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CALGARY - Core strength is a sledge hockey players money maker. When Canadas players go into the gym, they expect to leave with their stomach muscles aching.If you go to where your muscles literally cant go any more, youll make real big gains, says forward Greg Westlake. You want to fail every time. Part of being an elite athlete versus a weekend warrior is pushing yourself to failure.Back and arm strength matters in a sport where hockey players propel themselves on sledges using two picks, but the hard, about-face turn when the puck changes possession requires a powerful trunk to re-direct the sledge.So those battle-rope drills so popular on sports drink commercials now are part of the sledge teams dryland training routine. From their wheelchairs or on their prosthetic legs, they whip the ropes above their heads and yank them down.Another drill is using one arm to pull a rope attached to a heavy chain while in a push-up position, and then switching to the other arm.One of the best things right now is theres a big trend for the battle ropes, Westlake says. We have real heavy ones.The most important muscle groups in terms of just power would be your back, triceps and your core. Your whole upper body is important because you need the balance and you dont want to get injured.The Canadian sledge team has two titles to defend in 2015. Canada will compete Feb. 1-7 in the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Leduc, Alta., followed by the world championship April 24 to May 2 in Buffalo, N.Y.The Canadians won bronze at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.At a training camp in Calgary this week, strength and conditioning coach Chris Osmond put the 19 players from Summerside, P.E.I., to Quesnel, B.C., team through circuit training at Canada Olympic Park.It was Osmonds first time working with the national team. He wanted to send each athlete home knowing exactly what muscle groups require attention.The big thing is core, upper-body strength, upper-body power, Osmond said.But before the athletes even got to the power part of their workout, they spent a lot of time stretching out their upper bodies. The wheelchair athletes put strain on their shoulders just wheeling around in daily life.So the first piece of equipment forward Billy Bridges grabs at the gym is a foam roller to roll out his shoulder and back muscles. The second item hell pick up is an elastic rope to loosen up his rotator cuffs.It seems like every day is a battle for posture and getting your back realigned, Bridges says. Theres so much strain on your shoulders that if you dont keep those strong, were not going to have much longevity in this sport.As in able-bodied hockey, the sledge player needs the aerobic fitness to quickly recover from one shift to the next. Westlake, a 28-year-old from Oakville, Ont., is an advocate of lean muscle mass.Its a cardio-based sport. Youve got to be in shape to play, he says. Weve had guys who have made this team who are muscle-bound ... and maybe their cardio isnt up to par. Maybe theyre too heavy and its hard to pull yourself.Youve got to find the weight that works for you and then youve got to build off that. Get as strong as you can at the lightest weight you can be.Adds Osmond: Sledge hockey is no different from able-bodied hockey. Sure youre using your anaerobic system, but thats all driven by your aerobic system. You need a big engine. If you cant keep it going, then youre not going to be an impact player for your team.Bridges is bulkier than Westlake, which the 30-year-old from Summerside says fits his power forward game.When I was first on the team, I was 14 and 95 pounds and that was fine, he said. There was hitting, but we werent moving that fast. Now people are joining this sport at a younger age and training hard at a young age, so we have guys like Ben Delaney pushing the boundaries of whats possible.With me, I like being big. I play a big game and I feel the stronger I can be, the harder it is to knock me off the puck.Bridges plays wheelchair tennis and Westlake kayaks as cross-training for sledge hockey.Both are veterans of the national sledge team having won Paralympic gold in 2006. 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James scored 21 points, Dwyane Wade added 19, Mario Chalmers had 16 and Chris Andersen scored 14 for the Heat, who turned the ball over 20 times and shot 7 for 24 from 3-point range. "Obviously well be able to get out of it," said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, whose team was on what became a 27-game winning streak at this time last season. "When? We dont know." Down by 16 early in the fourth, and still down by 12 after a four-point play by Denvers Wilson Chandler with 3:47 left, the Heat made it more than a little interesting down the stretch. Chalmers and Allen each hit 3-pointers in what became a 9-0 run, and Chalmers set up Bosh for an easy score that drew Miami within 104-101. But Denver held on, despite not getting another field goal after that four-point play. James missed a 3-pointer that would have gotten Miami within one with about 25 seconds remaining, Denver controlled the rebound, and fans started departing en masse at that point. 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Lawson made a short jumper on the ensuing Denver possession to stretch the Nuggets lead to 70-56, matching their biggest of the night to that point. Denvers lead was still 14 entering the fourth. "It was good for us to keep our rhythm going," Lawson said. Denver had only one starter finish the first half with more than four points. Nonetheless, the Nuggets were up 58-53 at the break, despite being down by as many as 12 in the opening quarter and facing a 38-24 deficit after James scored with 8:54 left in the half. From there, the half ended with Denver on a 34-15 run. The Nuggets bench played virtually the entire period and combined to score 36 points. Thats more than opposing reserves had scored against the Heat in the entirety of 38 games this season. NOTES: James filmed a public service announcement encouraging people to sign up for the new health care plan championed by President Barack Obama, who personally called to enlist the MVPs help. "Pretty cool," James said. ... 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