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***Fantobens*** · Yesterday, 11:24 AM

In the offseason I go back to my hometown and, in the first week, I binge on mom’s famous chicken chili and drink a lot of beer. After that I go back to salads and water. Some guys that I played pee wee with will meet up and we will hit the gym. We work out for a few hours and then we grab a protein packed lunch. Some of us break off and go home but I usually hit the rink. I go to the pro shop and check in with Perry, the man who has worked there since before I was born. Then I lace up and go for a skate. Perry’s husband Steve usually has an agility course set up for me. He invites current captains of all the leagues at the rink and the local school captains to join. We do a skills competition of the sorts. I think that going to the rink helps my mental strength too and I think you’ll find that most guys don’t stray too far from a rink to keep them grounded. Once I retire maybe It will be different but not right now.

Weaves · Yesterday, 02:14 PM

i gotta be honest here, my player will struggle in any envionment in which he has to survive in the willderness. AC has basically adapted to the celebrity lifestyle in HAM, earning that BIG 6M a year payout. This allows him to spnd lavishly on alllll the goods, services and stuff I need, during the offseason and during the season. What im trying to say is it is like glamping... what good is camping when you can just glamp? I enjoy being in my house, nice and cozy, enjoy all the luxuaries of having DAT BIG MONEY at all times throughout the year. I do know there is teammates of mine who may relish in the wild life and want to be a RURAL person, but for me, there is no going back to that life --- I AM A HAM SUPERSTAR NOW and I will live dat life and spend dat moneyyyy

sulovilen · Yesterday, 02:26 PM

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Jaromir Jagrbomb considers both mental and physical strength training important, and the most efficient training is something that combines them both. That is why, especially during the offseasons, he likes to take on challenges that take both physical and mental fitness to the limit. He for example likes to take on island survival challenges, where he gets left stranded on an islann all alone for days without any accessories whatsoever, besides some very simple gym equipment. The challenge is simply to stay alive, but also to complete a set gym excercise twice every day. This type of challenges are very helpful, because even though his nutrition is often quite bad during these challenges, they are a great way to reset one's mind as it also acts as a digital detox. And when you have survived for a few days without absolutely no equipment, just getting to sleep on your own bed or to be able to buy food feels so good, that his typical daily practice routine will feel like nothing.

*FaraDian* · Yesterday, 02:29 PM

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I haven't been tagged a single time in this thread and I find that insulting. My signature should count for the graphic option here. *I OWN A SURVIVOR THEMED GYM.* Not choosing to put Marton Diehm on your team is basically saying "I hate winning." I've been training my whole life for this!

I'm gonna put my linemates on my team: Chris Valentine and Konig Wolf, a couple of the old guys who could use a nice bed (like Dirty Boots and DAD). And then I'm gonna win each and every challenge, sending my teammates back home while I single-handedly take on the other team. You know I got the physical challenges wrapped up, but I've been studying the puzzles as well. I mean, I've been *building* the challenges and puzzles so I can put other people through their paces at The Island Gym (open now! come try it out with a one-day pass, then save with a 10-session pass, then just grab a membership, you know you want to!).

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***KaleSalad*** · Yesterday, 03:22 PM

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Cale being from the coldest place on the planet, Saskatchewan, is no stranger to the elements and always grown up camping as well as hunting. Survival is right up his alley and likely would have no issue with a survivor type game that the gm’s wanted to put them through! Cale would absolutely do everything in his power to win the competitions and send his teammates back to civilization while continuing to work on his old survival skills and be at one with nature. Lets be honest not everyone is built for being able to live like that and a few names come to mind needing their Egyptian cotton sheets and memory foam beds in order to get any sleep at all, cough cough Barca. This would also be a great way to do some team bonding before the season starts and really give a trial by fire for the rookies to make a lasting impact on what they are going to do for the team!

