That is exactly where Mike Gray comes in. Like that chin,
like that jaw line over there. I once in a
while do the little just for men. Lebron James should
be doing that. He's trying to play a young man's game.
It's a good name. He looks like a pirate there,
(04:43):
oh gray Beard. So if he can't call him dad,
all gray Beard works, how about this? If he can't
call him dad on the court, how about busted toes?
How about bat? Busted his toes?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yo?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Bat? Because I don't know if you knew this about
Lebron's feet, but his tootsies are mango. So if he
doesn't want dad b a t busted ass tosal yo,
that might work. I don't know. Do you know the
trash talking that could take place out there, like they're losing,
like yo, you and your bitch Dad, Like there's gonna
(05:15):
be there's gonna be people that are trying that they
will try to play the emotions. Oh yeah, yeah sure,
Oh yeah, how about this one. You always say this
is the worst thing you could tell a guy. Oh yeah,
your hairline. Now we say this respectfully. But if you
can't call him dad, I'm sure he'll turn around if
he hears that one, right, Get that. If Bronnie's open
(05:38):
and he's not responding to dad hairline, I'm open that
he might get some attention there. And there is no
worse than sult in the world than hairline, because even
if you have a strong hairline, you're gonna be uh
wondering me. Really, I don't know, And I know right
that's the comeback player of the year right there, his hairline.
(06:00):
Look at it, here's a progression. If they ever fight
amongst each other on the team. You ever think Lebron's
gonna be like yo, I bang your mom to Bronnie
Like maybe maybe, But look, it's also a testament to
how long he's been there, how long he's done it right.
So again credit to Lebron James. We're just having fun
with this story because he's the one who said you
can't call me dad. What are we gonna call him? Think?
(06:22):
And Lebron did say, well, then call me goat. So
in that case, maybe Bronnie calls him MJ. There you go,
oh the goat? Hey, MJ, I'm open. Oh you said
you were a goat. You said you were to go
so Michael Jordan. Now those are just some things Bronnie
could call Lebron. We say that respectfully, and if you
(06:44):
want to add to the list, if you got anything else,
hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.
Hashtag Covino's the Man, hashtag Lebron James, Lebron James. You know,
I don't think I don't think anyone's thinking about basketball
right now because it's fun ball season. Hairline, James, I'm sorry,
would you say? And Tom Brady was in the news
(07:07):
and by the way, something we talked about earlier on Fox.
How interesting the dilemma they might have as far as
what corporate Tom Brady could do compared to announcer Tom Brady.
I could get dicey. But there was another Tom Brady
story and it had to do with him bench pressing.
And I feel like this is something you and your
jersey wheedle friends bragged about in the nineties without a doubt.
(07:27):
But again, you're talking thirty years ago or whatever, right
when we were taking creatine and caring about those things,
trying to get her weight up, basically trying to get
your weight up as a kid. As you get older,
do you really want to push your limits? Now, before
we talk about what Tom Brady did, let's throw it
back to when Shack and Chuck had a lift off.
(07:49):
You remember this, I think this is hilarious. Shaq and
Chuck had a lift off on TNT to promote some
rock Mark Wahlmberg movie or whatever, right, and the whole
premise was that Charles Barkley had fake weights and Shaquille
O'Neil was trying to outlift Charles Barkley was a lift off.
(08:09):
The fact that check is dumbfounded as to how is
Charles Barkley beating me? So they start at one thirty five,
They get it up easy, then they go to two
twenty five, They get it up easy, three point fifteen.
Shack is struggling a little bit, gets it up. Barkley
throws it up easy, and then they're at four oh five.
And here's how to clip pans out? We try four
(08:32):
oh five the great lift off. Oh shit, that's fourth
plates on each side. Shack could do it. This is
up to Charles Barkley to win it. We got this, Charles.
He's struggling Hereawn, Charles, that's ship time. You need help.
