Steve Nash and Grant Hill Pre-Season Workout

We've been hearing for years that Phoenix offered the fountain of youth that regenerated players. Shaq went there and he looked better than he did a year before in Miami. All this happened while making Grant Hill look like a good role player instea of a guy who could barely play over the past seven years. Here's how they did it:

Training with the Ethan Moreau and the Edmonton Oilers

See, I told you that we were going to see more hockey exercises. The sport has so many various skill sets from dealing with pain to generating the speed necessary on the ice. In seven minutes, the Edmonton Oilers gives you everything you need to know about off-ice training:

Henrik Lundqvist's Goalie Training Program

Being a goalie is not the easiest thing to do in sports. Its arguably one of the most difficult cause you have to grab pucks coming at you at 90 miles per hour. Try catching a baseball from a starting pitcher. Next try doing it on ice. Goalies have to be the most skilled skaters on the ice to manuever around the ice in such a small space. Henrik Lundqvist discovered that moving up to the NHL wasn't so easy. He needed a program to get him up to speed:

STRENGTH TRAINING

Legs, legs, legs. “The best goalies are the most explosive,” says Grant, and all of the force should come from the lower body. While holding a set of free weights, Lundqvist runs through a sequence of ten to fifteen lunges, squats, and one-legged squats with no rest in between. “The repair process from a strength workout takes 48 hours,” adds Grant, so Lundqvist does his muscle-building right after games for maximum rest time.

PLYOMETRICS

Side-to-side hurdles. Another off-season favorite. Grant sets up a six-, twelve-, or eighteen-inch plastic hurdle and has Lundqvist jump over it laterally. Next, he’ll stand in front of a two-foot-high box and spring onto the top with both feet, then step down, repeating this eight times. This improves his ability to make lightning-fast movements from a standing start.

[ More exercises at Nymag.com ]

Sidney Crosby Workout Routine Pt. 1

It's been a whle since we had hockey on the site. So I thought, if we're going to bring it back, we mgiht as wel do it with a bang. It seems like you're either a Sidney guy or an Ovie guy, and we've already had on one of the two. Why not the other. So what does the best player in league to have a ring do to prepare in the offseason? (Did you see how I was still able to appease to my hometown crowd). Here is Sid the Kid going over is routine:

Peyton Manning's Pre-Game Warm-Ups

If he wins another Superbowl, he's top 5 easily.

Drew Brees + P90X = TRX Workout Routine

(In honor of the Superbowl, this week I'll try to put up workouts related to players of both teams)

This week I'm rooting for the Saints, and not imply because of Katrina, but because their whole team is likable (except for the defense who played borderline dirty this week). But really, if you like underdogs, then you gotta like the Saints. They even have an underdog/underrated quarterback who was thrown away by a team he lead to the playoffs. Now, Drew Brees is back, not only in the playoff or conference title game, but he's making major noise in the Superbowl (take that Chargers).

But if you haven't heard, Drew Brees has a new workout routine that's his version of Power 90x. I wasn't able to do Power 90x, and I don't think I'll be able to do this either:

New York Jets Workout Routine

They might feel like losers today, but found out this year that they have a Sanchise quarterback, and a pretty gifted running back. For some reason, the Jets like to tell people what they do as a team. Here is there warmup routine followed by tips from Jets strength & conditioning coaches.

[ Jets Warm Up Routine ]
[ Jets Training Tips ]

Antonio Cromartie's Workout Routine Pt. 2

I've had a horrible day on championship Sunday. After watching the Jets take a nice lead, I saw the Colts pretty much hit the reset button and score 16 straight points. Then in the second game made me feel even more crappy, because I rooted for the losing team and against New Orleans. Anyway, I came across this crazy workout the other day, and its another one involving a hill. What's the deal with NFL players and hills?

Lawyer turns Famous NBA Trainer: Imagine going from training with 12 year old kids, and discovering that your training methods are equally effective in improving NBA superstars.

"In one particularly exhausting drill, Mr. Ravin throws 25 balls, one at a time, in different directions. The player's job is to catch them after only one bounce and then shoot."

Full Chad Johnson Workout

He's been shutdown (by Mr.Revis) and is out of the playoffs. But as a consolation prize, Chad Johnson was selected to the Pro Bowl as an alternate. He'll more than likely being doing something similar to this:

Nick Saban's 4th Quarter Drills

It worked in the national championship game....

Apollo Anton Ohno's Olympic Workout

In just about a month the Winter Olympics will return bringing us athletes who we only remember every four years. Unfortunately, that's the truth. We usually think of these guys as not that ahtletic and only skilled on the ice. Well its different when you're a speed skater because your literally running on ice. You try it! Apollo Ohno is a beast on the track, and although he's known for being on that god awful show dancing with the stars, he made his name on the track first. Here's what he does to prepare (every four years):