Not that I'd need any more proof.

I know my training methods work. I see the results with my own athletes every day.

In any case, it never hurts to view claims like that with a healthy sense of skepticism.

Especially these days when you've got "fitness gurus" popping up like mushrooms after the rain.

Here's what my good friend and colleague Mikko Tolvanen, head strength and conditioning coach for Sport Vaasa in the Finnish Elite League, told me a while back:

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"Our team followed your Next Level Hockey Training System over the summer.

Guys got a lot stronger in the gym and I couldn't help but notice how the entire team looked faster when we got back on the ice for the pre-season.

But now we also have objective proof. We tested our players on 30 meter on-ice sprints before the off-season in May and again after 16 weeks in August.

The results:

Every single player improved their sprint time! Biggest improvement was 0.277 seconds.

Even a 36-year-old veteran entering his 18th pro season got faster, which is practically unheard of. Most guys at that stage in their career lose a step or two every year.

This also makes my job a lot easier going forward because the guys no longer question what we do off the ice. They've experienced the gains a smart off-ice program can produce and now trust my ability to help them achieve higher performance.

So thank you again!"

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There ya go...

Proof that I ain't just whistlin' Dixie with this stuff...

To punch your ticket aboard the gain train, skate over to:

http://www.NextLevelHockeyTraining.com