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The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind. Things have been steadily picking up at Endeavor as we get more soccer and baseball players coming, which has been a lot of fun. On top of that, I’ve also had three classes per week wrapping up massage school, and have done 5 clinics in the same […]

A couple weeks ago I confirmed I’ll be speaking at the 2013 Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group’s annual Summer seminar. This is my favorite event every year. It’s been awesome to watch it grow from what started as the “Boston Hockey Summit”. Now, every year Art Horne and Dan Boothby bring in some of […]

Today’s post comes from my friend Andreas Wochtl. Andreas runs AW Hockey Skills, which (to be overly simplistic) aims to bring European on-ice hockey training methods to the humble Mid-Atlantic area. Andreas and I actually played hockey in the same organization together years ago and reconnected recently as we’re both interested in bring the long-term […]

Periodically, the importance of nutrition in maximizing health and performance arises as a topic here. Naturally, it’s impossible to perform and/or recover optimally without providing your body with the proper fuel. Likewise, diet plays a huge role in enzyme products, pH level, bone health, hormone levels and more. While I think most people (or at […]

Last week I posted a fairly comprehensive article on the benefits of Earthing. If you missed it, check it out here: Earthing Products Shortly after writing that up I came across some video of an interview Dr. Mercola did with Dr. Ober that I thought some of you may be interested in. They broke it […]

A couple days ago, I posted the step-by-step process I go through at the beginning of every season to design the off-ice training programs for an entire youth organization. If you missed that post, I’d encourage you to check it out here: Developing A Youth In-Season Hockey Training Model Today I just wanted to follow […]

One of the things that’s really set our programs at Endeavor apart from our competitors is the fact that we develop systematic, progressive training programs, opposed to just throwing together “workouts” for kids to do on any given day. I heard a great quote several years ago (I believe from Mike Boyle, but don’t hold […]

My last post covered what I think may be one of the most powerful and commonly overlooked recovery tools available today. If you missed it, check it out here: Recovery Week: Earthing Products Recovery Week continues with a personal story that illustrates the significant impact stress and nutrient deficiencies can have on one’s health and […]

Several months ago, Mike Potenza wrote a great article for HockeySC.com titled “What’s New in Regeneration Training?” In the article, Mike outlined several interesting pieces of technology that can be used to facilitate or monitor recovery, one of which included “Earthing” products. Earthing, or “grounding”, is one of those naturalistic concepts that I think a […]

This morning, Part II of the interview I did with Jeff Angus went live. If you missed Part 1, you can check it out here: An Interview with Hockey Trainer Kevin Neeld Part II digs into off-season programming for elite hockey players, what to expect in the future from performance enhancement specialists,  differences between front […]