Lock it out, Lock it out, lock out. Yes, is
it a clean bench? I think we have a winner.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Jermy Wndall to shave my head, shut up, shacks Man Barkley.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Chiquillo is a soul loser. Thank you very much. Shot
your party gets take. Yeah, it was a prank and
it was great. Somehow I went viral again and it
got us thinking about it. And then like Rich just said,
Tom Brady also in the news this week, Benching, what
two forty five? I think? Hold on, I'll find the
(09:22):
exact story. It's Tom Brady. Yeah, two forty five. How
much do you bench bro? How much do you bench bro?
And that's an awkward question nowadays because I'll tell you
what you called me out as a guido from New Jersey. Yeah,
I did take pride in that at one point in
my life. Now, at this stage of the game, I
know I look young and spry, but let's just say
I'm in my forties. I don't give a diddley squat
(09:44):
about how much I'm putting up. I just want to maintain.
I want to get my workout in, but I also
don't want to hurt myself. Who's time for that now,
No thanks, it's just not a priority. Short hair, don't care.
You could argue that, sweet hair, don't check. On the
extreme opposite, I lift so light now because I see
(10:05):
every dumb friend I have that's in their forties, you
hit forty one little acre pain that could be part mint.
I have a buddy, the tourist Peck. I have another friend,
the tour's bicep our video producer spot Hey Diata gets
shoulder surgery. I'm on the business of hurting myself post forty.
So when I tell you I'm using like twenty pounds dumbbells,
I warm up with fifteens. For you to use that
(10:29):
little weight rack with all the pink and orange dumbbells
is a little odd to me. I don't care. I
feel good, but I also think caring about the weight
that you're putting up at this stage is also a
little odd. Young man's game, unless, of course, you're a
(10:49):
young guy, right and you're trying to get your weight
up or b you know you're a professional bodybuilder, current athlete,
that sort of thing. If you're just a regular dude
and you're just trying to maintain, you're trying to keep
some weight off, probably I just don't see how that
fits into your life if you have other things going on.
(11:11):
But there's guys like Spot who have made fitness a
priority that think where weak as could be by not
caring who has got hurt?
Speaker 3 (11:19):
So we yeah, but I'm still strong and I've strengthened
all the muscles around it. It's like I was hurting
when I first started working out, so it came from
something else. But it might just be like structure, It
could be wear and tear of just.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Like like it's the guy that's making fun of us
for not you especially not breaking a sweater. How is
that possible?
Speaker 3 (11:39):
You don't work, You've You've told me you've never done
a leg day, which blows my mind.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
D have nice legs already? Do you also? Spot? You
know you're you're sort of a gym rat. Now do
you know like your max weight on? Like Chris, I
mean I slowly build on it. I'd have to look
at the specific machines. But yeah, like I'm I'm I
know where I've been. I had to back off once
I had my surgery and work back up again. But like, yeah,
I'm probably benching like one fifty five right now, which
(12:09):
is not a lot, but I had to work back
up to that. Right I'm deadlifting like two seventy five
on the business at all. It's you know, I know
it sounds odd, right because Rich and I grew up
playing sports and we still go to the gym on
the regular. We should be in better shape probably for
as often as we go be, but we're going to
maintain because I gotta say, I'm sort of past the
(12:31):
stage of knowing my max weight at anything that used
to be important to me back then. You know what
It's like, It's like someone's saying, dude, what's your body count?
And there was a stage in my life where you
knew that number? But now do you know? And nor
do you care? Right? Like embarrassing? Yeah, it's like I
don't know, dude, what you don't know? You're counting how
(12:52):
many girls you've dated? I don't know, I don't know.
I feel the same way about benching. It's like, yeah,
I used to care about that, but I really don't anymore.
And that may be I rally to you, but that's
really the stage I think most guys are. They just
want to stay in shape, They just want to throw
some weight out, but as far as they're max dight,
(13:13):
I don't max out. I don't know. I take pride
in lifting light and still feeling good and looking good
like a T shirt. Like I'm telling you you do,
I don't. I don't need more than if I'm doing
shoulder presses or if I'm doing like even a machine
for bench press one twenty. I don't need to be
lifted hundreds of pounds.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Is.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
I think I'm add I really do.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Right now, you're relying heavily on genetics, and eventually that's
going to start working against you, because once your body
starts slowing down, if you're not setting a good foundation,
you need to, you know, but depend you don't need to.
