CHECKING IN ON THE COACHES OF THE PAC-12

A CONTEMPLATIVE BUNCH, SWOLLEN WITH MYSTERYLet’s go around the room, shall we?

Kyle Whittingham is thinking about his deadlift. It really has changed over the years, hasn’t it? Used to be sumo, then went to straight, like real straight, like Franco Columbu in all those photos from when he was a European powerlifting champion, and not just Arnold Schwarzenegger’s training buddy. Used to eschew shaving in favor of just pulling the hairs out himself with his fingers. Weird fella, that Franco. Well anyway, the key is Romanian Deadlifts as an assistance exercise, because man, even at his age that sucker’s really taken off. THE KING OF LIFTS, BUDDY! They call ‘em traps because once the ladies…