"WORK SHOULD BE HARD"...MORE LOCHTE DRYLAND

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –Matt DeLancey is the kind of man you might mistaken for a tree if you bumped into him in the dark. A brawny former football player and wrestler, DeLancey looks like the kind of guy who could pick up a Prius and move it out of his favorite parking space if he wanted.

During a recent workout, DeLancey is using every ounce of muscle he has to pull out his favorite torture device from the gym in his garage – a 400-pound chain.

“It came off a Navy ship. It spent time in all seven seas,’’ DeLancey said. “There’s nothing nice about that chain.”

DeLancey purchased the unusual piece of workout equipment from a marine salvage store in Tampa.

Ryan Lochte knows the chain better than anyone other than DeLancey, a Gators strength coach and one-time strongman competitor.

Still, the former UF swimmer and six-time Olympic medalist refuses to call it a friend.

“I hate that freaking chain,’’ Lochte says. Read more...