Interesting interview from russia for the dog days

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

http://rushockey.com/events.php?i=nhl&...news&id=603

The interview starts with a couple of questions with Alexander Radulov, then it's mainly with the coach who runs the camp for the russian NHLers, Dmitri Kapitonov.

IT appears patrick roy was the "cool" coach in quebec....

Alexander Radulov was the first who arrived to the camp this morning. Nashville’s forward is wearing a t-shirt, but it’s windy and rain is about to start – typical Petersburg’s weather. Radulov is cold, but makes a look he’s OK. We’ve got some time waiting while other players arriving. Alexander recalls flashbacks when he won Juniors league in Quebec where Patrick Roy was a coach.

A. Radulov: Patrick gave us a choice to pick – either we return to Quebec after finals on a airplane, or on a bus. We chose the bus. Departed by midnight accompanied with lots of champagne and beer… We arrived in Quebec around seven in the morning. I was shocked! Cloudy morning, business day, people are about to go to work; but 20 thousand people made it to the city’s central street to celebrate with us! And we were just juniors. Hockey is alike religion in Canada…

Anyway, with very little going on now in hockeyland, it's just some summer reading

[Hockeyman9621 0]

I wonder what they mean by Ovechkin only using a quarter of his body weight to work out. Do they mean everything he does? It's not very clear at all.

[Gongshow11 1]

russian training relies heavily on circuits so i assume he does circuits with a fraction of his weight

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

I wonder what they mean by Ovechkin only using a quarter of his body weight to work out. Do they mean everything he does? It's not very clear at all.

He is about 212 lbs, and lifts 50 lbs weight when working out, so it keeps him lean but not bulk muscle

[Hockeyman9621 0]

I wonder what they mean by Ovechkin only using a quarter of his body weight to work out. Do they mean everything he does? It's not very clear at all.

He is about 212 lbs, and lifts 50 lbs weight when working out, so it keeps him lean but not bulk muscle

Yeah, I understand that part of it, what about squats/bench press and whatnot.... surely he doesn't squat 50 pounds.