Tag: optimizing adaptation & performance

The Myth of In-Season Maintenance

Today I’m excited to share another guest article from Mike Potenza, which he wrote for Mike Robertson’s site this week.

How athletes address their in-season training can have a profound impact on their speed, power, strength, and overall energy throughout the season.

This is particularly important as a failed in-season plan will lead to maximal detraining late in the season, when athletes are expected to perform at their best.

Click here to read >> The Myth of In-Season Maintenance

In this article, Mike shares:

  • The challenges he faced when designing programs in the NHL compared to college
  • The physical and mental harm caused by a “maintenance” mentality
  • A simple chart to better understand how often you need to train certain qualities
  • The importance of having a system for tracking workload and training progress

This is a quick read, but has a lot of important information. Check it out at the link below!

Click here to read >> The Myth of In-Season Maintenance

Want to learn more?

Optimizing Adaptation & Performance, the new health and sport performance video series I did with Mike Potenza and Jim LaValle features over 7.5 hours of content tying together the most effective strategies in assessments, program design, sports science, and nutrition/supplementation.

Mike dedicated an entire presentation to diving into his in-season training model, benchmarking strategies, and practical examples!

Until TODAY (11/1) at midnight EST, you can save $50 off your access to the entire Optimizing Adaptation & Performance package!

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As always, if you have any questions, feel free to post them below!

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Kevin Neeld
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Podcast: Speed training, transitioning to the NHL, and more!

Last week I was a guest on the Strength Coach Podcast with Anthony Renna. During our conversation, we talked about:

  • Speed training misconceptions
  • Key differences between running speed and skating speed
  • The importance of transitional speed work (not just running straight)
  • Strategies to monitor rest to maximize speed development, on and off the ice
  • Transitioning from the private sector to the NHL, then from an Assistant to a Head role
  • A behind the scenes look at our new video series Optimizing Adaptation & Performance

Listen here >> Strength Coach Podcast: Boston Bruins Strength Coach Kevin Neeld- Speed on the Ice and Optimizing Adaptation

A lack of speed is one of the most common limiting factors holding back athletes in all sports.

As a result, speed training is one of the most essential elements of a training program, but still one of the most poorly understood, particularly in hockey.

Identifying the athlete’s limiting factor to speed development is important.

Exercise selection is important.

Programming appropriate rest is important.

Integrating all of these factors, among others, is essential to optimizing speed development and transfer from off-ice training to on-ice speed. We dive into all of this in the podcast!

Listen here >> Strength Coach Podcast: Boston Bruins Strength Coach Kevin Neeld- Speed on the Ice and Optimizing Adaptation

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If you want to learn more about how to use assessments to identify limiting factors in your athletes’ performance, check out our new Optimizing Adaptation & Performance video series, which is available at a huge discount until Friday!  

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Kevin Neeld
HockeyTransformation.com
OptimizingMovement.com
UltimateHockeyTraining.com

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