Fitness

It is not just the major national sporting events being stalled by coronavirus — everyone from semi-professional all the way to junior athletes across the country are being caught up in the storm.

The real challenge is the uncertainty.

No-one knows what will happen in terms of the season; is it going to take place, when is the first game, what’s the economic impact in terms of registrations and the potential refunds. The uncertainty will hit the club in the hip pocket but we will survive and we must be ready for when the competition starts again.

Everything is moving and changing quickly.

All club organised activities at the ground have ceased for the next 2 weeks but this does not mean you cannot continue to work on your own fitness.

Core stability

Core stability is really important because almost every move on and off the ball demands a really strong core. Here we have five exercises you can do. Plank and plank to push up Sit up heel touches & crunches Scissors Bicycle crunch Side plank https://youtu.be/40ULRKDK6CU

Four-minute cardio workout

This is a four minute cardio workout for you heart, no equipment needed and you can do it without leaving your home.

Home exercises for kids

This workout is a home based workout which will be focusing primarily on cardiovascular fitness as well as upper body and lower body strength and it is a great way to improve your balance as well as boosting your energy levels. Make sure you stay hydrated by having a drink bottle available and use a …

Home workout for children

It’s all about getting active and exercising everyday at home! Simple, quick moves for kids to help them build their muscles, strengthen their bones, improve flexibility and even burn calories!

How to get fit for hockey

First thing is to assess your progress because if you do not assess where you are how do you know whether you are improving. Understanding you do not do the same thing all year is important, you have to take yourself through the different phases.

Personal fitness program

Aim per week: 3 Running, 1 Strength and 1 Recovery Warm Up – 10 min warm up as we do for hockey sessions. Include change of direction, Arabesque and single leg bound (take off on left leg land on right leg and hold landing before pushing off again and landing on left leg). Running – …

Run Outdoors or on a Treadmill

Is there any difference between treadmill running and outdoor running and which one’s better. Does one of them get you fitter than the other. There’s a decent chance you’re burning more calories if you’re out in the open air. Running outside actually uses up more energy than running at the same speed on a treadmill, …

Running – exercises

In a game you never run the same distance all the time so it is important to mix up the distances run in training. To become a good hockey player, having good fitness is really important but you must do a really good warm-up to help prevent an injury.

Running – technique

The goal is to run faster more efficiently and most importantly to stay injury free so you can enjoy the sport.

Walk at home

12 minutes goes so FAST! In no time you will be Walking at a fat burning pace to BURN calories and BOOST your metabolism to keep burning even AFTER you are done Walking! It’s the speed you need to get to a HEALTHIER you! Let’s WALK everyone!