By Nolan Kowal, Sport Performance Specialist
Our Performance Team put together a very informative vlog on the importance of warming up.
Athlete Testing: What You Need to Know and Why it is Important
I’ve been testing athletes as a part of their...
Our Performance Team put together a very informative vlog on the importance of warming up.
I’ve been testing athletes as a part of their regular training programs for over 20 years now, and here are my key takeaways from the experience: coaches love it, most athletes dread it, and most of the time, the information gathered from it isn’t used the way it should be used. Let me expand on these…
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With Summer in the rear view mirror and Fall now here, we in the sport performance world are typically coming to the end of a full off-season of intense training to prepare for our Winter sports season. Of course, not all sports follow this schedule, so this article could easily be applied to any athlete…
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The 2022 Canada Summer Games are quickly approaching. If you’re competing in the Games or in hot, humid temperatures, it is important to prepare your body to handle the heat and perform at your best when it matters the most. The key to peak performance is proper preparation. The Niagara Region has an average temperature…
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I’ve been testing athletes as a part of their...
Our Fitness Centre Manager Giulia De Leo and our...
Nick Winkelman is the head of athletic performance &...
Medicine balls are great training tools for a variety of reasons! The main benefit is that they can provide just the right amount of load to train upper body explosiveness. Typically when targeting the ‘athletic ability’ of muscular ‘power and explosiveness’, you’ll start at a load within 30-40% of your 1 rep maximum, and potentially…
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