Juniors in August. HELP!

[NZblackice 0]

I'm leaving New Zealand in August to go to some try out camps in a few different Tier III jr. a leagues.

Currently I am 5'8, 155 lbs. and 18 years old.

I want to get in better hockey shape and also put on some muscle mass before i leave her in about 2 months.

Can anybody give me some advice about what to do within these 2 months? I would like to get bigger legs and also add to my upper body where i am quite weak.

Thanks guys.

[Krev 86]

Sounds a lot like my body a few years ago, minus the leaving New Zealand part and going for Tier III Jr. A

Honestly, what I did was I did a crap ton of squats, often to failure on some days. As for core stuff, situps, pushups, bicep curls, and pullups. Running in the morning. Always give yourself a day off for recovery. As soon as the season rolled around I was in better shape, gained about 5 pounds, was stronger overall, and maintained my speed and endurance.

Hope this helps.

[lampliter87 8]

There's a rather informative thread on lifting around here somewhere, do a search.

What league/teams are you looking at? Best of luck.

[kovyperron5727 0]

I'm leaving New Zealand in August to go to some try out camps in a few different Tier III jr. a leagues.

Currently I am 5'8, 155 lbs. and 18 years old.

I want to get in better hockey shape and also put on some muscle mass before i leave her in about 2 months.

Can anybody give me some advice about what to do within these 2 months? I would like to get bigger legs and also add to my upper body where i am quite weak.

Thanks guys.

Well, I wouldn't put on too much muscle, you want to find a weight that your comfortable at, and if your a little bit on the small side, so be it. Look at Marty St.Louis.

Anyway, tons of squats, sprints on and off ice,(football field works great for off ice), and for upper body I'd stick to the free weights and pushups. Good luck!

[biff44 0]

2 months is a short amount of time! I would work on core/leg/speed/agility. Some If you are specifically trying to make a jr a team, the way they run the tryouts is to try to get everyone dead tired, and then see who can still play and can tough it out at the end of the day. So I would make sure my stamina was good (running, etc). I would also make darned sure that I was making line changes quickly, chasing down the puck, forechecking, etc, even at the end when I was dead tired. On the day of the tryouts, I would just go out there and try to do everything well...not try to do unbelievably good, or show off new skills...just do what I do as good as I could. If I had a bad shift and screwed the pooch...I would come back to the bench, take a few long breaths, and wipe it out of my mind to get ready for the next shift like it never happened.

[evor1 6]

my leg day consists of

4 sets of 10 leg extension (not heavy, primarily a warm up)

4 sets of 10 squats

3 sets of 10 leg press

3 sets of 10 stiff leg dead lift

3 sets of 10 lunges, each leg

you might puke the first couple of times you try this.

[Hradsky 1]

my leg day consists of

4 sets of 10 leg extension (not heavy, primarily a warm up)

4 sets of 10 squats

3 sets of 10 leg press

3 sets of 10 stiff leg dead lift

3 sets of 10 lunges, each leg

you might puke the first couple of times you try this.

I just do 5 sets of 30 squats & some wall-sitting.

I don't even know what leg presses, stiff leg dead lifts or lunges are!

Anyways to the OP, two months isn't that long of a time. You might want to get into better shape for stamina and endurance, because chances are you will play 3 games in the same day (Jr. A guys did that at camp this year) so you want to be able to go hard all the time.

Also, don't be lazy at tryouts. Always backcheck and make smart plays. Don't try anything "fancy".

[puckhoggy 0]

Is there a good site that show videos on how to properly do the certain exercises mentioned above?

I would really like to do these, but techniques vary from diff. ppl and videos

thx

[kovyperron5727 0]

If I had a bad shift and screwed the pooch...I would come back to the bench, take a few long breaths, and wipe it out of my mind to get ready for the next shift like it never happened.

This.

[NZblackice 0]

Shit guys didn't expect that much feedback thanks heaps!

At the moment I have a couple try outs for some AJHL and MnJHL teams.

[lampliter87 8]

my leg day consists of

4 sets of 10 leg extension (not heavy, primarily a warm up)

4 sets of 10 squats

3 sets of 10 leg press

3 sets of 10 stiff leg dead lift

3 sets of 10 lunges, each leg

you might puke the first couple of times you try this.

NEVER forget hamstrings.