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Originally Posted by Azure
Actually, I would suggest his incapability to do a pullup suggests lack of motivation to be the best he can be.
A pullup isn't that hard to do if your body fat is under 10%, which his is.
Lots of players are good at the game of hockey. Takes a hell of a lot more than that to be even an okay NHL player.
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This is a pile of
A hands forward pull up isn't as easy as you think or claim for most people including young athletes. This isn't using the bicep muscle it's using the brachialis and brachioradialis muscles which unless you do a lot of rowing or shoot bows it doesn't develope easily.
Hockey players at his age usually train for skating and have a big heavy lower body compared to training the upper for a fricken pullup, Gary Roberts couldn't do one at his age. did he have a motivation problem?
Oh and by the way, less than half of NHL hockey players show up at camp with 10% or under body fat.