Most youth hockey programs get 1-2 hours a week for off-ice training.  In the last two articles I’ve gone over dynamic warm-ups and core training, the most important two forms of training that every hockey player should be doing.  Taken together, the warm-up and core training generally takes the first 15 minutes of each session.  [...]

There’s nothing more frustrating than spending countless hours working toward something, only to realize you haven’t made any progress.  Actually, there is one thing: spending countless hours working toward something, only to realize you’ve actually been progressing in the WRONG direction!  In the world of hockey training, crunches, sit-ups, and partner leg throw-downs predominate as [...]

Hockey is the greatest sport on earth.  Finally recognizing this, the number of youth hockey programs in the U.S. continues to grow rapidly.  Characterized by rapid high-intensity movements, high velocities, and full-speed collisions, it’s not hard to see why off-ice training would be advantageous.  With injuries such as “groin” pulls, hip flexor strains, sports hernias, [...]

I hope you had a great weekend. Emily and I went to the Flyers vs. Penguins game yesterday to watch one of my Fitness Segments with Jim McCrossin on the JumboTron. Check out this picture my friend took with his phone: The Flyers had been undefeated since our first segment rolled; I just assume it’s [...]

Nick Tumminello recently posted a video of how he’s changed the way he does the “push-up plus” to get more serratus anterior activation. For those of you that may not be familiar with that muscle, one of its major roles is to upwardly rotate the scapula (shoulder blade) which allows for more efficient overhead movement. [...]