Penrith winger Luke Rooney has knuckled down in the pre-season in an attempt to return to representative football and strength and conditioning coach Carl Jennings has rated him the club's "best all-round athlete".
The former Kangaroo's figures are impressive. He can bench his own weight of 100kg 15 times, squat three times his body weight 65 times and shoulder press half his weight an amazing 49 times.
In an endurance assessment - in which Jennings tested how far the Panthers can run in one minute - Rooney recorded the best distance of 440m.
Those figures are expected to improve when the Panthers complete a round of testing this weekend.
In all, the Panthers' skinfold levels have come down 30 per cent as part of new coach Matt Elliott's focus on fitness and mobility.
"We're a lot leaner and people will recognise that when we start playing," Jennings said. "There's no point looking like Tarzan if you play like Jane."
