VIDEO - J.J. Watt is one of the best defensive ends in the league. He takes on big players and makes huge tackles. To say he's tough might be an understatement. But what happens when he spends the day as a firefighter in his home town?
Watt and his father, John Watt, visited the Pewaukee (Wisconsin) fire station so that Watt could see what it's like to train as a firefighter in full gear. "I know that we're somewhat different kind of athletes but I know you guys are athletes too, so I wanted to test out a different type of workout. My dad has been a firefighter for 28 years before he retired," Watt said.
The firefighters gave Watt a firefighter uniform and put him through the workout. "The ensemble that we wear is 50-75 pounds once we have a pack and everything on. Unlike an athlete, we don't know when the game is and and we don't know how long it's going to be, so we have to be pre-hydrated and ready to go," Lt. Marvin Henry said.