Fitness levels of NHLer

[Rocket 0]

Hello guys

Trainingscamps are over now and the regular season has started, yet.

I know at the beguinning of trainigscamps all Nhl players have to pass

lots of physical tests, like body fat, foot speed, leg strengths, energy systems,

max. jump distances etc

Does anyone know anything about results of these testings?

I heard i.e Gaborik is a ver strong squatter far over 200 kg !!!

Sakic, Roberts, St.Louis, Lecavalier are always very well prepared.

Pavel Bure was/is a monster. He arrived in Van with bodyfat of 4.1 !!! and

lifted a 250 lbs Barbell 15 times at a muscle endurance bench pressing test.

So if anyone konows anything about such numbers I´d be happy to read about

it.

Best Regards

Rocket

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Hello guys

Trainingscamps are over now and the regular season has started, yet.

I know at the beguinning of trainigscamps all Nhl players have to pass

lots of physical tests, like body fat, foot speed, leg strengths, energy systems,

max. jump distances etc

Does anyone know anything about results of these testings?

I heard i.e Gaborik is a ver strong squatter far over 200 kg !!!

Sakic, Roberts, St.Louis, Lecavalier are always very well prepared.

Pavel Bure was/is a monster. He arrived in Van with bodyfat of 4.1 !!! and

lifted a 250 lbs Barbell 15 times at a muscle endurance bench pressing test.

So if anyone konows anything about such numbers I´d be happy to read about

it.

Best Regards

Rocket

I know Gaborik is squatting 500 lbs. I think he's the heaviest squatter in the league form an article I red last year.

[Flyerguy91 0]

i believe if you look in the ice hockey conditioning book, which i dont have on me at the time. they have sakic's lifts. Which are quite impressive if i recall

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Sakic, Roberts, St.Louis, Lecavalier are always very well

I'm training with the conditionning coach who train Roberts right now. The training is really something I've never done before. Very sport specific training to hockey.

By the way, Gary Roberts resting heart rate is 43 which is very good for a guy his size.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Sakic, Roberts, St.Louis, Lecavalier are always very well

I'm training with the conditionning coach who train Roberts right now. The training is really something I've never done before. Very sport specific training to hockey.

By the way, Gary Roberts resting heart rate is 43 which is very good for a guy his size.

Gary Roberts is a work out freak...his off season schedule would give a Marine a workout. It's very strange mix of tradition weghts etc...but he also does lots of stuff on his own...kinda like the Rocky 4 scene where Drago has the state-iof-the-art gym, and Rock is throwing huge boulders in the barn...and running up hills.

Same kind of thing...I saw something on TSN I think a couple years ago...

[jon93 0]

Sakic, Roberts, St.Louis, Lecavalier are always very well

I'm training with the conditionning coach who train Roberts right now. The training is really something I've never done before. Very sport specific training to hockey.

By the way, Gary Roberts resting heart rate is 43 which is very good for a guy his size.

whats his size

ive got a 46bps

doctors have almost had to rush me to hospital because it set off an alarm on some machine

[mack 44]

You're incapable of looking up his profile on nhl.com or any sports website? Maybe it was brain inactivity that set off an alarm.

[Cavs019 710]

No way in hell Gaborik outsquats Jagr

[Eazy_b97 1]

Are you with his old or new trainer Kovy? I remember him telling a story about going out for lunch with his new trainer. Roberts reached out and started to butter a piece of bread and he slapped it out of his hand and called him fat.

[mack 44]

I would have to choke a bitch for that kind of treatment.

[Jake 0]

No way in hell Gaborik outsquats Jagr

Or Koltsov.

Supposedly, when Koltsov first came to NA the Penguins had to buy a new leg press machine as Koltsov maxed it out.

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Are you with his old or new trainer Kovy? I remember him telling a story about going out for lunch with his new trainer. Roberts reached out and started to butter a piece of bread and he slapped it out of his hand and called him fat.

His new coach. The coach we talk about is a real nutrition and training freak. I've never seen someone like him before. With you hair analysis, he can tell you what you should eat more and what you should eat less. He lives in Montreal but this week, he's in Florida with Gary. I've already take 5 pounds of muscle with his program while training pretty heavily in 3 weeks which is very good. I'm lucky enough to have free services for him because NHL pro pays him 20K/year for his service.

BTW Jon93, don't worry about your 46. It's very good but I've seen lower before.

[jon93 0]

Are you with his old or new trainer Kovy? I remember him telling a story about going out for lunch with his new trainer. Roberts reached out and started to butter a piece of bread and he slapped it out of his hand and called him fat.

His new coach. The coach we talk about is a real nutrition and training freak. I've never seen someone like him before. With you hair analysis, he can tell you what you should eat more and what you should eat less. He lives in Montreal but this week, he's in Florida with Gary. I've already take 5 pounds of muscle with his program while training pretty heavily in 3 weeks which is very good. I'm lucky enough to have free services for him because NHL pro pays him 20K/year for his service.

BTW Jon93, don't worry about your 46. It's very good but I've seen lower before.

whats the lowest youve seen

and i dont think its a big deal im only 14 i think it should go up in a couple years

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

No way in hell Gaborik outsquats Jagr

Or Koltsov.

Supposedly, when Koltsov first came to NA the Penguins had to buy a new leg press machine as Koltsov maxed it out.

http://www.workoutmanuals.com/fitness-arti.../article-21.php

I hope the link works.

