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It doesn’t take a hockey aficionado to figure out that the sport is one of the most grueling and physically demanding team sports on earth. It demands gigantic amounts of aerobic endurance, strength and agility, not to mention outstanding skating skills. For Houston Aeros right winger Danny Irmen, 25, meeting the physical challenges requires a virtually year-round training regimen.
“After the season is over, trainers recommend taking about two weeks to a month off from training,” says Irmen, in his fifth season with the American Hockey League (AHL) team. “I usually take about three weeks off, but I get bored with nothing to do, so I want to get back into the gym.”
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Not “Just A Girl” Anymore
By Amy Lee
  I have always considered myself to be “just a girl.” I have never thought there was anything terribly remarkable about me and I have hidden in a cloak of fat for most of my life. My outward appearance was a result of poor food choices and a lack of exercise. It is also a direct reflection of how I felt.
I was overwhelmed and unable to control everything that happens in life, so I ate to stop the pain. Over the course of 20-something years, my weight climbed to a staggering 286 pounds by November 2008. I never would have known how much I weighed had I not been forced to visit the doctor due to illness. I avoided scales like the plague and consequently avoided the doctor because I knew I would have to stand on one and face the truth.
I was stunned, sickened and heartbroken that I had allowed myself to get to that point. I realized I was killing myself and I knew I had to stop it. I have this amazing family and I didn’t know if they would ever get over the anger of losing me to something I had the power to do something about. I made a choice to save my life.
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Core strength training puts barrel racer Tammy Key Fischer on top
––By Allison Stephan––
When Tammy Key Fischer sits in the alley waiting for the gates to open, she knows that she only has seconds to apply what has taken years to hone. Everything in barrel racing happens in a split second, and the mastered skills that have become almost innate are crucial because a correction in the arena can mean disaster.
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