1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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An injury to your anterior cruciate ligament, also known as your ACL, is an extremely dangerous injury. It is one that can take months or years to fully recover from. A serious ACL injury often requires surgery, and the surgery…
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Overview To many baseball purists, no sound is more offensive than the sound of a baseball coming off of a metal bat. But with metal bats taking over the sport at every level of baseball except the majors, wood bats…
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Hitting a baseball is widely acknowledged as one of the most difficult tasks in sports. Pitchers can throw a baseball at speeds approaching 95 miles per hour, and can also make the ball curve, sink, rise and slow down mid-pitch….
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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You don’t need to install solar panels throughout your house or run out to by a hybrid to save energy. By developing simple eco-friendly habits, you will save money on your next electricity bill and reduce your carbon footprint on…
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Recovering from a broken ankle can be a long and sometimes painful process. Your ankles support almost all of your body weight, so getting them back to full strength is essential for getting around–not to mention playing sports or other…
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The overload principle suggests that your muscles will grow according to the stresses placed upon them, according to exercise physiologists Jack Wilmore, David Costill and Larry Kenney. Therefore, resistance exercises provide an effective means for muscle building. You do not…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Exercises for the pelvic bones are exercises that work the muscles around your hips and pelvis. Exercises using increasingly heavier resistance helps decrease your rate of bone loss and your risk of bone fractures. In some cases, the American College…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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The butt contains a grouping of muscles known anatomically as the “glutes.” The specific parts are the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. If you currently have a slim backside and you want to make it more rounded, you…
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Having excess thigh fat is not as serious as having a pot belly, but nonetheless, it can still make you feel self conscious. To combat heavy legs, you need to lose weight throughout your entire body since spot reducing is…
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Proper strength training in your legs and core abdominal muscles helps build speed and improve your running economy by smoothing out your stride. While your leg muscles work to propel your body forward, your core helps keep your pelvis properly…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Overview According to the Harvard Heart Letter, working out on a stepper will burn between 180 and 266 calories, depending on your body weight, in half an hour. Aside from the calorie burn, steppers are the ideal training tools for…
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Exercise often causes muscular soreness, which is a product of lactate build-up and micro-tears in the muscle tissues. Normal soreness should not last longer than 48 hours. To increase the recovery rate of muscle soreness, you should do corrective exercises…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Overview The NordicTrack ski machine is designed to provide the exercise benefits of cross-country skiing in a home environment. The device works through a combination of ski pedals, arm cords and variable resistance levels. Its features include a patented flywheel,…
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Glutes, located on the back part of the hips, consist of tree muscles: gluteus minimus, gluteus medius and gluteus maximus. Gluteus maximus is the largest of the three and is located on the top of the other two. The gluteus…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Exercise paired with a balanced diet can lead to weight loss. Developing the right workout to rid the body of unnecessary stored fat can help save time and increase quality of life. The optimal way to burn fat is to…
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Your chest muscles, also call pectoralis major or pecs, are important for appearance and shoulder function. It is the job of the pecs to draw your arms inward and downward from shoulder-height. Medicine balls are highly versatile training tools that…
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Workout DVDs offer an alternative way to exercise at home without the gym. You can find workout videos for almost any genre of fitness, such as kickboxing, strength training, Pilates and yoga. They are a great way to try out…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Strengthening the muscles surrounding the lateral knee is important with regard to injury prevention and injury rehabilitation. Lateral movement is common in most sports and activities, including, tennis, soccer, football, hiking, cycling and rollerblading. Muscles supporting the lateral knee include,…
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Stability balls, gyro balls, wobble boards, medicine balls and more all await you when you head to the gym to get your workout it. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the different pieces of equipment in the gym and…
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Overview Your fitness goals can be achieved in a number of ways. Regardless of your fitness routine or method to achieve your goals, you need to stay motivated to find long-term success. Using daily fitness tips and motivation can keep…
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1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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