How to Workout Like NFL Star Devin Funchess

Devin Funchess, Carolina Panther. We are at the Nike pop-up in L. A.

Work smarter, not harder. That's my motto on the offseason so I make sure my body is up to date. I'm solid right now. You know. Getting up, getting active. It's critical because it prepares you for the season, prepares you for camp really. That's the main goal to put you ahead of the game, put you in tip-top shape. Before the season starts. If you can't play, you can't get paid. So you got to take that mindset and keep your body in shape and get paid. The most important skill for a receiver to develop is route running ability. If you can't get in and out of your breaks, you're probably not going to catch the ball. Me, being a bigger wide receiver, I just gotta be able to sink lower and get out in and out of my break. So, that's mainly what I focus on: footwork and just having fun with everything I do. It's easier when you're having fun. These feet right here. Latin feet. Latin. As you saw me doing the plyos on the boxes in the workout today, that's just as soon as you hit the ground, bum-bum-bum-bum. I wake up and I can jump a 42, so it was routine for me. Just had to get used to it 'cause I haven't jumped in a in a couple years, so it was fun. Outside, we were on the grass and we were doing change of direction and footwork. Ooh. Look, we 'bout to work on balance and explosion. Boom, boom, one foot landing. A touchdown. When you get to the touchdown, the hardest part is to figure out what you're gonna do. What celebration you got. We kind of talk about it in the huddle before, but it's always hard. I just kinda go with the flow. I give me a little boss up. That's Detroit, that's authentic, and that's automatic. The legacy that I want to leave on and off the field is to be a stand-up guy, one of the best big guys to play the game, top five in the whole wide receiver category. Just know off the field wise, me myself Funchess, I can kick it and have fun with the guy. He's in the community and always taking care of the kids. I would tell my younger self, "Stretch, sleep, and have fun." Words of wisdom, show up and show out. It's the only game you got. Legends are forged in gold. I bleed gold 'cause I want to be a legend. I want to be one of those rare individuals and be forged in gold. It's mind over matter. You out to know somebody out-working you right now. Use that mindset and kill the workout whether you're tired or not. It's just that that mentality to want to be the best.

Young Hollywood, we out baby. That's the workout. We done.