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I have always believed in having our athletes perform activation exercises to "turn on" muscles with the intention of preventing injuries. During our off-season workouts, we will always perform an activation exercise for our hip extensors, abductors, and flexors immediately after foam rolling....
This is the strength training program that I used with our U18 team last last season during the winter....
I have put together a collection of several articles off of hockey strength and conditioning. These are articles that I feel are a 'must read' for ice hockey training....
Here are some of the exercises that I use most frequently with the TRX....
Variables that may influence baseline concussion symptoms should be investigated....
The goals of the pre-season strength and conditioning phase for hockey are 1- To help prepare the players for the demands of training camp and regular season and 2- To bridge the gap between the off-season and in-season strength and conditioning phases....
This is one of my "new" favorite core exercises, as I like the integration between the lower and upper body, and the diagonal nature of the pattern....
Here are some drills that I use for activation and strengthening of the lower traps and rhomboids....
I have just recently read the book 'Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar-Your Brain's Silent Killers' by David Perlmutter, MD. I really enjoyed reading it and I hope this review will convince some members to read it as well....
Here is an outline of our conditioning camp that we did for our prospects this past summer....
Rather than continuing to use long isometric holds like plank variations, it makes sense to have players progress to training that requires them to activate a full brace quickly as they would while cutting, checking, or shooting....
I vividly remember my father as a young child being very disciplined with my brothers and me. No hats in the house, ALWAYS say "thank you", address adults as "Mr." or "Mrs.", strict curfews and an appreciation for "grown ups" with many more years of experience and runway traveled....
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....
Here is a video of Quinnipiac's Hockey team performing an aerobic circuit....
Here is a video of UMass Lowell pre-season training....
Here is a very interesting article about the ImPact Test that is commonly used when concussions occur....
