Strength & Speed Training
Train like a NCAA/Pro Player Today
Players and parents who say, "I/they go to the gym on their own" is the #1 red flag for me. As a coach, within 4-6 weeks I will know if the player knows how to train and compete on their own, or if they go to the gym, stare at their phone, do lifts with no rhyme or reason, rest for unnecessary amounts of time to snapchat friends, and then leave when it is convenient. That is not how elite athletes train. As a coach, if I'm not seeing significant improvements and a change in physical appearance after 6-8 weeks, then you are doing everything wrong while you go to the gym. Just because you "go to the gym" doesn't mean you are training like an elite athlete. That's like saying you are educated and read everyday because you go to a library 5x/week but instead of reading, you just have coffee and gossip with your friends. Walking through the doors of the facility isn't the goal - that's the easy part. Knowing what to do specifically during every second you are in there is the key to winning the day and compounding your interests as an elite athlete.
90% of players at 16u and 18u tell me they workout on their own, and yet after an entire off-season or season there is no difference in their athleticism. Parents tell me their kids "go for a run" every day, and I'm shocked when I hear this. Since when do you have a hockey shift at a steady state of cardio for 5-15 minutes? What elite junior, college, or professional hockey program just has their players go for a long distance run? Or has their players just "go to the gym and do whatever?" If this is how you train, consider this your wake up call because you likely won't make it to Juniors or NCAA because you are unaware of how hard and specific you need to train. If you are lucky enough to make it to Juniors or NCAA without working out hard, then you will be in for a rude awakening when you arrive for training camp because your body and mind is going to be overwhelmed by the workload. The reality is that you need to train like an NCAA or Pro player TODAY, so that when you get to that level, it's just another day at the office.
Strength & SAQE Training Program
Strength training is 3x per week. SAQE (speed, agility, quickness, and explosiveness) is 2-3x per week. Every workout is logged into the JCHD Training App which the athlete can access via Apple iPhone or Android. Each athlete will follow a specific daily training protocol from warmup, exercises, rest intervals, and recovery. Video examples are provided within the app for each exercise to ensure proper technique. Everything is hockey specific to help you become bigger, faster, stronger, and more athletic on the ice.
Workouts can be tailored to your home gym or to the gym around the corner from your house. No more needing to travel across town and pay an expensive rate for a personal trainer. JCHD is the trainer on your phone guiding you through an elite athlete training program where ever you are located.
Plyometric Focus
Explosiveness is core to being an elite hockey player. Plyometric training is the #1 training tool to gain hockey specific speed, agility, and explosiveness on the ice. It will drastically improve your athleticism and is the most realistic training for a hockey shift/game with HIIT (high intensity interval training). The USSR Red Army Hockey Team figured this out decades ago and were pioneers in player development that is still used today. Now with modern science, we have fine tuned the training to its optimal level to take hockey players to an elite level. All elite explosive players at the highest level of the game train with a plyometric emphasis.
At 15 years old Coach JC was laser tested for quickness and top end speed on the ice. For both metrics he was a few hundredths of a second faster than the NHLs average player times. How was he able to do that at 15 years old? Plyometrics. Bottom line.
Nutrition & Sleep Tracking
ADD-ON RECOMMENDED ($1,349 Value - Included in Committed Strength & Speed Training Program)
JCHD can't train you to your maximum potential if you don't fuel your body properly. Odds are that you don't eat anywhere near enough protein nor calories, and you have no idea. So the results you seek and expect from the strength training program cannot be fully compounded and attained if we don't track your nutrition intake and make proper adjustments. To maximize your training results is to ensure you take your nutrition seriously. An unwillingness to follow our nutrition and sleep tracking protocol while expecting the same maximized results as an athlete who does follow the protocol is unrealistic. JCHD cannot provide the value you fully seek and deserve from a strength training program while neglecting your nutrition and sleep.
Our nutrition and sleep tracking recovery program is easy to implement and follow. This will be tracked in the JCHD Training App.
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