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Let's start with an easy question. Is hydration important? You won’t find many people that disagree. I’m sure if you polled a hundred athletes, you would get consensus - of course it is. Everybody knows that it is. Yet, hydration is one of those things that everybody knows but nobody...
Read More(This article was partly motivated by the story out of the NHL combine about the top-ranked prospect being unable to complete a pull-up in testing…)This one is a doozie. There is no right answer, just multiple perspectives to consider.Sport-specificity creates an interesting dynamic for sport scientists and coaches because it...
Read MoreThis is a debate I've seen going for a while now between strength coaches and personal trainers. Some believe that Olympic Weightlifting (Clean and Jerk and Snatch) is a fantastic tool for developing explosive power in athletes and others believe they're unnecessary or too complicated to teach to any athletes...
Read MoreThere are a number of reasons people get off track over the holidays but the only fact that matters is that they do. A fair number of people get the urge to come back in to the gym through resolutions, but some don't. We need to get back! Whether you...
Read MoreOne of my big pet peeves is when I hear people talking about speed and the conversation typically starts with 'there are two ways to improve speed: stride length and stride frequency'. The thing that bothers me the most is that these aren't truly determinants, but simply characteristics. If you...
Read MoreA couple of things to share with everyone today. We are now entering Christmas party season so it's important to be doubly focused on your workouts since you are definitely going to go overboard in terms of alcohol and junk food consumption. This is more or less unavoidable. It's the...
Read MoreHey everyone! We've been posting articles for a while now but we usually post on things we see, things we read about, or maybe something we're focusing on with our athletes. Let's change it up and post some of the things you'd like to hear about. So send us an...
Read MoreIf there is one thing I dislike about being part of the health/fitness/training/performance industry, it's the way information is taken and used. We have so many credible professionals working in the field with countless degrees and hours upon hours spent learning and researching the human body and methods to change...
Read MoreIt's official: Razor's Edge Performance is going to bring some awesome to the National Invitational Combine in Toronto this coming friday. I'd like to wish Willie and Mario luck in showing off their athleticism and skills for the attending CFL scouts. Both of these guys have been working their tails...
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