You don't need to max out. Like I don't know
what my max is. I'm sure I could do more
than I do this, but I'm doing it for reps.
(13:56):
I'm doing it to build strings.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
But as Tom Brady or or any of these guys
that are in good check. Are they doing any Is
any athlete like that doing max weight?
Speaker 3 (14:05):
No, there's a difference between being a bodybuilder and going
crazy and maintaining. And as you get older, it's more
important to have these muscles trained and toned. So it's
also more important not getting hurt. And I said, you
only get hurt if you don't know what you're doing. No,
not true, Not true at all. The people I'm thinking about,
(14:27):
you're such an arrogant prick. You think you know more
than people I'm talking about.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
I know. Yeah, guys that played college football that are ripped,
big guys that are like forty ish, and they don't
they not getting hurt is a priority, not only for
dudes in their forties, but dudes getting ready for the
actual football. See you saw preseason, I saw playing Patty.
You want to see the stet. This is a stat
about fans. You said I was going to drop a
good one. As the football season approaches. Thirty seven percent
(14:53):
of men say they gained significant weight from September to January,
and fifty three percent of those guys that say they
gained weight more than ten pounds so you do have
to make the gym a part of your fall life,
because just because you got a hoodie, don't put yourself
behind the eight ball because then spring hits and you're
(15:13):
a piece of trash. Well you know that's a fun
stat Let me sit on that for a minute, because
that's a lot of way, a significant ten pounds from
September to January and again because the sweatshirt weather and
your rocking and year old school started, you feel more
comfortable with a hoodie on and the gym. Get hide
it a little bit. We're not saying go to the gym,
(15:34):
but I'm saying do you care about your max weight?
But maybe Tom Brady brings you back and plants that
seed of saying if he's putting two forty five up,
I wonder, I wonder where around att Like, are you
even interested right now? Can you know what you could
throw up? You need to build to it, and I
think we'd all be shocked to see how weak we really. Yeah,
(15:55):
you could do your three sets or whatever, but I
bet you can't put up what you think you can.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
And you're more likely to injure yourself by trying to
do that than like just doing steady, consistent weight.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
But I have no interest the same way when I'll
be like Yo Caminot, try to seafood you on aluk
seafood no interest, I have no interest. Here's the thing,
I have no interest in bulks spot because you know
that bulk turns into extra fat from September to January
when I'm sitting around lounge and watching football eating five
layered dips. That's the truth. So I'm trying to lift lighter,
(16:26):
not as light as rich, lighter to get those reps
in so that i can eat a little bit more
and enjoy my football season. Well, I'll tell you why
this happens. Obviously because people feel comfortable in hoodies and
football jerseys and sweatshirts. I'm already thinking about next week.
The real question is how do you try to eat
(16:47):
relatively healthy here and there? Because I'm already thinking about
next week Thursday, NFL kickoff Chiefs Ravens and we already
made planing. Guess what we made plans? Yeah, We're going
to Buffalo Wild Wings with Danny g It's impossible to
go to Buffalo wild Wings, any wild wing place, all right,
and avoid the wings. It's a healthy option. Tell me
about Friday. Yeah, well that's why you have to care
(17:09):
a gym to balance it out. Eagles from Brazil, Okay,
softball buddies like, yeah, we're all going to the bar
to watch that. Two days in a row. You're eating
shitty and drinking probably at least a few drinks. And
then Sunday, I'm already getting people be like, yo, first
day of the NFL season, you're having people over. Let's
like make a braunch, we'll eat and yo, oh Sarah,
do you want to make that stuff? French toast and bacon.
(17:31):
And so now you talk about Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
Three out of the four days of that first NFL weekend,
you're gonna be a piece of shit, slop and dude,
not only some great football, but you got some fights
coming up. We're gonna be in Vegas for Canello for longa.
You know, you're gonna be eating and drinking and boozing
and schmoozing. So all of these things add up, which
(17:53):
is why the gym is important. But again, nobody's in
the business of getting hurt from preseason and to you
in your thirties, forties, whatever, no one wants to get hurt,
because that hurt is a major step back, which leads
to you feeling like a slug. Anyway, would you do this?
