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<description><![CDATA[Maria Mountain, MSc, is the owner of Revolution Sport Conditioning, based in Ontario, Canada.  She provides sport conditioning services to athletes of all ages and abilities.  From Stanley cup champions to athletes who have pitched in the World Series, from Olympians to athletes working toward college scholarships and those who just have a love of sport and being active.  Maria excels at helping individuals exceed their expectations and perform at levels they had only imagined.  Her goal is to do this efficiently and effectively while keeping them injury free.]]></description>
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<title>Knee Injuries in Hockey Goalies - The Meniscal Tear</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:53:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Injuries are a part of sport and hockey goalies are not immune. For hockey goalies the meniscal tear can have an impact on performance and may also have an impact on your other daily activities.]]></description>
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<title>Off-Ice Hockey Training Should Focus on Fat Loss Or Fitness First?</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:07:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I had a great question from a "Beer League" hockey player the other day. His story was a familiar one, he had been away from the game for about nine years, but now he wanted to get back into it. He knew he had to lose some weight so he could both enjoy his return to hockey and reduce his risk of injury. He asked if he should lose the fat first or work on his hockey conditioning first. Well, here is the answer.]]></description>
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<title>Flexibility For Hockey Goalies - How to Get it and Keep It</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:57:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is no surprise that flexibility training for hockey goalies is a key component of success. Although there is a difference in the natural or genetic flexibility that goalies have, every individual can improve to varying degrees their current ability.]]></description>
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<title>The Worst Exercise For Hockey Workouts</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:45:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Let me start with what I like about that machine. Nothing.]]></description>
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<title>How a Goalie's Warm Up Can Sabotage Performance</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:50:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is this type of static warm-up that sabotages goalies before they hit the ice. Holding your groin stretches for 30 seconds as your pre-game warm-up is counterproductive to your on-ice performance.]]></description>
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<title>Goalies! Make This Training Mistake and Risk Tearing Your Groin</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:43:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone makes this mistake, even if you are a hockey goalie who is trying to do the right thing by going to the gym for some off-ice strength training. This mistake can leave you on the bench.]]></description>
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<title>Is Off-Ice Hockey Training Hurting Your Shoulders?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:00:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[. Today the focus is on your strength training, whether you go to the gym, workout in the basement or do push-ups on your bedroom floor. There is one common mistake that I saw hockey players make over and over again.]]></description>
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<title>Hockey Training In-Season Strength Circuit - No Equipment Necessary</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:54:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you know any hockey players who really want to lose strength over the course of the season? Do you know any hockey player who could not benefit from a little more core strength and stamina? If you find a hockey player who falls into either category, then I just hope they are on your opponent's team. Try this 20-minute in-season strength circuit.]]></description>
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<title>Forcing Hockey Goalie Stretches Will Decrease Your Flexibility</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If a goalie tries to accelerate his or her progress, they may actually be decreasing their flexibility. Our bodies are very smart and we have built in safety features. These features are hardwired into our reflexes, so we cannot really over-ride them.]]></description>
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<title>Two Hockey Strength Training Exercises to Build Durable Hips</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:17:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If I see one more hockey strength training program with the hip abduction/adduction machines listed, I will scream. I know the trainers hear about hockey players getting groin strains, so they want to strengthen them. Then they take a glance around the gym to find the machine that does that, et voila the seated hip abduction and seated hip adduction machines creep into the program.]]></description>
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<title>Does Riding a Bike After Hockey Help 'Flush' Lactic Acid?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:55:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is a generally accepted practice of flush rides following a hockey game. Flush rides are a 10 minute light pedal that is intended to improve recovery. Some hockey coaches and players will tell you that riding the bike after hockey helps get rid of lactic acid, but that is not the case since lactic acid dissociates very quickly in the muscle; it does not linger.]]></description>
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<title>Three Hockey Goalie Exercises to Help You Stand Out in Overtime</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is something powerful about being physically strong and fit. When games get into the late stages, while your opponent is thinking about how tired they are, how much their back aches and how much their legs burn you can be thinking about positioning, puck movement and working your angles. Try the following hockey goalie exercises designed to improve your muscular endurance.]]></description>