It's on Gaborik and his Squat

[jon93 0]

No way in hell Gaborik outsquats Jagr

Or Koltsov.

Supposedly, when Koltsov first came to NA the Penguins had to buy a new leg press machine as Koltsov maxed it out.

http://www.workoutmanuals.com/fitness-arti.../article-21.php

I hope the link works.

It's on Gaborik and his Squat

not working

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Are you with his old or new trainer Kovy? I remember him telling a story about going out for lunch with his new trainer. Roberts reached out and started to butter a piece of bread and he slapped it out of his hand and called him fat.

His new coach. The coach we talk about is a real nutrition and training freak. I've never seen someone like him before. With you hair analysis, he can tell you what you should eat more and what you should eat less. He lives in Montreal but this week, he's in Florida with Gary. I've already take 5 pounds of muscle with his program while training pretty heavily in 3 weeks which is very good. I'm lucky enough to have free services for him because NHL pro pays him 20K/year for his service.

BTW Jon93, don't worry about your 46. It's very good but I've seen lower before.

whats the lowest youve seen

and i dont think its a big deal im only 14 i think it should go up in a couple years

No, even you can get lower, it's even better. Look, Gary Roberts is at 43. I'm at 43-44 right now. But still 46 is very good. From you heart rate, I can see you're in pretty good shape.

[jon93 0]

Are you with his old or new trainer Kovy? I remember him telling a story about going out for lunch with his new trainer. Roberts reached out and started to butter a piece of bread and he slapped it out of his hand and called him fat.

His new coach. The coach we talk about is a real nutrition and training freak. I've never seen someone like him before. With you hair analysis, he can tell you what you should eat more and what you should eat less. He lives in Montreal but this week, he's in Florida with Gary. I've already take 5 pounds of muscle with his program while training pretty heavily in 3 weeks which is very good. I'm lucky enough to have free services for him because NHL pro pays him 20K/year for his service.

BTW Jon93, don't worry about your 46. It's very good but I've seen lower before.

whats the lowest youve seen

and i dont think its a big deal im only 14 i think it should go up in a couple years

No, even you can get lower, it's even better. Look, Gary Roberts is at 43. I'm at 43-44 right now. But still 46 is very good. From you heart rate, I can see you're in pretty good shape.

whats the average for a pro athlete

do you know?

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

No way in hell Gaborik outsquats Jagr

Or Koltsov.

Supposedly, when Koltsov first came to NA the Penguins had to buy a new leg press machine as Koltsov maxed it out.

http://www.workoutmanuals.com/fitness-arti.../article-21.php

I hope the link works.

It's on Gaborik and his Squat

not working

Link is not working sorry...

[marc_9 0]

Rod brind amour is crazy i saw a thing during the playoffs on tsn about him, in college his team had to lock him out of the gym to keep him out

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Rod brind amour is crazy i saw a thing during the playoffs on tsn about him, in college his team had to lock him out of the gym to keep him out

hahaha, really.

Here's Gaborik article...

If I have contributed anything to the field in my short career as a strength and conditioning coach in hockey it is the understanding that hockey is not an aerobic sport. For a long time the off-season training of hockey players consisted of playing golf and drinking beer. Then came the introduction of aerobic training and the VO2Max became the gold standard of fitness around the league. Things have definitely changed for the better, but I still think there is a long way to go.

A time motion analysis of an NHL hockey game will clearly show that this is a POWER sport, not an AEROBIC sport. In fact, there are some players in the league that average less than 10 minutes of total work time spread out over the course of a 2 hour NHL game. Not to mention the fact that less than 50% of that ice time is spent performing any demanding physical activity. More and more players are beginning to realize this fact and they are trying to capitalize on the benefits of proper training to improve their quickness and speed on the ice.

Is it a coincidence that the NHL's fastest skater is also the league's strongest squatter? Marion Gaborick who recently won the single lap speed race at the NHL All-Star game is able to full-squat 500lbs at a bodyweight of 190lbs! That is better than 90% of the professional football players that I train!

There is no question that to be successful in the NHL you must possess great skill, a high degree of flexibility and high anaerobic endurance to handle the demands of an intensive 45-second shift. But I am merely suggesting that strength and power should receive more attention in the off-season training of hockey players."

I can't find the entire article though but it clearly says that Gaborik is the strongest squatter in the NHL.

[brodeur_rox 0]

Miika Kiprusoff stretches 3hrs! on game days.

45mins. before morning skate

45mins. after

45mins. before game.

45mins after.

Andrew Ferrence runs up and down Mountains, no breaks. He and Regher also run up rivers (on teh rocks). Suprisingly they never roll their ankles.

[PBRyan 0]

I heard Jordin Tootoo wrestles whales...

[bigd19 0]

I heard Jordin Tootoo wrestles whales...

That's pretty funny.

[flaming_june 2]

ghaha\

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im sure its a russian tradition to drink vodka and wrestle bears for off ice strength training.

next time mack you need to get outa your lexus and choke a bitch.

why do they measure maximum bench press strength? i see that in a lot of videos but chest power/speed seems much more important, ie jason king's infamous yoga ball single hand lateral push ups

also intersted in mika's stretches, stretching before games and practices, does that implie on dynamic stretching/warm up? b/c it seems every single fitness article also stress no static stretching before exercising. if it is dynamic and warmup stretching, it should take as long as the static ones he does after games.

[brodeur_rox 0]

I heard Jordin Tootoo wrestles whales...

the day he takes down Chuck Norris, we will talk about Jordin being fit.