... 49ers reported to camp, the overriding theme was the practice schedule that Head Coach Mike Singletary greeted them with.

The most common adjectives those speaking to us ink-stained wretches used to describe it were "rough," "brutal," and "intense."

The adjectives they were thinking, however, would probably not be suitable for a family web site.

The most telling example I can provide that this won't be Club Med comes from ILB Takeo Spikes. He went on and on (albeit, with our gentle prodding) about the grueling training regimen he put himself through the past five weeks in Atlanta along with teammate Parys Haralson and other noted NFLers such as Osi Umeniyora and Hines Ward.

Spikes explained that he and the others ...

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