Bike or Treadmill

[Jim Bob 0]

If you like to run, I'd suggest looking into some workout programs for sprinters. That type of explosive power and endurance will serve you well on the ice.

http://www.wannagetfast.com/about.html

http://www.speedexperts.com/?hop=renegade

[Speed Demon 0]

The problem with those is that you actually have to spend money to get the information. I suggest you combine the sprinting and long distance like the tiger guy does. I myself just mostly sprint and run 5 km and then run another 5 km.

[Jim Bob 0]

http://www.coacheseducation.com/sprints/ge...yan2-apr_02.htm

http://www.coacheseducation.com/sprints/sprints/index.html

http://www.coacheseducation.com/worksheets.htm

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/tomgreen.htm

http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/articles/scni3a8.htm

I'd spend some time Googling if you wanted to round up as much free info as possible.

[SB39 2]

LkptTiger, that's a great point. I fyou can find it, like it, and afford it, some sort of grappling martial art, like Judo or jiujitsu will get you in much better shape wuicker than anythinbg else, in certain ways. The best way to get back into it is to stimulate your system in a number of different ways. Hill sprints work wonders and your bodey adapts fast to them too, just my experience...

[lee92 2]

i suggest taking boxing up if you want to get in real good shape. it'll help you with strength, quickness, agility, toughness, endurance, and fast feet.

[Gongshow11 1]

bike, it's easy to pull a hamstring on a treadmill

[Flyerguy91 0]

another vote for bike

[clark17 0]

I had a discussion with one of my buddy who plays hockey with us and is a doctor working with another doctor who is helping out NHL players condition themselves for games. Apparently riding the stationery bike or just biking after exercise will remove the lactic acid from your body after a game therefore increasing your strength and stemina. The lactic acid is what causes you to feel fatique or swore the next day after a game. I thought I had nothing to lose so I tried it and it works. I guess thats why the Senators do it after the game. Hope this helps.

[sundinleafs137 13]

i dunno if I read it here or somewhere else but it was the same conflict, Bike vs. running. almost a year ago though but someone said that running had to do with aerobic conditioning and bike/taking a hockey stride was anarobic or whatever the word is. I looked into it a little more back then and found some stuff to help that argument out and have always been on a bike since then. It's worked out better for me but i do alot of sprints and un-stable balancing exersises to help overall balance.

[Jim Bob 0]

i dunno if I read it here or somewhere else but it was the same conflict, Bike vs. running. almost a year ago though but someone said that running had to do with aerobic conditioning and bike/taking a hockey stride was anarobic or whatever the word is. I looked into it a little more back then and found some stuff to help that argument out and have always been on a bike since then. It's worked out better for me but i do alot of sprints and un-stable balancing exersises to help overall balance.

Biking and running can be an aerobic or an anaerobic workout.

What matters is the intensity of the workout.

Aerobic workouts are lower intesity and usually longer in duration, like jogging or going easy on the bike.

Anaerobic workouts are usually done in intervals of high intensity followed by low intensity. A running anaerobic workout is doing sprints and walking in between them. On a bike it's going all out for a segment of time and then going easy for a segment.

There is a formula of % max heartrate that defines whether your workout is aerobic or anaerobic. But, I'm too lazy to go find out the ranges.

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