gasser

n. a sprint, usually run in series as a form of athletic conditioning. Subjects: English, Sports & Recreation

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Citations: 1973 Chicago Tribune (C2) (July 24) “Csonka says he’ll be ready” (in Miami, Fla.): After testing his pulled thigh muscle in a morning workout and running the gassers [a series of all-out 40-yard sprints] that conclude each morning’s chores in the home of the World Champions, Csonka told a writer: “I’ll play in the All-Star game.” 1987 Tommy C. Simmons Baton Rouge State Times (La.) (Aug. 24) “What good is football? Moms share their views” p. 1C: “Gassers, what’s a gasser,” the football player’s Mom asked her son. “Oh, don’t worry about it Mom. It’s just part of conditioning—some sprint work we have to do.” 1995 Madeleine Blais In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle (Jan. 1) p. 100 @ (Jan. 1, 1996): Coach Moyer planned to run a tight ship this year. Dire visions of “suicides,” also known as “gassers” and “back-and-downs,” sprang up in the heads of the Hurricane hopefuls. 2005 Andrew Mikula @ Palm Coast News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Aug. 3) “Start of season brings rigors, benefits of two-a-day practices for Bulldogs”: Campana and the other assistant coaches are running the 40-yard wind sprints, not-so-affectionately known as “gassers” among the players.…Players have to run 10 times for 40 yards at full sprint and woe to the player who holds his head down or puts his hands on his hips during the momentary periods of rest between the sprints.

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