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At-Home Stride Development!

Want to improve your skating stride this summer? This simple at-home drill helps reinforce both lower-body stride mechanics and proper upper-body positioning.

Focus on:• Full extension through the toe• Driving out at a 45° angle• Strong upper-body posture and arm action

Perform 4 sets of 15 reps per side a few times each week to build muscle memory and make your stride more efficient on the ice.

Consistency is key. Put in the reps now and see the results when you hit the ice.

How specific should my training be to my sport?

Obviously, we want our hard work in the weight room to transfer to our sport, but does this mean that every single exercise has to replicate the sport? Absolutely not.

The weight room builds the engine and the toolbox available to the athlete. Just because an exercise doesn’t mimic the sport, doesn’t mean that there’s no transfer in the athlete’s ability to produce force, move their body efficiently, and produce energy in a way that will help them in their sport.

A broad training program that addresses all faucets of athleticism is best for young and single sport athletes.

This kind of program also gets us away from sexy Instagram workouts and allows us to focus on things that matter!

Sometimes less is more.

Training every day is typically less effective than training 3 days per week if you aren’t strategic with your split.

Compounding fatigue can limit your output on high stress days and blunt your adaptation.

If you really want to train everyday, have a conversation with one of our coaches to plan out ways to do this effectively.

When and why we prescribe Olympic lifts to our athletes

Olympic lifts can be an extremely effective tool for developing speed and power, but you can also get that from other exercises.

So why do we still program cleans and snatches? Coordination!

Olympic lifts challenge synchronization, timing, and rhythm which can majorly benefit the athletes who are ready for it.

The athletes who aren’t yet ready for it are better off improving their speed and power using other modalities.