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Pilates!
Aubrey Huff repentant, shaping up for 2012
Aubrey Huff's employers called him out, publicly and forcefully, and he did not say a peep. He let the criticism of his conditioning hang in the air, like a curveball with no break, and refused to swing. Instead, he went to work.
"I heard it. I read it. It's warranted," Huff said of the criticism. "When you had the year I had before, finishing seventh in the league in MVP voting, and then being one of the worst players the next year, I've got to get the blame."
The Giants blamed Huff's lack of dedication in the workout room after the Giants had won it all. They conveyed that privately. Then, in a rare tongue-lashing of one of his players, Sabean gave Huff a public kick in the butt two days after the season.
On Tuesday, Huff begged to differ slightly with Sabean, saying, "I don't think I was that out of shape. I was just so mentally in the toilet. I just never turned it around. It just kept snowballing."
...in Huff's mind, he resumed the one activity he dropped after the World Series: Pilates, an aerobic stretching regimen designed to enhance flexibility and strengthen a person's core while giving the heart a workout, too.
Huff said he was "mentally fried, and my body was tired as hell" after the extended 2010 season, so he dropped Pilates - a mistake, he now admits, because he believes it contributed to his physical well-being and success in 2010.
Gotta give Huff credit. He didn't oppose the criticism, in fact faced it and has improved himself... with the addition of Pilates. Hey if he did this before the 2010 season by all means, do it again.
I like the attitude of Huff in this situation, also not taking anything for granted:
"I've got to go to spring training and prove myself and basically win a job, because I've got two young kids (Brandon Belt and Brett Pill) breathing down my neck."
Acknowledging the kids as potential replacements.
Aubrey Huff repentant, shaping up for 2012
Aubrey Huff's employers called him out, publicly and forcefully, and he did not say a peep. He let the criticism of his conditioning hang in the air, like a curveball with no break, and refused to swing. Instead, he went to work.
"I heard it. I read it. It's warranted," Huff said of the criticism. "When you had the year I had before, finishing seventh in the league in MVP voting, and then being one of the worst players the next year, I've got to get the blame."
The Giants blamed Huff's lack of dedication in the workout room after the Giants had won it all. They conveyed that privately. Then, in a rare tongue-lashing of one of his players, Sabean gave Huff a public kick in the butt two days after the season.
On Tuesday, Huff begged to differ slightly with Sabean, saying, "I don't think I was that out of shape. I was just so mentally in the toilet. I just never turned it around. It just kept snowballing."
...in Huff's mind, he resumed the one activity he dropped after the World Series: Pilates, an aerobic stretching regimen designed to enhance flexibility and strengthen a person's core while giving the heart a workout, too.
Huff said he was "mentally fried, and my body was tired as hell" after the extended 2010 season, so he dropped Pilates - a mistake, he now admits, because he believes it contributed to his physical well-being and success in 2010.
Gotta give Huff credit. He didn't oppose the criticism, in fact faced it and has improved himself... with the addition of Pilates. Hey if he did this before the 2010 season by all means, do it again.
I like the attitude of Huff in this situation, also not taking anything for granted:
"I've got to go to spring training and prove myself and basically win a job, because I've got two young kids (Brandon Belt and Brett Pill) breathing down my neck."
Acknowledging the kids as potential replacements.