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Health clubs can't beat these incentives

The price NFL players pay in the weight room can pay off in more ways than one.

As ESPN's Adam Schefter notes, a long list of NFL players stand to collect substantial sums for participating in most of their team's offseason workouts -- provided the lockout ends in time for them to participate.

I've broken out the NFC West players listed. The chart shows their workout bonus amounts and the percentages of workouts needed to qualify.

The San Francisco 49ers' Nate Clements has $500,000 in workout bonuses throughout his contract -- a total of $2.5 million from his signing in 2007 through this offseason -- but he prefers to train away from the facility, bypassing the cash.

2011 NFC West Workout Bonuses: $200,000 and up