Daily Training Tip #292

With all the winter snow, shoveling it is a great exercise to help improve/strengthen your forehand and backhand shots.

This is part of the reason why Minnesota is the State of Hockey!

Daily Training Tip #291

Completing push ups and pull ups on your own, on a daily basis, can seperate your from your opponent.

This is very simple to accomplish. Every morning, when you wake up, do 25 push ups and 100 situps. Repeat right before you go to bed. This takes minimal time and no money. Great way to get farther away from your opponent.

Daily Training Tip #290

Don't put too much stock into new-fangled workout machines, keep your workouts basic.

Daily Training Tip #289

On-Ice heavy resisted sprints are another way to help improve skating speed. Use partners and speed bungees to accomplish this. This is very beneficial and is pretty fun.

Daily Training Tip #288

Hit a heavy bag today. Great strength and cardio workout!

2010 MHC Pro/Am Conditioning Video

http://www.youtube.com/user/MNHCamp#p/a/u/0/QtrC71tuKdI

The 2010 MHC Pro/Am Conditioning Video has been completed. Click on the above link to view it.

If these pros can have this much fun while working this hard, why can't you? There is a reason why these guys are pros!

Daily Training Tip #287

Build some competition into your workouts today! It helps push you a little harder as well as your teammate(s).

Missouri Mavericks, In-Season Training?

Missouri Mavericks Head Coach, Scott Hillman, has his CHL team completing plyometric workouts during the season! Coach Hillman joined our staff at MHC this past summer and he experienced a few new workouts. He always knew off-ice training was important, but now he takes it to another level.

He has his PROFESSIONAL hockey team completing the same workouts (as MHC does) during his season. As I write this, the Mavericks are sitting 5 points out of first place and are only getting stronger and stronger. Coach Hillman realizes the importance of training both during the off-season and during the season itself. The Mavericks will continue to impress over the course of the season because of the hard work they are putting in. Follow the Mavericks

http://www.missourimavericks.com/

If Coach Hillman believes the importance of in-season training and sees the results with his own team, why wouldn't you? If you don't do any sort of in-season training, you need to start today, your career will thank you!

Daily Training Tip #286

Wear a weight vest during your box jumps today. This helps build strength and explosiveness.

Daily Training Tip #285

I read all of these articles on proper skating mechanics. However, there is always one key part that is missing. If you don't have enough lower body strength, you can't get enough knee bend to generate enough power to skate faster. So before you go hire a personal skating coach, you should hire a personal strengh coach.

Daily Training Tip #284

Put yourself in position to succeed. You don't play to win, you train to win.

Daily Training Tip #283

Most people don't think of weight lifting as cardiovascular, but there are "cardio" benefits.

(Drew LeBlanc, SCSU, spends the entire summer @ MHC)

So let's kill two birds with one stone. Do single leg lifts; improving your cardio conditioning and improving your single leg strength. Both are benefits of weight lifting and both correlate over to the arena.

Daily Training Tip #282

Improved lower body strength and explosiveness improves sprinting/skating speed.

Using off-set stride boxes is an easy, specific way to help improve both strength and explosiveness. This takes 3 stride boxes as you can seperate two boxes, but need to keep one normal for regular stride box jumps.

Daily Training Tip #281

Resisted sprint training increases sprinting speed. Use over speed bungees on and off of the ice.

Daily Training Tip #280

Hand in Hand with eating healthy is drinking properly. Water should be  your best friend!

Daily Training Tip #279

Eating healthy/properly needs to become a way of life to benefit your athletic career and your life after  your athletic career. The second is more important than the first!

Daily Training Tip #278

Most athletes know about the dangers of eating disorders, but some ignore them. Eat properly AND healthy AND safely.

Eating disorders are a serious issue. Learn about them and extend your career length.

Daily Training Tip #277

Keep your feet on the ground when working your core today...BE CREATIVE!!

Daily Training Tip #276

Try SOTS Squats or Overhead Squats during your workout today. You can use either Kettlebells, Dumbbells, Barbells, Weight Plates, or even Slosh Pipes.

(Blake Theisen, one of the best up and coming strength coaches)

These types of squats are great for flexibility, lower body strength and overall strength. These should be a stable in your workouts.

Daily Training Tip #275

When you show up in the gym, show up ready to work! If not, injuries are more common and improvements are less. Working Hard = Positive Results

Daily Training Tip #274

Breathe properly when exercising/working out. Breathe out during the "hard part."

Daily Training Tip #273

Your max squat weight should be increasing steadily...Through hard work and determination.