Sports & Fitness: Performance Training, Rules & Recovery

Elite athletic performance and general fitness are sustained through structured hypertrophy strategies, sport-specific conditioning, and rigorous adherence to injury prevention protocols.

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How to Calculate Golf Club Swing Speed

"Fore!" The golfer warns the players on the course that he's driving a golf ball their way. His swing speed is an essential element in a successful drive.

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Free Government Grants for Low-Income Families

Unemployment and a bad economy have put many families into the low-income category. Struggling families trying to make it financially can turn to the government for financial and social services. There are hundreds of grants and subsidies available to low-income families for food, money and housing.

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Can You Get Abs in a Week?

If your plan is to get visible abdominals in a week, it's time to set a fitness goal that's a little more realistic. Given that it's typically safe to only lose a couple pounds of fat per week, it's impossible to transform your body to the point of having abs in such a short time frame.

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Weight Lifting on a Fat Loss Diet

Weightlifting helps you lose fat and gain muscle in its place, leaving you with lean muscle mass across your body. But weightlifting alone will not cause you to lose any fat unless you complement it with a strict diet.

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How to Tell the Age of Ping Clubs

Ping has built golf clubs since Karsten Solheim developed a putter in 1959, and irons since 1961. Like other club manufacturers, Ping always is trying to build a better driver, iron, hybrid or putter, so it has launched many lines over the years.

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Basic Military Training Workout

The military's physical fitness test consists of push-ups, sit-ups and a timed run. Though the fitness test is crucial to assess a baseline level of fitness for everyone who takes it, it equates for only half of the Army Physical Fitness Program -- the other important component is the weigh-in.

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Benefits of Hand Grip Exercises

Grip strength is an important component of athletics as well as most everyday tasks. According to Bison Strength, grip strength can be divided into several types. Crushing strength would be used to squeeze the juice from a lemon. Pinching strength would be used to carry a wooden plank with one hand.

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How to Lose Weight Swimming a Mile a Day

Weight loss and swimming do not closely link together in people's minds. Swimming is good for total-body toning and cardiovascular exercise, though it does not build lean muscle mass, as it is a non-weight-bearing exercise. Although swimming might not increase metabolism like weigh lifting, it does burn calories.

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Exercises for Firming a Sagging Face

Exercises to firm a sagging face function by firming the underlying muscles of the face to give the skin a more even appearance. Exercises for your facial muscles do not require special equipment and you can perform most of them at home in your spare time.

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How to Wrap a Wrist With Athletic Tape

Wrapping your wrist can help you prevent injury or recover from an injury by protecting and supporting the joint and muscles. The two main types of athletic tape -- zinc oxide and elastic adhesive bandage -- each have their advantages.

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How Long Does a Rugby Match Last?

Rugby is a full-contact sport that influenced the American style of football. The game is played in Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and other parts of the world. Play is divided into two halves, with a typical rugby match is longer in duration than an American football game but shorter than a soccer match.

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How to Remove Rust and Restore Golf Clubs

If you haven't played golf in a while and recently decided to pull those old golf clubs out of the garage, you might be surprised to notice rust buildup. Because graphite and stainless steel don't rust, the clubs that are most vulnerable are made of mild carbon steel.

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Exercises to Strengthen Knee Ligaments

Knee pain is a common complaint among active people. Caused by injury, overuse or medical conditions, it can have a major impact on your quality of life. To prevent knee pain, the muscles and ligaments must be strengthened to provide better support for the joint.

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How to Get Rid of Oblique Fat

The obliques are the diagonal muscles on the sides of the ribcage by the stomach. If your obliques are covered by fat, you have what is referred to as "love handles." These overhangs of fat on the sides are often the butt of many jokes, but when you have them, it's no laughing matter.

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How to Fix Plastic Eyeglass Frames

Your plastic frame comes apart, they're out of warranty and your eyeglasses are not replaceable with your vision insurance for a few months--so now what do you do? Plastic eyeglass frames are popular because they are lightweight, colorful and available in many different styles.

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Pros & Cons of Ankle Weights

Weighted exercise equipment has been around for thousands of years dating back to the Persians who filled cow bladders with sand or water to create medicine balls used to train soldiers. Walkers use weighted clothing and ankle weights to increase cardiovascular exercise and burn more calories.

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Exercises to Strengthen Weak Knees

Strong knees are essential for staying active and performing simple functions such as sitting down or squatting. Your knees consist of bones, cartilage, ligaments, muscles and tendons, but these structures can weaken or become injured through accidents, repetitive motions or conditions such as arthritis and obesity.

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Dunlop Golf Clubs Review

Dunlop clubs are mainly aimed at children, weekenders and occasional players, making it possible to hit the links on a light budget. Looking for quality is key. Dunlop's John Daly Lion and Attack lines are complete sets and come with titanium drivers and hybrid irons, making them acceptable beginner clubs.

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How to Get Big Pecs Fast

To maximize the speed at which you can build size in your pectoralis major, or pecs, follow a weight-training program that’s designed to stimulate increases in muscle mass. The program should consist of high-volume workouts that break down your chest muscle tissue, as well as adequate periods of rest.

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