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.

Fitness

Relationship Between Heart Rate & Cardiovascular Fitness

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Christy Mitchinson

Your heart rate, or the number of times your heart beats within one minute, is a good measure of both cardiovascular fitness and workout intensity.

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Exercise for Underarm Flab

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Christy Mitchinson

Arm pit flab is a common problem for people trying to tighten up and get in shape — regardless of their age or gender. Women, however, seem most eager to get rid of the jiggly bit of flab that hangs out of their bras and makes them self-conscious in strappy tank tops.

An American writer living in the United Kingdom, Christy Mitchinson began writing professionally in 2000, during her career in laboratory science, pathology and research. She has authored training materials, standard operating procedures and patient/clinician information leaflets. Mitchinson is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and creative writing with The Open University.