You can't focus your training on one area. You need to target your entire body. You need to build symmetry and balance. You need to work on areas that are more prone to injury. You need to pay one heck of a price!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Daily Training Tip #420
When starting your plyo workouts again this off-season, make sure you focus on a few things.
1) Before take off; bend your knees as deep as you can, keep your chest up, keep your head up.
2) During flight; snap your knees up towards your chest, keep your chest up, keep your head up.
3) On landing; land lightly on the balls of your feet, flex ankles, flex knees while keeping chest and head up.
4) Focus on landing on the ground and exploding up in the air as quicly as possible, keeping your ground contact time down to a minimum.
1) Before take off; bend your knees as deep as you can, keep your chest up, keep your head up.
2) During flight; snap your knees up towards your chest, keep your chest up, keep your head up.
3) On landing; land lightly on the balls of your feet, flex ankles, flex knees while keeping chest and head up.
4) Focus on landing on the ground and exploding up in the air as quicly as possible, keeping your ground contact time down to a minimum.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Daily Training Tip #419
Walking/Running backwards is a low impact, high quality workout, that all athletes should add to their monthly program.
Walking/Running backwards can be incorporated into the sprinting days of your workout or can even be added into your warmup or cooldown. Moving backwards helps build your hamstrings, which are sometimes overlooked by hockey players. Moving backwards also helps build the stabilizing muscles of your knees.
Walking/Running backwards can be incorporated into the sprinting days of your workout or can even be added into your warmup or cooldown. Moving backwards helps build your hamstrings, which are sometimes overlooked by hockey players. Moving backwards also helps build the stabilizing muscles of your knees.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Daily Training Tip #418
A big buzz work in today's training world is "First Step Quickness." Well First Step Quickness is nothing more than the proper combination of explosive power and quickness (or foot cycle speed). Both of these are easy to improve on.
MHC has developed a workout that includes the proper work/ratio and explosive power/quickness ratio.
MHC has developed a workout that includes the proper work/ratio and explosive power/quickness ratio.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Daily Training Tip #417
There is no such thing as an off day. There are "active rest" days.
Some days/some workouts are more intense than others. Some are less intense and seem easier. Some days are built with no workouts. Those days are not for sitting on the couch. They are for "active rest." Active rest is playing backyard basketball, going for a jog, roller blading, anything active.
You will get more out of your workouts if you have active rest days instead of "doing nothing days."
Some days/some workouts are more intense than others. Some are less intense and seem easier. Some days are built with no workouts. Those days are not for sitting on the couch. They are for "active rest." Active rest is playing backyard basketball, going for a jog, roller blading, anything active.
You will get more out of your workouts if you have active rest days instead of "doing nothing days."
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Daily Training Tip #416
If you're not making mistakes, then you must not be doing anything. The key that makes people successful is to learn from mistakes and turn those mistakes into successes.
Same thing holds true in the gym. There is so much to be doing and so much to be done off the ice, that you are bound to make mistakes. Learn from those mistakes. Lean on other successful people. Always work towards excellence.
Example; Olympic Lifts. Olympic lifts take a long time to master. You need to be working on perfecting them on a daily basis. You will make thousands of mistakes while trying to perfect them. Just keep working!
Same thing holds true in the gym. There is so much to be doing and so much to be done off the ice, that you are bound to make mistakes. Learn from those mistakes. Lean on other successful people. Always work towards excellence.
Example; Olympic Lifts. Olympic lifts take a long time to master. You need to be working on perfecting them on a daily basis. You will make thousands of mistakes while trying to perfect them. Just keep working!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Daily Training Tip #415
Soreness is part of the working our process. At one time or another, possibly more, you are going to get sore. The key is overcoming that soreness.
There are numerous ways to overcome soreness. I reccommend working through it. You might have to alter your workout slightly, but work through the soreness. NEVER skip a workout and sit on the couch to over come it. Best thing is to get to the gym and continue working!
There are numerous ways to overcome soreness. I reccommend working through it. You might have to alter your workout slightly, but work through the soreness. NEVER skip a workout and sit on the couch to over come it. Best thing is to get to the gym and continue working!
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