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***Figgy*** · Yesterday, 03:27 PM

Option 1 - This type of competition is right up Dan Johnston's wheel house. Growing up on a farm, Dan is used to hard labor and having to work hard to achieve what you are working towards. Dan isn't looking to go home early, as much as it will be uncomfortable camping out every night. Dan looks forward to all of the events, and to schooling all of his fellow Atlanta Inferno members in every event. Whether it goes from a strength test, to a stamina test, Dan will be looking to come out on top. Dan loves competition, and takes winning seriously. As for whom he would like to be paired he would probably go for Kristian Seppanen as he much like Dan, the fact that both are willing to lay their bodies on the line to block shots and throw hits. Dan and Kristian will run the gauntlet and be the last two Infernos members standing.

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karlssens · Yesterday, 03:36 PM

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Written Option 2: Only the strong will survive! Or do they? How important part does physical or mental strength training play in your players offseason and how they do it? Are they focusing mostly on lower body strength or do they take more balanced approach? Or is it all about the core strength that helps them stay in right position at the goal? Maybe they think that surviving is really more dependent on mental strength and finding it inside themselves, but is there even a way to train that?

As a power forward by trade Oskar is trained to focus on the physical aspect of the game so he'd argue physical strength training is more important than mental strength training. That being said mental strength plays a part too and as Oskar enters another year of regression he'll need to learn to adapt his style of play. His body isn't quite what it used to be so he'll need to play smarter. His workout regime is still demanding as ever on his body, but he's added mental workouts as well to round out his off ice routines and keep his body and mind in tip top shape. As for his rigorous physical training the emphasis is still largely focused on the lower body, especially the all important leg muscles so he can keep up to all the younger talent in the SHL. Oskar might have lost a step or two, but he's learned to become a more positionally sound player.

roquefort · Yesterday, 04:39 PM

Strength is everything. Roquefort Cotswold was voted strongest rat in France in 2023. He is so frickin strong from lifting block after block of cheese into his giant rat snout when he gets hungry. He's also a slapshot merchant. With his massive 17 strength he can launch that stupid puck from anywhere on the ice. With disdain. His core is absolutely frickin ripped. He hangs from his tail and does crunches and knee raises at the same damn time. You have never seen a rat this scary. Could you imagine a 5 foot 150 lb rodent? Rats are already scary at their regular size (or enhanced by NY city pizza) - this rat is big enough to eat your frickin kids. It is said that when Roquefort goes shopping he has such an insane abdominal cut that often times shoppers get confused at check out and try to swipe their card between his shredded 8 pack.

hockeymil · Yesterday, 04:52 PM

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The off season is effectively both kind of training.
When we are not playing hockey, it's important to think about something else and give your mind a break. During the season, your mind to be 100% focus on hockey if you want to have success so when the season is over I need to think about something else.

About the physical training, as a young player, I need to get better in every aspect of the game. Need to continue to train physical attributes while also train aspects of my game. I'm going up in the SHL next season so if I don't want to need to much of a liability, I need to keep getting better.
Trainning in the gym and on the ice each week is important.
Playing in the SHL is hard and only the strong can have success against the best so I need to train hard.

***efischermann*** · Yesterday, 05:59 PM

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Written Option 2: Only the strong will survive! Or do they? How important part does physical or mental strength training play in your players offseason and how they do it? Are they focusing mostly on lower body strength or do they take more balanced approach? Or is it all about the core strength that helps them stay in right position at the goal? Maybe they think that surviving is really more dependent on mental strength and finding it inside themselves, but is there even a way to train that?

Off season training is very important. You have to keep the body in perfect condition in order to bring everything you can on the ice when the season starts up. I focus on the core and the lower body mostly. As the great Herb Brooks would say, the legs feed the wolf. If you have bad stamina or slow feet, you are going nowhere in this league. Speed kills, and that is the main goal to build up the legs and core in order to increase that. The core is equally as important as the legs. A weak core can really hurt you in the long run. The other important thing to train is your mind. Mental strength is so incredibly important during a long season and if you don’t focus on that, you will fall apart just as easily if are weak in the legs, arms or core. Focus on the brain!

