Catch your interest? Type II Diabetes is characterized by low insulin sensitivity and is largely the result of a diet packed full of simple sugars and a lifestyle of inactivity. Take home message: It’s completely preventable! Hockey-related hip injuries are usually the result of under-preparation or overuse. Take home message: They’re almost completely preventable. I […]
If you haven’t yet, pick up a free copy of “Strong Hockey Core Training” on my site. It details a few dozen equipment-free exercises and appropriate progressions. After reading that you might be wondering two things: 1) What if I have equipment? 2) What’s next after I follow all those progressions? My answer is similar […]
Another one of my favorite reactive core training exercises is the overhead medicine ball perturbation. Same concept as previous exercises: maintain a stiff, stable core in the presence of an external force or perturbation. Holding the MB overhead maximizes instability as it raises your center of mass (higher COM=greater instability). Check it out: [quicktime]http://kevinneeld.com/videos/Overhead%20MB%20Perturbation.mov[/quicktime] To […]
[quicktime]http://kevinneeld.com/videos/Pallof%20Press%20Perturbation.mov[/quicktime] Are you noticing a theme here? These are all the same exercises I’ve shown you before, but with a more advanced external sensory stimulus added. The greater the challenge to stability, the more carryover to athletics. I love these exercises for a couple reasons, but mostly because they are so simple to progress. […]
[quicktime]http://kevinneeld.com/videos/Side%20Plank%20Perturbation.mov[/quicktime] Adding a partner perturbation turns this basic core stabilization exercise into a reactive core (and shoulder!) stabilization exercise. It also ties in a team dynamic, as your athletes learn to work in pairs or small groups. The goal is the same as the regular side plank: maintain a neutral position. The only thing that’s […]
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