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A more dynamic version of the “Belly Press IsoHold” is a normal “Belly Press IsoHold with Perturbation”.  You can also make this exercise more challenging by repeatedly bringing your hands into your sternum than straightening them back out.   A great exercise for “Phase 2” of our Rotational Core Power Training progression for hockey players, baseball […]

This exercise is called the “Belly Press IsoHold” or “Pallof Press IsoHold”, depending on whether or not John Pallof (the PT from Eastern Mass that developed this exercise) is in the room! This is a great exercise for “Phase 1” of our Rotational Core Power Training progression for hockey players, baseball players, and golfers. [quicktime]http://kevinneeld.com/videos/Tall%20Kneeling%20Belly%20Press%20(Tangradi%20&%20Carroll).mov[/quicktime] […]

As our hockey guys have left for their respective teams, I’ve spent more time at Endeavor Fitness developing our Baseball and Golf training programs.  As I’ve worked on these things, I’ve noticed that baseball and golf training has one major similarity to ice hockey training: the need for a significant amount of rotational core power […]

Regardless of what sport you’re involved in (track being the exception), it’s unlikely that you sprint in a straight line for more than 10-15 yards very frequently. Athletic speed really depends heavily on three things: 1) Rate of acceleration 2) Rate of deceleration 3) Ability to change directions rapidly Of these, rate of acceleration is […]

At Endeavor, most of our hockey guys have been getting a lot more ice time over the last few weeks than they had been all Summer. I think it’s important for hockey players to take a few months away from skating on the ice (at least vigorous skating; some technique work is still okay), to […]

It took a summer of shooting video of new exercises, but I’ve finally put together Endeavor Fitness’ first ever YouTube video. I’d love to hear your comments on this so please post your comments below. Also, if you know anyone that you think would enjoy the video, please forward it along to them. Thanks! Kevin […]

In a recent newsletter I talked about how important it is to understand functional anatomy and human movement. I gave the example of a D1 hockey player I worked with over the summer that “tweaked his hamstring”. After he answered a barrage of my questions and I analyzed his movement a bit, I was able […]

The other day I mentioned a list of great resources. I’m embarrassed to say I left one out that would greatly benefit my hockey audience. Those of you that have been long-time readers know I’ve spoken highly of Kim McCullough before. She’s the ONLY resource I can rely on to consistently put out great hockey-specific […]

I recently got an awesome email from an old student of mine at UMass Amherst, thanking me for recommending Cressey Performance as a place to intern. It was great to hear how much he learned there and how it ignited his passion for strength and conditioning. I think finding the right resources (whether they’re books, […]

As I’ve spoken about before, I’m big on giving back to the community in any way possible. Being a science nerd, I’m especially interested in helping the science community shed light on various disease states.  This was one of the main reasons I volunteered hundreds of hours at the University of Delaware assisting with research […]