Training Log: The Anvil of Crom
- Day 54
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 19-06-2009
Tagged Under : Add new tag, Anvil of Crom, Chest Workout, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sergei Gonchar
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
SERGEI GONCHAR
Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a freshly minted Stanley Cup winner with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and perhaps the man who paid a higher price in terms of physical pain than anybody in the playoffs.
It is easy to get overlooked on a team with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, but Sergei Gonchar has been arguably the league’s best offensive defenseman over the last decade. His streak of eight consecutive seasons with 50 or more points ended this year when injury limited him to only 25 games (and he still managed an impressive 19 points).
When the playoffs rolled around, Gonchar’s ability to play through pain would make his regular season (and almost any) injury difficulties pale in comparison to what may potentially become playoff legend.
The road to the Stanley Cup is a four-round marathon of grinding and wear-and-tear. In Sergei Gonchar’s case, there was more than just wear-and-tear. He tore his medial collateral ligament in the second round, the type of injury that is quite often season-ending. However, the man was hell-bent on winning the Cup and contributing to his team’s success, and played the next round and the Stanley Cup Finals with a knee that should have been on an operating table.
By the time the playoffs were over, Gonchar had scored 14 points in 22 games and been a key element in the Penguins winning their first Stanley Cup since 1992. Despite his injuries, he scored more points than any defenseman in the playoffs except for Nicklas Lidstrom.
HAMMERING THE ANVIL…
Way overdue for a chest workout, and pretty much every area I’ve neglected in the name of bringing up my lagging areas.
TODAY: CHEST (5-1-5 Tempo, 120 Second Rests)
BENCH PRESS (5 sets)
135 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 3
- Switched to Fast Tempo, 120 Second Rests
225 x 4
225 x 3
FLAT DUMBBELL FLYES (5 sets)
30 x 7
40 x 5
50 x 4
60 x 3
60 x 2
DUMBBELL PULLOVERS (1 set)
30 x 6
TRAINING NOTES
Total Sets (Chest): 11
Where I come from, this is what we call a pathetic workout. My shoulder started to give early in the bench presses, so I switched to a faster tempo. Then it couldn’t take pullovers, so I stopped after one set. And I was going to do more exercises, but I couldn’t get through the first set of incline presses, so… Well, just one of those days.
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