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''It's just now (everyone) make it seem like 'Oh, he's taking this big leadership role,'' he says. ''He's doing this. He's doing that.' It's no different than it was before.''
Well, some things have changed, and not just the faces next to him in the huddle.
Ten years ago Harrison's legendary workouts were the equivalent of weight room urban legends. Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have created a new tableau. One day he's bench pressing hundreds of pounds with a brick resting on his chest, the next he's running on an underwater treadmill wearing a facemask that he appears to have bummed from a comic book villain. During one memorable session last fall Harrison did pushups with 310-pound center Maurkice Pouncey fake oakleys frogskinssitting on his back.
Is he showing off? Of course. He's also setting a tone. Jarvis Jones, taken in the first round two years ago to replace Harrison, can't help but stare at his mentor.
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''You'll be looking at him, some of the stuff he'll be doing and you'll be like, 'Wow,''' Jones said. ''He's been a beast for so long. He's showing us the waywholesale oakleys and continuing to be a revolving door for us.''
The key word there is ''continuing.'' The invitation for teammates to join him out in the desert over the winter at a camp run by Harrison's personal trainer has always been there. It's just that more Steelers are taking Harrison up on the offer.
Jones, Sean Spence and Ryan Shazier joined Harrison this time in a variety of drills that look like they could have been cribbed from a World's Strongest Man competition. In a beach ''volleyball'' game they flung a 10-pound medicine ball back and forth over the net.
It's the kind of work that can make you ''angry strong'' as Spence put it, a fitting description for the fury with which Harrison plays. It's fake oakleys holbrookno coincidence his nickname is ''Deebo'' in honor of the menacing bully from the 1990's comedy ''Friday,'' a facade Harrison welcomes even if it's not as accurate as it used to be.
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