That's really what makes the partnership work, the fact that Marois challenges his client to push himself further and further as the offseason rolls on.
"Last summer, he brought me to a step I never thought I was going to get to. When I walked in this year, he told me - "Last year was nothing. We've got to get even better, so we're going to work even harder." That's the kind of guy that helps me. He's kind of old school. He's kind of the mean coach that I needed," explained Deslauriers. "He knows how to work me. He knows my character. The first time we met, I told him he was allowed to scream at me if I'm not doing something right."
Given Deslauriers' motivation level to pick up right where he left off during his first season with the Canadiens, encouraging his trainer to shout at him every now and again shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
"He works every aspect of my body. I do a lot of farmer walks for my grips. I do a lot of cardio, but movement cardio. We do like four or five exercises in a row, but during a certain amount of time," mentioned Deslauriers. "It's something I never did in Buffalo in the summer. It helped me a lot. It's something different. It's something special. It's something out of the ordinary."
