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HOCKEY TRAINING AND NUTRITION
I’m excited to share my knowledge about hockey, nutrition, and strength and conditioning. After earning my degree in Exercise Science, I was fortunate enough to play professional hockey for 9 seasons. (Learn More)
Now, my goal is to help young aspiring hockey players reach their goals. In this section of my website, you’ll find countless tips regarding correct exercise techniques, nutritional advice, proper training styles, and so much more.
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Do You Do This Wrong?
The Band Lateral Walk When done correctly, the band lateral walk exercise is a great way to target one of the smaller gluteal muscles; the gluteus medius (glute med). This muscle plays a significant role in stabilizing the pelvis, causing the leg to abduct (move away...
3 Nutritional (Timing) Tips to Help Performance
Hockey players should know the importance of eating properly. If you're an athlete and you don't know that poor nutrition can hinder your performance then you better pay extra attention to this post. I am going to discuss 3 tips that will help to keep your body...
Should You Eat Before Training?
When training as an athlete your main focus is increasing your performance. When you don't fuel your body properly this is a lot harder to achieve. It's extremely important to give your body the nutrients it needs to perform at its best. So should you eat before...
Stop Doing This: Walking Lunges
Take a good look at the photo above. Can you notice what I'm referring to with the arrow? If not, don't worry, I'll explain it. And to make things easier, I've added a video to give you a great visual of what I'm talking about. I'm sure plenty of you like doing...
How To: Safely Bulk Up
Besides always being told that I needed to improve my foot speed as a young hockey player, coaches would also tell me that I needed to put on weight. I have always been a skinny kid and it was extremely hard to put on weight during the off-season, but that doesn't...
The Trap Bar
The Trap Bar is a very useful piece of equipment. The Trap Bar (also known as a Hex Bar because of its shape) differs from a normal barbell because you stand in the middle of the Trap Bar and the weight being lifted is in line with your body whereas the barbell has...