Summer Strength and Conditioning Training... A MUST- so we all know how important it is to take some time away from the rink and to head straight to the gym during our off season summer months, right? But when it comes to the end of the summer and you and your friends are talking about how much stronger or faster you've gotten this past summer from off-ice training, ask yourself this- HOW MUCH STRONGER OR FASTER DID I ACTUALLY GET? Were you able to cut seconds off your sprint times or were you able to do 10 pushups at the beginning or the summer and now can do 25? It's always good to quantify your improvements and this is why I'd like to encourage you all, before the summer officially starts, to test your current level of fitness with these 4 quick exercises that Kim McCullough of Total Female Hockey is using to test elite level female hockey players across the country.
Please take 5 minutes to watch her video posted on youtube and then grab a friend and test each other. Then towards the end of the summer, before the season starts, test yourselves again and then you will know exactly how much improvement you made over the summer months. Also, on Sunday, June 7th at 9pm Eastern time, Kim is doing a coaching call that will go over the exercises as well as provide insight into where an elite level female athlete should be at in terms of testing results. Check that out too. http://totalfemalehockeyclub.com/blog/beat-119/
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