Friday, April 29, 2011
Daily Training Tip #393
Running stairs is a great way to build explosive power and along with quickness. Also nice, because there is no gym membership! Stairs are everywhere.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Another Athlete of the Week!
I'm a hockey guy, always been. I help run the greatest hockey camp in the world, that has the greatest training program in the world. I work with thousands of hockey players during the summer and the season. But I've ALWAYS said, the key to training hockey players is to build athletes first.
For the past three (3) winter seasons, I've reached out to other athletes in the Brainerd Area. Along with the hockey teams, I've helped the basketball boys, football boys, track girls, tennis girls, softball girls, the kicksters and a couple of wrestlers. In terms of work ethic and determination, I've been impressed with all of them. But probably none greater than the group of girls I worked with this spring.
There was a group of 12 girls from three sports (softball, tennis and track) that paid one heck of price. Two (2) days a week, we met at my gym inside the hockey arena, at 6:45a before school started. I don't want to list the names of these girls, for fear of mispelling a name! But each of them had more improvements than I think I've ever seen throughout an entire group. It was a pleasure to work with them!
While reading the paper this morning, I read about another Brainerd Warrior Athlete of the Week.
http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2011-04-27/warriors-athlete-week-anderson-lights-out-mound
Nikki Anderson was part of the "breakfast club" group that trained at the hockey arena this spring. There is ALWAYS a direct correlation between your training and your sport performance. Nikki was "lights out" in the gym and is now "lights out" on the field. Funny how this all works??
It doesn't matter what your sport is, but it does matter what your training is. You need to pay one heck of price in the gym to get the results that you want. You need to be an athlete first, then improve on your sport specific skills.
For the past three (3) winter seasons, I've reached out to other athletes in the Brainerd Area. Along with the hockey teams, I've helped the basketball boys, football boys, track girls, tennis girls, softball girls, the kicksters and a couple of wrestlers. In terms of work ethic and determination, I've been impressed with all of them. But probably none greater than the group of girls I worked with this spring.
There was a group of 12 girls from three sports (softball, tennis and track) that paid one heck of price. Two (2) days a week, we met at my gym inside the hockey arena, at 6:45a before school started. I don't want to list the names of these girls, for fear of mispelling a name! But each of them had more improvements than I think I've ever seen throughout an entire group. It was a pleasure to work with them!
While reading the paper this morning, I read about another Brainerd Warrior Athlete of the Week.
http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2011-04-27/warriors-athlete-week-anderson-lights-out-mound
Nikki Anderson was part of the "breakfast club" group that trained at the hockey arena this spring. There is ALWAYS a direct correlation between your training and your sport performance. Nikki was "lights out" in the gym and is now "lights out" on the field. Funny how this all works??
It doesn't matter what your sport is, but it does matter what your training is. You need to pay one heck of price in the gym to get the results that you want. You need to be an athlete first, then improve on your sport specific skills.
Daily Training Tip #392
Expanding a little on yesterday's DTT. In order to eat properly throughout the day, you need to get up a little earlier and prepare snacks to bring with you and eat throughout the day. Have enough vision to think ahead!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Daily Training Tip #391
This one's for you Josh!
Along with eating proper food selections, you need to eat enough calories throughout the entire day. Consume three (3) meals a day and three (3) healthy snacks inbetween each meal. The more calories you burn any given day, the more calories (or fuel) you need to replace back into your system.
Along with eating proper food selections, you need to eat enough calories throughout the entire day. Consume three (3) meals a day and three (3) healthy snacks inbetween each meal. The more calories you burn any given day, the more calories (or fuel) you need to replace back into your system.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Daily Training Tips #387/388/389/390
Sorry for the slow delay, I've been on the road since last Wednesday.
Don't forget about completing One-Legged Squats ON and OFF the ice. Remember, what you do on the ice you can mimick off the ice and viseversa.
Keep your heals flat when doing One-Legged exercises. Keeping your heals flat is very important in most situations, but really important in one-legged exercises.
Back Extension and Hypers are two good exercises to improve the strength in your lower back and hamstrings. These are two areas that are commonly overlooked in training hockey players.
Back Extensions and Hypers an be done in two different ways. Slow and with added weight to build strength. Quick with no weight to build explosiveness.
Don't forget about completing One-Legged Squats ON and OFF the ice. Remember, what you do on the ice you can mimick off the ice and viseversa.
Keep your heals flat when doing One-Legged exercises. Keeping your heals flat is very important in most situations, but really important in one-legged exercises.
Back Extension and Hypers are two good exercises to improve the strength in your lower back and hamstrings. These are two areas that are commonly overlooked in training hockey players.
Back Extensions and Hypers an be done in two different ways. Slow and with added weight to build strength. Quick with no weight to build explosiveness.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Daily Training Tip #386
Test yourself often on certain aspects of your training. This helps show your improvements and assures your program is properly designed. Test your explosive power, strength, agility and anaerobic/aerobic levels.
The vertical jump test is a good, simple test you can complete to test your explosive power.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Daily Training Tip #385
Just like on the ice...Doing the 'little things' properly in the gym help seperate you from the rest of the pack.
There are lots of 'little things' you need to do in the gym; properly warming up, breathing properly, keeping your head up, keeping your heals down (on certain lifts), landing properly when jumping and properly alining your knees, are a few little things. Do the little things properly to help advnace your improvements and extend your career.
There are lots of 'little things' you need to do in the gym; properly warming up, breathing properly, keeping your head up, keeping your heals down (on certain lifts), landing properly when jumping and properly alining your knees, are a few little things. Do the little things properly to help advnace your improvements and extend your career.
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