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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 ›

These are some of my favorite methods for organizing sets and reps with the National Teams. Hopefully you will find something here that may be helpful in your programming....Keep Reading ›

Coach Donskov is more than just a great coach....Keep Reading ›

This is another SLDL variation that also places a big anti-rotational load on the lifter....Keep Reading ›

Maria Mountain of Revolution Conditioning and goalietrainingpro.com shows some really important hip rotator cuff work for goalies....Keep Reading ›

Insanity is often defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. In the field of strength development, this concept applies directly to exercise selection....Keep Reading ›

At the beginning of every season, we will do a Functional Movement Screen (F.M.S.) with each member of our team. It has become a part of the whole overall testing and assessment process. The process of using the F.M.S. has evolved as I have learned new strategies and techniques from season to season to help us incorporate corrective exercises into our program....Keep Reading ›

I think I remember Stephen Covey in his book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People making reference to what I believe he called "the law of the farm." The reference was meant to show that most of the truly good things in life take time and can't be forced. Covey described the process of farming and alluded to how it requires patience and diligence to grow crops properly. In addition, farming requires belief in the system. The farmer must believe that all the hard work will yield an eventual long-term result.
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A clean variation that I started using a couple seasons ago with good success....Keep Reading ›

The first set of videos are Linear Jumps and the exercises are followed in the order listed below. The second set of videos are Lateral Jumps and they too will follow the order listed below....Keep Reading ›

My training philosophy and methods are constantly evolving. At the end of the year, I find it helpful to take a look back over the past 12 months and reflect on how my programs are different......Keep Reading ›

Leading up to the 2016 Great Lakes Hockey Strength and Conditioning Clinic, we will be releasing the presentations from last year's clinic. Here is Dr McGregor's presentation from the 2015 GLC addressing how to quantify on ice performance by using wearable devices....Keep Reading ›

This is the mid season program I used last November....Keep Reading ›

The following are Frontal Plane core exercises for the Torso....Keep Reading ›

This is a version of our in-season training program. Most of our athletes are youth players at this point so most games are on Saturdays or Sundays. Players train on Mondays and Wednesdays....Keep Reading ›

The cross over squat is a 1 leg squat variation I like using because it increases the difficulty of 1 leg squats and requires more glute medius firing....Keep Reading ›

The incoming freshman training program for Umass Lowell. Full warm ups and strength training....Keep Reading ›

The older I get, the more I realize that attitude and work ethic trump talent and natural ability. How we react to the cards that are dealt is more important than the hand it represents, and that character outlasts fame, money, Twitter followers and Facebook likes....Keep Reading ›

As societal changes drive an increase in activities that revolve around sitting (e.g. video games, computer, driving, etc.), the impact of daily posture on sports performance is receiving an increasing amount of attention....Keep Reading ›

Here is an example of the last phase that we will use with a player who is close to returning from a serious lower back condition....Keep Reading ›