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|image 1| David speaks with Pat Dugan, performance coach, and now... HOST of the Hockey Strength Podcast....Keep Reading ›

Michael Boyle is one of the worlds foremost educators in the areas of performance training, personal training and athletic rehabilitation. Mike's client list reads like a Who's Who of athletic success...Keep Reading ›

As the season fires up it's easy for a lot of coaches to put the pedal down in practice and get the team in "game shape" as quickly as possible. But is that the best way to do it?...Keep Reading ›

Nick Orioli from the Columbus Blue Jackets explains how we uses blood flow restriction training to support players in a Return to Play protocol....Keep Reading ›

Joel Jackson from the Edmonton Oilers shares his framework for choosing the right tests for the right environment....Keep Reading ›

Book Review: Anthony Donskov's New Book....Keep Reading ›

Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Minnesota Wild...Keep Reading ›

Tim Yuhas is one of the foremost experts in the field of Strength and Conditioning and Human Performance.  Coach Yuhas graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Scie...Keep Reading ›

I train a lot of young athletes. These high school and college kids almost always need to gain solid weight in order to compete at a higher level. In the world of sports, hardly anyone is "big enough." Bigger is generally better....Keep Reading ›

If utilized the right way, the hockey off-season can completely transform a player, especially at the youth level. From a training standpoint, this is the time when there are the least competing demands and the most time available for physical development. For many players, gaining weight is also a top priority for this time of year....Keep Reading ›

The program below is an actual program used in-season with my BU players. We stick to total body workouts done either S-W or M-W. Workouts consist of a power exercise followed by an upper body pull paired with a knee dominant exercise....Keep Reading ›

Don't get me wrong, playing hockey is tough. During a game you are racing up and down the ice, fighting for the puck, taking and delivering some good clean hits. Now I am going to make a distinction between playing a game and taking a few trips up the ice. Some athletes will play 20+ hard minutes in a game -- this is a workout. Some athletes will put in a solid 54-minutes sitting on the bench -- this is not a workout....Keep Reading ›

Joe Sawicki from Shattuck-St. Mary's outlines how his development model for high-school-aged hockey players....Keep Reading ›

Abe Edson from the Springfield Thunderbirds shares a 2x/week program for teenage athletes...Keep Reading ›

Chad Drummond from the Edmonton Oilers shows us how he uses the kBox for overcoming isometric training....Keep Reading ›

The book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and The Brain by John Ratey is a must read for all Hockey S&C members....Keep Reading ›

A med ball progression to improve rotational power....Keep Reading ›

The Powermax Super Deadlift Bar, or the U bar for short, is a great tool that has changed how we load squatting exercises....Keep Reading ›

Dr. Cubos is certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association NSCA-USA, holds the International Chiropractic Sports Science Diploma through FICS, and currently maintains a full-time practice with his wife in Spruce Grove, Alberta....Keep Reading ›

The following is provided by Dan John, Head Track and Field coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah (www.danjohn.org) and is taken from his book From the Ground Up. This may be one of the most significant articles you will ever read about strength training. Read slowly and absorb the knowledge. Dan has forgotten more than many of the current gurus pretend to know. For years I have enjoyed his t-nation writings and he has been kind enough to share some of his best work with us....Keep Reading ›