Tips of the Week

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Split Squats for Lower Body Strength Do this exercise for incredible lower body strength. The split squat is a staple in our programs at MBSC. Start on the floor. Bend both knees at 90 degrees, and ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Measure Vertical Explosiveness What gets measured gets managed. In other words, if you want to improve something, you need to track your progress. At MBSC, we track our explosiveness using this vertical jump mat. You can ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Absorb Force with Linear Hops What’s the best ability for all sports? AVAILability. You can’t play if you’re injured, and you can’t win if you don’t play. How do we reduce the chance of injuries? By ...

Mike Boyle’s Strength & Conditioning Exercise of the Week: Standing Static Lift Hockey players need a strong core to shoot the puck hard. A strong core can transfer energy efficiently from the ground, through the legs, the core, the arms, and through the stick to ...

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 ...