{"id":254249,"date":"2021-05-20T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tim-grover-trained-jordan-and-lost-to-obama\/"},"modified":"2021-05-20T07:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:00:20","slug":"tim-grover-trained-jordan-and-lost-to-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tim-grover-trained-jordan-and-lost-to-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tim Grover trained Jordan and lost to Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Tim Grover trained Jordan and lost to Obama<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/jalen-rose-tim-grover.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Can you imagine thinking you\u2019re having a heart attack on the basketball court, coming to and seeing Michael Jordan standing over you? It h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened. <\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s \u201cRenaissance Man\u201d guest, Tim Grover, who was MJ\u2019s longtime trainer, told me the story, which happened when the Bulls great was making his comeback. Tim enlisted former collegiate and overseas players to scrimmage with his prized client, including one guy who, upon learning he\u2019d be hooping with MJ, ran out to his car for some reinforcements. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe drank like five Red Bulls,\u201d Tim told me. When the guy got into the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, he was playing on the team opposite Jordan. \u201cAnd all of a sudden I see him just kind of slow down. The game had been going on for a while \u2026 He\u2019s sweating profusely, and all of a sudden I see him just pass out on the floor.\u201d They stopped the game, and Tim saw him foaming at the mouth, so he ran onto the floor and gave him CPR. Tim told MJ he was having a heart attack, to which MJ responded, \u201cEvidently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy comes around and then he wakes up and then \u2026 the first person he sees is MJ. And he starts to apologize: \u2018Oh, Mike. I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m sorry.\u2019 And Michael\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, you good?\u2019 He goes, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m good.\u2019 So [Jordan] goes up to me: \u2018All right, well, get me a sub. I\u2019ve got a game to finish,&#8217;\u201d said Tim. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-acast\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"One More Rep ft. Tim Grover\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/jalen-rose-renaissance-man\/onemorerepft.timgrover#?secret=8BexEdYjOA\" data-secret=\"8BexEdYjOA\" width=\"618px\" height=\"750px\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Thankfully, Mr. Red Bull was totally fine in the end, but there are so many stories like this about MJ\u2019s assassin streak, and Tim had a front-row seat to so many of them. They started working together in 1989 and continued throughout all of MJ\u2019s insane accomplishments, including his six NBA championships, his time in baseball and his two retirements. So what made Tim, who is the CEO of Attack Athletics, the most sought-after trainer?<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the first guys to come onto the scene and work with players individually to diagnose mechanical issues, prescribing specific drills, workouts or body transformations for optimal performance. He broke the one-size-fits-all fitness model, and it turned his Chicago facility into the premier and exclusive spot for NBA players to work out. And I do mean exclusive. An invite to work out there was like a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket. <\/p>\n<p>He trained the late great Kobe Bryant, plus Dwyane Wade, Charles Barkley \u2014 who he called his funniest client \u2014 and yours truly. When I worked with him in the early 2000s, I posted my highest career scoring averages and I was in the best shape of my life. Nowadays, there are a million tools at athletes\u2019 disposals and a million celebrity trainers who show off their clientele and methods on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. Tim drew that blueprint \u2014 without social media.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he published his third book, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timgrover.com\/winning\/\">Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness<\/a>.\u201d In it, he says winning is the lover that takes you to paradise all night and then you wake up alone. He isn\u2019t saying a W is overrated. He\u2019s saying it\u2019s fleeting, and that takes a mental toll on many elite athletes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t own it. You could hold on to it briefly, just briefly, and then it leaves you because it\u2019s going to move on to the next \u2026 So these champions, they\u2019re at their highest when they win, but that\u2019s also their lowest point, because they know in order to do it again, what they have to go through over and over and over again \u2026 to constantly be in that race to win again and again.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>(See: Kevin Durant leaving the Golden State Warriors.)<\/p>\n<p>Tim understands not just the physical part of winning, but also the mental aspect, which is what made him and MJ, who was so cutthroat, very compatible.