Generally speaking, if you’ve made it to Junior National’s this year you are in the middle of your early off – season period of the year. As we know off – season doesn’t mean off the ice or off from training. If you are returning from Nationals last month you will have started your active rest period.
During this period Junior National competitors should be focusing on fundamental or basic strength work for large and small muscle groups with body weight or light weight. Your body needs a break from the high intensity complex training it was doing during the season and pre-season. Now is also the time to push your flexibility, work on non plyometric jump work, improve your cardiac conditioning, and have physical therapy. New training techniques can also be introduced in this early off – season of training. The Vertimax and the Off – Ice Edge are two excellent pieces of equipment that are great to start during this period of training. It is absolutely imperative that you make sure you work with a qualified off – ice trainer so you can correctly periodize your training for this next season.
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