Rudy Gay Drops Weight Gained Before 13-14 Season

[RealGM Wiretap]

Rudy Gay dropped 15 pounds that he gained before last season.

“I had to lose a lot of weight,” Gay said. “I put on a lot of unnecessary weight. I feel good now. I feel lighter, I feel quicker.”

Gay said the extra weight was due to his workout regimen.

“Heavy weight lifting,” Gay said. “That’s somthing that I shouldn’t have done.”

Gay said his “excessive” gains were to prepare to play against bigger players last season with the Toronto Raptors.

“One of the emphasises coming into camp last year with Toronto was me playing the stretch four and putting on the weight was one of those things,” Gay said. “It didn’t turn out very well so I had to drop it. Now I feel like a guard again.”

Via Jason Jones/Sacramento Bee

[pbj]

What an idiot.. "heavy weight lifting" doesn't cause someone to suddenly put on 20 lbs of mostly fat.

[HighOctane]

He can't blame his tenure with the Raps, which was several months before this preseason. Weight gain can be lost very quickly through dieting, and I doubt he followed through with a proper regimen.

Might as well blame his baby fat.

[bleveland]

Heavy lifting is actually best way to lose weight, bulking up is really hard for basketball players that aren't prone to that specially at 6'8.

But you do easily gain weight by consuming way too much.

[ColdBlooded]

A caloric surplus is the reason you gained weight, Rudy, not heavy lifting.

[CHAMPi0N]

lol Rudolph you crafty bastard. Why can't you just keep it real rather than blaming Toronto? You was fat.