Hockey
How Big Is the Average NHL Player?
How big is the average NHL player? Considering they spend games zooming around on top of skates and adorned in heavy padding, estimating the height and weight of NHL players [...]
How Strong Is ‘Strong Enough’ For Single-Leg Exercises?
Soon, you'll be lifting weights well beyond what you thought you were capable of.
Stanley Cup Star Ryan O’Reilly Fueled by Rigorous, Unorthodox Training
Ryan O'Reilly is leading the St. Louis Blues to the promised land. The 28-year-old center is a big reason the Blues are within one win of their first Stanley Cup [...]
3 Reasons Hockey Players Should Never Train to Failure
Training to failure is something that's done in hockey gyms across the world on an almost daily basis. And in my opinion, it's a gigantic mistake. When you’re a coach [...]
Study Finds Just 12 Percent of NHL and NCAA Hockey Players Specialized Before Age 12
Early sport specialization does not guarantee future stardom. If anything, it may make eventually reaching an elite level in said sport more difficult. A new study from the Penn State [...]
6 Components of Off-Ice Hockey Training
When looking for an off-ice hockey training program, you will not have a shortage of choices. But many of the routines out there call for gimmicky approaches that will do [...]
5 Strength Training Tips for High School Hockey Players
If you're a high school hockey player, I've got great news for you. You're old enough to start lifting weights for real. You enter the Iron Game because you realize [...]
6 Essential Exercises to Improve Your Skating Speed
Probably the most often question we get asked is: " What can I do to improve my skating speed?" Outside of non-physical traits of game sense and...
WATCH: A 16-Year-Old Jack Eichel Make a 300-Pound Hang Clean Look Easy
Jack Eichel has emerged as one of the NHL's most explosive players. At the time of this writing, the Buffalo Sabres’ young phenom currently boasts more points (49) than stars [...]
4 Challenging Core Exercises for Hockey Players
What do maintaining a low skating stance, changing directions quickly and shooting the puck hard all have in common? You need strong, well-developed core muscles to perform any of these [...]
