Sunday – Lower Strength

Develop powerful, stable legs for explosive skating and better balance on the ice. This lower-body strength day blends heavy lifts, plyometrics, and core work to maximize power transfer and on-ice resilience.

Warmup

Warm-Up
  • Heat

    5 min brisk walk or easy jog reps
  • Hip CARs

    video

  • Ankle CARs

    video

  • McGill Big 3

    video

  • Band pull-aparts

    2 sets15 reps

    video

  • Scap push-ups

    1 sets12 reps

    video

  • Band external rotations (elbows at sides)

    2 sets12 reps

    video

  • Potentiation: Light med-ball chest pass

    2 sets3 reps

    video

  • Lateral bounds (Heidens): (stick landings)

    4 sets3/side reps

    video

  • Falling starts: m

    6 sets10 reps

    video

Superset 1

Superset
  • Trap-Bar Deadlift

    4 sets5 reps

    video

  • Vertical Jump

    4 sets5 reps

    video

Superset 2

Superset
  • Lateral Step-Ups

    4 sets5 per leg reps

    video

  • Lateral Hurdle Hops

    4 sets3 hops per direction reps

    video

Superset 3

Superset
  • Barbell Romanian Deadlift

    2 sets8 repsRest 10s before C2

    video

  • Hanging Leg Raise

    2 sets12 repsRest 10s before C3

    video

  • Plank

    2 sets60s reps

    video

Superset 4

Superset
  • Copenhagen Plank

    2 sets20–30s per side reps

    video

  • Rear-Foot Elevated Split Squat

    3 sets6 per leg reps

    video

Daily Micro-Core

  • McGill curl-up

    8/side reps
  • Side plank

    20–30s/side reps
  • Bird-dog

    6/side reps

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