Weights before cardio?

[sabre09923 0]

Weights and Cardio. No lie. :D

NikeTraining has some good exercises that don't require any weight (besides med balls) and should be a good start. Then if you want some exercies for the gym, you can search around here... Either you can use the included search utility, or (my preference) by google advanced searching. Just enter "workout site:modsquadhockey.com" (without the quotes of course).

There is a 17 page topic on weightlifting.

Welcome to the boards!

[Spreedizzle 1]

Being this my first post in Mod Squad, I'd first like to say hello everyone!

Secondly, it is kind of related to this topic at hand... when speaking about Weights & Cardio. How can I gain more speed, & stanima on the ice? I've been playing now again for a season, after a 6 year hiatus while I was going through college, and my first few years of being a professional adult. Before I quit, I played Varsity HS Hockey, and I was a healthy 6'0''/190lbs. Now I'm 27, and 240lbs... Too much beer in college.

Now when I play, I'm sluggish... and I don't have that "first step" that I used to have. I've gotten better since I re-started, and I have my wind back for the most part, but at times it seems like some games are better than others and... and my stanima runs out fairly quickly when I'm on the ice. Besides the usual tredmill work, what possible off ice drills could I work on to gain back that first step, and my stanima? Any feedback you guys could provide, I'd greatly appreciate. Thanks, and glad to be a part of the community.

Interval training....that would be be best thing for you to increase your VO2max and increase your ability to go flat out for a shift and then allow your body to recover during your 2-3 minutes of downtime on the bench. Try jogging for an hour with a stopwatch and then after 3 minutes of jogging go into a 45-60 second sprint then after that go right back into your jogging. This allows you to simulate the sprinting of a shift and high heart rate recovery on the bench while you are jogging. And as your VO2max increases you will able to lengthen your sprints and your ability to hold your power and endurance for the duration of your shift.

[gman 0]

So, is swede's musing correct, then (if you do total body, you will not recover very fast)?

As far as I am concerend, you do want to do total body most every time you workout. Recovery time will also depend on your diet and your rest patterns as well as the intensity of your workouts. You can to a "full body workout" at kindegarten intensity and be fully recovered by lunch. Or you can do a squat workout, where ALL you do is squat, that will leave you bowed up until next week. One needs to find a hapy medium. You can very well incorporate strength training into a cardiovascularly demanding workout. This kills two birds with one stone. Then on your non-strength days you can do hill sprints to work on specific speed if you feel up to it.

[BGM 0]

Being this my first post in Mod Squad, I'd first like to say hello everyone!

Secondly, it is kind of related to this topic at hand... when speaking about Weights & Cardio. How can I gain more speed, & stanima on the ice? I've been playing now again for a season, after a 6 year hiatus while I was going through college, and my first few years of being a professional adult. Before I quit, I played Varsity HS Hockey, and I was a healthy 6'0''/190lbs. Now I'm 27, and 240lbs... Too much beer in college.

Now when I play, I'm sluggish... and I don't have that "first step" that I used to have. I've gotten better since I re-started, and I have my wind back for the most part, but at times it seems like some games are better than others and... and my stanima runs out fairly quickly when I'm on the ice. Besides the usual tredmill work, what possible off ice drills could I work on to gain back that first step, and my stanima? Any feedback you guys could provide, I'd greatly appreciate. Thanks, and glad to be a part of the community.

Interval training....that would be be best thing for you to increase your VO2max and increase your ability to go flat out for a shift and then allow your body to recover during your 2-3 minutes of downtime on the bench. Try jogging for an hour with a stopwatch and then after 3 minutes of jogging go into a 45-60 second sprint then after that go right back into your jogging. This allows you to simulate the sprinting of a shift and high heart rate recovery on the bench while you are jogging. And as your VO2max increases you will able to lengthen your sprints and your ability to hold your power and endurance for the duration of your shift.

I agree totally on the interval training for him---but only once he shreds some lbs. If he's 240 he's not going to be in sprinting shape plus the pounding on his joints--there's no way he can sustain that. First thing I would do is make sure your diet is good--not sure if you are still drinking beer a lot but that will negate a lot of your workouts (it's ok to have a few with the boys once a week), breaking up your meals, fruit, no Cokes, etc.

Once you get to a weight (say 220) you feel comfortable then you can really ramp into the interval training as the next step. The Nike workout given here is good--if time is of the essence for workouts (for me it is--not every one has 2 hours to workout) you can condense some of the Nike ones and incorporate deadlifts, squats, bench, etc for bigger muscle groups as well. And plyometrics are good, too.