Christian McCaffrey's Trainer Reveals His Unorthodox NFL Routine | Ido Portal

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Christian McCaffrey is entering his 10th NFL season, and Ido Portal is not trying to squeeze one more fraction of speed out of him. Portal says their 12-hour practice days can move from power cleans and field work to difficult ancient texts, complex mathematics, and long periods of still meditation. The goal is to reopen an elite athlete's system after a lifetime of specialization, while protecting his skeleton, thickening connective tissue, and developing pressure, rhythm, and recovery methods Portal says are largely absent from the NFL. McCaffrey's reason for hiring him makes the partnership even stranger: he told Portal it was not about winning, but a spiritual journey. That gave them…