Fitness

1. Passing Fancy A passing shot is when the opposing tennis player approaches the net and you try to make a shot that passes them and scores a point. The difficulty level of the passing depends on the size and…
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1. Personalize Your Style Most boxers believe it is better to hit than be hit. To that end, they use “guards” or “styles” to block or intercept their opponent’s punches. Which particular guard or style a fighter employs depends on…
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1. Begin With Balance Effective workouts on the exercise ball stem from good balance. You can start to increase your balance by sitting on the ball with a straight back and your feet planted in front of you, just like…
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Most back exercises performed on a cable machine focus on either your latissimus dorsi or trapezius muscles as the primary movers. Almost every muscle in your back kicks in to assist with the movement or stabilize your shoulder blades, including…
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Popular shoulder exercises such as front raises, military presses and lateral raises are all examples of isotonic exercises. Isotonic exercises work the muscles through movement of a joint, in this case the shoulder joint. Isotonic exercises differ from isometric exercises…
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1. Wrap It Up You’ll never train or compete without hand and wrist wraps, so don’t try to buy a pair of boxing gloves without them either. If you buy a pair of gloves that fit well without the wraps,…
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Working out at home isn’t as complicated as it might seem. As long as you have the discipline to maintain proper technique and to strength train at least twice a week as jointly recommended by the American College of Sports…
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Infomercial fitness guru Tony Little touts the benefits of the Gazelle exercise machine, an elliptical type piece of equipment that offers an added, upper-body workout. The Gazelle allows you to perform strength, aerobic, and anaerobic workouts via different resistance settings;…
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It’s common knowledge that exercise provides many health benefits, including weight loss. Losing weight and getting in shape seems to become easier tasks as you consider all the options available. One option, fitness DVDs, makes working out simpler and more…
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Overview Building a weight loss plan that will work is a challenging process. You’ll have to combine a regular exercise routine with a consistently healthful diet and stick to the plan indefinitely to maintain your desired weight once you reach…
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1. The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project began in 2003 in partnership with Disabled Sports USA and offshoot from the larger Wounded Warrior Project that assists veteran and current servicemen and women in need….
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1. On Ice or Land Many skaters like to cross over from inline wheels in the warmer weather to blades on ice in the winter. While both sports involve a lot of the same basic skills, there are fundamental differences….
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1. A Striker’s Place Strikers, also called forwards, are the goal scorers on a soccer team. They play in front of the midfielders, and often are involved in only offensive plays. Most teams use 2 or 3 strikers depending on…
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Exercise magazines are full of complex ab exercise that require balance balls, Bosu trainers, medicine balls and other equipment. Late-night television is full of infomercials for the latest, greatest piece of exercise equipment guaranteed to tone your abs. But you…
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1. Maintain Balance For thousands of years, the martial arts practice of karate has evolved with each new generation of practitioners. Karate is a physical sport that involves both self defense and combat. But it also encompasses spiritual practices that…
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There are some heavy-duty advantages to resistance training with weight bags. Weight bags, like the sand bags bought at hardware stores or made at home, can replicate many pushing and pulling exercises popular in gyms. Not only are weight bags…
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1. Pinning Down Some Points A pin, also known as a fall, in wrestling ends the match. The beauty of the pin is that one wrestler can be down by as many as 14 points and come back to win…
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Overview An exercise wheel is a low-tech piece of fitness equipment that primarily works the abdominal and back muscles. There are variations you can add to work the obliques. The arms also are integral to the moves and can get…
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Overview According to the National Children and Youth Fitness Study, which measured a variety of physical attributes in school children, strength development in girls peaks around puberty due to physiological processes which decrease after maturation begins. Girls can still use…
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Overview Triathlons consist of swimming, biking and running and can be combined at varying distances. One of the shortest events is the sprint triathlon, with typical distances of a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike ride and a 5-kilometer run. Preparing…
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Overview Any exercise plan to lose weight quickly must have two components: aerobic activities that elevate your heart rate while working large muscle groups for extended periods, and a diet in which you decrease the number of calories you are…
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Overview A weighted vest is an exercise tool that can increase the number of calories burned during an activity and provide additional bone-strengthening benefits, according to American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer Vicki Pierson. Exercisers can burn up to…
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1. All Encompassing Diagnosis Whiplash is a very general term used to describe many a different neck injury or symptoms. Most people equate whiplash with a rear-end automobile collision and severe pain in the neck. Although this is the most…
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1. How Flexible is Your Core? To have a solid, consistent swing, you need to be able to rotate your shoulders around your core. Try this simple exercise first. Cross your arms over your chest, look straight ahead, hold your…
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To strengthen your hip flexors, you can perform specific exercises at home that do not require any weights or special equipment. In fact, you recruit your iliopsoas, or hip flexors, for just about every move you make, especially if you…
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1. What They Are Full distance triathlons are races where participants test their strength and stamina in three separate events: swimming, biking and running. The swimming portion covers 2.4 miles, the biking portion covers 112 miles and the running portion…
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The featherweight boxing division is one of the weight classes in professional and amateur boxing. Featherweight boxers can weigh up to 126 lbs. when fighting within the division. If a boxer is fighter for a featherweight championship of any kind,…
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1. Not Very Species Specific Drift netting is the process of catching fish with deep free-floating nets of about 26 to 49 feet in depth that can be as long as 55 miles. They’re used commercially and vertically suspended in…
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Training for baseball means training for any number of different scenarios, such as swinging the bat for home runs and sliding into second for a stolen base. Rotational exercises can help improve your swing and work out your core and…
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Overview Those who pitch in softball carry a big responsibility. Pitching dominates competitive softball because the best pitchers can throw fastballs, risers, drops, curves and changeups and do it with control. The games tend to be low scoring and one…
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