What is a good workout plan for a hockey player?

Plyometrics - how best to use it in a normal workout routine (for a hockey player)?

• I workout regularly at my local gym, but mostly it has been typical weightlifting, upper and lower body. Since taking up plyometrics for the lower body (different jumping routines, etc.), I have noticed a big improvement in my ice skating for hockey. I would like to implement plyometrics also into my upper body routine. My question: is it a bad idea to do plyometrics and weightlifting in the same exercise session? Given that they work different muscle fibres (slow-twitch vs. fast-twitch)? Will I develop both of these different muscle types slower than somebody who focuses purely on either one alone?

• Answer:

  Well, I do some plyometrics and I have also read about it alot. If you are doing lower body pylometrics you don't want to do them on the same day you are working out your legs and same goes for the upper body. Also you shouldn't do pylometrics more than 2-3 times a week because they are explosive exercising that need your muscles to be fully recovered before you do them again. If you don't do these exercises at 100% you will get nothing out of them. I suggest that you do pylometrics one week for upper body and the next week lower body and so on. On a day where you do weightlifting for your upper body you should do pylometrics for your lower body. And remember this is VERY important, never do pylometrics in between or before your workout, always do them after your workout. Lastly, you need to wait 36-48 until you perform another session of pylometrics. Try this site: www.athletes.com