Former Columbus Blue Jackets coach and current St. Louis Blues coach Ken Hitchcock embraces the CrossFit Life.
Ken Hitchcock is a hockey guy.
He’s coached over 1,000 games behind the benches of four NHL teams, and he’s won over 500 of them. He’s been a coach at three NHL All-Star Games, and he’s been a part of two Canadian teams that won gold medals at the Olympics.
Hitchcock has also hoisted hockey’s Holy Grail, the Stanley Cup, while coaching the Dallas Stars in 1998-99.
Ken began crossfitting about a year ago after his sister dragged him into the gym one day. At his heaviest he weighed 400 lbs. He lost 30 lbs the firs couple months doing crossfit. He then began the paleo diet and has lost another 30 lbs since. Coaching and constantly traveling is a stressful job and Ken says crossfit and his diet have given him more energy to keep up with it all. He says "If your positive and you feel good and you've got energy, that's the way you're going to coach." He said he never wants to go into the gym but once he's there he loves the camaraderie and sense of community. He has found a new lifestyle through crossfit.
“Hitch” is a hockey guy through and through.
He’s also a CrossFit guy.
Monkey Bars
3 Front Rolls
5 Line Touches
5 Rope Pull Ups
Max Height Jump against Brutus wall
5 Double Unders or attempts
Skill
5x5
Clean & Jerk
100m Row after each set
WOD
Partner-Each person does 3 rounds of C&J alternating.
Move medballs together as a pair.
6 Rounds
5 Clean & Jerk
Move Medballs the length of the gym
