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The got the following Thoracic Spine warm-up exercises from a good friend Brandon Marcello, Sports Perfromance Director at Stanford University....Keep Reading ›

I feel this is an excellent hip mobility drill. It is a fairly advance progression I have used. It follows lateral squats and lateral lunges in our progression sequence....Keep Reading ›

Some great thoughts about gathering feed back on a strength and conditioning program....Keep Reading ›

I think we all share the same problem with in-season training; limited time to train because of classes, practice, meetings, appointments, etc.. Within our in-season program there are exercises that have become main staples of our strength training....Keep Reading ›

Thanks to www.thehockeywriters.com for this great article on hockey player development....Keep Reading ›

Most trainers and coaches are using 'single leg' exercises in their program. But is it doing more harm than good? This is a MUST read for all athletes, trainers and coaches!...Keep Reading ›

The Finance Pillar of High Performance Living....Keep Reading ›

Anthony Morando, Performance Manager at Altru Sports Advantage powered by EXOS, shares the 4 pillars of training for hockey players....Keep Reading ›

In this video, we show a simple series of 5 Day 1 squat progressions to help youth players build leg strength....Keep Reading ›

Team culture is the 'house' you'll live in for a season, so how can we as Strength Coaches help to build a stable foundation?...Keep Reading ›

Thanks to Brian Sipotz of Advantage Strength and Conditioning for contributing this article....Keep Reading ›

Good article on the insights into a highly accomplished pro hockey players training routine and habits....Keep Reading ›

We are using more TRX exercises as we learn more that we can do with it. This is actually an excercise that was shown to me by one of our players. I really like it because it is a great progression off of our off-bench oblique exercises. It is another great way to strengthen the Quadratus Lumborum through a full range of motion....Keep Reading ›

Maria Mountain shares the top 3 exercises goalies should be doing to stay strong during the season....Keep Reading ›

There has been some discussion between Drew Little and Brian Sipotz about landing and eccentric on the site and I thought this research paper was of interest....Keep Reading ›

During the days leading up to the 2008 superbowl between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, there was a short piece on the NFL network featuring Patriot Strength and conditioning coach,...Keep Reading ›

Here is a video of the players performing 1 leg medial and lateral hop-overs for the first time. Interesting discrepancy in abilities here...the video speaks for its self....Keep Reading ›

Thanks to Dave Cencer, Hockey S&C Coach at Ferris State University for this goalie-specific take on a standard skater jump....Keep Reading ›

The following Video is from my assistant Eric Renaghan. The Clean and Snatch Pull Hold positions are very useful when teaching Olympic lifting. They also help to strengthen the posterior chain and teach how to create "tension" on the bar back during the different stages of Olympic lifting movement....Keep Reading ›

Here is the Phase 3 program I have used for our pro and college guys and girls....Keep Reading ›