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<title>The Hockey Coach's Best Friend - Building a Better Bag Skate</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The bag skate can take many effective and creative forms, but basically the players skate to the point of exhaustion, vomiting or submission whichever comes first. Some may argue that exercise should not be used as a punishment for athletes and I am not looking to debate coaching philosophy in this article. Personally I think we can build a better bag skate and turn them into something a little more productive while still getting the full attention of your hockey players.]]></description>
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<title>How Fit Does a Hockey Goalie Need to Be?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are different schools of thought about hockey goalie fitness.  Which school you go to probably depends on the type of goalie you are.  Filing into one school are the goalies who love to work hard, they are the blue collar goalie who wants to be the fittest player on the ice.  Sauntering into the halls of the other school are those goalies who feel they are more of a finesse player who can stop the puck through sheer skill, fitness is not their concern.]]></description>
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<title>Building Young Champions - Start With the Foundation</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:04:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I am at conferences and meet with other fitness coaches who work with athletes, I often hear griping about working with young athletes. Is it the kids themselves? No, not at all, these coaches are complaining about the parents! I feel so fortunate because the parents that I talk to, for the most part, just want to know what is going to be best for little Suzy's long term development.]]></description>
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<title>How Muscle Imbalance in Hockey Players Creates Back Pain</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:16:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many hockey players come to the gym and ask for some exercises to strengthen their back because it gets fatigued and sore as the game goes on. Although some players may have weakness in their back extensors, more often this discomfort is related to muscle imbalances. Muscle imbalance in hockey players may also result in sore or tight hips.]]></description>
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<title>Ban Crunches From Your Ab Workouts</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:15:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I want to share an idea with you.  The idea is banning crunches from your ab workouts.  A spine biomechanist from the University of Waterloo by the name of Dr. Stuart McGill has done some amazing studies over the past decade or so looking at how much load a spine can handle before failure (read: major injury).  Dr. McGill believes, based on his scientific observations that most disc herniation injuries are a result of overuse in lumbar flexion.]]></description>
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<title>A Simple Hockey Dryland Training Workout to Improve Your Leg Power and Stamina</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:33:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This workout will be tough, but remember the goal is to make you a better hockey player, not just to make you tired. So the workout that I have designed for you today will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. You do not need any specialized equipment other than a nice grassy hill and some cleats.]]></description>
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<title>The Worst Off-Ice Training Exercise For Hockey Strength</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:21:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Let's start with a question. What are the goals of off-ice training for hockey? Well there are lots of attributes we are trying to improve such as; speed, strength, power, flexibility, stability and stamina. ]]></description>
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<title>Top Five Off-Ice Hockey Training Aids</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:26:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Before you go out and spend a single penny on hockey training aids for your basement gym, check out which ones will give you the most bang for your buck. See what tools will help you become a better player as well as words of caution related to each piece of equipment that may prevent you from hurting yourself while training.]]></description>
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<title>Bodyweight Training For Busy Urban Athletes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:56:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The number one barrier to exercise adherence is the belief that you are too busy to exercise or the belief that you do not have the means to exercise.  No gym membership, too busy traveling for work or my personal favorite - no workout equipment.  Well no problem, I have the answer and it is bodyweight training.]]></description>
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<title>Two New Off Ice Goalie Drills to Improve Hand Eye Reaction</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:06:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many of the goalie drills that you see being practiced focus on positioning within the crease.  This is an essential skill to learn.  In this article you will learn two new goalie drills that build on your positional play by improving your hand-eye coordination.]]></description>
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<title>Why Hockey Goalies Must Bench Press</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:35:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In my practice as a fitness coach I do not typically need to sit down and convince an athlete that bench pressing is appropriate training for goalies. Typically, I need to convince them that they do not need to bench press and biceps curl on a daily basis. Usually, it is when I am speaking with other fitness coaches that I need to espouse the virtues of bench press training for goalies or any hockey player for that matter.]]></description>
