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Here’s What Your Diet Might Not Be Telling You About What It Takes To Get Lean.
It’s a new year and you are focused on the new you. You want to be fit and leaner so you can feel good doing the things you want and look better. You want six-pack abs. Toned muscles. That look

What Is Sport Specific Speed?
Everyone knows speed is an important part of performance, but what is sport specific speed? As an athlete reaches higher levels of sport, the speed of the game increases. However, the type of speed can also become more specific.

Tips to help you eat better when you travel in 2020
Travel is a necessary component of competitive sports that can start as early as middle school. When you’re on the road, all the careful planning and meal prep you do at home to guarantee your body gets all the nutrition it needs for optimal performance suddenly disappears.

Are your Fitness Gains being Stolen in 2020?
Stop Having Your Fitness Gains Stolen From pro athletes to weekend warriors, training hard is a strong part of the culture of competition. If you want to improve, you train hard, so your body and mind can adapt. But what

How to get an edge: better recovery between soccer games in 2020
Part of being a fit soccer player is providing your body with the means to perform at 100 percent. A solid recovery plan means you will be able to train harder, maintain peak performance longer and prevent injury.

The Complete Guide To In-Season Hockey Training 2020
Whether players should lift during their hockey in-season training is often confusing. The proven benefits of developing strength for athletes are significant. It’s beneficial for injury prevention, speed, power and more. There is no question that young hockey players need

Is Weight Training Good for Kids?
Strength training for youth is endorsed by all major medic
and professional organizations. While
the old myths of it stunting growth or being dangerous slowly die, its
understandable that some people are hesitant.
The benefits are large and necessary to prevent injury in athletes. Weight training is an efficient and effective method for athletes. Do it right and reap the benefits.

Should Youth Hockey Players Lift Weights?
Every year as a new season rolls around or the offseason begins, we get some version of the question; Should My Kid Be Lifting Weights? What age is it safe for a child to lift weights? Will weight training stunt

What Is Sports Specific Training?
Sport specific training is a constant topic of discussion among athletes, parents and coaches. For the Performance Team at Velocity, the question of what is sport specific training comes up daily. It happens in local performance centers as well as
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