Ovechkin: My weight is normal
Pavel Lysenkov, SovSport.ru, talks to Alex Ovechkin (Feb. 21, 2011):
Admit it, did Caps choose Eugene Kuznetsov because of your advice?
Not at all. I never give any advice to general manager. He knows what to do. I was not even familiar with Kuznetsov before the draft.
Why Capitals are not afraid to choose a Russian player? Is it because of you? Like our players are drawn to Ovechkin?
What am I, a guarantee of success? :) It's just simply because Washington likes Europeans. Look who was chosen, Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Marcus Johansson, Alexander Semin and do not forget about me... It is the policy of the club. That's why we have a more European style of play.
You are winning the shootout contest at the All-Star for five years in a row. Can you win more or you exhausted your fantasy after all?
I officially declare via Sovietsky Sport that I am not going to do a shootout contest anymore. More precisely, no shootout contest at the All-Star event. I have won three times and that's enough. I don't like the monotony. Now I'd rather be in accuracy shootout.
The hockey expert Sergey Gimaev thinks that Alexander Ovechkin has too much of increased muscle mass and it affects his scoring effectiveness.
I don't agree with Mr. Gimaev. I have the same playing weight as last year. It is around 225-227 pounds (102–103kg) [According to Caps media your official weight at the beginning of the season was 234 pounds! -- tj]. Everything is normal, the dynamics of my game have not changed.
Evgeni Malkin's Dad said in an interview to Sovietsky Sport that the NHLers no longer respect each other. That's why there's an incredible number of "unnecessary" injuries this season. They could skate around Crosby or not hit Malkin so hard around the boards...
What do you mean by "respect"? Everyone plays as they can. And this league is famous for it's physical style of hockey. Let's recall how Malkin was injured. He fell awkwardly when he collided with Myers. I don't believe that Buffalo's defenseman was intensionally targeting Malkin's his knees. it was an accident...
According to National Heart, Lung and Blood web site Ovechkin (6'2", 234) had Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30.0 when he reported to the training camp this season. If he is 227 now, his BMI is 29.1.
BMI Categories:
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
Overweight = 25–29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
This is obviously
Update from LiveStrong.com:
Highly trained athletes and bodybuilders have a high BMI because of increased musculature but generally low levels of body fatness. Bone minerals, body water and other fat-free mass also determine weight levels.
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please don't judge yourself or anyone else by the BMI index. it's rubbish. it doesn't take body type into consideration. it doesn't take muscle mass and degree of activity into consideration. it does not differentiate between fat mass and muscle mass. it merely says "you are this tall and this old so you should weight this much", which doesn't work for every body type.
@Anonymous: Thanks for posting that, I was thinking the same thing.
If Ovi is obese than that is one good-looking sexy obese man ;-)~~~
Last nights game was awesome and so glad that Neuvy got to show Disco-Dan how "shaky" he is, again :-)
Ovi actually has a lot of fat. His body fat% is around 15% which is high for an athlete.
So he is fat. He does have muscles where it counts though, the legs. His upper body is pretty small. Skinny arms, small shoulers, no chest, but large back and large waist. The fact that Ovi is built like a Russian Bear is the reason why he's so tough.
Yea cause all bears have skinny arms. Lol
anyone else find this ironic? We started the summer with Ovi ripping American girls for being overweight (or at least having a non desirable body shape) and now we rip him.. I find this really amusing that we try to focus on his body instead of his mental burnout from last year.. which was just a sucky year considering how passionate he was.
Well, maybe at least he will think about how hurtful these kinds of comments about bodies and fatness are.. especially when made wholesale.. (I glared at him during warm-ups all season till last week for the fat girls comment)
As Anonymous pointed out, the BMI index doesn't take body type or build or muscle mass into consideration. There are many athletes, primarily football players, who would be considered obese by that measure.
I thought it was Varly who was complaining about American girls being fat, rather than Ovi. I could be wrong on Ovi, in that department, but I do recall Varly saying that.
So Ovi got Americanized, what's up with that? :) Varly's next...
@Diane: here's an Ovie quote from the GQ interview:
"If you compare Russia and America," he explains sagely, "they are two different worlds. People, cars, clothes. Girls' figures. Especially girls' figures. Why do you think that is, that when an American goes to Russia for a week, he stays for two extra weeks? Girls! And when a Russian goes to America for a week, he leaves in five days. I'm serious! There's a statistic! Ask any American about Russia. You know what they'll say."
@BobbyG,
That quote still makes Russian girls sound like prostitutes.
;)
As for the weight issue, Ovie isn't fat for his body type or his sport. He didn't enter the season fat, but he was out of shape compared to previous pre-seasons. Many hockey players do not have a defined torso because it is less important to the game. Strong thighs, back, and lower arms are what hockey players need and that is what Ovie has.
He always looks more trim in person than on tv or by what is assumed when reading about his weight vs height.
@O: "That quote still makes Russian girls sound like prostitutes."
You know where I'm tempted to go with this but I'll restrain myself. :)
What's also interesting is, Ovie considers this "quality" the main reason Russian women are superior to American women.
@BobbyG,
Aw, restraint isn't fun. ;P
I'll take my superior education, my passable looks without fussing over them, my cooking and cleaning ability, my broader sense of fun, my ability to stand on my own two feet and not define myself by who I date, my ability to be interested in many types of people from all over the world, etc. over the shallower vessels some men seem to prefer when looking for a good time.
(Not that I think Ovie is as bad as some men out there, but sometimes he gives that impression, men's magazine interview or not.)
@O: Word! I'm totally with you and your list of qualities that I'll also take over a shallow, superficial, and totally self-absorbed vessel anytime.
Ovie doesn't give me the impression of being a bad guy so much. He might be 25 age-wise, but he sometimes comes across as a very horny and over-indulged adolescent LOL.
There, I let up a bit on self-restraint. How am I doing? :)
@BobbyG,
Agreed and not a bad job blowing...off steam. ;)
In many ways Ovie had a hard early life, but he has been/is very privileged and spoiled. It comes out sometimes, but he's mostly a great person.
We'll see if the team can pull together with the new additions.
@O: I'm as curious as you are about how the new additions will impact the Caps.
As for Ovie...I suppose I don't need to remind you about your post last summer, something about the day Ovie has to pay for sex he'll be a geezer. Do you recall? I do whenever...oh, never mind, no need to push the limits of my self-restraint too far. :)
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