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Tuesday, March 30th, is my 25th birthday. It seems like just yesterday I was stickhandling and playing one on one with my brother in my garage for hours everyday. How times flies. Anyway, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate a birthday than giving you some presents to help fulfill your hockey potential! […]

I get questions almost daily about what supplements I think people should be taking. Realistically, the complexity of someone’s supplementation depends on a number of things: Training Goals Diet Training History Supplement History Age/Development Having said that, I generally think everyone should be taking a fish oil supplement and a greens supplement. I think it’s […]

On Monday I mentioned that myofascial restrictions may prevent your stretching from being effective. If you missed the post, check it out here: 3 Reasons Not to Stretch Tight Muscles Through my work at Endeavor, I’ve found that most people still aren’t familiar with foam rolling. When they ask me what it does, I use […]

Our interns at Endeavor have been firing questions at me the last couple weeks. They’re definitely keeping the gears grinding as I try to think back to all the things I read as a student, and explain why so much of the information we’re taught in school is only partially true (at least in my […]

In case you missed this post, check out the most exciting change to hit hockey training ever. This site will be BY FAR the best hockey training resource ever created, and unlike books or dvds that quickly become outdated, this one will ALWAYS be packed with current information. Read the post below: The Ultimate Hockey […]

David Lasnier recently made the trek down from Quebec (in the middle of a snow storm) to start an internship with me at Endeavor Fitness. Aside from how to taunt the Endeavor staff following a Canadian sweep over the Americans at the Olympics, David has learned a lot of valuable lessons since he’s come to […]

Last Tuesday I got a picture message from a friend of mine at the Flyer’s game. The Flyer’s were airing another one of the “Fit as a Flyer” video segments I filmed with their Strength and Conditioning Coach Jim McCrossin. Coach McCrossin and I filmed 12 video segments of common exercises or exercise progressions that […]

Before reading this post, check out the two preceding posts on hockey conditioning: Hockey Conditioning: To Bike or Not to Bike! Hockey Conditioning: Shuttle Runs and Slideboards As you may have noticed, I’m not a huge supporter of hockey players riding exercise bikes, but I am a huge supporter of slideboarding. My opinion changes slightly […]

If you play hockey, coach hockey, or train hockey players, this is for you! If you’ve been reading my blog recently, you know that I recently launched Hockey Training Expert, a site that I knew would training hockey player development forever.I have great news! In an effort to truly raise the bar for providing the […]

A couple days ago, I wrote a post on why hockey players shouldn’t use exercise bikes to condition. If you missed it, check it out here: Hockey Conditioning: To Bike or Not to Bike! So if you aren’t going to bike, what should you do? The main two conditioning modalities that I recommend are: Shuttle […]