Having never been to the Rabbit before I checked the Q sheet to see who would be leading the charge. With no one slotted in I asked Grunge who it would be and got the dreaded “How about you”. Having been to BC many times I still get lost when I get a block away from the AOs. So I had a couple of thoughts…I’m a man so I’m not asking for directions and I’ll stick to what I know. Rabbits don’t run long distances, they run short distances at high rates of speed. And finally no one over 5’6″ should be there. Looks like it all worked out.

Since I have been spending a lot of time in hockey rinks and watching the Stanley Cup playoffs a hockey inspired workout was in order.

Warmup
Two laps around the rink (parking lot)
Get those shoulders in shape for slapshots (100 overhead seal claps IC)
Get those calves ready for a faceoff (20 curb calf raises)
Get those legs ready to hold position in the crease (20 really deep and slow squats)
Get those arms ready to cross check the forward out of the crease (20 really deep and slow merkins)

The Thang
Mosey over to the Brier Commons (looked it up on Google Maps). Inspired by Herb Brooks in Miracle we would sprint on the street from one corner (goal line) to the first short intersection (blue line) back to the goal line and then to the far intersection (red line) and then back to the goal line. If you’ve ever seen the movie he keeps yelling “Again!” and so we did five times.

Next as in any tryout the evaluators want to see how you skate in every direction so we started at one corner of the commons and stayed facing the same direction, going around on the street always facing the same direction. We started out clockwise and then did it again counterclockwise.

One of the most important aspects of skating in hockey is your “first three steps”. If you can get separation you can get to the puck first and if you have the puck you can score (hockey is not a complicated game). So to the field we went. The object was to run as hard as you can for 40-50 yards and then wind it down and mosey back to the start. We did this 10 times.

Finally a good hockey player is a two way player so not only can he score but he can play defense as well. A key component of defense is shot blocking. To block a shot effectively you either go down on one knee or sell out and give up the body by going all the way down to the ground and taking the puck to the body. To do this one man lunge walked with each knee touching the ground while the other did five burpees and went to catch the other one to switch. We did five rotations.

We ended with an AYG sprint up the hill back to the AO.

Smoked we did two minutes of cool down planks.

“It was a great day for hockey!” – Badger Bob