Training Log: It’s A Long Road
- Day 28
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 03-02-2010
Tagged Under : Chest Workout, It's A Long Road, Manitoba Moose, Nolan Baumgartner, Vancouver Canucks
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
NOLAN BAUMGARTNER
Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who has, despite a good measure of talent and a record of good performance at the NHL level, spent the vast majority of his career embracing the Crash Davis-like role of mentoring up-and-comers at the minor league level.
Having played in parts of 10 NHL seasons, but with all but one of those seasons involving less than 20 appearances on the ice, Baumgartner was recently called up by the Vancouver Canucks from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose to bolster an injury-riddled blueline as the team pushes for the division championship down the stretch.
This has followed a strong minor league season for Baumgartner, where he just appeared in the AHL All-Star Game as captain of the Canadian All-Star Team for the league, and scored a goal in the game.
In the 2005-06 seaon with the Vancouver Canucks, Baumgartner appeared in 70 games and accumulate 34 points while going +11 on the season (on the ice for 11 more even strength goals for his team than against). Numbers like that, especially in today’s game with fewer and fewer scoring defensemen (especially who can be a plus-player to boot), will generally net a player a multi-year contract at the NHL level.
It earned Baumgartner a pink slip and only 13 games split between two different teams the next season, his last NHL icetime until big league injuries provided an opportunity to reward the man for his perseverance and dedication to the game. After years of mentoring prospects, Baumgartner is back in The Show.
In addition to his 132 NHL regular season games, Baumgartner has added 969 games in the minors and juniors, making him one of the most experienced active defensemen in professional hockey.
TODAY: CHEST (3-3-3 Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
and CARDIO
FLAT DUMBBELL FLYES (5 sets)
30 x 8
40 x 5
40 x 5
40 x 4
40 x 4
FLAT DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
40 x 5
40 x 5
40 x 5
DECLINE DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
40 x 5
40 x 5
40 x 5
INCLINE DUMBBELL PRESS (3 sets)
40 x 5
40 x 5
40 x 4
STATIONARY BIKE
- Resistance 10/25
30 Minutes / 12.14 Miles / 399 Cal
TRAINING NOTES
Total Sets (Chest): 14
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