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Hockey Players Are NOT Weightlifters!
If you’re a hockey player, don’t get so wrapped up in how much weight is on the bar. It’s really not that important! Here’s why… Hopefully, you’ve been reading the articles I’ve been posting and you’ve started to implement my training tips. When speaking with Junior level coaches (players 15-20 years of age) I keep […]
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How to: Get a Strong Core
Having a strong core might be the most important thing for hockey players. A strong core allows us to have more powerful and controlled athletic movements. When our core muscles aren’t developed properly, our body is less efficient at transferring energy and this causes the body to leak power. The core is made up of […]
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Game Day Nutrition
If you follow my blog regularly then you’d know that my last post was about the importance of a pre-game meal and what it should look like. Today I am going to cover the other 2 meals of the day plus the pre-game snack. Let’s try and make this as foolproof as possible. We are […]
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Pre-Game Meal For Hockey Players
For some odd reason, I can remember the weirdest things pertaining to my hockey career, even from when I was younger. This one particular time has to do with food and a regular bag skate we would do to help get us in shape. Looking back at my youth hockey, we actually did a lot […]
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Do You Know Your Sweat Rate?
Ever since I was a child I sweat a lot, no matter the activity. Things have not changed as I’ve gotten older. My first year playing professional hockey over in Germany really showed me how much I could actually sweat. The arena we played in was partially outdoors, as the whole back wall was exposed […]
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Importance of aerobic capacity in hockey
As you probably already know, hockey is a very intense sport. The game is played over 3, 20 minute periods and each player’s shift typically lasts 45-60 seconds. Hockey players change on the fly and every once in awhile there is a stoppage in play for an icing, offside, penalty, and a goal. With everything […]
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How We Say It Matters!
How important is communication within hockey or any sport for that matter? I will tell you it is very important. How do I know this? Well, it is because I have been playing hockey for all of my life. And for the last seven years, it has been at the professional level. Since turning professional, […]
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7 Signs You’re Overtraining
I would like to think that we are all under the same impression, if we want to become better hockey players we must work hard. That means working harder in the gym during the off-season (in-season too) and at practice. We have to have the mentality to do more and bust our ass 100% of […]
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Become More Explosive On The Ice
When my athletes come back from their season and they are ready to start training again for the summer I ask a bunch of questions to get an idea of where we need to place our focus. One question I always ask my guys is “What did the coach say you needed to work on […]
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Do You Experience Muscle Cramps?
Can you Actually PREVENT a Muscle Cramp? Have you ever been playing a hockey game when all of a sudden you felt a cramp come on? Or have you had your leg cramp up so bad in summer training that you couldn’t finish your workout? How about being in a deep sleep when all of […]
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