TRAIN LIKE A PRO – video demo
Hockey season is upon us and our favorite NHL players gave us their personal favorite (no equipment needed) exercises! We developed a 3 part workout from their selections that incorporate power, functional/core strength, and flexibility. All necessary for hockey players but what about the rest of us?
- Metabolic Training:
Plyometrics help athletes increase power and speed. The tabata sets in this workout will maximize calorie burn and increase metabolic rate during and after the workout.
- Body Weight Strength:
The exercises chosen by our NHL players will improve functional strength and build lean muscle by recruiting multiple muscle groups at once with balance challenges and core stability.
- Flexibility:
Muscle tightness inhibits performance and can prevent proper muscle recruitment potentially leading to inefficient movement patterns and overuse injuries. To get the most from any workout, targeted stretching is essential.
- Begin with a dynamic warm up (see our demo)
- Set a timer for 20 secs work/10 secs rest and do the 4 exercises below, in order, 2 times through for a total of 4 mins.
- side to side squats
- squat broad jump
- jumping lunges
- speed skaters
- Rest for 1 min and do 12 reps each of the 4 strength exercises below with little rest in between. It should take about 4 mins to complete.
- walking lunge w/ twist
- push up to side plank
- single leg squats
- functional push ups
- Complete the core exercises and active stretches below. Repeat all 3 sets (metabolic, strength, flexibility) 2-4 times through, rest 1 min between sets.
- sit up w/ twist (12 reps)
- plank-pike-extension (2-4 reps)
- low lunge to hamstring stretch (2-4 reps)
- straddle stretch w/ twist (2-4 reps)
HUGE thanks to the players – David Backes, Chris Pronger, Carlo Colaiacovo, Alex Pietrangelo and Jamal Mayers for the exercises. And thanks to Lauren Pronger and Natalie Mayers for expertly demonstrating the moves!
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