If you wish to compete at a level where you don’t need to worry about sweeping hard every rock, rebounding between shots, having the strength and balance in your legs to hit the broom and throw the right weight consistently, then getting stronger and fitter than what you need to curl should be your main off-ice goal. Here are 2 tips to upgrade your brushing technique and off-ice training.

 

All mentioned resources (including The Thompson 2.0) are available in the show notes on my website at

www.empoweredperformance.ca/podcast 

Podcast coupled with photo and video is now available on www.si.com/curling

 

Did you miss these gems? 

Episode 04: Avoid These 8 Mistakes I Made Training to Become a Fitter Curler

Episode 32: 5 Ways to Improve your Cardio that Nobody Told you About

Episode 34: Off-Ice Exercises for Becoming a Better Brusher

 

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