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David George Behm University Research Professor: School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Anthony Blazevich Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University. Anthony David Kay Professor of Biomechanics, University of Northampton. Gabriel S. Trajano Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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