Almost two-years ago Jake McCluskey was a 380-pound obese man, who only had to walk next door to get to work — and spent the rest of his day eating and snacking.
McCluskey was honest in his assessment that he was headed to an early death, until he heard this short, but to the point interview from Marshawn Lynch to Deion Sanders.
It was at that point that Jake went full Beastmode thanks to “Mr. Bout that action Boss.”
“I had been thinking that it had been time to make a change for a while, and after I watched that interview, I immediately went out for my first run,” said McCluskey, 42. “It wasn’t anything I was seeking out, but somehow it came to my attention at a time that I needed it most.”
Lynch, as you know, may be the most reluctant interviewee in professional sports. His back-and-forth with Deion lasted just two minutes, but included a six-word response that would become McCluskey’s mantra.
When Sanders noted how Lynch didn’t like to talk, the running back replied “I’m just ‘bout that action, boss.” And that’s how it began — McCluskey’s transformation from Obese Mode to Beast Mode.
That interview inspired Jake to lose 170 pounds, and start his hobby of running in long distance marathon’s. Jake still watches the video, and when Lynch heard about what he had started, the words were short and to the point.
“That’s gangsta,” he said.