Would you do this? Read it? Thirty seven percent of
men yeah, said they would give up football games for
(18:14):
two months, So we're talking eight weeks of the NFL
season two months, eight weeks. Would you do it if
it meant you just get a six pack? Would you
do it? Now? If you told me I didn't have
to work out and I just got to sick pack,
like eight weeks? You live for this? No, Honestly, I'm
only a six pack one of my twenty two. If
you didn't have to work out, if I was a
fat slob, I might say yes, but I'd rather watch football.
(18:36):
I want to live life and enjoy I'm not giving
up to eight weeks of NFL actions or well two way,
two and five. Men and their belly is the physical
attribute they change about themselves, And I'm just telling you,
enjoy your wings, enjoy your beer, but moderation because football
season is like prime time for you to just lose
(18:58):
track of your goals, loose track of who you are,
and just become sloppy. Don't be sloppy. Did you give
up your love life? Would you give up a six abs?
He's doing pretty well without him. I'd be more likely
to do that. Then give up football. You can give
up You can give up booty for a month or so,
more so than football. So again, if you're if you're
(19:19):
doing the math, I don't think maxing out is where
you are unless you're a professional athlete. Right should be there,
No one should be. Tom Brady's putting up two forty five,
good for him, but letting yourself slip in gaining more
than ten pounds from September to January is also not
what we're preaching here. There's a middle ground. Stay healthy,
(19:41):
health is wealth, and that's really yeah, some good motivations. Yeah,
enjoy your living middle ground somewhere. Oh wait, I was
gonna say, enjoy your Labor Day weekend, eat and drink
like a slob, and then we'll start fresh next week.
But it's NFL season, so hey, have fun.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Diet starts in four months, all right, Yeah, I have this.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
New playing communie. It's going to be my Valentine's Day
diet when football's over all right, Sure, I will see
you guys later today. Actually, we'll see you guys tomorrow
kick off the weekend right Fox Sports Radio. Until then,
Ariva dere chia baby, see you in the over Promised Land.
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You know, last Thursday there's no football. Oh yeah, enjoy it.
Look at that right, embrace the holiday weekend, Labor Day
weekend is here, Covino and Rich. What a week it's been.
We've filled in for the herd. Now we're here, over promised,
all the ideas we didn't have time for and normally
we're on Fox Sports Radio right there, Fox Sports Radio
(00:24):
two to four out here on the West side, five
to seven on the East coast. If you dig the show, well,
we have a Patreon right Monday through Thursday. Join that
or join us on Fox Sports and catch the podcast.
Search Covino on Rich wherever you stream now lots to
get to today and over promised. Rich has a shocking
football speaking of football, a shocking football stat Not gonna
(00:47):
want to miss that. Plus, at this stage of the game,
do you care about how much weight you're lifted? You
care about that? Should you care about that? There's a
Tom Brady story I got, I got major thoughts on
this and we're gonna throw it back with you your
favorite check and Charles Barkley, Yes, yes, yes, but you
know I thought this was interesting. Of all the people
that loved or hated the idea of Lebron playing with Bronni.
(01:09):
There were some people that are nipp twoso the stupid ship,
and other people are like beautiful a father gets to
play with his son. We're so polarizing. One question that
never came up in all that bullshit, like from a
month ago, what is he gonna call him on the court? Papa, Daddy, dad, poppy?
(01:32):
So they talked about it on the shop, take a look,
but what's your working relationship? Is he gonna call you
dad at practice in the locker room.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
We already laid that No, we already laid No, he can't.
We already laid that down. I cannot call me Dad
in the workplace all once we once we leave out
of the private facility and the gates closed, I could
be dead again in the car if.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We ride together at home, I could be Dad.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
No, he gotta call me like two three or bron
okay or you know, go if he wants To's up
to him. I mean, it's up to him. But it's
easy for me. It's easy to because it's easy for
me because I've been calling Bronni for so long. It's
not like I've been called a son a son like,
it's so easy for me, it's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Hold on, there is some hypocrisy there, and before we
start making fun of Lebron James, let me say this respectfully.
