Love hurts – your performance that is.
Hope you guys are having a productive day. This is the last week for all of my junior players, I just finished with one of the NHL guys, the other…
Upper Body Exercises for Hockey Goalies
All of the upper body exercises I am sharing with you today integrate upper body strength, shoulder stabilization and core/hip stability – WOW – all that in a simple upper body exercise!
Yoga or Pilates for hockey goalies? And some sad news.
Over the last 5 years you have heard about an increasing number of hockey goalies who supplement their off-ice training with either Yoga or Pilates, so I get asked pretty regularly if that is something I recommend.
Perform Better Chicago review.
This post may be more for the training geeks out there so you have been warned! As you may remember I was off to Chicago a few weeks ago for the Perform Better Summit. If you are at all interested in training athletes or if you run a training studio this is the must see conference of the year.
Busting through your weight training plateaus.
He was getting stuck at 135lbs for his single leg barbell squat and he said when he tried to increase the weight, he could not get down as low, but when he lowered the weight a little bit then it was too easy. So here are two strategies I gave him.
U2 Hobbling Update & Better & Best – Part 2
I had some questions after I posted the sample video from one of my Elite Goalie Strength & Conditioning members. Some of you thought there was ONE ultimate off-ice goalie training program that would catapult them to the top of their game. The truth is the perfect program for you may be exactly the wrong program for another goalie. You see, this is where the art of program design comes in.
U2 – DOMS – Better & Best: Part 1
There is not much you can do to get over the DOMS faster, you can ice, you can do gentle stretching, but you basically just have to let it run its course. When you have DOMS it feels like a bruise in the muscle – it is not joint pain and there is no ‘instant of injury’. You typically feel fine when you are doing the thing – like rocking out at the concert, but then 1-2 days later you pay the price. The discomfort typically goes away after 1-5 days. If it persists longer or gets feeling worse and worse, you should seek medical attention – could be something other than DOMS.
Does your off-season workout look like this?
I am sharing an exact copy of a phase 4 workout that I created for one of my Elite Goalie Strength & Conditioning members. This is the off-ice goalie training program where I create individualized programs for those who are serious about taking the most direct route to their success. The enrollment is over $2,000 and the program is currently full, so although you cannot get into the program, at least you can get a look at the type of program some of them are working on.
Pushing the panic button.
So here we are in early July and you see through the calendar to the next page of the calendar and….YIKES! There is it is, staring you in the face. Training camp.
Dryland Goalie Training Q&A: Episode 6
I wanted to clear out my inbox and take a few minutes to answer your dryland goalie training questions. In today’s episode I cover:
* What are the best exercises for rehabbing a surgically repaired meniscus?
* How do you get back to training after an ankle sprain?
* What should you expect in terms of dryland goalie training at your hockey camps this summer?
* If you don’t sweat like crazy during your workout are you training hard enough?
* What could it mean if you cannot comfortably squat below 45 degrees?