Overview Swimming is a good form of cardiovascular exercise because it utilizes large muscle groups in the shoulders, back, legs, arms and chest, and allows you to work those muscles in a sustained, rhythmic fashion. This challenges your heart, lungs…
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1. Stretch It Out The first and primary way to avoid injury while doing any sport, bowling included, is to make sure your body is properly conditioned. To prevent shoulder injuries while bowling, be sure you stretch before and after…
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Upper-body stretches help increase flexibility, decrease muscle tension, increase the range of motion of your joints and improve circulation, according the Mayo Clinic. It’s important to stretch to warm up for a workout and cool down afterward, but you can…
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Overview Bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger has said that cardiovascular endurance is of equal importance to the bodybuilder as muscular endurance. Wayne Belonoha, an expert on Wing Chun Kung Fu, has noted that aerobic exercise is critical to health and well-being and…
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Some people scoff at facial exercise, but we tone and work other muscles in our body; why not the face? Weight gain appears throughout the body, but it is often first apparent in the face, especially the cheeks, according to…
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Overview A glove is a mandatory piece of equipment for players in softball and baseball. There are differences in the glove requirements from the governing bodies of softball and baseball leagues. There also are different types of glove in both…
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1. Is It Salsa Dancing or a Salsa Workout? The very best way to select or pick a salsa dance workout videos is to buy one that comes highly recommended by a friend. When that option isn’t available, read the…
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Your use of resistance tubing is an important part of your training as a baseball player. You can purchase resistance tubing of varying tension to tailor your tubing program to your level of physical development and strength. You should incorporate…
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According to the Kansas Chiropractic Foundation, maintaining poor posture can have negative health effects on your digestive, respiratory, muscular and skeletal systems and may hinder your ability to perform work or leisure activities efficiently and pain free. You can develop…
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Football requires a number of different skills, including footwork, hand-eye coordination and the ability to use leverage to bring down an opponent for a tackle. Drills are an effective way to help kids learn the fundamentals of football in order…
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If you had to name all the major components of health related fitness, would you remember to include flexibility? Maintaining full range of motion in your upper and lower body is crucial to exercise and sport performance as well as…
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Full body workouts make a great way to build muscle and burn fat in a time-efficient manner. Optimize your results by using targeted training techniques. The order in which you do your exercises, when do cardiovascular training and which days…
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The golf swing is one of the most frustrating skills to learn in sports. You can swing the same way 50 times and have 50 different results. Improving and perfecting your swing can help you have a more consistent game…
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Regardless of whether you’re using downhill or cross country skis, applying wax to the undersides of these skis is considered a critical maintenance job. Ski wax is a hybrid of several different types of wax, enabling it to perform several…
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1. Hip Hop Grinding is Sexually Suggestive There are many steps and styles of hip hop dancing depending on how the dancer learns or is taught hip hop. A big part of hip hop dancing is attitude, adapting a feeling…
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1. Stretch the Lat Muscles Rowing uses your back muscles and you should stretch them before and after each rowing session. The Lat Back Stretch, which also loosens your shoulder, can be performed sitting or standing. Interlace your fingers and…
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1. Out to Sea Sea kayaking adventures are becoming more and more popular. Enthusiasts enjoy day trips or overnight expeditions of several days. Having the right sea kayaking equipment is crucial to having an enjoyable trip. You can rent your…
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Tennis is a game that requires tremendous hand-eye coordination, quickness and foot speed. Teaching these skills to kids can be a challenge. Utilizing drills is an effective way to teach kids the skills they will need to succeed on the…
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Men’s lacrosse is a popular game that is played throughout the United States at both the college and pro level. Teams usually play on a football field, though the lacrosse field is 110 yards long versus a football’s 120 yards….
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Overview For anyone interesting in maintaining or gaining fitness, losing weight or simply improving cardiovascular health and endurance, equipment options include elliptical machines and bicycles. Ellipticals involve a motion very similar to that of bicycling, making a comparison of the…
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The game of golf requires a tremendous amount of flexibility, so warming up before your round is essential, not only to playing a great round but also to staying injury free. Before you step out on the course, try a…
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Overview Stationary bikes take some of the risk out of cycling: It’s just about impossible to fall off a stationary bike, and because you’re in a controlled gym environment, you don’t need to worry about inclement weather or an uneven,…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that, at 27.2 percent, heart disease is the leading cause of death in American men of all ages and ethnicities. One of the best ways for you to combat heart disease, according…
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When young people play baseball for the first time, it is often a highly organized game that is run by adults to ensure players are protected and each youngster gets a chance to play. Children who are playing baseball often…
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Pilates is a physical fitness system developed in Germany by Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century. According to a 2009 Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) study, almost nine million people in the United States practice Pilates. Pilates focuses on…
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The parallel bars were originally adopted from the sport of gymnastics and were incorporated for physical fitness because of the adaptability for various exercises. Additionally, the parallel bars are useful for group exercise classes and other groups, such as military…
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Overview In past generations, many players were of the opinion that weightlifting, conditioning and flexibility exercises were for sports other than baseball, since in baseball you could either hit the ball or couldn’t. Those beliefs disappeared more than three decades…
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Strong abs and obliques ensure more than a healthy body composition; they provide spinal support, reduce back pain and improve performance capability.The American Council on Exercise (ACE) commissioned San Diego State University to conduct a study evaluating the effectiveness of…
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1. Become a Benchwarmer, Temporarily Even though you might not like to miss your Thursday night league, to rehabilitate a bowling wrist injury, you will have to. Depending on the severity of the injury and your doctor’s orders, you may…
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1. Watch, Look and Listen to Learn Samba Timing The best way to get started on learning the timing of the samba dance is to not actually dance it. Take a step back and watch someone else dance the samba….
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