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***Magenta*** · Yesterday, 06:53 PM

Jett Labyrinth really isn’t a fan of gimmicky team-bonding exercises, but he also watched a lot of Survivor growing up so he was excited. Jett’s going to go all out in the challenges because at the end of the day he is a true competitor but he’ll do less of the scheming and politicking behind the scenes, he doesn’t want to make enemies with his teammates before the big year ahead. As a leader on the ice, in Survivor he’s going to try to take a leadership role as he’s on a team with the rest of the forwards, but his lack of outdoor expertise kinda put him off to the side and didn’t make him the most useful. In the end, the rest of the forwards decided it would be funny to vote their captain off early so that’s what they did, and although Jett would miss spending time with his teammates, he was perfectly fine to lock in and train with modern equipment and sleep in a bed indoors for the next few days.

Muerto · Yesterday, 11:21 PM

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AT-AT has always felt he was one of the stronger players in his youth. Blessed with a height and weight advantage over most of his peers, he could use his strength to his advantage whether it was clearing players out of the crease or roughing them up in the corners. However, in his rookie season in the SHL it became clear that this was a different environment and all the players are big and tough. So he definitely took some time in the offseason to work on his strength. Lots of reps in the gym doing weight work to build up his arms and legs, and even did some yoga which helps with his balance and core strength. As far as the mental side, he doesn't neglect his video training and studying film to better understand those aspects of the game like reading the play and being in good position to make a check. He comes into the new season feeling much stronger and better prepared to help his team win some games!

Kyamprac · 11 hours ago

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Mia Lavoie is no stranger to the North American wilderness. Being from Canada, she's accustomed to rapidly changing weather extremes, terrifying wildlife like mooses and gooses and cougars, and various types of terrain. She'd probably stand a pretty decent chance in a survivor challenge by digging herself a nice little hole in the snow somewhere. Heck, she wouldn't even have to hunt. Having come from Quebec, she could probably find her inner sugarmaker and tap into some trees, living off the purest maple syrup Canada has to offer. If a Christmas elf can live off pure sugar, why can't she, right? And predators would be no problem, I bet she could probably train an attack goose to watch her back for her. Or maybe that would be her cause of death.. cobra chickens are a force to be reckoned with. In any case combine these skills with the skills of her teammates and Mia's unstoppable out there - whether the tests of skill take place over the long term or short they've got this.

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Urq660 · 8 hours ago

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Inge Baardsen is not the biggest of players, that much is obvious. Expected to be a tricky, skilful playmaker prior to his J draft, he has surprisingly been a lot more physical than most expected, getting a pair of Brandon Holmes Award noms and being named to the All Defense team for the SMJHL. His first couple of seasons in the big league have not yielded quite the same number of hits, but that is also partly down to drastically reduced ice time. One constant though has been his dedication to improving himself physically and mentally. As a short king, comparatively, he gets a nice low centre of gravity, which helps with the hitting. Strong legs and a tough core definitely help when combined with this, so those are where he really concentrated his weight training. He also does some work around mental resilience, not being scared of getting into it with ‘bigger’ players. This has been a hallmark of his play style since he started with the Elk!

***JBeckQuest*** · 2 hours ago

Seeing as I am my team's 'coach' (team job), I would definitely set the competition up so that Quazon had the best chance of winning. I wouldn't necessarily rig any of the competitions, but I would have the competitions play to Quazon's strengths which are speed, shot accuracy, and balance. Since bragging rights are more important than training and a warm bed, Quazon will be in the competition until the very end. And how for the competitions our Falcons will be forced to endure:

For speed, a race is the most obvious event that I believe Quazon would perform well in. For shot accuracy, some good old fashion archery should do the trick. Finally, for balance, we will have a hanging log suspended over a pit of sharks and spikey objects! Once Quazon is crowned champion of the Falcons, he will then be poised to take over the rest of the SMJHL and beyond.

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