{"id":386,"date":"2013-11-04T19:54:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southtampamagazine.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2017-07-12T16:57:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T16:57:56","slug":"steven-stamkos-rookie-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southtampamagazine.com\/steven-stamkos-rookie-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature Flashback: Steven Stamkos, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-cd4dd3bbd65932888589d5f3c361875e-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/southtampamagazine.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/stamkos\/b0029486.jpg\"\n               title=\"The cover shot used for South Tampa Magazine. 2009\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/southtampamagazine.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/stamkos\/b0029486.jpg\"\n               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           src=\"http:\/\/southtampamagazine.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/stamkos\/thumbs\/thumbs_b0029531.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Story by: Erika Vidal Holmes<\/p>\n<p>Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/steven-stamkos-8474564\">Steven Stamkos<\/a> was the No. 1 overall pick by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/lightning\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> in 2008 and came to town with all the hype and high expectations. The 18-year-old Canadian took the league by storm and remains one of the top players in the world. It got us thinking about his 2009 interview for the cover story in <em>South Tampa Magazine<\/em>. In an exclusive interview with writer Erika Holmes, Stamkos talked about his sophomore campaign and his rigorous workout regimen at the then-St. Pete Times&nbsp;Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the first of many Feature Flashbacks with one of the Lightning&#8217;s finest:<\/p>\n<p><strong>BREAKAWAY or TRAINING DAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>With the help of retired Tampa Bay Lightning left-winger Gary Roberts, second-year player Steven Stamkos gained 8 pounds of muscle last summer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A lot&nbsp;of 19-year-old guys&nbsp;spent the better part of last summer sleeping in, lounging around and playing the latest version of Guitar Hero.<\/p>\n<p>But Steven Stamkos&nbsp;is no&nbsp;ordinary 19-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>The blonde-haired, blue-eyed kid from Canada&nbsp;was not only the&nbsp;No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NHL draft, he set a team rookie record by&nbsp;scoring 23 goals in his first season.<\/p>\n<p>And he hopes that&#8217;s only the start.<\/p>\n<p>Focused on building&nbsp;off that success, the hard-working Stamkos spent the&nbsp;summer&nbsp;with only one thing on his mind:&nbsp;getting better.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of retired Tampa Bay Lightning left-winger, Gary Roberts, Stamkos put on 8 pounds of muscle. Roberts, 43, is known in the NHL as a fitness freak and guru.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in the league knows that,\u201d says Stamkos.<\/p>\n<p>The former teammates became friends last season, and they live near each other in the Ontario area. Stamkos spent the summer working out in Roberts\u2019 personal gym.<\/p>\n<p>Days before the season opener, Stamkos sat down with&nbsp;<em>South Tampa Magazine<\/em>&nbsp;after an early-afternoon workout and shared the details of his intense summer regimen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At what point did you decide that you were going to spend the summer working out and bulking up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think toward the end of last season. I really get to know Gary [Roberts] as a person and create that friendship. That really opened the door to him inviting me to his house pretty much every day in the summer and training me and working with his trainer, Lorne Goldenberg. To work with him and Gary in the summer was pretty cool and tough at the same time, but it was what I really needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was a typical workout for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At 9 a.m. I\u2019d be at his house, and depending on which day of the week it was, four days a week in the gym and two days doing sprints or some sort of cardio. So it was six days a week, and to have that one off day was pretty rewarding. The workouts were pretty intense, but at the same time, Gary, being a former player, knows how your body feels on certain days, and if I wasn\u2019t feeling great, he\u2019d lighten the mode up. I\u2019d still get a workout in; I was efficient, but it wouldn\u2019t be killing me to a point where I wouldn\u2019t be able to come in the next day and really progress throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I heard you did some non-traditional hockey training, like soccer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I heard that the other day, too, and I don\u2019t know where that came from [laughs]. I played a bunch of sports as a kid, but this summer I didn\u2019t really. I did sprints while pulling a sled. I don\u2019t know how traditional that was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Were you on a special nutrition plan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because my metabolism is so fast, I needed to take in a lot of calories in order to maintain weight, and I wanted to gain some muscle too. Lots of shakes \u2014 Gary is known for his nutritional protein shakes, so after the workout he\u2019d always have something made up for me and ready to go which was pretty good for me. He\u2019s big on organic food. He got me eating some bison meat and organic turkey meat and organic fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you ever cheat and get fast food or anything like that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe once or twice. I think I cheated a couple times, but you gotta have those cheat days. For the most part, I was definitely a lot better than I have been in previous summers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you say, \u201cOK, I\u2019m going to cheat big time today,\u201d what do you eat?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think a Big Mac. Probably the worst food to have as my guilty pleasure, but it\u2019s so good. I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a secret sauce or something.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you guys listen to music while you worked out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stamkos:&nbsp;Gary has his iPod [hooked up] to the gym so I was kinda listening to some old school &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s. It\u2019s a little over my head. I was born in the &#8217;90s, so\u2026 I listened to some of the old stuff, but for the most part I just really focused on working out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was lifting weights a new thing or have you always done it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This summer it was really more of moving a certain load or weight, but quickly. Especially in the NHL, you want to be quick and fast and exercise those fast-twitch muscles. A lot of guys are hung up on lifting really heavy loads and trying to bulk up. That\u2019s not my game. I want to be fast. I want to be quick and win races to the puck. I think it paid off. I came into camp and I could feel I\u2019m a lot faster and a lot quicker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have your friends and family noticed the difference?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh, for sure. I\u2019ve gotten a lot leaner and more muscular. We did measurements before and then we did it after. I think I gained 8 pounds of muscle and lost 4 pounds of fat. I think my body fat percentage went down 2 or 3 percent from the start of the summer, so you can definitely tell a difference, I can feel it in my body. It\u2019s something I\u2019m hoping to carry on every summer and get a chance to work with Gary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you feel more confident going into this season?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I think just having played a year in general, I have a lot more confidence heading into the season. I know how hard I worked and I know who I worked with is really well-respected. He played for a long time, so he knows what it takes. There\u2019s definitely a confidence factor there of being in the right hands [of] someone who you can try to follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by: Erika Vidal Holmes Center Steven Stamkos was the No. 1 overall pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008 and came to town with all the hype and high expectations. 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