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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Marathon Training Diet Plan

Training for a marathon takes dedication, time and proper fuel in the form of a solid diet plan. While you're training, keep an eye both on the snacks you eat to power a long training run and on the nutritious meals you eat throughout the rest of the day -- both can make a difference between eventually crossing the 26.

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Gender Discrimination in Sports

Gender discrimination in the athletics industry has long been a controversial topic — even the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, said in 1896, “No matter how toughened a sportswoman may be, her organism is not cut out to sustain certain shocks.

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Exercises for Hip Flexor Strain

A common sports injury, hip flexor strain causes pain in the group of muscles at the front of the hip or groin. Your hip flexors help you to lift your knees and bend at the waist. A strain results from micro-tears due to overuse or a sudden contraction during stretching, sprinting or kicking exercises.

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