Article: Weekend lockup Coach secures weight room to give Hawk break

By TOM SILVERSTEIN

Green Bay -- There aren't many lifting techniques or workout philosophies that linebacker A.J. Hawk won't consider when it comes to readying himself to play in the National Football League.

But the new one where Green Bay Packers strength and conditioning coach Dave Redding locks up the weight room and won't let him in on the weekends -- he's had a little bit of trouble buying into that one. Years of lifting weights only on days that end in "Y" have gotten Hawk this far, so it will take more convincing before he's willing to take off a whole weekend.

"I think when you get to this level, pretty much everyone is working hard," Hawk said recently during a break in training ...

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