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Rotational Core Power Training: The Final Phase!

Rotational Core Power Training: The Final Phase!

Phase 4 of our Rotational Core Power Training progression for hockey players, baseball players, and golfers includes exercises involving a strong rotational hip movement, energy transfer through the core, and follow through with thoracic spine rotation.  The “Standing Cable Rotational Pull-to-Push” is a great example. Please enter your first name and email below to sign… Read more

Rotational Core Power Training: Phase 3

Rotational Core Power Training: Phase 3

Phase 3 of our Rotational Core Power Training progression for hockey players, baseball players, and golfers involves exercises with simultaneous hip and shoulder movement. The emphasis on the “Standing Cable Rotation” is to use your core to help transfer energy between your hips and shoulders. Please enter your first name and email below to sign… Read more

Dynamic Anti-Rotation Core Exercise

Dynamic Anti-Rotation Core Exercise

A more dynamic version of the “Belly Press IsoHold” is a normal “Belly Press IsoHold with Perturbation”.  You can also make this exercise more challenging by repeatedly bringing your hands into your sternum than straightening them back out.   A great exercise for “Phase 2” of our Rotational Core Power Training progression for hockey players, baseball… Read more

Anti-Rotation Core Exercise

Anti-Rotation Core Exercise

This exercise is called the “Belly Press IsoHold” or “Pallof Press IsoHold”, depending on whether or not John Pallof (the PT from Eastern Mass that developed this exercise) is in the room! This is a great exercise for “Phase 1” of our Rotational Core Power Training progression for hockey players, baseball players, and golfers. Please… Read more

Rotational Power Training

Rotational Power Training

As our hockey guys have left for their respective teams, I’ve spent more time at Endeavor Fitness developing our Baseball and Golf training programs.  As I’ve worked on these things, I’ve noticed that baseball and golf training has one major similarity to ice hockey training: the need for a significant amount of rotational core power… Read more