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Hockey Strength

January 17th, 2012

Hockey is a very explosive dynamic sport that requires a great deal of speed and power. However in order to develop speed and power it is extremely important that our athletes first develop pure strength. It is difficult if not impossible to develop an athletes power if they do not have a solid strength base. View the below video to see an example the potential strength gains of a hockey player, when Chris performed this lift he weighed 215 lbs.

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Vote for Lincoln’s Bear

December 16th, 2011

Hi!
Lincoln (my son) needs your help winning this Stollery Hospital contest, please vote for his entry:
Stollery Hospital Contest

The bears that his class purchased and dressed up for this class are called Jed bears. Named Jed after a boy in Lincoln’s class who was named the Stollery’s Champion Child.

Thanks

Barry

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Premier Strength Athletes Invited to World Junior Camp

November 29th, 2011

All of us at Premier Strength would like to congratulate Joe Morrow and Mark McNeill on their recent invite to the Canadian World Junior Selection Camp. Click here to see full story.

Joe Morrow – Portland Winterhawks

Mark McNeill – Prince Albert Raiders

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Three BIG pieces of news from Prograde Nutrition

October 4th, 2011

I Bet The Farm You Didn’t Know This About Coffee Beans >>

1) Remember, we’ve got ALL Prograde products on sale at 10% off right now!

Save 10% on any and all Prograde products as they celebrate the expansion of their Research and Development department!

>>>> Enter Coupon Code PGRAND10 at checkout

2) Prograde has TWO new products coming out over the next couple weeks.

One of them is an outrageously delicious Greens powder. The other is…

…well, we can’t tell you right now, so you’ll just have to stay tuned!

3) This news is an extraordinary breakthrough…regardless if you drink coffee or not. You’ll be stunned by this scientific research. In fact, you’ll never look at coffee the same again. And it doesn’t matter if you drink it or not. This is crazy!
Breakthrough Nutrition You MUST Know About >>

Thank you,

Barry Butt

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Elite Hockey Players Train During the Season

September 25th, 2011

I believe that it is extremely important for Hockey Players to continue their training program during the season. We see evidence of this every year with the NCAA Collage players that we train, these athletes are always among the top performers at Premier Strength. There In-season training programs that they follow at school allow them to maintain Strength, Power, Speed, Agility, Quickness and Conditioning. This is important not only to allow them to perform at the highest level during the season, but to also put them in a position to get better each off-season. We see many of our athletes come back at the start of each off-season considerably weaker, slower, fatter or lighter etc. then where they finished the previous off-season. This makes it difficult to continue to improve with each off-season training program. We spend much of the off-season getting them back to where they were the previous year and if we are lucky they will gain a little more by the end of the training program.
Imagine a scenario where you start the off-season at almost the same place that you ended the previous year. Your gains would be greater then every imagined and the results on the ice would be outstanding. A good in-season program can make this possible. A good in-season training program will also help you perform better on the ice by insuring proper RECOVERY, injury prevention, aiding in injury rehabilitation, and teaching proper nutrition.

Premier Strengths In-Season Training Program

When: Monday & Wednesday
Time: 330-530 pm
Where: Louie St.Laurent High School Weight Room (11230 – 43 ave)
Duration: October 3 to December 21
Cost: $600+ GST

Spots are limited click to register or email barry@premierstrength.com for more info.

Please forward this to any Elite Hockey Players that you think might benefit from this program. You do not have to be a current Premier Strength Athlete.

Thanks
Barry Butt, BPE, CSCS, CEP

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Skating Mechanics Analysis

July 13th, 2011

The sporting industry has recently become far more competitive than it ever has been in the past. Making Stridz Athlete Development is a biomechanics consulting company with expertise in the areas of skill analysis and technique modification. Through the use of video feedback we strive to help correct movement impairments by providing athletes with the opportunity to “see, feel, & understand” what aspects of their movement they need to focus on in order to improve their athletic performance.

Making Stridz Athlete Development is pleased to provide all athletes training with Premier Strength the opportunity to have a Skating Mechanics Assessment. The assessment will provide an athlete with a greater understanding of what areas of their skating stride they need to be focusing on during the off season and leading into the start of camp. The assessment will consist of the following skills which will be filmed for further analysis:

Forwards Skating Assessment:

Forwards Skating Stride

90 Degree Direction

Tight Turns

Pro Agility Test

Defenseman Skating Assessment:

Backwards Skating Stride

90 Degree Direction Change

Backwards to Forwards Transition

Pro Agility Test

The pro agility assessment is the same assessment used by Hockey Canada, where an athlete is required to do multiple forwards to backwards (and backwards to forwards) transitions while maintaining puck control during a timed event.

The athlete will be provided a CD with the full skating mechanics assessment including body positions, joint angles, and time to complete the skills. The assessment will highlight strengths and weaknesses in the athletes skating stride as well as help to provide cues for technique correction. The athlete will also be scheduled to come in for a one on one meeting to go through the assessment with our skating mechanics expert.

Benefits:

Improved skating mechanics and efficiency

Improved body awareness

Improved method of measuring and tracking progress

Improved method for athlete comparison (to other athletes or themselves at a later date)

The full assessment cost is $175.00 plus tax which includes the on ice filming session, CD, and player meeting. The session has been scheduled for Saturday August 6th at 10:00 AM at the Argyll Arena and will be limited to 8 athletes. The deadline to register for the skating mechanics assessment is Saturday July 30th. For more information, please visit my website at www.makingstridz.com and click on the sample project located on the homepage. If you have any questions or are interested in signing up for the Skating Mechanics Assessment, please contact as at 780-932-2903 or shackel.brian@gmail.com