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Summer training provides athletes the opportunity to accelerate their skills and create a competitive advantage for summer sports, select team try-outs and when they return to the field, court or ice to compete this fall. Athletic Republic's “Summer of Speed” training program combines its evidence-based training approach with an individualized plan to help every athlete get the most out their summer.

Summer training provides athletes the opportunity to accelerate their skills, improve their conditioning and create a competitive advantage for summer sports, for select team try-outs and for their return to the field, court or ice to compete this fall. Athletic Republic's “Summer of Speed” training program combines an evidence-based training approach with an individualized, flexible plan to help every athlete get the most out their summer training.

Wakefield, Mass. - The Hockey East Association announced that senior forward Spencer Abbott (Hamilton, Ont.) from the University of Maine was named 2012 Athletic Republic Player of the Year on Thursday night at the league's annual Championship Awards night at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass.  Athletic  Republic - Norwood owner, PJ Vende Rydt was on had to make the persentation.

Bryant Wilson, Head Performance Coach at Athletic Republic-Midland, qualified for USA Track & Field's Indoor National Championship meet by pole vaulting 17 feet 9.5 inches last weekend.  A four time NCAA Division II national champion from  Grand Valley State, Wilson says he's thrilled to be competing at a high level again.

PJ Vande Rydt operates more than the Athletic Republic training center in Norwood, Massachusetts. He is also the Massachusetts Regional Director for Football University (FBU) and he has extended the affiliation to bring Athletic Republic's sports performance training together with FBU to enhance his marketing and youth/prep football in his state.
 

In only their sophomore season in the league, the Florida Junior Blades are making some noise, as they remain undefeated in their quest for the Junior Tier 3 national championship.

The sports-nutrition scene can be confusing.  Athletes have a lot of choices when looking to fuel their bodies.  With so many options, making healthy, educated decisions about what to consume before, during and after competition is more important than ever.

USA TODAY recently published a cover story titled "Young Athletes and Energy Drinks: A Bad mix?"

It's no secret that Athletic Republic is the training center of choice for more than 80,000 athletes.  But it's also Hollywood's choice when movie directors are looking to create an authentic performance sports training scene in the latest big screen hit. 

What do NFL Players Greg Jennings, Mark Sanchez, and Larry Fitzgerald have in common?  They're all training with the Nike SPARQ Vapor Strobe eyewear to help them see sport better.

"The tennis ball looked like a beach ball, it was so easy to catch," said Mark Sanchez after training with the Vapor Strobe.