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Old 06-02-2014, 07:25 AM   #266
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Vids or it didn't happen.

I rock climb 3-4 times a week and I don't think I can do 12 chin ups with proper form. Perhaps you're cheating or doing them wrong?

Chin ups costing him 1st overall? LOLOL. You have got to be kidding. What a ridiculous thing to say. The overreaction to this has reached absurd proportions.
It's also worth mentioning that most hockey players have disproportional arm strength to leg strength. Quite often they have legs like tree trunks and skinny toned arms. A lot of people in the regular population are exactly the opposite. We tend to focus on arms and upper body strength, while leaving our legs twiggy making something like pull-ups a little easier.

Having said that, this is something that scouts deemed valuable enough that it is worth measuring. If some teams had him tied with another player, it might break the tie. If a team already had him ahead of a another player though, I doubt this will change their minds much.
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