Sleep is a topic I catch many hockey players off guard with, mainly because their coaches haven’t brought it up to them in any serious way yet so they have underestimated its role in athletic development and physique enhancement. When discussions come up involving athletic performance enhancement, the two main topics are training and nutrition, … Read more
In my last blog post titled “How Hockey Players Can Manage Fatigue” I went over some of the primary sources of fatigue most relevant to hockey players, their individual implications on performance and some of the best strategies in which to manage them for optimal recovery and adaptation. Over the course of this blog post I … Read more
In the area of sports science, fatigue is a very complex and important topic. It is tough to discuss fatigue without first defining the principle of overload. I will first explain the principle of overload and then we will take a look at some major contributors to fatigue for hockey players and how hockey players can … Read more
The world of supplementation is an industry that is constantly under fire from both experts and consumers, and most of the time for good reason. The big problem with supplementation is the lack of quality research, overall lack of regulation in the business, and some majorly biased research being conducted in-house by the supplement companies … Read more
**Before checking out this article, I highly recommend downloading our FREE MVP Youth Hockey Training Package here that contains more information and workouts for you to take your kids performance to the next level** As is stands right now in the strength and conditioning industry, there isn’t a whole lot of quality information out there … Read more
Today’s article is going to cover how to increase your on-ice performance with a proper stretching routine and provide you with some of the best stretches for hockey players. I’ll break it down in the following categories: Static Stretching For Hockey Dynamic Stretching For Hockey Hockey Mobility Training Best Hockey Stretches Let’s dive into things… … Read more
When hockey players are looking to lean down (lose unwanted fat) I think it’s important to take a look at the following 3 topics… I recommend reading this article in order, but we’ve broken down into three sections if you want to skip ahead or come back to reference this article: Why Hockey Players Need … Read more
Is running long distance bad for hockey players? Yes and no. As I have outlined in another blog titled Hockey Conditioning 101 and also in my most recent webinar on hockey conditioning, it is not ideal to make the bulk of your cardiovascular conditioning work for hockey come from low intensity, long duration efforts. I … Read more
In any physically demanding sport body composition becomes extremely important to both reaching your potential and being an asset to yourself and to your team. In order to perform like an athlete you need to look like one. Meaning, if my first thought when I look at you is “I’ve seen bigger legs on an … Read more
In this article, I’m going to answer the question of whether or not hockey players should be taking creatine, and if they did, what protocol would be best for them. Being a hockey trainer who focuses on REAL nutrition (i.e. food) I find it kind of funny that I get just as many questions about … Read more