Off-Ice: Maria Mountain on upper body training for goaltenders

In the second installment of our exclusive series for InGoal Premium members only on off ice training for goaltenders with Maria Mountain of Goalie Training Pro, we look at upper body training for goaltenders.

Why  would we bother with upper body training in a legs-dominant position? Maria touches on a few in the video including:

• Shoulder stamina and stability
• Strong scapular (shoulder blade) positioning impacts our ability to position our glove and stay tall in our chest
• Our entire body works in chains of muscles and connective tissues – we can’t have a weak link in the chain. Your upper body has an impact on your core, your back, your hips and more. We need strength in those chains for both performance and injury prevention.

Maria presents a few exercises that focus on some smaller muscles with a lighter resistance (exercise bands)  – they look simple but they are fatiguing – before going into some more strengthening exercises to support your muscular and connective tissue chains.