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“My mom owns a dance studio, it’s got two rooms that are about 25 yards long with perfect flooring for me to go in and do everything I need to do,” said Harris, who makes use of the gymnastic mats and does plyometrics, while also following the training and diet method of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. “I bought a home gym when I went to TB12 in training for this off-season, so I have every band that you could possibly need and I have weights in my dojo downstairs in my basement.

“So, nothing has changed for me. I’ve actually ramped up my training, believe it or not.”

And that’s good news for Eskimos fans who watched Harris lead the league in passing for the majority of his first season in green and gold, only falling to second after missing five games with an injury to his throwing arm.

And while he’s doing everything to make sure he’s physically ready to go when the season arrives, not knowing when that might be is mentally challenging for athletes.

“Absolutely,” Harris said. “I know lots of people do training where they peak at a certain time, my off-season training isn’t really structured in that way. But I know a lot of guys are pretty frustrated because they don’t know when training camp is going to get here, so they don’t know when they want to peak in their training.

“But I think we all should take a step back and realize the bigger picture here is the health and safety of our community. And us, as athletes, have a responsibility once we do get this done, to be out on the field and entertain as best we can.”

Harris said he can only imagine what it’s going to be like the next time Commonwealth Stadium is full of tens of thousands of people.

“It gives me chills thinking about it,” he said. “That’s going to be an awesome thing when we can get back to sports so we can start unifying the people, bringing back the economy and, coming back and just entertaining our amazing fans.

“I think it’s going to be a great thing, we’ve just got to be patient, stay positive and this thing’s going to come back and it will all be just fine.”

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