Training Log: The Anvil of Crom
- Day 51
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 16-06-2009
Tagged Under : Anvil of Crom, Forearms Workout, Pittsburgh Penguins, Shoulder Workout, Sidney Crosby
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
SIDNEY CROSBY
Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who has overcome possibly more pressure than anyone has in a young hockey career.
Undoubtedly the most highly touted adolescent hockey player since Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, it was known at least half-a-decade in advance that Sidney Crosby would be drafted first overall into the NHL.
And even as a teenager, he was facing the types of scrutiny that most adults never need to endure. As an immensely talented and creative goal-scorer in his teens, he was roundly criticized as a hot dog for scoring in such fancy ways and for his celebrations. So he stopped doing trick shots, toned down his celebrations, and by the time he was 21 and the youngest captain in NHL history, watching rival Alexander Ovechkin win over crowds with his fancy goals and elaborate celebrations, Crosby was now being criticized for being too boring and reserved in his celebrations, while Ovechkin was being touted as the charistmatic energy source for the NHL.
Through it all, Crosby stayed true to himself and focused on his training and the game. Too exciting, too boring, too whatever… Call him what you want, the guy is in it to win and just a few days ago, his work culminated into the ultimate glory the sport can offer. As the captain of the Stanley Cup winning Pittsburgh Penguins, Crosby was the first to skate up (on the injured leg he had been playing with) and hoist the Cup. Once again, he was the youngest man in NHL history to do so.
The fact that it was one of the most raw displays of emotion ever seen in lifting the Cup goes to illustrate the amount of work the man has put in and the amount of criticism he has endured.
Stay focused on the goal.
HAMMERING THE ANVIL…
Shoulder workout. Gonna try to get in something else before the day is out. I am starting to fall behind a little bit…
TODAY: SHOULDERS (5-1-5 Tempo, 120 Second Rests)
and FOREARMS (5-1-5 Tempo, 120 Second Rests)
ARNOLD DUMBBELL PRESS (5 sets)
25 x 8
30 x 6
40 x 4
50 x 3
60 x 1
MACHINE SHOULDER PRESS (per arm) (3 sets)
50 x 6
60 x 5
80 x 3
STANDING DUMBBELL LATERAL RAISES (5 sets)
15 x 6
20 x 4
20 x 3
25 x 3
20 x 4
SEATED INCLINE FORWARD DUMBBELL RAISES (3 sets)
10 x 7
15 x 5
20 x 3
UNDERHAND DUMBBELL FOREARM CURLS (5 sets)
15 x 12
20 x 6
20 x 6
25 x 5
30 x 4
OVERHAND DUMBBELL FOREARM CURLS (5 sets)
15 x 6
15 x 4
15 x 4
15 x 4
20 x 3
TRAINING NOTES
Total Sets (Shoulders): 16
Total Sets (Forearms): 10
This was the absolute bare minimum that I could call a shoulder workout and then look at myself in the mirror without being wholly disgusted. Not off to a great start…
There was some minor redemption when I returned for a forearms workout. Supersetted Underhand and Overhand Forearm Curls.
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