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Steve Spurrier shows off impressive workout routine

By Alex Butler

COLUMBIA, S.C., April 20 (UPI) -- The Ol' Ball Coach stood shirtless, sweat soaked and smiling, flanked by State Newspaper reporter Josh Kendall, last week after a grueling workout.

Steve Spurrier isn't your average 70-year-old.

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According to Kendall, Spurrier works out six days a week during the season and claims to have worked out five days a week for 25 years.

Wearing his bandana and signature sweater vest, Spurrier goes rep for rep with Kendall. Spurrier does sit-ups, shrugs, sprints, and more and doesn't miss a beat.

"He does two sets of shoulder presses with barbells," Kendall wrote. "Fifty with 15-pounders and 40 with 10-pounders. He does 200 shoulder shrugs with 30-pound barbells, two long sets of curls, 50 tricep extensions with a 25-pound barbell (I think it was 25 pounds; oxygen depletion may have affected my memory.) There are 100 toe raises with the 30-pound barbells; 22 minutes on the treadmill; 11 minutes on the stationary bike at a not-insignificant incline. At some point, I'm thinking it's never going to end, although I'm trying to keep a brave face."

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Toward the end of the workout video, Spurrier stands shirtless, shiny with sweat, holds his arms up and says, "touchdown Gamecocks!"

Spurrier, in his 26th season as a college football coach, has a 226-85-2 career record. He also won the national championship in 1996 at Florida.

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