Hockey Warm-Up

In this article, I’m going to show you how hockey players should be warming up prior to intense physical activity – whether it be a hockey game, practice, or off-ice training session. Here are the different topics I will be covering (click on any of the below to jump to the section you’re looking for): … Read more

Youth In-Season Hockey Training

In-season strength and conditioning is important at all levels of hockey, this includes youth hockey athletes.  A typical hockey season will last roughly six months, if you take this time off from your dryland work, this means your opponents are getting twice as much training as you are every year. Hopefully, hockey players have a … Read more

Hockey Goalie Training

In this article, I’m going to lay out some of the foundational concepts surrounding how ice hockey goalies can start maximizing their off-ice training to become more explosive, improve their mobility, and become an all-round better goalie.  I know many goalies follow us here at HockeyTraining.com and they have been waiting for more goalie specific … Read more

Weight Lifting Tip for Hockey Players

One thing I always like to remind my hockey athletes is the fact that you’re not in the gym to become a better weight lifter, you’re in the gym to become a better hockey player.  There is a very strong distinction between the two.  Weightlifters only care about moving the bar from Point A to … Read more

Why Hockey Players Need To Sleep More

In today’s article, my aim is to convince you how sleep is one of the most crucial aspects to ensuring you truly live up to your hockey potential. Nearly everything in strength and conditioning can be tied back to the quality and length of your sleep at night. I want to talk to you about … Read more

How Young Should Hockey Players Start Weight Training?

In today’s article, I want to give you straightforward answers on all of the most common questions we get here at Hockey Training about what parents and coaches should be doing from a training perspective with their youth athletes.  In modern times, we are well aware that the idea of weight lifting programs for youth … Read more

Best Hip Mobility Exercises For Hockey Players

In this article, I’m going to show you some of my favorite hip mobility exercises to help you improve your all-around hockey performance. A hockey player is bent over at the waist for pretty much the entire game: during a face-off, when taking a shot, when skating, and even while sitting on the bench. And … Read more

Weight Training for Hockey Conditioning

Hey hockey player, in this article I want to discuss the physiology behind enhancing your work capacity and then outline a strategy for you that you can use for the next three-months to boost your conditioning levels not just through conditioning workouts, but through your weight lifting workouts as well. What this article is not … Read more

Hockey Core Workout

In today’s article, I want to run you through a complete core workout that you can use to improve your all-around hockey performance.  I say “all-around” hockey performance because it’s just the truth, there isn’t a single movement out on the ice that you can connect back to optimal core function. A well-developed core will … Read more

Should Hockey Players Be Taking Antioxidant Supplements?

hockey antioxidants

In today’s article, I want to provide you a “one stop shop” for all of the research-based information you will ever need on antioxidants supplementation and how they fit into the big picture of hockey performance.  In the end, you can expect to have gained a ton of knowledge and have one more tool in … Read more