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Olympian Workout Tips from Angela Ruggiero
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Already with gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals—not to mention a degree from Harvard—Angela Ruggiero has quite the resume. Now the US Women's Hockey star is going for another medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Ruggiero, 30, talked to the Boston Globe about her goals for the Games and her training with Athletes' Performance. Check out the excerpts below, or click here for the full story.
On passing on a chance to work for Donald Trump
"I guess I got to the point where I was like, 'OK, if I give up all this to play hockey, I want to make sure it's worth it,'" recalled Ruggiero. "I wanted to make sure I was in the best shape of my life, that I left everything out there for Vancouver. That I had no regrets at the end of the road, regardless of what happened."
On her favorite exercises for hockey players (see video below)
On embracing her muscular build
"There are a lot of little girls who aren't going to be ballerinas," said Ruggiero. "They're going to be hockey players or something else. I can accept that I'm a bigger girl and be OK with that. That muscle is helping me play Olympic hockey."
On training with a group of NHL stars that included Chris Drury
"Because I was alongside the guys, it was like I was younger again," said Ruggiero. "I had to prove myself. At first, everyone's kind of like, 'Can she do it?' But I'm one of the stronger athletes in the women's game. So, I could lift with them. I could run with them."
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Evan Gray – Evan Gray is the Associate Producer for CorePerformance.com. He joined the team in 2008 from Going.com.
