Players stretch before Wednesday's practice.
Players stretch before a practice in 2014. Photo by Chris Stone

The Chargers will have to begin their 2017 off-season workout and conditioning program at Chargers Park despite their move to Los Angeles.

The workouts are being held in San Diego because the Costa Mesa site where the team plans to practice during the regular season is not ready.

Teams such as the Chargers, with a new coach, get to start their workout program two weeks earlier than the rest of the league.

The initial two-week phase of the workout program is limited to strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation under terms of the league’s collective bargaining agreement.

The workout sessions are closed to the public.

— City News Service

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.