Trying to stay fit while stuck at home is one of the many issues presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sure, plenty of gyms, yoga studios and recreation centers are offering online workout classes to keep the blood pumping, but sometimes you still have to get creative to maintain your exercise routine from before the world shut down.
If you happen to have two spare Lombardi trophies lying around, you can do what former Steelers linebacker James Harrison did and use them as dumbbells for curling.
View this post on InstagramThis #coronavirus got me tryin to workout with whatever I can find lying around the house. 🏆🏆
Harrison — who won Super Bowls XL and XLIII as a member of the Steelers — is well-known for his insane workout videos that he likes to put on social media. This one is tame by his standards, but it’s still a massive flex on multiple levels.
He posted that video on the same night NFL Network was re-airing Super Bowl XLIII, the one in which the Steelers beat the Cardinals and Harrison took a Kurt Warner interception 100 yards to the house in the waning minutes of the first half.
Earlier this week, the 2008 Defensive Player of the Year also participated in the viral pushup challenge, but of course he upped the ante by doing more than 10 pushups with his two children on his back.
View this post on InstagramI’m calling out @brett_keisel_ @1ofahkine @realrclark put all yo kids on yo back😂 #pushupchallenge
He challenged a few of his ex-teammates to replicate that feat of athleticism. One, former Steelers safety Ryan Clark, balked at the idea in the comments section to that video.
“Bro!! My kids are 21, 18, & 15. How in the world will I do that?” Clark wrote.
Another, former Pittsburgh cornerback Ike Taylor, bragged that “I’ll smoke dat,” referring to the number of extremely difficult pushups Harrison was able to do.
Taylor doesn’t appear to have done a pushup video, but he did record and post footage of himself planking with a heavy weight on his back and doing 100 full-body presses in fewer than four minutes. Whether he truly was able to “smoke” Harrison or not in this friendly competition is up for debate.
Joshua Axelrod: jaxelrod@post-gazette.com and Twitter @jaxel222.
First Published: March 28, 2020, 12:22 a.m.