"I always thought there'd be a lot of benefit and crossover as a goaltender, so she booked me a class and said, 'You better be there,'" said Delia, who will compete with Malcolm Subban and Kevin Lankinen for the No.1 job in Chicago this season. But it took a push from his partner, Ava Lammers, to finally get him into a class this summer. "Having that ability to be flexible and also powerful, I feel like that's something that contributes to a long career."ĭelia was already interested in Pilates, which focuses on core strength, stability and muscle control emphasizing proper postural alignment, sometimes using a machine called a Reformer.
"If my son decides to become a goalie, I'm going to have him in Pilates as soon as he can and I'm going to have him in gymnastics, just to make him a good athlete," Delia said. The 26-year-old isn't alone though yoga has increasingly become a staple for goalies during the past decade, many have turned to other seemingly related body-control disciplines like Pilates, ELDOA and even Barre ballet-style workouts in the past year. Delia added Pilates as part of an offseason training plan that already included yoga and quickly became a believer in benefits that he sees as specifically related to stopping pucks.
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