Through the "Watch Instantly" feature on Netflix I have had the opportunity to watch a series that aired a few months back called "Dhani Jones Tackles The Globe," which originally aired on the the Travel Channel. Let me be the first to tell you that this show was awesome!
The premise of the show is that Dhani who is a NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals travels to different nations to participate in one of their home grown sports! The best part of it all is that he actually does well in most of the sports. Besides just training and playing, he explores the cultures of the cities he's in along with the people, dining and entertainment.
I have to say my favorite episodes were when Dhani attempts to tackle Rugby in London, England, Hurling in Dublin, Ireland, Jai Lai in the Bask region of Spain and Sailing in New Zealand. Even though he's in top NFL shape you can see how these different sports require different training and conditioning.
As a rugger my self I loved it when he tried using the whole I'm an explosive athlete, football is tougher, routine on the English ruggers. Then he played. On later episodes he uses that same point as a negative for him self, saying all he has to do is get amped for a few seconds then rest, whereas these other sports truly don't stop! In all, he's an animal, we all know that, you have to be to play linebacker for America's most winningest and prestigious collegiate football programs in the U.S.; Michigan and of course in the NFL!
You can either watch the whole season on Netflix or you can purchase the first season on DVD, I definitely recommend it!
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