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Tiki working hard to get back to NFL

Originally published: June 27, 2011 9:11 PM
Updated: June 27, 2011 9:12 PM
By NEIL BEST neil.best@newsday.com

Former Giants running back Tiki Barber knows he is in great physical shape to play football and thinks he can help any team that signs him. Videojournalist: Bruce Gilbert (June 27, 2011) (June 27, 2011 6:03 PM)

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The weight by now had reached sadistic levels, roughly the equivalent of leg pressing the Giants' offensive line. But Tiki Barber didn't argue. "Lovely," he said when told to do another rep.

This was Monday morning at Carini's House of Iron, where the proprietor, Joe Carini, does not accept feedback from one of his prized pupils, even though he is a former All-Pro running back.

"We've...

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