How to Get into Hockey Shape

Step 1

One of the biggest things about hockey is you really have to have really strong core strength. I haven't played for a while now, just because I am normally in a league, with a bunch of guys who are also around 22, somewhere around there, but Fall didn't really work out with the football schedule, but I can be in great shape, running, lifting all the time, then first time I step out there to play hockey, I am just beat down the next day, feel like crap. It doesn't matter how good of shape you are in. And you are not like in hockey shape yet.

Step 2

What it really comes down to, is your core strength has to be really solid.

Step 3

You have to have great agility. A lot of things we would do to get ready back in high school, we would go through a field and just do agility training, pretty much work on a lot of plyometrics too. Work on your quickness.

Step 4

And one of the things that is really important is a lot of people just work out their upper body and stuff. But in sports, its always your back that is carrying you.

Step 5

So, you can do a lot of pull-ups. I personally try to do pul-ups almost every day just because they work so many muscles. So, that is really important if you are trying to get into hockey shape.