Brooks Laich has workout advice for all of us

Tips to improve your skating off the ice!The off-season is a time for goofy shenanigans, but it's also a time for working out. Well, all year is a time for working out - but it's more pronounced in the off-season, what with how there's basically no other athletic activity going on. At all.

Happy summer!

At least we have Brooks Laich to get us through this. He's doing that whole working out thing, naturally - but his latest example comes with some advice.

Wide leg squats are probably the best exercise I do for building speed strength in the glutes, hamstrings and adductors! I can't stress enough the importance of mobility and balance. Head up, chest up, load through the heels, sink the hips…