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<title>Should Young Hockey Players Do Plyometric Training?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:35:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have heard some coaches justify their objection to plyometric training, saying that it is dangerous for a young athlete to jump over anything higher than a curb. Have you ever seen kids playing in a school ground - jumping off the monkey bars, running, hopping, rolling, squatting, lunging - it is all there and within my favorite training context for young hockey players, PLAY!]]></description>
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<title>To Bike Or Not to Bike? Off-Season Training For Hockey</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:34:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How can you maximize your performance on the ice next season. Find out whether or not hockey players should train using the stationary bike during the off-season.]]></description>
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<title>A Goalie-Specific Drill to Improve Lateral Movement in the Crease</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:13:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having trained professional goalies who play in both Europe and the NHL, I know that the goalie is responsible for the first stop and then their defense is meant to clean up the rebound, if there is one.  This works in theory, but it does little to console the hockey goaltender who just let in another goal. ]]></description>
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<title>Top Three Stretches Hockey Goalies Should Be Doing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 08:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to make those highlight goals?  Better make sure you are working on your hip mobility.  This article shows you three techniques you are not using, but you should be.]]></description>
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<title>ACL Injury Prevention - The Second Step</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:40:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Build on the foundation from ACL Injury Prevention - The First Step.  This article includes exercises that can easily be built right into a soccer, football, rugby or basketball practice.]]></description>
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<title>Hockey Training - Sport Specific On-Ice Drill For Improving Agility and Conditioning</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:25:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On-ice training for hockey players is more than just scrimmaging.  Try this on-ice drill that will improve your agility and conditioning.]]></description>
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<title>15-Minute Solution - Quickness Training For Athletes</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:56:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Got 15-minutes to improve your first step quickness?  Check it out.]]></description>
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<title>In-Season Hockey Part 5 - Got Skills?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:12:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You must have control of the puck to score a goal, to get an assist, to make the first pass coming out of the defensive zone.  It does not matter if you can skate like the wind if you cannot control the puck.  Try these four off-ice hockey drills to improve your puck control.]]></description>
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<title>In-Season Hockey Part Four - Out-Skate Everyone in the Third Period With 10-Minute Intervals</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:02:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Don't run out of gas in the third period; show your coach that you belong on the ice when the game is on the line.  Use these 10-minute off-ice interval workouts to train hockey specific stamina.]]></description>
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<title>In-Season Hockey Part Three - Dominate by Following the Five Rules of Strength Training</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:22:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here are five rules to help you dominate on the ice this hockey season and give you the opportunity to make huge gains next off-season. When I retest the hockey players that I train over the summer, one of the first things I do is test them and almost without exception they are much weaker at the end of the season than they were at the beginning.]]></description>
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<title>Quick Killer Cardio - Got 20 Minutes?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:33:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Say "so long" to snooze fest steady-state cardio training.  Step out of the old fat burning zone and into the lung burning zone to make big improvements in your conditioning.  Did I mention that these workouts take 20-minutes or less?]]></description>
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<title>In-Season Hockey Part Two - Quick In-Season Workout For Stability</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:43:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dominate on the ice with the second of this five part series on in-season training for ice hockey.  In this article you will see three core training exercises that you should be doing right now.]]></description>
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<title>Dominate on the Ice With These Quick In-Season Workouts - Part One</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1682372</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:54:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Try this 10-minute mobility routine to improve your performance on the ice.  You can also cut down on groin injuries while you are at it.]]></description>
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<title>ACL Injury Prevention - Taking the First Step</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:30:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I receive several calls per year from the parents of young athletes who have either completely torn or sprained their ACL through non-contact mechanisms.  This means that they did not collide or get hit by another player, they just planted their foot and pop goes the knee. ]]></description>
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