Jeff LoVecchio talks Hockey Training and How Pros Are Staying In Shape During COVID-19

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Jeff LoVecchio, retired pro and owner of RIPT Hockey Training joins The Full 60 to chat about how players are staying in shape during the COVID-19 stoppage and the realistic timeline for NHLers to be off the ice before it's too late to return to play. Jeff details some of the exercises he's been recommending to pros, and the best ways to stay in hockey shape with a lack of access to rinks, as well as the mental side of exercise and how he's using social media to offer live training for free over Instagram. Plus, how he made the move into training after his pro career, dealing with concussions, signing with the Bruins out of college, and attending Caps training camp with Nicklas Bäckström.Follow Jeff on Instagram to watch his live training sessions: @JeffLoVecchioJeff also co-hosts the ‎The Hockey Think Tank Podcast with Topher Scott.Support The Full 60 by subscribing to The Athletic! Get 40% off an annual subscription at theathletic.com/full60.Follow Craig on Twitter: @CraigCustance

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Full 60 featuring Craig Custins and presented by The Athletic.
0:13.2	Each week we'll dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to
0:18.5	entertain and explain all aspects of the game.
0:21.8	Hey, this is Craig, and welcome to this week's episode of the Full 60.
0:26.0	This week's guest is Jeff Lavecchio, who is a retired professional hockey player
0:31.8	who played at Western Michigan University.
0:34.8	Not too far from me, where I am now in Kalamazoo.
0:37.5	I mean, not too far, a few where I am now in Kalamazoo.
0:39.5	I mean, not too far a few hours away.
0:46.4	Played in the Boston Bruin system, also played internationally, who retired a few years ago to pursue his passion of training players.
0:50.4	And he's the owner of a company called ripped hockey Training. Also is a co-host of a fantastic
0:57.4	hockey podcast called The Hockey Think Tank podcast with Tofer Scott. I've been on that pod.
1:04.5	It's a great listen. Really just smart, intellectual, how to get better. And I to get jeff on the podcast in this moment in
1:13.9	time because he works with hockey players and he trains hockey players um from all levels you know
1:19.2	from the 10 year old kid to nchl players uh and one of the questions i've been getting asked
1:26.1	the most as the world kind of shuts down is what are players doing?
1:31.1	Like, what are they, how are they staying in shape?
1:34.0	How are they going to be ready if the season cranks back up in a couple months?
1:38.3	How long can they go without, you know, practicing on the ice or playing in games before it becomes really problematic to
1:46.8	have a postseason, all kinds of questions that I really didn't have a great answer to.
1:52.6	And I knew somebody like Jeff who, you know, when we did this interview, he had just gotten
1:58.0	off the phone with a player, talked to him earlier that day in the NHL.
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