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One early morning during the CFL team’s recent bye week, Wally Buono walked by the weight room at the B.C. Lions’ training facility and saw Manny Arceneaux engaged in a vigorous workout.

This wasn’t surprising because Arceneaux, a serial gym rat, trains like a green beret in and out of season.

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What was surprising is this session took place five days after he suffered an apparent season-ending knee injury against the Saskatchewan Roughriders that also jeopardized his professional career.

“If it was anyone but Manny I’d be surprised,” said Buono. “He’s always been that way. That’s Manny.”

And this too is Manny. If you wanted to watch him working out at 6 a.m., you could turn to his Twitter feed where he’d gleefully posted video of his session. Nothing, it seems, can get The Manny Show off the air.

“I look at it this way,” said Arceneaux. “I can say we’re 3-6 (the Lions’ record) so go ahead and operate on my knee because the season is over. Or I can say I can push myself physically and mentally so, on Oct. 19 (the game he comes off the six-game injury list), I can play against Edmonton.