Off-ice strength training for hockey players
The gym half
of hockey.
Your week is already built. One hour on the ice, six days somewhere else. RinkReady is the six days.
Seven days free, no card. Then $69 a year, or $119 for the family.
Skills | Confidence | Strength
Tested and used by real players and their families — beer leaguers through to the young NHL hopeful.
The half nobody films
One hour here. Six days somewhere else.
The hour is the part everybody films. The six days decide what the hour looks like — and nobody posts those.
That is the half RinkReady is for.
Two or three of the six are sessions. The plan picks which, and moves them when a game lands.
In plain terms
What it actually does
No guesswork about what you're signing up for.
It writes your gym week
Answer a few questions. It picks a plan and lays out every day.
It tells you what to lift, then changes its mind
Every exercise arrives with a target. Clear it and next week asks for more.
It keeps the record, and reads it back
Type what you lifted. It charts your strength and says what has stalled.
What it isn't. Not an on-ice coach, not a skills app, not a drill library. It's the off-ice work — gym, garage or driveway — and the record of it.
What's inside
Everything a session needs, nothing it doesn't
Built by a player tired of writing sets on a notepad and guessing at next week's weight.
Focus mode
One exercise, full screen, counting for you
Everything else goes away: the exercise you are on, big enough to read from the floor, a ring counting down, and one obvious next button.
The day
Today's session, ready when you are
Pick a plan once. Every day is laid out, in order, with a time on it.
The bar
Targets that move themselves
Clear every rep and next week asks for more.
The library
You get shown the lift, not just told it
Written cues, the mistake people make, and every lift drawn.
The gym floor
A simple view for between sets
Ticks, names and numbers. Turns sideways without falling apart.
Power play
For the night the real session is not going to happen
Short sessions with whatever is lying about, instead of nothing.
Goals
Set a number, and collect the puck when you hit it
Hit the number and a puck lands in your rack, date engraved.
The long game
A coach that reads your numbers
Bests, estimated maxes, and which day keeps getting skipped.
The whole block
See the shape of it, not just today
The block as a grid, and which muscles the work landed on.
The squad
Train alongside your mates, and chirp at them
Nobody is searchable, and your log is never readable by another account.
Who it's for
Players first. Then the rest of the house.
Beer league to junior
You still play, and you'd like to keep up
Two or three sessions a week that fit around skates, shifts and family. Plans for the off-season, for keeping what you've got in-season, and for coming back after time away. Mark the gear you actually own and the app works with that — a garage with dumbbells counts.
One app, several players
The whole family can train on it
Add each player with their own plan, their own log and their own records. Kids see their rank and badges climb; you see everyone's week at a glance. Switch between players in two taps — no second download, no second account.
Juniors
The kid gets their own week
Their own profile, their own plan, their own log — matched to their level and the gear they can actually get at. Rank and badges climb as the sessions go in, which is the part that gets a fourteen-year-old to open it on a Tuesday.
Real screens from the app. The player in them is the demonstration profile that anyone can open — a fifteen-year-old Bantam — not a real kid’s training log.
What a parent should know
- Nobody is searchable. A player is found only by a handle they hand out themselves.
- A training log is never readable by another account, squad mates included.
- Under 18, a profile picture never leaves the phone. It is not uploaded anywhere.
- No ads, ever, and nothing about your family is sold or shared.
On the family plan one adult and up to four kids share a single sign-in, and each player stays separate inside it. On lifting at this age, there is a piece in the articles.
How it works
Three steps, about a minute
Open it
It runs in your phone's browser. Nothing to install.
Make your profile
Position, experience, what you are training for. A minute, tops.
Train and log
Do the session, type what you lifted. The targets take it from there.
Free, nothing to sign up for
Eighteen sheets worth printing
Ten workouts, eighteen printable sheets — most in a 10–13 and a 14-and-up version. Same library, same cues, built for hockey.
Strength & power
Garage workout & plyometrics
No gym needed. Bodyweight work and jump training.
Conditioning
Indoors and outdoors
Intervals built in the shape of a shift.
Stick skills
Stickhandling & shooting
Dryland hands and shooting, for a driveway or a garage floor.
Before, after & away
Warm-ups, stretching, hotels
Ten minutes in the hallway before a game, and two sessions for the road.
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Create your account
An email address and a password, and everything you log is safe in your own account — on any phone you pick up. The first seven days are free, on the family plan, and no card is asked for.
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Just you — one player.
- Every plan and all 128 exercises
- Coaching advice from your own numbers
- Your squad, badges and rank
The whole season, one payment.
One adult and up to four kids — five players in all.
- Everything in Solo, for each player
- Each one gets their own plan, log and records
- Switch between them in two taps, one sign-in
- Seven days free, no card — then $69 or $119 a year, cancel whenever
- No ads, ever, and nothing about you is sold or shared
- Works on any phone, tablet or laptop with a browser
- Export or back up everything you've logged, any time
Rather ask a person?
There is a real one at the other end. Tell me what you are trying to sort out and you will get an answer.
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The short answers
What does it cost?
Seven days free with no card asked for. After that it's $69 a year for one player, or $119 for the family — one adult and up to four kids, five in all. Solo can be paid monthly at $8 if you would rather, which works out a lot dearer over a season. The family plan is sold by the season only, because that is how hockey is paid for and it saves everybody the monthly fuss. Every plan and every exercise is in both; the family plan just makes room for more people. Cancel whenever you like. There are no ads and no upsell inside it.
How does the family plan work?
One sign-in, up to five players on it. Each one has their own plan, their own log, their own badges and records — a 12-year-old on the beginner block and a parent on the power block don't get in each other's way. You switch between them in two taps. The app works out who's a kid from the birth year on their profile.
Do I need a gym?
No. Tell it what equipment you have — even if that's a pair of dumbbells and a floor — and it plans around what's missing. Two of the plans are built for a home or garage.
What do I need to sign up?
An email address and a password. That's the whole of it — there's no phone number, no social account to connect and nothing to download. Forgotten passwords are handled in the app: it emails you a link to set a new one.
Does it work without a signal?
Yes. Everything saves on your device as you type. If you turn on sync, it catches up the next time you're online.
Who can see my training?
Only you. Your log lives in your own account and no other account can read it — not even the players in your squad. If you join a squad you choose which of three summaries to share: sessions this week, personal bests, badges and rank. All three start switched off. Nothing is sold, shared or used for advertising.
Can a stranger find my kid on here?
No. There is no player list, no search by name and no suggestions — nothing to browse. A player is found only by the handle they hand out in person or by text, and anyone can be blocked in two taps, which stops their messages for good. A chirp is a short line and only the person it was sent to can read it.
What's the Scripture setting?
Between exercises the app shows one line to carry into the next set. You're asked once, while making your profile, whether you'd like Bible verses in that mix. Say no and you'll never see one.
Is this medical advice?
No — it's general fitness and training information. Talk to a doctor before starting any training program, and stop if something hurts in a way that isn't ordinary hard work.
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Ask me anything
A question about a plan, something that will not work on your phone, a team that wants sheets of its own — it all comes to me, and I answer it myself.