I think it's awesome what's happening between them. That's a
dream come true. So there's no hate here. It's incredible
and it's great to see. But isn't Lebron James the
first guy to be saying all the time it's a
it's a dream come true to play with my son Bronni,
(02:36):
my son Bronni, my son Bronni, my son Bronnie. He
keeps calling him my son Bronnie, but he's mad about
being called dad on the court. I'm not saying I
don't understand, because I do. He does. He doesn't want
to be the old guy or be deemed as the
old guy out there. But you know he is quick
to call him his son, right, so he can't have both.
(02:56):
I don't think he has to be calling him Bronni.
Then that's it. I think the funny part of that
cliff that has gone onto the radar. He's like, unless
you're driving home, they're gonna car pool together. How adorable.
And then then they go home for dinner together and
mom's making a pork chops. So there are other names
we thought of that he could call Lebron instead of Dad. Yeah,
(03:16):
if he can't call him dad or pop pop whatever
he calls him, how about he call him the Great Floppy?
All right, we'll start with that, the Great Floppy because,
as you know, Lebron James known for this. Oh yeah,
I mean old haters love to point out the fact
that you know, he loves to flop. Oh, he's a flopper.
(03:37):
I like him extra floppy. Hey Dad, Hey, I told
you you can't call me that. I mean the Great Floppy.
There you go, now, wy Floppy? Well, I mean definitely work.
How embarrassing and floppy is. Imagine he's like Daddy passed
through the ball, dude, like floppy Floppy. So the Great
Floppy we got that one. Oh, how about an old
gray beard. That's the other one. Old gray Beard sounds good.
(04:00):
I don't understand how he doesn't want to be dad,
but it looks like he could be everybody's dad with
the gray beard. And as Emmett Smith said for years,
no play for mister gray. The beard is weird. And
when you're on the court. Basketball is a young man's game.
I don't think you advertise this wisdom. And that's why
he doesn't want to be called dad. So why does
he have the gray Beard? Be honest with you. Yeah,
(04:22):
there's one thing and probably one thing I have in
common with Lebron James. It's about throw that picture back up.
That is exactly where Mike Gray comes in. Like that chin,
like that jaw line over there. I once in a
while do the little just for men. Lebron James should
be doing that. He's trying to play a young man's game.
It's a good name. He looks like a pirate there,
(04:43):
oh gray Beard. So if he can't call him dad,
all gray Beard works, how about this? If he can't
call him dad on the court, how about busted toes?
How about bat? Busted his toes?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yo?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Bat? Because I don't know if you knew this about
Lebron's feet, but his tootsies are mango. So if he
doesn't want dad b a t busted ass tosal yo,
that might work. I don't know. Do you know the
trash talking that could take place out there, like they're losing,
like yo, you and your bitch Dad, Like there's gonna
(05:15):
be there's gonna be people that are trying that they
will try to play the emotions. Oh yeah, yeah sure,
Oh yeah, how about this one. You always say this
is the worst thing you could tell a guy. Oh yeah,
your hairline. Now we say this respectfully. But if you
can't call him dad, I'm sure he'll turn around if
he hears that one, right, Get that. If Bronnie's open
(05:38):
and he's not responding to dad hairline, I'm open that
he might get some attention there. And there is no
worse than sult in the world than hairline, because even
if you have a strong hairline, you're gonna be uh
wondering me. Really, I don't know, And I know right
that's the comeback player of the year right there, his hairline.
(06:00):
Look at it, here's a progression. If they ever fight
amongst each other on the team. You ever think Lebron's
gonna be like yo, I bang your mom to Bronnie
Like maybe maybe, But look, it's also a testament to
how long he's been there, how long he's done it right.
So again credit to Lebron James. We're just having fun
with this story because he's the one who said you
can't call me dad. What are we gonna call him? Think?
(06:22):
And Lebron did say, well, then call me goat. So
in that case, maybe Bronnie calls him MJ. There you go,
oh the goat? Hey, MJ, I'm open. Oh you said
you were a goat. You said you were to go
so Michael Jordan. Now those are just some things Bronnie
could call Lebron. We say that respectfully, and if you
(06:44):
want to add to the list, if you got anything else,
hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.
