Since you play hockey I'll assume that you want to get BETTER at hockey, in regards to the fitness levels.
The Spartacus workout will work for that. Like I said lots of core stuff, good resistance with the addition of the weights, and they promote the goblet squat, which is an essential exercise to increase hip, groin, quad and overall leg flexibility and fitness(if done properly).
My only issue with the workout is that you have to be self motivating. Tough to do, even for me, and I do a lot of stuff like this. I've been doing Insanity the past month and on my deadlift, squat, bench press days, or any other non Insanity workouts I have one hell of a time keeping myself motivated.
And only because I'm use to having the Insanity guy yell at me to keep going.
Which is why I would suggest something like P90X or Insanity. Videos that show you what to do are great. And if you want to increase your fitness levels for hockey, Insanity is great. Especially all the core stuff.
Doing pushups, situps or body weight squats are great, but you have to fit them into a program, and push yourself to do more in less time, or push yourself to get 100 of each, or work up to such levels.
Again, this is where Insanity is great. Every 2nd week you do a fit test, and you can measure your improvements from 2 weeks before.
And the cold hard truth is that you get better. 4 weeks ago I couldn't finish the Cardio Power workout. Now I can do it almost from start to finish, and at a faster pace than the people on the video do it.
It gets amazing results.
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