Articles Posted in the Fitness for Sports Category
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Burn More Fat with Circuit Training
Circuit training is an excellent way to improve your strength while simultaneously improving your cardiovascular endurance. It can be done in a short period of time, it training helps you burn fat. On top of…
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Are Sit Ups Dangerous?
In past years many people have condemned the sit-up exercise, in which you move from your back to a full sitting position. It’s claimed that the sit-up is dangerous because the motion requires that your hip-flexors…
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Nutrition and Rock Climbing
Rock climbing has an international appeal that has allowed many forms to splinter from the standard. These include solo, free, aided, indoor, ice and bouldering. Most competitions are conducted on purpose-built walls, often in indoor…
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Fats for Your Performance
Typically, athletes are advised to keep their fat intake low for optimal athletic performance. Unfortunately, some athletes interpret this as a total avoidance of fat intake. This is not only detrimental to performance, but also…
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NSCA Webinar
NSCA Webinar: Testing Essentials for Strength & Conditioning Professionals. Whether you need to accumulate continuing education units, want to keep up with the latest training methods or interested in current research findings, webinars are…
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Compound Exercises Offer Multiple Benefits
Those who are looking to build muscles, burn fat, acquire optimal function, and improve health factors, compound exercises are the way to go. What are they? Compound exercises are resistance exercises that target more than…
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How To Gain Lean Muscle
In terms of your diet, your diet is dependent on whether or not you play a sport as well. If you do play a sport, your diet should consist of 60% carbohydrate, 20% protein and…
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Sore Muscles? Pain Is Gain
We all feel it after a heavy workout. It may flare up in our arms, legs, back or abdomen. It’s an aching, burning sensation that usually appears the next day or two. It’s called delayed-onset…
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Are Sports Drinks Necessary for Workouts?
Sport drink commercials would like us to believe that we will perform better – or as good as the pros – if we drink their products. Is this true? Are sport drink products better than…
