Clayonator
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New training methods allow people to build strength without getting much slower and he should get a bit more strength to prevent injuries but... The team wants him to have the puck most of the time he's on the ice so he'll develop into hopefully a top line offensive player. This is the right move.
heres a link for more info on how people train nowadays: Jason Ferruggia’s Renegade Fitness
basically people are deadlifting heavy but instead of lowering the weight slowly they are dropping it. This prevents people from getting big and slow and also prevents injuries.
The general idea that added muscle mass makes your slower is idiotic. How you train to attain it however can also lend itself to making you faster, more explosive etc. That said, you should never lower a deadlift slowly. Puts the back in a compromised position. Unless you’re doing Romanian variation (RDL) but that’s a different exercise altogether. For the most part, lowering a weight under control and then using explosive acceleration on the way up is the best all around method for strength, explosiveness, and hypertrophy (muscle gain)