Posts in "Performance Training"

Individualizing Upper Body Exercises

Individualizing Upper Body Exercises

@timlebbossiere shares an important consideration on how to individualize upper body exercise seleciton based on t-spine presentation: From Tim: An easy way to individualize your program can be changing upper body exercise selection based on the thoracic spine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kevin Neeld, PhD (@kevinneeld) GENERALLY you can classify… Read more

Small Changes are Big Changes

Small Changes are Big Changes

Seemingly small improvements lead to large changes in training volume. There are many different ways to gauge training progress. In terms of resistance training, many people default to how much weight they use. While this is certainly reasonable, it may lead the individual to thinking they’ve made less progress than they actually have. For example,… Read more

Ultimate Hockey Training: Bilateral Deficit

Ultimate Hockey Training: Bilateral Deficit

Short excerpt from my book Ultimate Hockey Training on the “bilateral deficit”. Humans are wired to move in alternating, reciprocal patterns. The bilateral deficit helps explain an underlying neural mechanism for why we produce more force one limb at a time compared to using both simultaneously. There are structural, biomechanical and neurological reasons for why… Read more

Size vs. Strength

Size vs. Strength

One thing I used to hear from a lot of hockey players is “my legs are big enough.” In most cases, this was the player’s way of saying “lower body training is hard, and I don’t want to do it” but aside from the laziness, there’s a misconception that bigger means stronger. Muscle size relates… Read more