Hashtag Covino's the Man, hashtag Lebron James, Lebron James. You know,
I don't think I don't think anyone's thinking about basketball
right now because it's fun ball season. Hairline, James, I'm sorry,
would you say? And Tom Brady was in the news
(07:07):
and by the way, something we talked about earlier on Fox.
How interesting the dilemma they might have as far as
what corporate Tom Brady could do compared to announcer Tom Brady.
I could get dicey. But there was another Tom Brady
story and it had to do with him bench pressing.
And I feel like this is something you and your
jersey wheedle friends bragged about in the nineties without a doubt.
(07:27):
But again, you're talking thirty years ago or whatever, right
when we were taking creatine and caring about those things,
trying to get her weight up, basically trying to get
your weight up as a kid. As you get older,
do you really want to push your limits? Now, before
we talk about what Tom Brady did, let's throw it
back to when Shack and Chuck had a lift off.
(07:49):
You remember this, I think this is hilarious. Shaq and
Chuck had a lift off on TNT to promote some
rock Mark Wahlmberg movie or whatever, right, and the whole
premise was that Charles Barkley had fake weights and Shaquille
O'Neil was trying to outlift Charles Barkley was a lift off.
(08:09):
The fact that check is dumbfounded as to how is
Charles Barkley beating me? So they start at one thirty five,
They get it up easy, then they go to two
twenty five, They get it up easy, three point fifteen.
Shack is struggling a little bit, gets it up. Barkley
throws it up easy, and then they're at four oh five.
And here's how to clip pans out? We try four
(08:32):
oh five the great lift off. Oh shit, that's fourth
plates on each side. Shack could do it. This is
up to Charles Barkley to win it. We got this, Charles.
He's struggling Hereawn, Charles, that's ship time. You need help.
Lock it out, Lock it out, lock out. Yes, is
it a clean bench? I think we have a winner.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Jermy Wndall to shave my head, shut up, shacks Man Barkley.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Chiquillo is a soul loser. Thank you very much. Shot
your party gets take. Yeah, it was a prank and
it was great. Somehow I went viral again and it
got us thinking about it. And then like Rich just said,
Tom Brady also in the news this week, Benching, what
two forty five? I think? Hold on, I'll find the
(09:22):
exact story. It's Tom Brady. Yeah, two forty five. How
much do you bench bro? How much do you bench bro?
And that's an awkward question nowadays because I'll tell you
what you called me out as a guido from New Jersey. Yeah,
I did take pride in that at one point in
my life. Now, at this stage of the game, I
know I look young and spry, but let's just say
I'm in my forties. I don't give a diddley squat
(09:44):
about how much I'm putting up. I just want to maintain.
I want to get my workout in, but I also
don't want to hurt myself. Who's time for that now,
No thanks, it's just not a priority. Short hair, don't care.
You could argue that, sweet hair, don't check. On the
extreme opposite, I lift so light now because I see
(10:05):
every dumb friend I have that's in their forties, you
hit forty one little acre pain that could be part mint.
I have a buddy, the tourist Peck. I have another friend,
the tour's bicep our video producer spot Hey Diata gets
shoulder surgery. I'm on the business of hurting myself post forty.
So when I tell you I'm using like twenty pounds dumbbells,
I warm up with fifteens. For you to use that
(10:29):
little weight rack with all the pink and orange dumbbells
is a little odd to me. I don't care. I
feel good, but I also think caring about the weight
that you're putting up at this stage is also a
little odd. Young man's game, unless, of course, you're a
(10:49):
young guy, right and you're trying to get your weight
up or b you know you're a professional bodybuilder, current athlete,
that sort of thing. If you're just a regular dude
and you're just trying to maintain, you're trying to keep
some weight off, probably I just don't see how that
fits into your life if you have other things going on.
(11:11):
But there's guys like Spot who have made fitness a
priority that think where weak as could be by not
caring who has got hurt?
Speaker 3 (11:19):
So we yeah, but I'm still strong and I've strengthened
all the muscles around it. It's like I was hurting
when I first started working out, so it came from
something else. But it might just be like structure, It
could be wear and tear of just.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Like like it's the guy that's making fun of us
for not you especially not breaking a sweater. How is
that possible?
