Despite Popular Belief, Bartolo Colon Works Out
By Kyle Koster
You've seen the Trout tire workout and Hector Santiago kiss/push-up/sit-up combo. It's Bartolo Colon in the DR time! pic.twitter.com/G6LxOX5D9e
— Jesse Sanchez (@JesseSanchezMLB) January 5, 2016
Bartolo Colon’s physique will never land him on the cover of any men’s health magazines. His is a more utilitarian body and he a work horse more than a show horse. So I guess that’s why the internet is expressing genuine disbelief when presented with a 14-second clip of the New York Mets pitcher doing some offseason training.
Fresh off signing a one-year, $7.25 million contract, the 42-year-old worked some rope like a young Indiana Jones. It’s certainly not as physically demanding as Mike Trout’s tire push, but things get more difficult once a person turns 40.
The important thing is that Colon’s out there trying while you’re probably in a post-lunch food coma.