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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Top 10 Kickboxing Gloves

Choosing the right kickboxing glove is an individual matter. Start with some of the best known brands and try a few to see which suits you best.

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How to Use Watts to Plan an Indoor Cycling Workout

Watts are a way of measuring a rider’s power output while turning the pedals during a stationary bike workout. Most modern bikes have an option on their digital display to show the number of watts you are producing.

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What Are the Health Benefits of Longboarding?

Longboarding is the sport of riding a longboard, a skateboard variant related to a surfboard or snowboard. Longboard skaters use their boards for cruising, racing, transportation and stunts. Some skaters would say it is addictive.

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How Long Does It Take to Build Forearms?

In the bodybuilding world, a well-known maxim is that strength comes before size. To build muscle, strengthening will have to come first. This fact applies to all muscles, including those of the calves, legs, chest, arms and especially forearms.

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The Best Cross Training Shoes for Women With Knee Problems

Cross training simply refers to participation in a variety of workouts or training regimens in addition to your specialty. Cross-training shoes, then, must provide support during activities such as jogging, bicycling, weightlifting and sprinting.

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Why Do Runners Line Up Staggered?

In many track races, competitors will not line up at one even starting mark. Instead, runners start in their own lane at different positions on the track. This creates a staggered appearance for the runners when viewed from overhead.

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How to Track Calories Burned During Exercise on an iPhone

Smartphones, like the iPhone, can be convenient tools to help you manage your weight loss. You can download a variety of applications β€” many of which are free β€” that help track the calories you take in from food, as well as tracking the calories you burn through exercise.

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Does Having Pigeon Toes Impact Running?

In most cases, a child who is pigeon-toed will gradually outgrow the condition. Even adults who remain pigeon-toed, in most cases, will not experience any noticeable negative effects, including when running.

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Does Eating Before Bed Cause Dreams?

Although scientists are still unsure of the relationship between dreams and eating before bed, it is clear that eating close to sleeping can cause disrupted sleep. You should especially avoid heavy meals, spicy food and anything likely to create indigestion, starting about two to three hours before you go to sleep.

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Problems With Muscle Activation Therapy

Discover the benefits of Muscle Activation Therapy, an alternative injury recovery strategy that treats the underlying causes of pain and weakness. Our guide explores its effectiveness, reasons to try it, and how to implement MAT techniques at home for safe and effective pain relief.

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Muscle Aches and Stiffness After Exercise

Anyone who has ever lifted a weight or gone for a run is familiar with the soreness and stiffness that frequently follow the workout. This soreness can appear shortly after the end of the workout. It can also be delayed a day or two -- a common condition known as delayed onset muscle soreness.

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What to Eat the Night Before a Boxing Match

Proper diet during a training camp and a weight cut is a significant challenge. It can often be tempting, especially after the pressure of a strict diet for an entire camp, to splurge on the meal the night before the fight, since the training and weigh-ins are over.

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