<\/p>\n<p>And in the never-ending debate about who is better, MJ or LeBron, Tim and I both agree, there is no contest. Jordan is in a league of his own. Tim, who was in \u201cThe Last Dance,\u201d which pulled Jordan back into the conversation, said younger folks nowadays think footage of Jordan is photoshopped because they can\u2019t imagine such high-flying acts. But he likes to tell people, \u201cIt\u2019s actually even better in person.\u201d He said MJ was simply dominant. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"\/>\u201cWhile MJ was on the court, Patrick didn\u2019t win. Charles didn\u2019t win. Stockton didn\u2019t win. Clyde didn\u2019t win. Carmelo didn\u2019t win. And we could just keep going on and on and on \u2026 You are not going to win during this time,\u201d Tim said.<\/p>\n<p>We also discussed MJ\u2019s swagger off the court. He had the bald head, the baggy shorts, and he played with his tongue out. He enjoyed a cigar, and a glass of wine. And he also liked to gamble. But Tim said the real description requires a different vocabulary. Let\u2019s call it \u201cGOAT vernacular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For example, Tim said Jordan loved automobiles. \u201cI don\u2019t call them cars \u2026 because he didn\u2019t drive cars. He drove automobiles. And he didn\u2019t wear watches. He wore timepieces. There\u2019s a huge difference between the two. I was like, \u2018Listen, I wear a watch and I drive a car\u2019 \u2026 And he\u2019s like, \u2018Come over to the house\u2019. I said, \u2018MJ, you don\u2019t live in a house. You live in an estate\u2019. So everything was a level up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tim has been around and trained the greatest, but he said playing hoops with Barack Obama on Election Day in 2012 was \u201csurreal.\u201d He was most struck by the amount of security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were all on the roof. They literally lifted the sewers and had people positioned in the sewers \u2026 All you could see was the individual eyes. They didn\u2019t smile at you. They didn\u2019t speak at you. They didn\u2019t do anything. I mean, they had the camouflage gear. They were lying out in the parking lot, lying under cars, in the grass. It was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I understand that it\u2019s protocol for the president to be protected by a massive team of Secret Service agents, but that adds a whole other level to a basketball game. You can\u2019t hack the president. There\u2019s the refs and his security team standing by to call a flagrant foul and tackle you if you reach in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was funny. After he was done, he looked at his phone and before the results were even there, you could see a smile on his face. And he was like, \u2018Yeah, not only did I win in this gym, but I\u2019m [still the] president of the United States.\u2019 And he took pictures with all of us \u2026 It leaves an imprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it sure left an imprint on me. Because now I am envious of Tim. I have played with former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, but I have never hooped with Obama. It\u2019s on my bucket list.<\/p>\n<p>For all of Tim\u2019s glory with his Hall of Fame clients, he said he most enjoyed bringing players back from the brink of career-ending injuries. Players like Tracy McGrady and Caron Butler and even Charles Barkley, who ruptured his quad tendon in 1999. \u201cWhen he went down, Charles came up to me and said, \u2018I can\u2019t let my daughter see me go out like this. I need to get back on the court. I need to play one more game next season and I need to score a basket.&#8217;\u201d Four months later, Charles returned for one game, and though there was no championship, that was an incredible W for all involved. And that\u2019s what Tim does.<\/p>\n<p><em>Detroit native\u00a0<strong>Jalen Rose<\/strong>\u00a0is a member of the University of Michigan\u2019s iconoclastic Fab Five, who shook up the college hoops world in the early \u201990s. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, before transitioning into a media personality. Rose is currently an analyst for \u201cNBA Countdown\u201d and \u201cGet Up,\u201d and co-host of \u201cJalen &amp; Jacoby.\u201d He executive produced \u201cThe Fab Five\u201d for ESPN\u2019s \u201c30 for 30\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, is the author of the best-selling book, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Give-People-What-They-Want\/dp\/0804138907?tag=nypost-20\">Got To Give the People What They Want<\/a>,\u201d a fashion tastemaker, and co-founded the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a public charter school in his hometown.<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It happened. This week\u2019s \u201cRenaissance Man\u201d guest, Tim Grover, who was MJ\u2019s longtime trainer, told me the story, which happened when the Bulls great was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/jalen-rose-tim-grover.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[106542,72406,4859,72408,30780],"class_list":["post-254249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-20-21","tag-jalen-rose","tag-michael-jordan","tag-renaissance-man","tag-the-last-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}