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Natural Nutrition for Athletes Instead of Steroids by Cliff S. Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven 2 Comments Why would anyone take steroids when modern technology has made it easy to consume natural nutrition for athletes? Unfortunately, isolated vitamins and animal based protein dr ... Read on »
Know when to change sports by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor 1 Comment If your favorite sport causes chronic pain or an injury that does not heal, you should probably switch to another sport. Two recent studies from the Argentine Tennis Associati ... Read on »
Some performance-enhancing drugs can't be detected by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor World records in sports are broken by better athletes, better training methods, better nutrition or new drugs. Drugs appear to be the cause of many recent records in sports ... Read on »
When Working Out is Too Much of a Good Thing by Logan F. Healthy Living Professional On the other side of the couch potato coin is the person who regularly exercises to the point of mental or physical exhaustion, and sometimes to overuse injury. A column in th ... Read on »
Mental Athletic Performance Testing by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional In my off-season manual, I allude to several performance tests that I feel best demonstrate potential for athletic excellence. As a tag along to this, I've noticed several non ... Read on »
Sports Power Article Series, Part 1 by Mark D. Healthy Living Professional Power is often overlooked when athletes are strength training. Power and dynamic balance are the two best physical predictors of athletic success. Power is defined as the abil ... Read on »
Sports Power Article Series, Part 2 by Mark D. Healthy Living Professional It doesn't help an athlete to continually get stronger if power development is not there also. Power, or speed strength (how fast your muscles can produce force) is one of th ... Read on »
Sports Power Article Series, Part 3 by Mark D. Healthy Living Professional Plyometrics represent high intensity training, placing great stress on the bones, joints, and connective tissue. While plyometrics can improve an athlete’s speed, power, and p ... Read on »
Sports Power Article Series, Part 4 by Mark D. Healthy Living Professional The final part(4) in this series will detail popular plyometric exercises. The training exercises should mimic the movements in the athlete's sport (mechanical, physiological ... Read on »
Fruit could be key to natural sports recovery products by Cassandra F. Doctor of Philosophy 1 Comment From Nutraingredients.comBy Lorraine HellerFruit extracts could soon be used to develop novel ingredients for sports recovery products following a first round of positive scie ... Read on »