Tips of the Week

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Upper Body Workout Have you hurt your shoulder getting crushed against the boards? You might need a bigger upper body. Upper body work is important for hockey players in terms of injury reduction. The muscle mass ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Shuttle Run Last week, we mentioned that we should not run long distances to improve our conditioning. A shift in hockey typically lasts about 45 seconds, so running long distances for more than that really makes ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Speed Prioritization These boys are fast! We need to prioritize speed in our training. People put too much emphasis on conditioning or stamina and not enough on speed. No one ever won a game by being ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Do No Harm! The number one rule in strength and conditioning is do no harm. If an athlete comes in the gym with an injury, we cannot ask that athlete to perform an exercise that could ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Glute-Ham Iso Hamstring pulls are very common among all sports. It’s important that we train. We’ve been using the Glute-Ham Iso to increase our hamstring durability. Grab a big exercise ball and a partner. Have your ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Train For Speed Speed kills in hockey. To develop speed, we need to train for speed. The best way to do that is to sprint. However, don’t sprint without a timer. How do you know you’re ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Bench Press Everyone loves to bench press. Here are some technique tips that will help you bench more weight! First, dig your heels into the ground. Push them through the floor when you press up. The ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Proper Core Training The best ability is availability. In order to be available for your team, we need to reduce our chance of injury. How do we do that? With proper core training. Proper core training ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Sled Push Lower body strength is incredibly important. With strong legs, we can shoot harder, skate faster, and increase durability. We have used sleds push as a lower body strength exercise for the last year, and ...