Lying down, but getting better. A new addition to Tiger Athletics last May is paying dividends this Spring. Here is an inside look to Missouri football, like you've never seen before. When you think of offseason football, you think about lifting, running, and finding a way to fill the time.

"Season's easy. That's when it's the easy part. Coming back from break, having to get back into it. Then, Spring ball. I mean it's a long semester," said Missouri junior receiver Tommy Saunders.

But Missouri is always trying to find ways keep the athletes focused on getting better. Tommy Saunders is workout-aholic. To him, you are what you eat.

"Not snacking as much. Eating more healthy foods more often. A lot of little things like that," said Saunders.

Offseason is a dangerous job, and Jana Hietmeyer gets to do it. She uses a complicated machine to find out what's going on inside the Tiger athetes.

"Dual Energy X-ray Absorpdiamotry," explained Heitmeyer.

"It's a body fat machine. It tells you bone density. How much fat you have in each limb. How much muscle you have in each limb. Pretty much tells you everything," Saunders described.

"The X-rays from the arm bounce down and based on how fast they come back up. It maps on the screen as muscle, bone, or fat," said Heitmeyer.

The athletes use the DEXA every few weeks.

"You're actually down about three percent from the beginning of offseason," Heitmeyer said of Saunders.

"It kind of humbles you. You're looking in the mirror and looking all big and stuff. You get on the machine and they're like your body fat went up 2 percent. You gotta work even harder," said Saunders.

And no more brownies and ice cream - at least not all the time.

"We can use it so many ways to see that they're doing the right thing. We can make sure they're doing the right stuff in the dining hall. In here, it's more of a backup system for us," said Heitmeyer.

Saunders sees the machine as another example of Mizzou Athletics going new school.

"If this is going to make it better, they don't have to do the same thing that everybody's been doing for years. They want to find something new that's going to make you better," said Saunders.

The DEXA is a $65,000 machine. The lowest body fat percentage on the team is five percent by Munir Prince. The highest is 38. That offensive lineman will remain anonymous.

Tommy Saunders is such a health nut that he has not had any soft drinks since his freshman year of high school.