Do This Not That: The LUNGE For Off-Ice Hockey Training
I confess, I love the lunge like Bubba in Forest Gump loved shrimp. You’ve got DB lunges, BB lunges, forward lunges, lateral lunges, lunge to balance….you get the idea and…
Super Bowl Sunday Hockey Training Q&A
So Paul and I just got in off the slopes from a great morning of skiing. While we were out there I did a really quick hockey training Q&A with…
Do your wrists hurt when you front squat?
What’s up today gang? Paul and I are going to be hitting the slopes in an hour and a half, so I am pumped. We are going to be skiing…
90 second fuel for your hockey training.
One of the things I see in about 60% of the hockey players I train is a lack of regard for their nutrition. Even if you are doing 95% of…
Punches Thrown, A Bruised Butt, A Lesson Learned
So today I wanted to share a stupid story with you and share the lesson I learned. It all started last fall actually, let me tell you about it… You…
Research Review: Hockey Speed
Remember last week I posted a video with some new High Intensity Interval Training combinations that you could try to improve your hockey speed and stamina on the ice. Well,…
High Intensity Interval Training for Hockey
Without turning the post into a literature review, I hope that you are getting the idea that long steady state cardio training is not only mind numbingly boring, but also…
Good Or Gimmick – Hockey Training with the TRX
Today I am starting a new regular feature called “Good or Gimmick”. This is where I will discuss some of the training tools that you are seeing pop up in…
Q&A: Two key nutrients to fuel your hockey games
Today, I dove into the mailbag for a little Q&A and this question was about pre-game nutrition from a player who was constantly losing focus and running out of gas during the third period – not good!
There could be several reasons for this including: fitness and conditioning, recovery and nutrition. This one was a simple one to figure out, it was related to nutrition for sure. This player was making a mistake that I see all the time, he was not getting these two key nutrients in his pre-game routine.
Sport Bands And Your Hockey Training: Jawbone Up
So remember my post from Tuesday, where I was fresh off my mastermind meeting – fired up to prove the Mario Lemieux (he wouldn’t even know who that was by…