Article: Ducks up front about fitness.(Sports)(The UO football team has moved conditioning to the start of practice this fall)

Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard

In this season of major changes for Oregon football, the Ducks have even made a drastic alteration to their practice routine.

No more is there extensive conditioning at the end of a workout. Now it comes at the start.

What a warmup. Up-downs, sprints ... before the first football drill.

`At first, I hated it,' senior defensive end Devan Long said. His initial reason was that `I'm just getting out here and I don't want to run right away because your body takes a while to understand what's going on.

`Now that I'm accustomed to it, I like it.'

As does cornerback Justin Phinisee, ...

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