Blogs

I hope you had a great weekend. This was the first weekend in a month that I’ve been home so it was nice to spend some time with Emily and relax a bit. On Saturday, Emily and I “doubled” with David Lasnier and his ladyfriend at Raw, my favorite sushi place in Philadelphia. Because of […]

Push-ups are one of the most popular exercises out there, especially in youth sports. When performed correctly, push-ups are a terrific exercise to promote core/shoulder stability, upper body strength, and a proper upper body pressing movement pattern. I was recently featured in Men’s Fitness for a segment on how to train to perform 100 push-ups […]

After a great weekend in Pittsburgh at USA Hockey’s ADM Symposium (and one of Tangradi’s pre-season games) and a busy Summer of travel in general, I’m finally back and getting resettled in Philadelphia. Despite the popularity of these posts, I don’t write a lot about how specific off-ice training methods transfer to specific on-ice skills. […]

Over the last couple weeks, we’ve been using a “new” hip mobility exercise with a lot of the players we work with. I use the word “new” hesitantly because I’m as fed up as you are with all the “this is the greatest exercise ever” blog posts and articles that have infected the internet over […]

Sidney Crosby’s concussion has been the cause of a bit of a stir within the hockey community. There has been an ongoing fear that Crosby, arguably the best player in the world, may be forced into an early retirement due to recurring symptoms from a concussion. Maybe on a larger scale, Crosby represents a larger […]

Last night I arrived back in Philadelphia after a great 8-day stay in San Jose. Adjusting to east coast time again is going to be rough. I can make the switch out there pretty easily, but coming back is a battle. Especially because I was up bright and early to head up to Montville, NJ […]

Last week my good friend David Lasnier wrote two great articles that are pertinent to both strength and conditioning coaches and any consumers of strength and conditioning information (athletes, parents, coaches, etc.). Take a few minutes to read through these. This first piece is a must-read for coaches. I understand the tendency to want to […]

I hope you enjoyed your weekend. I’ve been glad to get out of the east coast rain for a few days and enjoy the seemingly perpetual perfect weather that the west coast offers. It’s been a great few days working with Mike Potenza at the Sharks camp. I haven’t had a ton of time to […]

Today I want to wrap up this series on hockey nutrition by taking a birds eye view into supplements. If you missed the first two segments, you can check them out here: Hockey Nutrition: In-Season Eating Hockey Nutrition: What to eat? Players generally look to supplements to fulfill one of two roles: Improve health by […]

In a couple hours, I’m catching a flight to San Jose to go help Mike Potenza out with the Sharks camp. I had a great experience and learned a lot working with Potenza at the Sharks prospect camp last Summer, so I’m really looking forward to heading back out this year. I don’t have the […]