TIP TOP SHAPE

[ThePurpleCobra 0]

I'm in high school and already looking forward to to next years season, but im wondering what i could be doing to loose a few pounds and get faster on my skates and also get good endurance

any suggestions?

[Vapor 0]

chew sugarless bubble gum

[Koho is Dead 0]

chew sugarless bubble gum

another great suggestion would be dont not work out? ;)

[akhockey 0]

do a lot of plyometric work. That will help alot with foot speed and you will get in great shape.

[asdfa 0]

don't jog except for 5-10 min to warm up. for cardio, do interval training

[flaming_june 2]

don't jog except for 5-10 min to warm up. for cardio, do interval training

care to explain?

[ThePurpleCobra 0]

don't jog except for 5-10 min to warm up.  for cardio, do interval training

care to explain?

yeah i 2nd that explain some interval training

[BGM 0]

Interval training is changing up your tempo/speed. Run 60 seconds at full speed, jog, the next 60 seconds, then back to full speed, etc. Also, running suicides (just like suicides in hockey practice) on a soccer or football field is good, too.

[willy0314 0]

HIIT and plyometrics

[SB39 2]

You can do interval training several ways. If you are looking to lose weight, work on that first then get to plyo and putting some muscle on, unless you want to start juicing.

For intervals, you can do it running or with bodyweight exercises, also called guerilla cardio. Its a very common type of conditioning for fighters.

Running - sprinting hills works amazingly for hockey, but easily done and not interval training. Find either a track or a straight stretch of road (not hard).

Track- sprint the 100 straightaways and recover jog the turns.

Road- sprint for 20-50 seconds, depending on your current condition, then jog 1-3 minutes to recover.

Bodyweight- pick a bodyweight exercise, do it 100% for 20 seconds, then rest for 10, repeat 8 times (Burpees will probably kill you the quickest in this fashion)

Faster on your skates - losing weight will help, your diet can always be better, and certain exercises will get you there faster as well

Gym- Squats, Romanian and Stiff-Legged Deadlifts, hanging leg raises, weighted crunches, medicine ball ab work, heavy calf work (don't neglect the outer calves {bent knee calf movements}

Outside- Cannot stress hill sprints enough

[FlyChicaga 21]

Get the book Classic Conditioning for Ice Hockey and read it through. Develop a training program from it. Listen to someone who knows what they are talking about... not to knock anyone here, but you don't know the backgrounds from anyone replying here, and doing the wrong types of exercise will hurt your game more than help it. You'll see improvements by losing weight and gaining muscle, but it might be the wrong kind of gains for your sport.

[gman 0]

I cannot believe I believe I forgot about this during the previous discussions. Take some time and look through this site, it will take a while. This is darned near the ultimate fitness program style as far as I am concerned. If you are lucky enough to have one of these near you, then you owe it to yourself to go for it. Otherwise incorporate into your home workouts. Good luck.

http://crossfit.com/

[guasto74 0]

Who's the author for Classic Conditioning for Ice Hockey?

[Trooper 8]

One of the better S&C books out there is Strength, Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Hockey by Joseph Horrigan and Earl Joseph Kreis. Hockey is an anaerobic sport, you can train aerobically to help recovery but the returns only go so far. 200 m runs with a 1:4 work to rest ratio are excellent. You can also do 400s.

Plyometrics only come into play after you have done strength work and volume should be strictly regulated as they are very hard on the CNS. They are NOT used for conditioning.

[FlyChicaga 21]

Who's the author for Classic Conditioning for Ice Hockey?

Peter Twist

[hockechamp14 0]

HIIT and plyometrics

are you kidding?