Nearly two years after losing almost all its players and coaches in a plane crash, Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl sent 18 young players across the Atlantic Ocean to a small Pennsylvania town to be put through a grueling five-week training regimen by American fitness coach Steve Saunders.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelNearly two years after losing almost all its players and coaches in a plane crash, Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl sent 18 young players across the Atlantic Ocean to a small Pennsylvania town to be put through a grueling five-week training regimen by American fitness coach Steve Saunders.
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Nearly two years after losing almost all its players and coaches in a plane crash, Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl sent 18 young players across the Atlantic Ocean to a small Pennsylvania town to be put through a grueling five-week training regimen by American fitness coach Steve Saunders.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelLokomotiv player Dimitry Maltsev strains to do one last bench press as Power Train president Steve Saunders spots him.
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Lokomotiv player Dimitry Maltsev strains to do one last bench press as Power Train president Steve Saunders spots him.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelPower Train president and chief coach Steve Saunders keeps time as a Lokomotiv player sprints up the bleacher steps at Millersville University.
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Power Train president and chief coach Steve Saunders keeps time as a Lokomotiv player sprints up the bleacher steps at Millersville University.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelA Lokomotiv player jumps up the steps at Millersville University football stadium during the afternoon endurance workout.
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A Lokomotiv player jumps up the steps at Millersville University football stadium during the afternoon endurance workout.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelKirill Kapustin works his biceps as Lokomotiv teammate Vadim Kholopodov awaits his turn.
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Kirill Kapustin works his biceps as Lokomotiv teammate Vadim Kholopodov awaits his turn.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelA girl ploughs a field near Manheim, using a donkey-drawn cart.
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A girl ploughs a field near Manheim, using a donkey-drawn cart.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelPower Train president and chief fitness coach Steve Saunders encourages Lokomotiv player Egor Yakovlev during a triceps workout.
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Power Train president and chief fitness coach Steve Saunders encourages Lokomotiv player Egor Yakovlev during a triceps workout.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelPavel Koledov beefs up his biceps.
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Pavel Koledov beefs up his biceps.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelA Lokomotiv player moves on to the next set of the morning strength workout.
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A Lokomotiv player moves on to the next set of the morning strength workout.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelLokomotiv Yaroslavl assistant coaches Nikolai Borschevski and Anatoly Khomenko in the Power Train gym in Manheim, Pa.
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl assistant coaches Nikolai Borschevski and Anatoly Khomenko in the Power Train gym in Manheim, Pa.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelManheim's block-long main street.
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Manheim's block-long main street.
© Photo : Karin Zeitvogel A shop on the main street in Manheim, Pa.
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A shop on the main street in Manheim, Pa.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelVadim Khlopotov gets ready to do some biceps curls.
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Vadim Khlopotov gets ready to do some biceps curls.
© Photo : Karin Zeitvogel A Power Train coach watches as Vadim Khlopotov goes through a series of biceps curls.
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A Power Train coach watches as Vadim Khlopotov goes through a series of biceps curls.
© Photo : Karin ZeitvogelLokomotiv defenseman Egor Yakovlev enjoys some down time at the Power Train gym in Manheim, Pa.
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Lokomotiv defenseman Egor Yakovlev enjoys some down time at the Power Train gym in Manheim, Pa.
© Photo : Karin Zeitvogel Rushan Rafikov shows off the fruits of weeks of biceps curls.
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Rushan Rafikov shows off the fruits of weeks of biceps curls.