On a typical offseason lower-body day in the weight room, Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Tyler Lancaster throws 500 pounds on a vertical bar and squats for multiple repetitions. The 313-pound undrafted free agent squats 1,000 pounds on an assisted machine. The big guy needs big weights to maintain his strength.
So, Lancaster normally trains at TCBOOST, a 10,000-square-foot facility in Northbrook, Illinois, a half-hour drive from his apartment in Evanston, Illinois. An athlete’s playground, TCBOOST has specialized machines, lime-green waves of synthetic turf and a 60-yard sprint track. It’s the ideal spot for Lancaster, 25, who has worked with owner Tommy Christian since his draft preparation in 2018.
"But now,” Lancaster said, “things obviously have changed.”
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