[Cage]

hey guys, this isnt related to mma but for hockey. i recently stopped working, which was a physical excercise in itself and find myself getting tired rather quickly on the ice. my shifts are shorter as i feel gassed out quicker then i usualy do. i am positive its due to lack of physical activity during the week. i live out in the country and was thinking of going for long bike rides (a few miles a day, up and down pretty rough terrain in cold weather).

1. do you think this will help?
2. any other tips to not gassing out early
3. any food reccomendations on game day?

thanks

[Revok]

Obviously something is always better than nothing. Not too hot on advice vis a vis hockey but I can speak for cycling (particularly off road, which I find works the upper body a lot too, so I guess there's some good overlap with hockey). Every morning I do about an hour of cyclocross - that's 80% me riding the bike, 20% the bike riding me as I lug it up hills and stuff. This is a great HIIT workout which you should consider having a go at - seeing as reaching your top cardio capability on a bike involves going very very fast whilst being very very tired, I figured I'd stop tempting fate and come up with an alternative way of reaching my VO2 max. Carrying the bike also has some core workout benefits and develops balance.

Check out the diet & sups forum if you need food advice.

[Mike_Iron_Tyson]

Just do 200 push-ups every days.

[MEEKER]

Do stairs and run hills, the lifting of the knees to climb not only helps build quad strength but also cardio, run up hills jog down, keep your heart rate up

[tical13]

Originally Posted by MEEKER

Do stairs and run hills, the lifting of the knees to climb not only helps build quad strength but also cardio, run up hills jog down, keep your heart rate up

Yep.. Run stairs...

Another thing to do is put a bench up against a wall, With both feet jump up on the bench and then as fast as you can with both feet jump down.. Challenge yourself on how many times you can do it per minute..This specific exercise we did during my college hockey workouts..

Also, look into box drills for football, they work great for hockey as well..

Then obviously do your normal road work, running, stairmaster, bike, jump rope, eliptical, rowing, it all helps.. Also try doing alot of repititions on body weight exercises: dips, squats, pullups, pushups and situps