BreakAway Digital

Just read a little write-up about Chelios and I was blown away. The man is 46 and is in amazing shape. 

“…This was the third Stanley Cup celebration for Chris Chelios, who at 46 years of age, is the oldest player ever to win the Cup. Chris was part of the Montreal Canadiens victory in 1986 and in Detroit’s last celebration in 2002. Defying all logic, it’s almost incomprehensible how Chris can continue to play elite hockey when most of the league’s stars are less than half his age. He is older than Mike Babcock, his own coach, and only Gordie Howe was older when still active in the National Hockey League.

In tribute to maintaining his extraordinary fitness level, Chelios is likely the hardest working athlete in hockey. Rising at 5:45 during the summer, Chris begins his day with circuit training, then lifts weights before heading off on an exhilarating (or excruciating, depending on whose butt is on the bike) ninety-minutes of mountain biking through the hills around Malibu. During the hockey season, Chris performs something he calls an ‘aerobic wash’ — riding a stationary bike in the sauna for 45 minutes while gulping back two jugs of water as he pedals.”

That is a true athlete right there!