Daily Training Tip #216

Set Goals! Athletes (really everyone) tend to work harder if they have a specific goal to follow.

Set short term goals. Set long term goals. Do what ever you have to do to reach those goals. I am willing to bet, if you are an athlete, to reach any goal you need to spend some time training in the gym.

Daily Training Tip #215

If you can't "dance" in the gym during speed plyos, you might not be able to score a big goal.

(Ben Hanowski, SCSU, spends numerous weeks training @ MHC each summer)

Leave your inhibitions at the doors. Don't worry about what others think, do what you know is right. Another example of how important off ice training is. The greater amount you put in, the better your results are going to be.

Let's go Dancing today!

Daily Training Tip #214

Most athletes need to consume an additional 2500-3500 calories a week to gain one pound of muscle each week.

An athletes' diet is very important. Don't over look your diet. You work hard and pay a price, don't drop the ball at the dinner table!

H20 Overdrive

http://www.h2ooverdrive.com/

There is a new recovery drink out there. I have had it in my gym for awhile and have been getting pretty good reviews. Most of my guys have taken a liking to it. There is three flavors; tangy tangerine freeze, lychee lemon rush and jostaberry. I have been hearing tangerine and lemon are the two most popular flavors, at least from my athletes.

Give it a try. It is in stores near you.

Daily Training Tip #213

Hexagon Drills are a good way to improve your foot speed & coordination.

(Drew LeBlanc, SCSU, spends numerous weeks training @ MHC each summer)

Improving your foot speed is fairly easy to do. After a good sound training program is in place that includes; jumping, lifting, sprinting and skating daily-your physical test scores will start to improve. Speed plyos force your feet to move faster. You head has to tell your feet to move and then your feet have to move. The more reps you train through, the better you become.

Daily Training Tip #212

What you do when no one is looking is what defines you both as a person and as a player.

It says something about yourself if...the gym door is open and you wave and walk by. It says something else about yourself if...the gym door is open and you stop in and work a little bit.

Daily Training Tip #211

No one else can do your work for you. You need to "pay the price" and develop your own skill sets.