Huuuump daaaaaay. But more importantly, it is my darling mother's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I adore birthdays, it is the one day where you celebrate everything that is wonderful about yourself/your friend/your family member. I wish I could be in Denver to help celebrate, but for now this shoutout will have to suffice. I bought my tix home for summer vacation yesterday, I am so excited to spend 11 glorious days in the most wonderful state on earth [June 24 - July 5 for whoever is around]. We will have to have a belated birthday celebration then!
It is an amazing time to be a sports fan right now. NBA playoffs? Check. NHL playoffs? Check. Baseball season well underway? Check. There is nothing that I love better than playoff hockey. As if the intensity of the sport wasn't already enough, playoff hockey brings more intensity and passion than any other sporting event [in my humble opinion]. Last night's Bruins game was awesome. Lucic's hit was unreal, just pure testosterone. I honestly can't believe he got ejected for that, it was just a great hit. Not his fault Spacek's face hit the glass at an unfortunate angle, gotta strengthen those neck muscles or something. Anyway, unreasonable reaction to a fairly standard [and incredibly strong] hockey hit. I was impressed. Unfortunately the Bruins came up short, 1-2 final score, so tonight will be GAME 7. I am so excited. Playoff hockey AND game 7 AND the home team?!? YESSSS. [Sidenote: the Avs are god awful and were nowhere close to making the playoffs this year, so I am on the Bruins wagon for now].
Great quote from the Montreal Gazette regarding the hit: Spacek had moved the puck, but his No. 6 must have been misinterpreted by Lucic as a bull's-eye, given the latter's full-speed, freighttrain contact that left the Canadien semi-fetal on the ice, bleeding from his eyebrow.
Sucks to be Spacek.
After beer and fries for dinner last night [I don't really feel bad about that, it is bound to happen on occasion], it was time for some butt-kicking this morning.
Lower body extravaganza
Warmup 5-10 minutes on treadmill
Split squat & reverse lunge superset [with dumbells]-
3 x 10 each split squat
3 x 10 each reverse lunge
Back squat -
x 8, x 6, x 6
Heavy weight, squat to parallel
Physioball hamstring isolation curls -
3 x 15
Keep your hips up throughout the motion, really squeeze glutes and hammys
Donkey kicks -
4 x 20 each
Focus on the glute squeeze for every rep
Enjoy!!!
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