![]() ![]() Maybe mix in an elliptical every once in a while. “I think about retirement workouts all the time. ![]() “I’ll tell you what: I would not be doing this if I didn’t play baseball,” Kershaw said. Other than that, he does it all alone, inside the gym he and his wife, Ellen, added to their home a handful of years ago, when he’s not outside pushing the sled or throwing baseballs into the net in the driveway. ![]() He sees a physical therapist twice a week and throws with a small group of professional pitchers at Highland Park High, where he starred down the road. Monday and Thursday are lower body, Tuesday and Friday upper body. So he has worked out six days a week to complement his offseason throwing regimen. He’s one of the old guys in the clubhouse, and time doesn’t treat the best any better. Kershaw was enduring the workout because he was weeks from reporting to spring training for his 14th - and perhaps final - season with the Dodgers. He was panting when he reached the other side. Once the one-minute rest interval expired, he shoved the sled a third time, up a slight incline. It’s the most exhausting segment of his two-hour lower-body workout. “Sometimes she doesn’t go to that playground, though,” he said, turning back to the sled with 45-pound weights mounted on each side. ![]()
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