Hockey Training - Pull Ups vs. Chin Ups
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Channel: GoalieTrainingProTV · 2014 · Sports
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Hockey strength and conditioning specialist Maria Mountain gives you some ways to get your Pull Up score higher.
If you are trying to play hockey at a competitive level, you should be fit enough that you can do bodyweight pull-ups (at least one). This is an indicator of your strength to bodyweight ratio.
I put together a really short video for you showing the difference between Chin Ups (let you use more biceps) and Pull Ups (require more involvement of your mid-back) and one of the strategies we use at Revolution Conditioning to get players up to speed with this challenging exercise. I will give you some more tips below the video as well...
Other Tricks Of The Trade
If you want to get better at Pull Ups, then do Pull Ups -- you need to practice them and here are some of the variations we use to help players like you get more proficient:
Isometric holds at the top -- do a pull up and hold the top position for 3 seconds, then lower down. Do 3-6 reps.
Slow eccentrics -- do a pull up or even use assistance to get to the top and then lower yourself over a count of 4-5 seconds. Do 3-6 reps.
Dead Hang Reverse Shrug -- hang from the bar with a pull up grip, practice pulling your shoulders down and back to initiate the pull up. You will not bend your arms at all, you will just pull those shoulder blades down and back. Your body will only move about one inch. Slowly lower back to the starting position. Do 6 reps.
Be Ready...
Some of you will be tested before your season -- be ready. Even if your failure to perform in testing does not cost you a spot on the roster, would you rather be the talk of the coaches' office for how prepared you are for the season? Or for how poorly you did on your testing? I know which one I would pick.
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