Exercise Tips for the Novice to the Pro
Exercise Tips for the Novice to the Pro
Overuse Injuries in Rowers and How to Avoid Them 
Treating rowers for several years, a common thread has been found- the
injuries are similar in nature. Repetitive stress injuries are the most
common type regardless of age, experience, or level of competition.
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Maintaining Optimal Fitness for Cycling Enthusiasts
Cycling is a year-round activity that is enjoyed by many individuals, from the competitive athlete to the weekend warrior. Cycling allows participants to experience the outdoor environment over miles of terrain while improving their cardiovascular endurance and overall physical fitness.
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Prevent Your Next Backache
Statistics show that upwards of 90% of the population will experience some type of low back pain at some point in their lifetime
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Overuse Injuries in Runners
Injuries in runners generally occur in the legs and low back. The
following are the most common along with some tips on how to prevent
them from happening to you.
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Ergonomics-Efficiency and Safety in Motion
Overuse injuries, although they often seem quite straight forward, can be, in fact, quite complicated in that they are often caused by a combination of factors that vary widely from person to person...
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Taking it to The Limit
Within each of us is an explorer, and within every explorer are visions of new frontiers.
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Racing and Coping
To many of the under-achieving observers out there, it may seem that competitive athletes are an unfortunate lot.
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Exclusive Interview with BethAnn Chamberlain
Freelance Writer, Lynn Gladieux, interviews Beth Ann about her Olympic hopes.
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Reality Checks For High Achievers
Even seasoned athletes can wander off track when too much of a good thing takes over...
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Aging with Grace
Growing old brings with it new aches and pains, disappointments and continuing discoveries of crummy little surprises.
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Muscles and Pain
Many common pains, from knee pain and back pain (including some forms of arthritis and other joint problems) to head and neck pain, can be traced to muscles and fascia...
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Prevent Injuries with Self Massage
If you’re an active person, you run the risk of suffering two types of injuries: acute and overuse. An acute injury is an injury from a single cause such as a collision or a twist. An overuse injury occurs over time and results from repetitive micro trauma to your tissues...
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Relax to Concentrate
The ancient Eastern philosophy of Zen calls for the individual to break through the mundane and petty barriers that surround us and into a state that transcends self-consciousness. It is when we are freely in that state that we are able to perform at our very highest level, whatever we do. It is just this idea of relaxed concentration that all performance-oriented athletes reach for ...
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Thoughts on Managing Your Diet
ventually all sincere, dedicated endurance athletes and a great many other serious athletes get weird about their dietary habits. If you doubt it, go ask their spouses. That is not to say that all such weirdness is irrational or that it represents wasted effort or baseless concern.
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Exercise; How Much is Enough
The classic standard of twenty minutes of aerobic exercise, three times a week has weakened its hold to “…some gardening or walking a few blocks or climbing some stairs every day or so, and you’ll be fine.
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Moving From Winter to Summer
The classic standard of twenty minutes of aerobic exercise, three times a week has weakened its hold to “…some gardening or walking a few blocks or climbing some stairs every day or so, and you’ll be fine.
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Simplify
It appears to be a fact of contemporary life that many of us, active athletes no less than anyone else, are over-stimulated, over-worked, over-committed, stressed and frustrated...
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Why Fit?
People who exercise do so for a lot of different, highly individual, subjective reasons. In this regard, having a firm grip on knowing just why you exercise will go a long way to helping you do what you like while you move toward your goals.
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