Top 3 things to Add to Your Elite Hockey Leg Workout
Leg day, usually the toughest day of the week and often skipped! 
If you are hitting legs than you’re probably loading up on squats and deadlifts which can be great strength builders but are your workouts really optimized for elite sports performance? Learn our top 3 things to add into your lower body programming to not only ensure your getting stronger but also developing as an all around athlete!
Movement Strength
Strength is important but the ability to be strong through your movement is even more important and often under trained! Adding rotation or lateral movement to your lifts can be a great way to expand on your movement strength in all planes of motion!
- Improve weight transfer in all directions
- Increase strength in more ways than your traditional lifts
- Reduce injuries
Multi-plane Speed
Everyone wants to do speed training but it’s important to make sure you focus on increasing speed not only straight forward but also side to side as well as rotationally!
- Increase explosiveness in every direction
- Improve first step explosiveness and quick feet
- Reduce injury potential
Single Leg Stability
Single leg training is often over looked because you can’t do as much weight as you would on two legs. But it’s essential to becoming an elite athlete as it build balance and improve single leg strength symmetry.
- Helps improve single leg imbalances
- Increases the ability to be faster, stronger and more explosive
- greatly reduces your injury risk
These 3 training techniques will maximize your lower body gains and really unleash your potential as an elite athlete! Many of these movements can be complicated and require some strength and movement prerequisites.
If you’re having trouble with any of the movements or something doesn’t feel right don’t hesitate to reach out and ask a question! I’m just an email away! rjost@trainingaspects.com
We can also schedule a complimentary movement assessment to see exactly what you need to work on to ensure you’re getting the most out of this workout! Thanks for reading!
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Written by:
Rob Jost – ACE-CPT, NSCA-CPT
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