Week 3 · Session A · Lower Power & Squat Strength

The first-three-strides session. Jump development opens it while the nervous system is fresh, then the squat pattern builds the force those strides are made of.

This week

Peak volume of the accumulation phase. It should feel like a grind by the last session; that is exactly the point.

  1. 01Warm-Up
  2. 02Jump Development
  3. 03Squat Strength
  4. 04Single-Leg Strength
  5. 05Groin & Trunk
  6. 06Cool-Down
Training away from the gym?

Swap all 4 lifts that need gym kit for a home-gym or bodyweight version in one go.

00
Warm-up · 6 exercises
0/ 6 done
A
Straight sets · 1 exercise
4 sets
A1

Broad Jump

4 × 3 reps · rest 2 min
0/4

Distance is the score, but only if you stick the landing.

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B
Straight sets · 1 exercise
4 sets
B1

Back Squat

4 × 8 reps · rest 2:30
0/4

Depth first, load second. A shallow heavy squat trains nothing a hockey player needs.

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C
Superset · 2 exercises
7 sets
A1

Rear-Foot-Elevated Split Squat

4 × 8/side · rest 1:30
0/4

The most honest lower-body lift there is. Front shin vertical, back hip long.

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A2

Banded Hip Flexor March

3 × 15/side · rest 1 min
0/3

Drive the knee like the stride you want in October.

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D
Superset · 2 exercises
6 sets
A1

Copenhagen Plank

3 × 25 s/side · rest 45s
0/3

The single best insurance policy against a groin pull. Start short, build honestly.

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A2

Pallof Press

3 × 12/side · rest 45s
0/3

Resist the rotation. That is the whole exercise.

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CD
Cool-down · 3 exercises
0/ 3 done
Train the rest of it

Beyond the weight room.

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