I better watch out for my job.
We stayed on the phone for nearly an hour.
(He eats between 5,000 and 7,000 calories a day, depending on his workout schedule).
OK, here is the interview.
My favorite line: The message, “Have a purpose.”
And your adorable son sealed the deal for female fans everywhere.
OK, first question:
How are you going to do in your game tonight?
That’s not what we’re talking about today.
Let’s start with your philanthropy in New Orleans, which you are famous for.
Of all the Katrina-related work andgive-back opportunities, what has been the most personally meaningful moment for you?
What will you always remember about your charitable work?
Was there one clincher moment that really made it all make sense?
Drew Brees:There’s been a lot of those moments.
So it became this community focus.
Truly it was unbelievable.
A lot of times these kids just need someone to believe in them.
You see how talented they are and they just wanted to show it.
LSD:That sounds amazing.
I just got goose bumps!
Speaking of helping people, theGet With the Movementprogram is why we are on the phone today.
Tell me about it: this campaign, and Fitness Anywhere, which I know makes theTRX.
So if I were to clarify the point of Get with the Movement, what’s your goal?
Drew:Get With the Movement is a program that basically wants people to be more active.
It’s very much just preaching an active lifestyle.
That’s going to make your body feel good and make you feel good about yourself.
And also co-chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, the What Moves You?
And that can be hiking and biking.
Whatever it is you want to do to be active.
As long as you do something.
Theis a piece of equipment I’ve used since 2006.
It was the main part of my rehabilitation when I was rehabbing my shoulder injury.
It’s very much a functional training element.
you could train every muscle group with the TRX.
And I can do all of those things with that one product.
I incorporate the TRX in every workout I do every single day.
All of us set training goals, to lose weight and tone up and get stronger, etc.
I think the TRX helps me do that.
Or any kid who doesn’t want to turn off the screen and get off the couch?
Drew:The biggest thing is to think: This is family time.
There’s a lot of great things about it.
My brother, growing up, that is all we did.
It’s a different day and age withtechnologyand all, but we were just living outside back then.
It’s a healthy balance…we have to allow people to do a little bit of everything.
LSD:What is your healthy snack?
What is your favorite indulgence?
Drew:I eat a lot.
5,000 to 7,000 calories a day, easily.
I’m 212 pounds, 6 feet tall, so I burn calories like crazy.
I have to put calories in my body, with two practices a day and also doing weights.
So I take a stab at eat enough to fuel that.
I do about six hours a day (of training and practice) or so.
LSD:How do you relax and kick back when your work and workout is done?
Drew:Used to be my wife and I would travel all the time, and golf.
But now with my son and another on the way, it’s all about being with kids.
LSD:You came back from a tremendousinjuryand won the Super Bowl when some players would have never recovered.
It took time but you did it.
How did you stay positive and get better?
What is your secret to success?
(As someone dealing with injuries I need to know this!)
Drew:When broken, you just have to believe.
You have got to believe you’re going to come back stronger.
You have to do things smart.
Rehab is smart, but depending on the injury, it’s tough.
Havingshort-term goalsare important, too.
But short-term goals work.
Two years to feel completely normal like nothing had ever happened to it."
And it did take that long.
I could feel a tightness, or a tug.
Four years after the injury, I won the Super Bowl.
LSD:Setting and reaching goals is so SELF.
It’s how we help motivate women to accomplish their best body and reach their goals.
It takes weeks, but each week it’s possible for you to do it!
Drew:Yes, it’s all about short-term goals.
and was told four weeks.
I thought, I gotta beat that…and I did, I got out in three.
Then I asked the doc, “What is the next objective?”
It’s full range of motion in nine weeks.
And I thought, I have to beat that…I did it in six weeks.
Then, throw at four months.
I gotta beat that.
Did it in three and a half.
Anytime you accomplish agoal, it makes you feel good about yourself along the way.
Set realistic short-term goals.
If you want to lose 10 pounds, you’re free to’t do that all in one week.
you might reach your goals.
Drew:I like to say: Have a purpose.
Work out with a purpose and ask what’s your purpose and what’s your goal?
If it’s “I just want to lose 10 pounds,” then that’s your purpose.
How can you do that?
Work out 30 minutes a day and then think about short-term goals and how to meet them.
you could’t lose all 10 this week but maybe you could lose 2 this week and 2 the next.
So map it out and feel good about your short-term goals.
Or, if your purpose is torun a race, then map that out.
There is a difference between exercise and training.
Have that goal in mind, that purpose in mind every time you start to train.
He wants to know: How much of what you do is mental and how much is physical?
Meaning how much of your success?
Drew:It’s 90 percent mental.
But the rest of it is allmental.
I have to believe in myself.
LSD:Great message:Believe in yourself.Very SELFy!.
I love the idea of “Have a purpose.”
That’s going to be my mantra for the next month of training.
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