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part of the locked on podcast, your team every day. Welcome to you, Locked On 49ers. My guest today on the show, you know him, you love him.

The 49ers beat writer for The Athletic, the great Mr. Matt Barrows, Matt, thank you so much for joining me today.

Brian, thank you for having me today. Always a fun time. One thing I want to ask and training camp,

I'm sure it's a grind for the riders just as much as the players sometimes maybe not as physically demanding but I want to know how much sunscreen does a guy like Matt Barrows go through in a typical training camp

A lot I do a pre-lube before I leave the house,

and then I just do a touch up before I hit the field.

But you have to start up on the sunscreen

before you go out. I've actually graduated to the bucket

hat this year. This is my first year going full bucket. I used to be a baseball cap guy probably like a lot of your listeners out there. You figure

oh, we're in the baseball cap. I'm fine with that. But it really doesn't get like the sides of your face very well, doesn't get the back of your neck very well,

then get the top of your ears very well.

So it's full bucket now.

So I basically given up on trying to look look cool and now it's just about sun protection.

Yeah, you're at that age, pre-Lube and full bucket.

You know, sometimes it's just that's the way it goes.

Pre-Lube and full-buckle, yeah full bucket. Yeah, we should make t-shirts.

We probably make a fortune.

There may be some hashtags.

And when I tweet this out on a Tuesday morning,

how has practice changed this year from the Strength and Conditioning Program side of things?

It sure seems like there's been a lot fewer injuries, soft tissue things and stuff to this point.

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