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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 […]

In an interview I did with Maria Mountain, I told her that I never have my hockey players ride bikes. If you missed the interview, you can listen here: Hockey Training Interview with Maria Mountain Given traditional hockey training practices, this comes as a pretty big surprise to most players and coaches. Let’s take a […]

If you’ve been reading my posts and newsletters or talked to me at all in the last month, you know I’m VERY excited about the launch of my new site: Hockey Training Expert If you’re new to the site, you probably have some questions about what’s included and why you should join. To save you […]

I just wanted to let you know that my presentation “Innovative Practices in Strength and Conditioning” is now available for you to watch at Strength and Conditioning Webinars. The presentation is jammed with great hockey training information that you won’t find anywhere else. I was all hopped up on caffeine and Olympic Hockey, so I […]

Sunday’s Olympic Gold Medal battle between the U.S. and Canada was one of the best hockey games I’ve ever seen. I was disappointed that the Americans couldn’t pull it out, but it’s hard to complain about a game like that. Hopefully the excitement will drive more deserved attention to the greatest sport on Earth (and […]

Listen to a hockey training interview I did with Maria Mountain and watch the video of my favorite core exercise for developing shot power in hockey players.