Daily Training Tip #952

Make sure you complete each exercise to the fullest. Doing something 'halfway' will not get the results that you want. Work Hard and Work Smart!

Daily Training Tip #951

As an athlete, spend the majority of your time doing complex exercises. (For example; instead of doing a simple bicep curl, do a 1 Leg Bicep Curl RDL) Your training time needs to be focused on become a better athlete, which in turn will make you a better hockey player.

Daily Training Tip #950

There are two secrets when it comes to training. Work Hard and Work Smart! THAT'S IT! There is no 'top secret training program' that only a few know about. There is no 'one lift does it all' out there that only a few do. It's really just as simple as out working everyone else. Be the first to the ice, gym or track and be the last to leave. Get a few extra exercises in once everyone else has quit. It's Your Career and you only have one! #JGID

Daily Training Tip #949

Certain lifts and certain exercises have different directions/motions they can and should be done. For example; when training your hips you need to work them all four (4) directions; Flexion, Extension, Adduction and Abduction. All four need to be done to see the max benefit.

Daily Training Tip #948

Different foot placement slightly affects the outcome during certain lifts. Make sure your feet are placed in the proper place for each exercise you complete.

Daily Training Tip #947

Parts of your workout each day are geared towards injury prevention. When you do become injured, rehabbing that injury might become your workout.

Daily Training Tip #946

It really boils down to "How You Do It." If you just go through the motions, your career will not end up where you want it. If you work as hard as you possible can, the sky is the limit. The choice is yours!

Daily Training Tip #945

If you are planning on training outside, make sure you Dress for the Elements, or if the weather is bad, be prepared to move your workout inside.

Daily Training Tip #944

Proper knee bend is something that can be hard to do for some athletes, either on the ice or in the gym. Build up your hip, quadricep and hamstring strength to be able to achieve the proper knee bend. What you do in the gym, training off-ice, correlates directly to what you do on the ice.

Daily Training Tip #943

Sleep is crucial to your performance. You need the proper amount of sleep to perform properly during a game, practice or workout. Each person's needs are different. Find the right amount of sleep for you and make sure you get that each night.

Daily Training Tip #942

Don't forget to work the "Reverse" muscles. You do it on the rink, you practice your forehand AND your backhand. Same holds true for your off-ice training, work your biceps AND your triceps.

Daily Training Tip #941

Make a plan for yourself each day detailing the steps of how you are going to improve that specific day. Then follow through on that plan.

Daily Training Tip #940

Your core is the foundation of all movements. YES, your core can be trained in a hockey specific way.

Daily Training Tip #939

You should complete some specific physical test to see how much you have improved and how your program design is. Physical testing is seldom done to compare others, but rather compare yourself.

Daily Training Tip #938

You avoid soreness by not getting out of shape! Stay in shape all season and your career will thank you!

Daily Training Tip #937

Non-Training Days need to be filled with Active Recovery activities such as playing racquet ball, basketball, soccer, rollerblading and your other favorite activities. Stay off the couch and stay active.

Daily Training Tip #936

The speed at which you move the weight matters just as much, if not more, than the amount of weight you have loaded on the bar.

Daily Training Tip #935

Create a Training Ritual when you enter the gym. Come at the same time, come in the same door and change in the same locker. This will build a ritual for you so training becomes a way of life. When training becomes a habit and a way of life, results follow!

Daily Training Tip #934

Make sure you use complete and full Range of Motion (ROM) when completing any exercises in the gym.

Daily Training Tip #933

Progression has to happen before improvements happen. Your workout needs to constantly be progressing to more detailed, more advanced, more specific types of training. Don't just skip right to the end, work through the entire progression.

Daily Training Tip #932

Don't overlook your Calf Muscles when you are training. They are smaller muscles, but really aid in your jumping and sprinting abilities.

Daily Training Tip #931

Sport Specific training is completing off-ice workouts that mimic your on ice movements.

Daily Training Tip #930

Document your workouts so you can physically see your improvements. Write everything down so you can keep track of all the changes, the ups and the downs. Over the course of time, you will be able to see the improvements.

Daily Training Tip #929

Today's training focus is on turning your weaknesses into your strengths. Find your weakest area and focus on that today, making your overall performance that much better.

Daily Training Tip #928

We've all heard the saying, 'you get what you put in." This is completely true in the gym. If you out work and out smart everyone else, you will out gain everyone else. If not, you won't. It is that simple.

Daily Training Tip #927

Some training days are harder, some are designed to be easier. However, there are no off days. Make the days that you are not in the gym, Active Rest, days. Do something active with your teammates. Play basketball, racquetball, soccer, etc. Get off of the couch and be active. Your body will thank you when you show up in the gym the next day.