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This is a sled drag variation to maximize posterior chain involvement....Keep Reading ›

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This program is our in-season phase 2 for this season. I designed a 3-day rotating workout program for the inconsistent game schedule of an NHL Season....Keep Reading ›

Here is an example of a leg circuit that we will do late August/early September with our team. I learned about the leg circuit years ago from Vern Gambetta and Mike Boyle. It is still a great tool for us today. I really like it because it really focuses on developing leg power, strength, and endurance....Keep Reading ›

Mike Potenza joins the show for a special announcement....Keep Reading ›

Stéphane gives us a great overview of floatation and how he uses it with his professional hockey team....Keep Reading ›

Mike shares his experience working with athletes that have lots of fast twitch muscle fiber....Keep Reading ›

Anyone who knows me knows how much I like analogies. One area that continues to frustrate me is talking to trainers about programming. Often the conversation goes something like this, "I use a little of your stuff, a little of Mark Verstegen's stuff and mix in a little of …". In trying to describe how this works or potentially doesn't work I've decided that a food analogy may be the best route....Keep Reading ›

We are utilizing this variation of the chop movement as we progress into the playoffs. This time of year we are exclusively focused on power expression/high velocity movements. Our Keiser Functional Trainers provide us with Peak Power, and we have the athletes record their best power and compete with each other...Keep Reading ›

This is a mid-season program from last season's Under 17 team....Keep Reading ›

A short tutorial on how to set up excel spreadsheets to auto-populate with an individual's testing data and percentage-based loads for specific lifts....Keep Reading ›

This article first appeared in Breakout Magazine (December 2009- The Official magazine of the Greater Toronto Hockey League & its Member Organizations).
In the everyday operations at Mind to Muscle, we are in contact with coaches, general managers and player development personnel from teams in the OHL, AHL and NHL. Suffice to say many of these conversations reflect on the quality of players entering into the ranks of junior and professional hockey....Keep Reading ›

Last month at the NSCA's Training for Hockey Clinic, I get the chance to chat with Goalie-Whisperer Extraordinaire, Maria Mountain about youth development and some games to improve hand-eye coordination....Keep Reading ›

The following exercises focus on the stabilizing of the lower trapezius. The lower trap's role is to depress the scap and restrict elevation. You will see in the videos it is critical that when performing these movements you do not want the upper trap to influence elevation. The goal is to achieve neutral spine, scapular retraction, and scapular depression....Keep Reading ›

Regeneration or Recovery training has become a major focus for performance coaches lately. It only makes sense to plan a detailed restorative program to help ensure your athletes are fresh for their daily training sessions and competitions....Keep Reading ›

There's a pretty powerful article in the new Time magazine that I think should give us strength coaches some perspective... What should our role be in this?...Keep Reading ›

Stretching is very important to any hockey player. Over time, if you aren't stretching frequently, overuse injuries, such as muscle strains and pulls, can occur because your muscles are too tight....Keep Reading ›

Ryan Garrow from St. Michael's College how he planned out and organized his fall training schedule keeping in mind all COVID regulations....Keep Reading ›

The following exercises are Med-Ball throws that we use throughout the summer for power development and rotational strength....Keep Reading ›

Perhaps the most persistent blunder athletes and coaches make in training to compete is regularly mistaking "strength" for "athleticism," so let's clear this up right away: Athleticism--the ability to express one's physical self with optimal speed, agility, strength, balance, suppleness, stamina and grace while avoiding injury--is the goal....Keep Reading ›