NFL RUSSELL WILSON’S SECRETS TO RECORD STRAIGHT STARTS IN HIS CAREER ... SWIMMING!
Russell Wilson’s secrets to his seemingly innate durability? To his ability to withstand brutal hits? To start not just every game, but every practice?
Postgame swimming.
No, this time it’s not Recovery Water. But it is about the water.
“I get up early in the morning, I swim. That’s one of the first things I do,” Wilson said Thursday before New Year’s Eve practice. “That helps a lot (to) get ready to go.
“Best thing to do is always be available. I think that obviously, to not miss practices, to be out there on game day, that’s what I’m here for. Ultimately: Whatever it takes. That’s kind of the mentality. Try to take care of your mind, body as much as possible throughout the week, get ready to go. I’m big on the mobility part of it, too.”
“Best thing to do is always be available. I think that obviously, to not miss practices, to be out there on game day, that’s what I’m here for. Ultimately: Whatever it takes. That’s kind of the mentality. Try to take care of your mind, body as much as possible throughout the week, get ready to go. I’m big on the mobility part of it, too.”
Yes, the most indispensable member of the Seahawks gets in the pool each Monday so he can practice all week and play again on Sunday. Wilson tries to do up to 30 laps in a pool on the day after games.
“I swim pretty good. I’m not a phenomenal swimmer or anything like that; I’m not Michael Phelps out there,” he said, chuckling. “But for me, I definitely swim laps. I’ll swim probably 30 if I can, if I have the opportunity to swim in a big enough pool. So that’s a big thing for me.
“I’m not going to tell you where I go swim.”
Could be inside his own house. In 2015, the 27-year-old Wilson bought a 10,700-square-foot mansion on Lake Washington, west of downtown Bellevue, for $6.7 million — though no real-estate listings say it has an indoor pool.
Wherever he does it, it works. Not only has Wilson never missed a game in his NFL career, he hasn’t been on an injury report — not for even a single practice day. The only time he’s missed any Seahawks practice came in May. He missed a voluntary minicamp. He chose instead to fly to Florida to attend the funeral of a beloved mother figure to new teammate Jimmy Graham.
Wilson hasn’t missed any game or practice time since the first game of his freshman year at North Carolina State.
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