导出博客文章Whether she is playing indoor or beach volleyball,?April Ross has been sculpting
her body for years. However, she is not just any Californian who spends her days
on the beach.You know, I think sometimes the idea of a beach volleyball body
gets mixed up a little bit with kind of the casual beachgoer layout in a bikini
type of deal, said Ross, who won a silver medal in beach volleyball at the 2012
Olympics. For me, I value kind of the power of my body and I think Im a little
bit more muscular than you might expect.Ross, who is in Brazil for the Rio
Olympics with beach volleyball partner Kerri Walsh Jennings, sat down with ESPN
The Magazine for its 2016 Body Issue to talk about just how she got her stellar
beach body.Healthy choicesFirst things first, Ross doesnt take any crap -- and
she doesnt eat any crap, either.If I was content just eating pizza and drinking
soda all day ... thats obviously not going to be as effective as me sacrificing
eating that crap and trying to eat healthier year after year, Ross said.Not your
average beach dayRoss is a frequent beachgoer, but she doesnt go just to get a
tan. She says the best way to prepare to play on the beach volleyball court is
to practice on the beach.Beach weighted workouts: If you see me walk out on the
beach, Im carrying a bench, I have a weight vest on, Im dragging a sled with 35
pounds on it, a medicine ball, cones. So Im just trying to do beach volleyball
movements, but weighted and restricted.Beach cardio: I do cardio on the sand.
Every weekend Ill do an hour of cardio in the gym just to mix it up.Balance is
keyRoss did gymnastics when she was younger before she got too tall to compete.
She says her lessons taught her balance and stability.Challenge acceptedSome
parts of training can be very difficult for Ross, and those are the parts she
does most often.Burpees:?One thing that sucks are burpees, so I started to do
those as much as possible. With a burpee, you jump up and then put your hands on
the ground, kick your legs out and do a pushup, kick your legs in and then do a
jump. Ive started doing them with a weight vest.Lifting: I love Olympic lifting.
I find it challenging and really productive, so I love doing cleans and snatches
and deadlifts and all that.Pull-ups:?My core has always been pretty strong, but
especially compared to other athletes my arm strength is just a little bit less
than average. So Ive tried to work on that a lot.This summer, espnW is running
stories, essays and letters on body image as part of a series called Love, My
Body. Read more from the series ?
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the dressing rooms at Braemar Arena in this town outside Minneapolis-St. Paul
carrying a travel-worn St. Louis Blues bag bearing his familiar No. 42.Which is
interesting, given that Backes, the former Blues captain selected by the team 13
years ago in the 2003 draft, is now a member of the Boston Bruins.No new Bruins
bag yet?No, I havent had a bag or pants, Backes said with a grin. Ive requested
them but youve got to go with what youve got, I suppose.The fact that Backes was
still hanging onto a Blues bag might have been a matter of practicality and
comfort for him, but it was also a nice metaphor for where Backes is at this
point in his career -- caught somewhere between a significant past and a shiny
new future.As Blues captain, a designation he wore on his jersey since 2011,
some of Backes offseason duties would have normally included welcoming new
teammates and preparing for another assault on a long anticipated Stanley Cup in
St. Louis.This summer has proven to be something much different on both a
physical and emotional level for Backes after he signed a five-year, $30 million
deal to jump conferences and join the Bruins.We really invested in St. Louis and
it was home for charitable stuff, connecting with the community, friendships
that you make over 10 years, Backes explained before taking the ice as part of
the Da Beauty League, an informal circuit that includes a number of current
NHLers.You dont just replace those overnight. So I think thats been the most
difficult thing to kind of come to terms with. Theres a lot of great
relationships that weve built over time that arent necessarily going to be
moving with us to Boston. But at the same time its a new endeavor, a new
chapter. Well have to re-establish ourselves in Boston but its a different
animal and were excited to conquer that next task.Of course the adjustment to a
new team, new city and new systems will come with an added wrinkle this fall,
given that Backes will spend most of September -- he hopes -- toiling for Team
USA in the World Cup of Hockey. The tournament, all of which takes place at
Torontos Air Canada Centre, starts Sept. 17.Backes joked that he might be
meeting potential Bruins linemate and Team Canada center?Patrice Bergeron at the
faceoff circle, as opposed to in the Bruins locker room or at a Bruins team
function.Itll be like, Hi, Patrice, and Im going to beat you on this faceoff
type of deal, the 32-year-old Minneapolis native said with a laugh.So, those
sorts of challenges will be at the forefront for myself. Not necessarily
organizing everything, but assimilating into whats already there, and I think
theres a bit of a difference there. I dont know which ones easier, but I think
itll be one task at a time -- and thats coming together as Team USA and winning
a World Cup of Hockey.ddddddddddddAnd, then, with I guess [playing] against
teammates that Ive never met or never hung with or havent greeted yet.Two
distinct narratives spring from Backes deal with the Bruins.First, his role as
the Bruins try to recover from two straight playoff misses.Is he playing on the
wing, maybe with Bergeron, or as a third-line center and power-play contributor
playing behind Bergeron and David Krejci? Will his veteran presence help refocus
a Bruins team that has seen a change in management and a rather stunning slide
from contender status since appearing in the Stanley Cup finals in
2013?Secondly, what kind of void is created by Backes absence in St. Louis,
especially considering that in just over a year the Blues have lost key players
T.J. Oshie, Troy Brouwer -- who came to St. Louis in the Oshie deal last summer
-- Brian Elliott, Steve Ott and now their captain?Former longtime NHL player and
national analyst Darren Pang, who worked Blues games last season, lives in the
same neighborhood the Backes family used to call home in St. Louis. He said its
amazing how many local business owners, restaurateurs and the like have already
expressed sadness at seeing Backes leave town.Hes just one of those guys, Pang
said. Theres so much more to David Backes than adopting puppies and his love for
animals. He will be greatly missed in this community.The Boston community?
Theyll love him.Backes departure comes at a time when he seemed to have
redefined himself within the Blues organization as a key part of their arsenal,
having moved from center to right wing for much of last season.Its incredibly
significant for the Blues, Pang said of Backes departure.I think he just found
his niche playing on the right side, added Pang, who will serve as an analyst
for ESPN at the World Cup. I just felt like he was never stressed out last year
playing the wing.And to be sure, its not like the Blues cast Backes out.They say
they preferred to keep him, especially after he topped the 20-goal plateau for
the third straight season and then added 14 points in the playoffs as the Blues
advanced to the Western Conference finals, where they fell to the San Jose
Sharks in six games. But the dollar and terms that other teams, including
Boston, were willing to offer -- and the fact the Blues will have a new, younger
look -- meant Backes moved on.As for Backes, hes ready to embrace a fall that
will take him into uncharted territory.In the end its hockey, and Ill do what I
can to be the best player I can in whatever situation were in, he said, whether
thats Team USA or as a Boston Bruin. ' ' '
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