6 strong men showed up to see if they could make #TheVarsityF3

Last night I used some #food photos from The Varsity in Atlanta #delicious + #goodeats

Disclaimer

Warmup lap

COP = Warmup-O-Rama with all of my favorites to ten

Quick discussion on plyometric training, also known as “jump training” or “plyos”, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength).(Wiki 2015)

I also shared some of my personal experience as a youth hockey coach and my experience using “plyos” to train players. The Ukraine ice hockey club known as Druzhba 78 partnered with the team I coached for in Rockford, Illinois. The coach was named Ivan Pravilov, and I like most American coaches, we stood in awe of this coach and his ability to develop players (up to NHL caliber) and develop devotion and teamwork. We also thought it was odd how these kids, were so well behaved both on and off the ice. Hockey wise our younger teams destroyed Druzhba teams. Tides changed with older players, when our high school age teams played, Druzhba absolutely dominated us. We could not even start the “battles” because we could not catch them to engage into play. All of Druzhba players did a minimum of 2 hours of “plyo” per day, and were #fit, their training and culture did not align to our #American perspective, but at the time I could not question results.

Here is some footage of the original Druzba78 Teams:

Canada Tour 1992 TV Coverage https://youtu.be/aMTXSuQWukA

Years later, the coach got accused of horrible abuse of his players and eventually took his own life in prison. An opportunity to be #HIM was really about his personal desires and abuse of the players. These young men were taken from their parents at a very early age and mistreated under the claim of an NHL career. Parents actually beg to get their sons on these teams. Just a horrible waste of time effort by all involved, read the full story here:

http://www.insidehockey.com/behind-the-iron-curtain-the-abuse-behind-druzhba-78/

The one #HIM that stood up and wrote a book describing the atrocities is an impactful read.

Behind the Iron Curtain: Tears in the Perfect Hockey “GULAG” https://youtu.be/QOQ1exNbTFE

As an almost #RESPECT man sometimes physical training reminds me of “stuff”, and instead of a quality back blast you get this “stuff”… a story of a coach with so much potential to be a #HIM and yet took the wrong road and ruined so many lives…prayers to all of his victims…

Prayer and praise

BOM

Be a better man today than you were yesterday,

AYE!

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