Mashed Potatoes
10-17-2008, 12:51 PM
After struggling with his weight and confidence as a freshman last season, Dupree transformed his body - and potentially his game - over the summer. The former Calvert Hall star dropped more than 20 pounds after ballooning to as heavy as 285 pounds late in the season.
Dupree said he put on weight as his playing time and practice time dwindled toward the middle and end of last season. He said he didn't change his eating habits as much as his workout regimen and acknowledged the weight loss wasn't easy.
"I was expecting it to come off real quick; it was gradual," Dupree said. "I feel a lot different running the floor. Last year, I'd get winded so fast. Now when I'm running up and down the court, it's nothing. It's not even that difficult."
Paul Ricci, the team's new strength and conditioning coach, said Dupree recently recorded times normally reserved for guards, not power forwards or centers, in a test of 18 repetitions that includes sprints and endurance tests.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-sp.terpshoop17oct17,0,4610937.story
Dupree said he put on weight as his playing time and practice time dwindled toward the middle and end of last season. He said he didn't change his eating habits as much as his workout regimen and acknowledged the weight loss wasn't easy.
"I was expecting it to come off real quick; it was gradual," Dupree said. "I feel a lot different running the floor. Last year, I'd get winded so fast. Now when I'm running up and down the court, it's nothing. It's not even that difficult."
Paul Ricci, the team's new strength and conditioning coach, said Dupree recently recorded times normally reserved for guards, not power forwards or centers, in a test of 18 repetitions that includes sprints and endurance tests.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-sp.terpshoop17oct17,0,4610937.story