{"id":6764,"date":"2016-06-22T23:55:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T06:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucsdeparc.ucsd.edu\/?page_id=6764"},"modified":"2016-08-22T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T19:44:25","slug":"athletes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/?page_id=6764","title":{"rendered":"Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1466662566641{background-color: #81d742 !important;}”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_custom_heading text=”For Athletes” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text]One of the misconceptions in the sports world is that an athlete gets in shape by just playing and competing in his\/her chosen sport.\u00a0 While consistent training and competitive experience are critical to performance, consistent improvement and optimal performance without injury requires careful training and periodization.\u00a0 By identifying key performance thresholds and carefully monitoring athletes\u2019 responses to training, our EPARC team makes it possible to make specific adjustments to training programs to optimize performance.\u00a0 In short, you can train less and improve more.\u00a0 EPARC is a premier laboratory for non-invasively assessing and tracking key fitness variables indicative of performance.<\/p>\n

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[vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1466662566641{background-color: #81d742 !important;}”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_custom_heading text=”For Athletes” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text]One of the misconceptions in the sports world is that an athlete gets in shape by just playing and competing in his\/her chosen sport.\u00a0 While consistent training and competitive experience are critical to performance, consistent improvement and optimal performance without injury requires careful training and periodization.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6764","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6764"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6828,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6764\/revisions\/6828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}