Here’s another episode of Metabolic Elite‘s “Elite Minds Podcast” where Cal Dietz (Associate Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Minnesota, and Author of Triphasic Training), and I sat down to talk about:

  • How training evolves as athletes progress from youth to college to professional levels
  • How to maximize an athletes return to play and reconditioning process to both address weaknesses and ensure a smooth transition back to full participation
  • Important considerations for interpreting testing data in athletes
  • What REALLY makes players elite (and what NHL players talk about between periods)
  • The importance of relaxation speed, and overlooked lifting strategies for improving speed development
  • The impact of training variability on transfer to sport
  • How Synapsin is a game-changer for maximizing speed and coordination

 Check out the full episode below:

To your success,

Kevin Neeld

P.S. If you’re interested in maximizing your adaptation to training AND your game-day performance, I’d highly encourage you to check out the products from Metabolic Elite. You can save 15% by using the code ‘Neeld15’ at checkout.

Speed is the most highly sought after physical quality in sports. It’s a key quality that separates athletes competing at different levels (i.e. higher levels of competitions have faster players), and a major determinant of what makes an elite athlete at a given level. As athletes and coaches attempt to improve speed, it’s important to understand which characteristics of faster athletes and which training strategies can positively impact speed.

Continue reading here >> Comprehensive Speed Development for Athletes

In this article for Metabolic Elite, I outline:
  1. All of the physical factors that impact speed development
  2. A diagnostic checklist to help you identify your primary limiting factors to faster speed
  3. 7 factors that will hold you back from expressing the speed you’ve developed

Check out the full article here >> Comprehensive Speed Development for Athletes

To your success, Kevin Neeld P.S. For comprehensive hockey training programs to improve your speed AND repeat sprint ability, check out: Speed Training for Hockey

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    In this episode, Maria Mountain, who specializes in goalie-specific training for hockey, shares her insights on:

    • What makes the goalie position unique from forwards and defensemen and the implications this has for off-ice training
    • Why certain methods lead to goalies “over pushing” and getting out of position, and specific strategies to fix the issue
    • The role of strength training for goalies, and important information for goalies who don’t want to get too “bulky”
    • Differences in the conditioning demands of practices and games for goalies, and how coaches can alter drills to improve their goalies’ development
    • Key considerations for avoiding hip injuries and maximizing durability throughout the season

    In this episode, Maria provides several practical examples of exercises goalies should integrate into their routines. I’d highly encourage you to watch the video of this episode on my YouTube channel (Goalie-Specific Training) and to check out her social channels below, which are packed with exercise demos for goalies.

    Evolve with Maria:

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    A few of my personal go-to’s:

    • To improve focus, decision making, and coordination: Synapsin
    • To improve inflammation and recovery: Tetra Cur
    • To support the immune system and weight management: Viraxall
    • To improve digestive health: Max 12 Probiotic

    In this Metabolic Elite “whiteboard session”, I run through my model for speed development in ice hockey players, and provide a few examples of why hockey players need to do more than JUST run (or skate) sprints to get faster.

     Check out the video below:

    To your success,

    Kevin Neeld

    P.S. If you’re interested in maximizing your adaptation to training AND your game-day performance, I’d highly encourage you to check out the products from Metabolic Elite. You can save 15% by using the code ‘Neeld15’ at checkout.

    In this clip from “Bruins Academy” Tim and Lebbossiere and I outline lower body strength training exercises youth hockey players can do with no equipment to help them get into and maintain deep skating positions and more powerful strides.

    If you’re interested, you can check out the full episode here: Bruins Academy (Season 9, Episode 9)

    Feel free to post any comments/questions below. If you found this helpful, please share/re-post it so others can benefit. To your success, Kevin Neeld P.S. If you’re interested in year-round comprehensive hockey-specific training programs for players at different ages, check out Ultimate Hockey Transformation.

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