Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who, for 18 NHL seasons, excelled at one of the hardest-working and least celebrated roles in hockey: defensive defenseman.

On scoring-laden teams, it was Brad McCrimmon’s job to keep the puck out of his own net, and he did it with such success that he posted Hall-of-Fame consideration numbers in a career that many have regrettably forgotten.

Playing in 1,222 regular season games, and an addition 116 in the playoffs, McCrimmon put up very respectable scoring numbers from the blueline, even though these were a bonus that went above and beyond his role in the lineup.

With 403 regular season points, including 56 in 1985-86, McCrimmon was a scoring threat. But he was a defensive force. That same season, he became one of the few players in NHL history to have a +80 season, going +83 for the year (on the ice for 83 more even-strength goals scored by his team than against his team).

Two years later, he led the entire NHL with +48, and was +40 or better for five consecutive years, amassing a +444 career total (10th best in NHL history).

His strong play earned him the 1989 Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames, an appearance in the 1988 All-Star Game and a selection to the 1988 2nd All-Star Team.

TODAY: CHEST (5-5-5 Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
and BACK (Fast Tempo, 40 Second Rests)

FLAT DUMBBELL FLYES (5 sets)
35 x 6
35 x 5
35 x 4
35 x 4
35 x 4

FLAT DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
35 x 5
35 x 5
35 x 4

DECLINE MACHINE PRESS (per arm) (3 sets)
60 x 3
50 x 3
40 x 3

INCLINE MACHINE PRESS (per arm) (3 sets)
40 x 4
40 x 4
40 x 4

WIDE GRIP FRONT PULL-UPS (4 sets)
x 12
x 8
x 6
x 6

CLOSE PARALLEL GRIP PULL-UPS (4 sets)
x 10
x 8
x 6
x 5

SUPINE ROW (4 sets)
x 10
x 8
x 9
x 10

TRAINING NOTES

Total Sets (Chest): 14
Total Sets (Back): 12

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