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Raiders receiver Antonio Brown is training like mad, and channeling Jerry Rice

Apparently what’s good for the GOAT is good for a four-time, first-team All-Pro.

On Saturday, Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown posted a video on Twitter giving fans a glimpse of his workout regime, which includes tossing a brick from hand to hand while moving side to side and back and forth. A trainer peppers him with encouragement: “Keep it going, yup! Rhythm baby, rhythm. Do this all day.”

Somewhere Jerry Rice, whose legend was built on a foundation of countless bricks, is nodding his head approvingly.

This isn’t for show. Sports Illustrated reported that in early July, Brown, preparing for his first season with the Raiders after nine years with the Steelers, posted video of himself “wearing strobe glasses while balancing himself on a fitness ball.