Patrick Mahomes’ Trainer Says There Are Benefits to His ‘Dad Bod’: ‘I Don’t Need Him to Look Like a Model’… see more

Trainer Bobby Stroupe says he keeps the NFL star in football shape using unconventional training methods including gymnastics and martial arts exercises.

Stroupe — founder and president of the Athlete Performance Enhancement Center (APEC) — recently shared his and Mahomes’ fitness methods and why, despite the jokes, the NFL star’s “dad bod” is actually good to have.

“As far as our approach, I call it the cake system because — I’m really corny — but basically there’s eight layers to this,” he explains.

“There’s eight different things that we focus on: movement literacy, force absorption, force transmission, pattern stability, tissue resiliency, mobility, stability and flexibility.” “During the season it is a different situation because football is the priority.

The big days for us are the day after the game,” he continues. “When most people are resting the day after the game, we really work.

There’s about three to three and a half hours worth of soft tissue work, mobility work, range of motion work, and just general health.

Trying to make sure that the 26 bones in your foot, the 640 muscles, the 12 fascial lines, everything’s got to be in working order.”