Hockey

Of course I'm going to chime in, it's a great workout you burn over 600 cals and the one group I play with is coed and I do the dryland trng for the womens NMU club hockey team and attend practice, so I would say go for it!

My wife played growing up in the 80s and 90s. Back in those days, there were no women's leagues, so she had to play with the boys. I think she said she was the only girl in the whole league. Her experiences would obviously be different

But yeah, it's a pretty hardcore workout, even playing goalie.

I play in an adult rec league. It's a coed league -- 0-2 girls on my teams (I play on 1 team regularly, then sub in for a few other teams).

It's the best cardio-like workout I get; and its the funnest sport to play (in my opinion). I would not be able to get myself to workout that hard if a fun activity wasn't involved (ie there's no way I could mimic the intensity of hockey on a treadmill).

I played hockey thru high school (14 years ago) then stopped ice skating, then started playing roller hockey 7 years ago, then started ice hockey again a year ago.


Can you ice skate well or at all? That will be a learning curve, but if you have places to practice you should be able to pick it up in a couple of months.

When I resumed playing ice hockey, I found I wasn't sweating as much as I did in roller. But now I do -- it was just that it took me 3-4 months before I really regained my skills (skating speed, quickness, stick handling, etc).
The better skater you are, the more calories you'll end up burning as when you don't have great skating control you can't get yourself to skate at a high speed (ie if you're truely a beginner, the workout might be more like a walking; when you get better it'll be more like sprinting).

It's also low impact -- no real stress on my knees / joints. Except the occassional bump / hit (although I've never been injured in a hockey game)

Your daughter should be able to help hopefully with the skating and hockey skills

I have played hockey since I was 10 (30 years). I've always played on men's teams, but occasionally played on women's as well. It's really fun. I played last night and burned 800 calories. I also play soccer and do Insanity, and hockey burns much more than indoor soccer, close to the same as outdoor soccer, and a bit more than Insanity.

If you're interested in playing, you should go for it. In my area they have several opportunities for women's hockey and they have plenty of new players every year. It's expensive...really expensive, but completely worth it.

If you have questions, feel free to message me.

All I can say is go for it, go for it, go for it! A couple of the others that have chimed in here are on my FL and they're right! It's a great experience and you'll meet some fun people. Us hockey players are a pretty cool bunch :glasses:

I play 2-3 times per week and it's a great workout. I play in one league, and do a pick-up style game with some guys another night & do another pick-up style game with guys from my office every other week or so.

It can be expensive but check on the web, there are a couple sites that you can get discount equipment at.

I play hockey as well, and its a great workout overall. I Just had a question on what to enter for the time interval when counting calories burned for hockey? Do you include the time you are resting on the benchas well? Or do you only include the time you are actually skating on the ice? I am not sure how the app is calculating this? I assume it is only using the time you are actually skating on the ice?

I am considering signing up to play hockey next year on the local women's league. My daughter is playing on the local team and it looks like a great work out and lots of fun. I am wondering if any other women play hockey on here and could tell me a bit about their experiences.

Thanks, Sarah

P.S. Of course, men that play could also add their input too

I actually played a few different seasons in the Men's Leagues where women teams were totally welcome! I even got my nose broken in a game against one of them!!! lol It's an awesome workout, esp. if you're a forward and hustle on the ice all the time. The only thig I could suggest is a bit of strentgth training and toning, and yoga, pilates, or some other kind of flexibility training just to help prevent injuries. What position you play?

I also forgot to add, feel free to add me as a friend on here, and I also just joined a group named "Hockey Players and their Fans" that seems like isn't too busy, but I wouldn't mind making it rocking...