| Hockey warm ups are a crucial part of both training | | | | jump back to the starting form) |
| and on-ice play, yet countless players do them the | | | | Push-ups |
| wrong way every single time! The vast majority of | | | | You probably never thought of the simple push-up as |
| players, do static stretches to loosen up and get ready | | | | a warm up exercise did you? Well they are, in fact, |
| to either train or play. What they don't know is that | | | | great for that purpose. The push-up is great because |
| doing static stretches is sure-fire way to reduce your | | | | doing a low number will get your muscles working and |
| performance. That's why you need to be doing | | | | your heart rate up, while loosening up the muscles and |
| dynamic stretches including these 3 great dynamic | | | | joints in your upper body. Don't go crazy with them at |
| warm-ups. | | | | this point though, you're not using them as an exercise, |
| Jumping Jacks | | | | just as a warm up to get your upper body ready for |
| The simply jumping jack is one of the absolute best | | | | action. |
| dynamic warm ups you can do to get your blood | | | | Leg swingsLeg swings can be done wither forward |
| pumping, your heart rate up, and your muscles and | | | | and backwards or laterally from side to side. They're a |
| joints loosened up and ready to go. Just find an open | | | | fantastic warm up for your lower body as they really |
| area you're free to move around and jump and | | | | get your joints and muscles stretched and loosened up |
| perform a few sets of 10 to 15 jumping jacks. (In case | | | | without reducing their ability to perform like almost all |
| you aren't familiar, a jumping jack is simply going from | | | | static stretches do. Simply swing your leg back and |
| a standing position, jumping and landing with spread | | | | forth (or laterally), adding some bending at the knee. |
| legs while raising your arms, and then returning with a | | | | |