[h2]Lincecum strong (and hungry)[/h2]
Posted on: March 16, 2011 7:49 pm
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PHOENIX -- Word of warning to opposing hitters: San Francisco ace
Tim Lincecum already looks in midseason form.
After striking out seven Chicago
White Sox hitters in 5 1/3 innings of the
Giants' 5-3 Cactus League victory here, Lincecum said "I don't think I've felt this good all spring in any year."
Looking to increase his strength, he said he's added "10 or 11 pounds" from last year, up to 168. That's come through protein shakes, recovery drinks and good, old-fashioned eating.
Lincecum's most impressive revelation Wednesday afternoon: He regularly hits In-N-Out Burger, and his typical order is three double-doubles, two fries and one milkshake (half chocolate, half strawberry).
That's roughly 2,940 calories, according to the (delicious) In-N-Out web site.
Overall, Lincecum said, at 26, he's got a better idea of what he needs to do to get his body ready for the season, taking into account the workload of a major-league season, what's worked and what hasn't worked from past workouts and his "through the roof metabolism."
He lifts weights for upper body strength and runs stairs the day after he starts, his hardest workout day. He eschews long jogs now for sprint work on other days between starts.
He still does not ice his shoulder, one of the only pitchers in the game to bypass that.
"It's something I never got into," Lincecum said. "I'd rather have my blood flow get, what do you call them, lactic acids out freely rather than freezing them up."
Forget, though, the lactic acids.
How about his cholesterol, given all of those burgers?
"It's probably not too good," he said, chuckling.
But say this for him: He's not taking dieting third baseman
Pablo Sandoval on his In-N-Out runs.
"No," he said, chuckling again. "I go solo."
