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High Intensity Training as part of Triathlon Training For 17 years as a Javelin thrower, I spent many hours a week in the weight room, pushing and pulling around free weights.  I had spent so many years training so intensely,...
Breathing is something the body does so automatically that under certain circumstances, it is very easy to forget to do. This is one of the most common cues I will be telling clients, “breath.” Why? During a workout, you’re sending...
High Intensity Training (HIT) and Mental Endurance How can High Intensity Training help strengthen the mind as well as the body? As a college athlete, my coach always emphasized the importance of being mentally tough in order to succeed. It...
— WEDNESDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) — Vigorous exercise offers more of a mood boost than less strenuous exercise, a new study finds. — U.K. researchers compared 11 sedentary people who did moderate and high-intensity exercise. Their mood was assessed...
THURSDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) — You stand a better chance of survival if your heart stops beating while you’re in an exercise facility than if you’re in another type of indoor public place, a new study found. Overall, 50...
In the past few years, a fitness craze has been sweeping the industry-the operative word being “craze”. They call it “Functional Training”. I have witnessed this craze reach epidemic proportions in the fitness world, to the extent that many people...
Hard workout today: 1. MedX Neck Extension 2. MedX Neck Flexion 3. Weighted Chin Up on the Nautilus Omni Multi Exercise (OME) 4. MedX Shoulder Press 5. MedX Leg Press 6. OME Wrist Curl with thick bar attachment 7. OME...
‘Newtrition’ Resolutions for Junk-food Junkies  “I know I should eat more bananas, better breakfasts, and less junk — but I just don’t want to!”Sound familiar? Yes, if you are among the cluster of athletes who rationalizes that your consumption of...
Immigrants Eat American Junk Food to Fit In: Study FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) — After moving to the United States, immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose high-calorie, fatty foods in an attempt to appear more American,...
The Top 10 Exercises of the 80s: Where Are They Now? Still long for the days of Jane Fonda, leg warmers and coordinating leotards/scrunchies? Look no further — these 10 workouts from the 1980s will have you wanting to blast “Girls...