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"Coach Mike became the latest Biggest Loser contestant to exit the ranch last week when Anna Kournikova&amp;#039;s Blue Team once more fell short at the weigh-in. It all came down to teammate Bonnie to choose between Mike and fellow team member Becky and in the end it was Mike who went home.  Here&amp;#039;s what Coach Mike told reporters after his exit about the elimination, the future of the Blue Team and how he is preparing for the marathon:   What was going through your head when you heard your name at that elimination table? &amp;quot;Prior to going in I really was confident I wasn&amp;#039;t going to be voted off. I knew I had worked hard and had all the numbers. I&amp;#039;d been the leader or the captain, if you will, of the team from the get-go. Even when I walked into the elimination room I felt good until Bonnie started to talk. I said, &amp;#039;Oh no, she&amp;#039;s not going to do this, is she?&amp;#039; I was somewhat taken by it. Although I respect her decision as a person on The Biggest Loser, I obviously didn&amp;#039;t agree with it so it did upset me. At the same time things happen and you just gotta face them and go on, and that&amp;#039;s exactly what I had to do.&amp;quot;  What do you think of the battle of the ages theme and the fact the Blue Team has lost so many players? &amp;quot;I think when it comes to the battle of the ages we are looking at higher, faster, stronger from the other two groups. Our determination and perseverance allows us to keep going no matter what the odds or challenges. We are there and we will compete and do the best we can. If that best is good enough great, if it&amp;#039;s not, we just don&amp;#039;t have it. That&amp;#039;s been our philosophy all along. We never really expected to go out and beat either of the two teams because we are limited based on some of the physical problems some the other people have had.&amp;quot;  What does the Blue Team have to do to get in the game? &amp;quot;Make no mistake about it, we are in the game and don&amp;#039;t underestimate our ability to shine. The position presents itself that they have two left and those two are very confident and have been working hard. Our game plan was to do the very best we could do. If you stand up there as I did and the number 5 pops up - and I thought it would be more as everybody thought their&amp;#039;s would be more - you look at it and say, &amp;#039;Did you do everything you could possibly do. Can you look yourself in the mirror and be proud of what you&amp;#039;ve done?&amp;#039; If you can and you have no regrets then I don&amp;#039;t consider myself a loser.&amp;quot; Is the Black Team unstoppable? &amp;quot;They certainly have been up until now but the young bucks are catching up a little bit and it&amp;#039;s been a little closer in competition recently. But Black Team again finds the way. When you look at champions they find the way no matter what the odds or obstacles are. Right now you gotta say the Black Team is hard to beat.&amp;quot;  How did you find Anna Kournikova as your trainer? &amp;quot;Being there first hand, what I see is a winner, an international champion in a sport that is very, very difficult. She is not a rookie by any means, she is not a pushover, she&amp;#039;s a very compassionate individual that really brought our team along well as far as cardio vascular and muscle tone was concerned. We came along a little bit at the time, we didn&amp;#039;t have the injuries some of the other people did on the other teams. If it weren&amp;#039;t for Bonnie and her bad knee we were in pretty good shape and we got better day by day, week by week. Like I said all along, The Biggest Loser won&amp;#039;t bring somebody in off the street who doesn&amp;#039;t have credibility. She can do the job, no question about it, and I was very happy I had the opportunity to work with her.&amp;quot;   How was it having your Last Chance Workout with Eric Dickerson? &amp;quot;I was familiar with Eric and I knew he lived across the street from the ranch. Every time I would walk the presidential mile I&amp;#039;d always be able to see his house but never saw any activity over there. When we walked into the gym and were told we&amp;#039;d be working out with an NFL player I had no idea who it was going to be. This man was walking on the treadmill. He was cut, fit, strong looking and when he turned around I knew who he was and I was very excited by the fact he was no stranger to me. We bonded very well and I have continued to use his words of inspiration that age is just a number. He had turned 50 and he looks great.&amp;quot;  How did it feel to win the Super Bowl tickets? &amp;quot;Amazing week for me, to say the least. Of course, the whole week was right in my backyard, something I&amp;#039;ve done all my life from participation to a coaching standpoint. As Alison explained what we&amp;#039;d do and what the rewards were I got really excited and made no bones about it - I was going after the tickets and doing everything I could do to win those tickets. In our first challenge when we met the three NFL players, how cool was that? Being able to shake hands and talk in a genuine fashion was just awesome. And being able to work out with Eric Dickerson was amazing.  &amp;quot;When I saw minus 17 I was overtaken by it. I didn&amp;#039;t think it would be that high. I still couldn&amp;#039;t do the math in my head like the other people in the audience but when they put up the 5.8% that&amp;#039;s when it really hit and I was super excited and very thankful that hard work pays off.&amp;quot; What is your diet and exercise regime like now? &amp;quot;I came back to teaching high school and prior to that, I&amp;#039;d work out three hours in the morning and three in the afternoon. Once school started I had to limit that to the afternoon. I teach during the day and when I&amp;#039;m done I put in some time with the football program, but not as much as I would normally put in because there are only so many hours in the day and all the coaches and players know what journey I&amp;#039;m on right now. I leave there and go over to my gym and work with my trainer for another three hours. I usually get home around 7.30 going on 8 and my wife is waiting for me. We enjoy the time we have together and share the happenings of the day and I get ready to settle in for the evening.  &amp;quot;My diet is very similar, if not exact, to what I learned on the ranch. I drink an enormous amount of water every day, fruits, vegetables, chicken, turkey, fish. I measure everything and count calories to ensure I&amp;#039;m burning more than I am taking in.&amp;quot; With the marathon coming up what have you been doing to prepare? &amp;quot;I have been training a lot and focusing on leg work to strengthen my legs. It&amp;#039;s something I&amp;#039;ve never done before so it will be a real challenge, I&amp;#039;m not a runner so to speak, but I do know in talking to my son and daughter in law who do those things that you have to have strong legs. I work out a lot at my fitness centre and we&amp;#039;ve been working on strengthening my lower body and legs especially.  &amp;quot;On the weekends I get on my bike and ride and ride. I probably put in a good 50 miles on Saturday or Sunday and concentrate on legs. I don&amp;#039;t get out and run a lot because I know I&amp;#039;m not one who will go out and sprint, but I&amp;#039;ll keep a nice jog, maybe a jog-walk combo. It&amp;#039;s basically been building up the leg strength so I&amp;#039;ll be able to endure that length of time.&amp;quot;  The Biggest Loser continues Tuesdays at 8/7c on NBC Watch a preview clip of tonight&amp;#039;s episode below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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