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Fitness for Hockey

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by .

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I have to say that the last time I was really into hockey was about 15 years ago – right around the time that Patrick Roy was traded from the Montreal Canadiens. When that happened, I don’t think I followed hockey, until… The recent winter Olympics in Vancouver. I was drawn back in from the [...]

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Soccer Fitness – Why Soccer Players Are So Fit

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by .

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Yesterday, I mentioned that I believed rugby players to be the fittest of all athletes. Today, I want to discuss why I believe soccer players are 2nd on my list of fittest athletes. Aerobic Fitness Demands First, off to play soccer at a decent to high level you need to be able to run 90 [...]

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Fittest Athletes?

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by .

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Having played soccer pretty much all my life you would think that I would have a biased opinion as to which athletes I believe are the fittest. But that isn’t necessarily the case. I used to think that soccer players were easily the fittest athletes, until I got into high performance conditioning and coaching. I [...]

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Olympic Lifting Workout

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by .

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I had an awesome workout this morning. Exclusively olympic lifting. That’s it. Lots of sitting around, allowing my body to fully recover between each set. Quite a change from my usual “go-go-go” fat burning workouts. Olympic lifts are mainly used to develop full body power. They can also be used as a tool for burning [...]

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Top 10 Pieces of Workout Equipment

Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by .

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If you go to the gym and spend most of your time on the weight training machines, then this post will shed some light on what you should be doing instead. I’m going to highlight 10 of my favourite pieces of workout equipment for helping you train a like an athlete and thus getting in [...]

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