Alfredorique Isom plays an essential role in shaping the scientific foundation of Sport Lab Edge. With a strong focus on biomechanics and athletic conditioning, she helps transform complex sports science into practical tools for performance improvement. Her dedication to precision and athlete well-being has strengthened the platform’s mission to promote effective training and recovery strategies.
Physical Performance Metrics That Matter Raw speed looks good in a sprint but in most sports, pure quickness runs out of gas fast. What separates good from elite isn’t just how fast you can move in a straight line, but how quickly you can change direction, accelerate, decelerate, and repeat it over and over without […]
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The Real Cost of Unsafe Training Injury is one of the biggest setbacks in any athletic or fitness routine but it’s often preventable. When proper equipment is neglected or misused, both acute and long term consequences follow. Common Injuries in Sports and Fitness Across various sports and fitness disciplines, there are recurring injury types that
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The Explosion of Athlete Data In the last few years, performance data in sports has gone from basic to overwhelming. It’s not just game stats anymore it’s GPS trackers measuring distance and velocity, heart rate monitors capturing stress levels in real time, and sleep trackers feeding in overnight recovery data. Athletes are walking data hubs,
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Breaking Down the Game in Real Time In the middle of a match, there’s no time for long debates. That’s where video steps in especially slow motion and instant replay. Coaches and analysts lean hard on this tech to get quick reads on what just went wrong or right. Missed coverage in the back line?
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Smarter Recovery with New Biomarker Tracking The recovery game isn’t just foam rollers and ice baths anymore. New research shows that tracking recovery markers in real time is one of the sharpest tools for injury prevention today. We’re talking about live data on inflammation, muscle stress, and cellular fatigue readouts that used to take days
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What Sports Facility Management Actually Involves Sports facility management isn’t just keeping the lights on and unlocking the front door. At its core, it’s about balancing three non-negotiables: scheduling, safety, and maintenance. Making sure the turf is ready, the court is clean, and the ice is sharp—on time, every time. This means coordinating team practices,
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What Is HIIT—And Why Athletes Use It High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) isn’t new, but it’s still one of the most effective weapons in an athlete’s toolbox. At its core, HIIT alternates short, all-out bursts of effort with planned recovery periods. Think 20 to 60 seconds of brutal sprints or explosive lifts, followed by a brief
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Why Flexibility and Mobility Actually Matter Flexibility and mobility aren’t the same thing, even if they get tossed around like they are. Flexibility is the ability of a muscle to stretch. Mobility is how well a joint moves through its full range of motion. One is about length, the other is about control. Both are
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Why Metrics Matter in Modern Athletics For decades, performance in sports was judged by eyeballs and box scores. Win the game, make the play, be the hero. But elite programs have long known that raw outcomes tell only part of the story. What separates good from great now is how well performance can be broken
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This Week at a Glance Sports science isn’t slowing down. This week, we’ve seen major developments in muscle recovery, brain-body coordination, predictive wearables, and injury prevention tools. Researchers are pushing on all fronts—what used to be elite-only knowledge is now quickly filtering into mainstream training environments. For athletes, knowing when to push and when to
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