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Hockey Speed Training

Speed truly is one of the most athletic actions a hockey athlete could ever express, and it is one of the most secretive areas in my industry of strength and conditioning because nobody wants to share their systems. Whether you are a hockey player looking to learn how to skate faster or a coach of […]

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Running Stairs for Hockey Conditioning

Stair sprints are a fantastic way to drop some body fat but still train the lower body in a hockey specific way. Beyond this, you are going to gain some serious cardiovascular adaptations in your body along the way. Do you want to do a hockey workout that can burn 550-700 calories per hour? Simple! […]

Don’t Fall Into This Hockey Training Trap

Just because something looks cool on paper, or just because it has been issued a name from some East-European country does not mean it is a great program for your hockey athletes in this moment. As Hockey Training continues to grow its reach in the strength and conditioning world, I find myself often answering the […]

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Best Postgame Hockey Meals

The combination of carbohydrates and protein immediately after a game creates a stimulatory effect for muscle growth, muscle repair, muscle retention, glycogen replenishment and enhanced hydration. What you eat is important, how much of it you eat is important and when you eat it is important. In the big picture of things, the first two are […]

Yoga for Hockey Players

Although pain is an annoying thing to deal with, yoga is producing a growing body of evidence suggesting that it can really help those with chronic pain issues. Practicing yoga has become incredibly popular over the past couples of decades and shows no signs of slowing down. Yoga is a term originally derived from the […]

What Hockey Training Program Is Best For Me?

Goalies need to be incredibly mobile, they have a different conditioning need, they need to be very explosive, and their reaction time needs to be at an elite level every time they step on the ice. In the beginning of the HockeyTraining.com days, it was really simple – all that was available was an off-season training […]

There’s a Place You Can Go

For me, hockey has always been much more than a game. It’s a place you can go to forget about everything in the world for a while, where there’s no pain and no problems. Everything is just pure fun. The stuff I want to talk about isn’t easy. So I’m going to start with a […]

How to Schedule Your Off-Season Hockey Training

It’s the athlete who is able to put that hard work into the most intelligent areas in the most intelligent periodization structure who is going to get the best results. The term “periodization” simply represents the process of organizing your training into phases. These phases are placed in a logical order for the purpose of optimizing your […]

Where Is the Fun in Life if There Is No Challenge?

To access their skills within that sport that they can no longer play competitively and use them in other aspects of life to succeed. “Where is the fun in life if there is no challenge?” Those words ring true more Division I hockey player Andrew Mayer. The Ferris State University senior’s middle name should be GRIT! His […]

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Designing an Off-Season Hockey Speed Workout

You should always include some form of high power output movements such as jumps or medicine ball throws The answer to this is quite complex, as speed is a physical quality an athlete gains through a variety of proxy measurements, the most relevant for hockey players including: – Genetics – Training age – Warm up […]

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