Hockey Fan? Hockey is a bad ass sport. I didn't play hockey but I have totally respect for the athletes that play it…..It's intense, you need to be in top cardiovascular shape and it takes extreme skill. I always enjoyed roller hockey when I was younger but Ice Hockey is a different level.
Anyway, Reebok CrossFit FirePower Head Coach George Savard headed to Denver Colorado in fall 2012 to coach NHL athletes John Tavares, Matt Duchene and Max Talbot through the training movements featured in the commercial. Here’s a look at the behind-the-scenes footage of making the commercial.
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Hockey and CrossFit…….
PRO HOCKEY PLAYER COMPETES WITH CROSSFIT PLATEAU
“It’s hard, but it’s fun,” says Blais, a former member of the Canadian National women’s ice hockey team, who is competing at Regionals this weekend with CrossFit Plateau.
The 25-year-old has played for the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) for the past three seasons. In that time, she’s won two Clarkson Cup Championships (the women’s equivalent to the Stanley Cup), adding to the two NCAA Frozen Four Championships she won with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs while completing her bachelor’s degree.
“When I was done with the Team Canada program, my friend really wanted me to try (CrossFit). At first I was kind of scared – it looks crazy when you watch it on TV,” she says. “But, I tried it and I just fell in love with it – the people at the gym are so fun.”
A relative newcomer, Blais says when she started CrossFit just 11 months ago, she didn’t initially intend to become a competitor in the sport.
“In the first workout, I didn’t want to compete. I was just searching for a place where I could find different things I didn’t have anymore with Team Canada,” she says. “Talking with people, they thought I could compete. At some point, I just got excited, and here I am.”
Blais quickly found herself balancing CrossFit, working in accounting, and playing hockey all at the same time. (http://games.crossfit.com/article/pro-hockey-player-competes-crossfit-plateau)
NHL Star Does CrossFit
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