Speaker 3 (11:39):
You don't work, You've You've told me you've never done
a leg day, which blows my mind.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
D have nice legs already? Do you also? Spot? You
know you're you're sort of a gym rat. Now do
you know like your max weight on? Like Chris, I
mean I slowly build on it. I'd have to look
at the specific machines. But yeah, like I'm I'm I
know where I've been. I had to back off once
I had my surgery and work back up again. But like, yeah,
I'm probably benching like one fifty five right now, which
(12:09):
is not a lot, but I had to work back
up to that. Right I'm deadlifting like two seventy five
on the business at all. It's you know, I know
it sounds odd, right because Rich and I grew up
playing sports and we still go to the gym on
the regular. We should be in better shape probably for
as often as we go be, but we're going to
maintain because I gotta say, I'm sort of past the
(12:31):
stage of knowing my max weight at anything that used
to be important to me back then. You know what
It's like, It's like someone's saying, dude, what's your body count?
And there was a stage in my life where you
knew that number? But now do you know? And nor
do you care? Right? Like embarrassing? Yeah, it's like I
don't know, dude, what you don't know? You're counting how
(12:52):
many girls you've dated? I don't know, I don't know.
I feel the same way about benching. It's like, yeah,
I used to care about that, but I really don't anymore.
And that may be I rally to you, but that's
really the stage I think most guys are. They just
want to stay in shape, They just want to throw
some weight out, but as far as they're max dight,
(13:13):
I don't max out. I don't know. I take pride
in lifting light and still feeling good and looking good
like a T shirt. Like I'm telling you you do,
I don't. I don't need more than if I'm doing
shoulder presses or if I'm doing like even a machine
for bench press one twenty. I don't need to be
lifted hundreds of pounds.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Is.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
I think I'm add I really do.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Right now, you're relying heavily on genetics, and eventually that's
going to start working against you, because once your body
starts slowing down, if you're not setting a good foundation,
you need to, you know, but depend you don't need to.
You don't need to max out. Like I don't know
what my max is. I'm sure I could do more
than I do this, but I'm doing it for reps.
(13:56):
I'm doing it to build strings.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
But as Tom Brady or or any of these guys
that are in good check. Are they doing any Is
any athlete like that doing max weight?
Speaker 3 (14:05):
No, there's a difference between being a bodybuilder and going
crazy and maintaining. And as you get older, it's more
important to have these muscles trained and toned. So it's
also more important not getting hurt. And I said, you
only get hurt if you don't know what you're doing. No,
not true, Not true at all. The people I'm thinking about,
(14:27):
you're such an arrogant prick. You think you know more
than people I'm talking about.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
I know. Yeah, guys that played college football that are ripped,
big guys that are like forty ish, and they don't
they not getting hurt is a priority, not only for
dudes in their forties, but dudes getting ready for the
actual football. See you saw preseason, I saw playing Patty.
You want to see the stet. This is a stat
about fans. You said I was going to drop a
good one. As the football season approaches. Thirty seven percent
(14:53):
of men say they gained significant weight from September to January,
and fifty three percent of those guys that say they
gained weight more than ten pounds so you do have
to make the gym a part of your fall life,
because just because you got a hoodie, don't put yourself
behind the eight ball because then spring hits and you're
(15:13):
a piece of trash. Well you know that's a fun
stat Let me sit on that for a minute, because
that's a lot of way, a significant ten pounds from
September to January and again because the sweatshirt weather and
your rocking and year old school started, you feel more
comfortable with a hoodie on and the gym. Get hide
it a little bit. We're not saying go to the gym,
(15:34):
but I'm saying do you care about your max weight?
