Henrik Kesler

He's getting around the ice much better than he used to. While he's never going to be a speedster, he gets around well enough to be an effective player. I love and hate to say this. I think Gaunce is going to be very much like Chris Higgins. A player who has all the tools to be a 50-60 point guy, the great positioning, the work ethic, underrated passing, the overbearing shot, but always seems to struggle with consistency and ends up in the 35-45 point range.

I went to the liquor store for the first time in a bit this weekend and to my surprise, Pennsylvania has stepped it's game way up in the whiskey department. Additions to the selection include: Elmer T. Lee, Bulliet 10 year, Laphroaig Quarter Cask, MacAllen 15 year. Needless to say, I'll be slowly adding each of these new additions to my stock as each is a whiskey on my list to try.

Thank you. Kesler needs to be moved for the future benefit of this team. He is still a top two-way center in the league, but he isn't an elite offensive two-way player, like he was from 2009-2011. His line barely stays afloat in terms of GF and GA. You don't win Cups with a second line center than barely keeps his head above water. Anyone who thinks Kesler should get first line duties is off their damn rocker. He just isn't that good anymore.

Not really. Hammer curls are an overrated exercise. The biceps supinate the wrist and bring the hand toward the face. Hammer curls remove the supination which leads to a lesser contraction. Hammer curls aren't a bad exercise, but they aren't magically better than plain old curls, either. Press is the press. You stand and push a barbell overhead. Military press is actually slightly different because a true military press has the feet together and minimal layback. It's really semantics because I've never actually seen someone perform a true military press in the gym.

At your stage, isolation work isn't going to do much, but that's not to say throwing in some curls and tricep extensions wouldn't help in preventing DYELitis. If you must do isolation work, pick one exercise per session and do it for 4 sets of 10-12 reps. Also, if you're afraid of pushing beyond your comfort level, you're going to have a hard time making progress past the newbie stage. Getting bigger and stronger is all about living beyond your comfort zone in terms of effort when in the gym. Keep your form solid and don't be afraid of throwing more weight on the bar...it's the most important thing a beginner can do. In terms of how your training should look, I'd have you do this: Workout A: Squat 3x5 Bench 3x5 Deadlift 1x5 Workout B: Squat 3x5 (10lbs heavier than last workout A) Press 3x5 Powerclean or BB row With this system, you'd alternate workout A and B over 3 sessions per week. In each session, you add 5-10lbs per lift from your previous session If you want a split routine, I'd set it up like this: Lower A: Squat 3x5 Romanian Deadlift 4x8 Leg Extensions 4x12 Planks Upper A: Bench: 3x5 DB Incline: 4x8 Lat Pulldowns: 4x12 Cable Rows: 4x12 Seated DB Curls 4x10 Lower B: Deadlift 2x5 Squat 3x5 Leg Curls 4x12 Planks Upper B: Press 3x5 DB Bench: 4x6 BB Rows 4x8 Tricep extensions 4x12 How the hell long are you gym sessions?

The Stanchion giveth and the Stanchion taketh away. LOL, Hawks.

and THAT is why you want great skating defensemen.

It's a typical bro-split that a rank novice has no business doing. I'd much rather you spend 6-9 months focusing on building a base level of strength in the squat, bench, and deadlift. If you must, I'd keep the isolation work to 1 or 2 exercises at most. At your stage you simply don't need much more than the basics. Belief in the system you use is big. If you believe a system will work, you'll work harder than if you do something you don't think will work, and hard work trumps pretty much everything when it comes to getting bigger and stronger. For arms/chest, why not just do an extra exercise for each group on your bench and press days? I understand why you scaled your squat back, but starting at 135 and only moving up 5lbs a month is wasting your time. Personally, I'd follow the Starting Strength protocol for your squat. Starting light, squat 2x per week and add 5lbs per session paying careful attention to your form and making sure your lower back is maintaining extension throughout the movemtn..

What are your current numbers? My biggest issue with 5/3/1 is that without an arseload of assistance work, the big lift volume isn't enough to drive progress from someone who isn't squatting 450+, benching 315, and deadlifts 500+. In addition, the progression is pretty fracking slow, although the counter argument is that slow progress is better than no progress, and that is undeniable.

Pouliout should have gotten 5 and a game for that hit. Terrible, terrible hit.

The Habs BS style of hockey is going to be exposed without Price.

No they won't. They'll be worse than the Pens. Shero is like MG, captain of sitting on his hands when tough decisions need made.

Kings in 6. The Hawks got their arses kick up and down the ice by the Wild, a negative puck possession team in the regular season. The results against a Corsi juggernaut are gonna be ugly. Go Kings Go.

It's great to see the handshake mean what it's supposed to after Looch the Dooch tarnished it by being a sore loser.

Congrats on the weight loss. Now to the bad news. You've got two issues: 1: You don't have much muscle mass, and 2: Your bodyfat is still too high to see anything noticeable in terms of abs. From here you've got 3 options: 1: gain weight slowly of the course of the next year and focus on getting stronger 2: lose more weight in search of abzzz, and 3: maintain your weight for the next 9-12 months and bust your arse getting stronger in the big lifts. Personally, options 1 and 3 are best long term solution and I'd lean toward 3. As for training your abs, I'm with diesel_3. I do heavy compounds and some planking since the job of the 'core' muscles stabilize the spine (what planks and heavy squats work), they do not flex it.

Lucic has this bad habit of acting like an arsehole then saying he "isn't like that." Sorry Looch, but you're an arsehole through and through.

The Habs still play a BS style of hockey. They'd be God-awful if they didn't have Subban and Pacioretty.

The Bruins are built for coming back against teams like the Habs and Leafs. They dominate possession and make the opponent play tons of defense, leading to breakdowns as the game goes on. Price will be the only reason the Habs win this game.

Minnesota showed a ton of improvement from where they were last year. And to think, they've got a ton of kids in the line up who are only going to get better. Coyle, Granlund, Neidereieter (sp), and Brodin all played tough minutes and handled it well.

What a shit way to end a game. 'Hawks had absolutely no business being in this game.

Who kidnapped the Blackhawks and dressed the Leafs in their uni's. I don't think I've ever seen such a good possession team get absolutely murdered like this in multiple games.

This Minnesota team is FAST. Their speed is creating issues through the neutral zone for Keith which is rare since he's such a damn good skater.