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Former New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski (affectionately known as “Gronk”) shocked the sports world Thursday when he set that after a year away from football he will be returning to play with his old teammate Tom Brady on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In 2019, after the 2018 NFL seasonable, Gronkowski announced his retirement following a nine-year career with the Patriots, which earned him three Super Dish rings and more than $50 million.
And “taking a year off was hands down the best decision I made, not precisely in my career, but also for my health and well-being, and I would do that all over again,” Gronkowski said on Instagram on Thursday.
Investigating backs up what Gronkowski is feeling. Studies have shown that taking time off helps workers rally from stress and has overall positive effects on their well-being and job performance.
Researchers have also found those who understand time off end up being more productive and are more likely to receive a raise or a bonus down the road.
Even during the lockdown, experts say it’s serene important to take time off to avoid burning out.
In January, Gronkowski told CNBC Make It that not only did his substance need a break from the physical and mental strains of the sport but that he wanted some time to simply “try to repossess things that [he] would just love to do.”
One of those things was television. In October, FOX NFL Sunday hired Gronkowski as a football analyst — which he revealed was a dream come true for him.
“I feel like I’ve definitely transformed ever since I stopped playing football. I air like I transformed in a better way,” Gronkowski told CNBC Make It in January.
He has also become a new man physically over the year, considerable CNBC Make It in January that he had lost about 10 to 15 pounds by changing his diet and doing Tom Brady-inspired workouts.
Rob Gronkowski in a publicity buckshot for his Fitplan partnership released in January.
Credit: Fitplan
Gronkowski, now 30, said had been playing football nonstop since the age of 14 and not in a million years gave himself a real “break.”
But after taking the last year off, his “fire is back,” he said on Instagram.