But maybe Tom Brady brings you back and plants that
seed of saying if he's putting two forty five up,
I wonder, I wonder where around att Like, are you
even interested right now? Can you know what you could
throw up? You need to build to it, and I
think we'd all be shocked to see how weak we really. Yeah,
(15:55):
you could do your three sets or whatever, but I
bet you can't put up what you think you can.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
And you're more likely to injure yourself by trying to
do that than like just doing steady, consistent weight.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
But I have no interest the same way when I'll
be like Yo Caminot, try to seafood you on aluk
seafood no interest, I have no interest. Here's the thing,
I have no interest in bulks spot because you know
that bulk turns into extra fat from September to January
when I'm sitting around lounge and watching football eating five
layered dips. That's the truth. So I'm trying to lift lighter,
(16:26):
not as light as rich, lighter to get those reps
in so that i can eat a little bit more
and enjoy my football season. Well, I'll tell you why
this happens. Obviously because people feel comfortable in hoodies and
football jerseys and sweatshirts. I'm already thinking about next week.
The real question is how do you try to eat
(16:47):
relatively healthy here and there? Because I'm already thinking about
next week Thursday, NFL kickoff Chiefs Ravens and we already
made planing. Guess what we made plans? Yeah, We're going
to Buffalo Wild Wings with Danny g It's impossible to
go to Buffalo wild Wings, any wild wing place, all right,
and avoid the wings. It's a healthy option. Tell me
about Friday. Yeah, well that's why you have to care
(17:09):
a gym to balance it out. Eagles from Brazil, Okay,
softball buddies like, yeah, we're all going to the bar
to watch that. Two days in a row. You're eating
shitty and drinking probably at least a few drinks. And
then Sunday, I'm already getting people be like, yo, first
day of the NFL season, you're having people over. Let's
like make a braunch, we'll eat and yo, oh Sarah,
do you want to make that stuff? French toast and bacon.
(17:31):
And so now you talk about Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
Three out of the four days of that first NFL weekend,
you're gonna be a piece of shit, slop and dude,
not only some great football, but you got some fights
coming up. We're gonna be in Vegas for Canello for longa.
You know, you're gonna be eating and drinking and boozing
and schmoozing. So all of these things add up, which
(17:53):
is why the gym is important. But again, nobody's in
the business of getting hurt from preseason and to you
in your thirties, forties, whatever, no one wants to get hurt,
because that hurt is a major step back, which leads
to you feeling like a slug. Anyway, would you do this?
Would you do this? Read it? Thirty seven percent of
men yeah, said they would give up football games for
(18:14):
two months, So we're talking eight weeks of the NFL
season two months, eight weeks. Would you do it if
it meant you just get a six pack? Would you
do it? Now? If you told me I didn't have
to work out and I just got to sick pack,
like eight weeks? You live for this? No, Honestly, I'm
only a six pack one of my twenty two. If
you didn't have to work out, if I was a
fat slob, I might say yes, but I'd rather watch football.
(18:36):
I want to live life and enjoy I'm not giving
up to eight weeks of NFL actions or well two way,
two and five. Men and their belly is the physical
attribute they change about themselves, And I'm just telling you,
enjoy your wings, enjoy your beer, but moderation because football
season is like prime time for you to just lose
(18:58):
track of your goals, loose track of who you are,
and just become sloppy. Don't be sloppy. Did you give
up your love life? Would you give up a six abs?
He's doing pretty well without him. I'd be more likely
to do that. Then give up football. You can give
up You can give up booty for a month or so,
more so than football. So again, if you're if you're
(19:19):
doing the math, I don't think maxing out is where
you are unless you're a professional athlete. Right should be there,
No one should be. Tom Brady's putting up two forty five,
good for him, but letting yourself slip in gaining more
than ten pounds from September to January is also not
what we're preaching here. There's a middle ground. Stay healthy,
(19:41):
health is wealth, and that's really yeah, some good motivations. Yeah,
enjoy your living middle ground somewhere. Oh wait, I was
gonna say, enjoy your Labor Day weekend, eat and drink
like a slob, and then we'll start fresh next week.
But it's NFL season, so hey, have fun.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
Diet starts in four months, all right, Yeah, I have this.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
New playing communie. It's going to be my Valentine's Day
diet when football's over all right, Sure, I will see
you guys later today. Actually, we'll see you guys tomorrow
kick off the weekend right Fox Sports Radio. Until then,
Ariva dere chia baby, see you in the over Promised Land.
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