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The 7 Best Nuts for Your Health and Performance
Nuts are bite sized powerhouses loaded with healthy fat, protein, vitamins, and minerals to keep every athlete well fueled. These concentrated sources...
How Smoking Ruins Your Sports Performance
how smoking affects workouts Young athletes, running the gamut of youth, high school, and collegiate athletes at some point may mull the consequences of...
A Promising New Therapy: Active Cold Compression
While the old method of RICE (rest, ice, compression, and elevation) is still effective, the newest method of therapeutic treatment, known as active...
Performance Benefits of High-Altitude Training
The desire to get a step ahead of the competition always prompts athletes to seek the latest and greatest advancements in training. One unorthodox method, known as high-altitude training, is [...]
Be Immune to Getting Sick This Season
Your immune system is housed in various areas of your body, like police precincts in a big city. Invaders (viruses, bacteria) can break through all of the typical entryways (mouth, [...]
Iron Deficiency and the Female Athlete
Do you know whether your body is stopping itself from performing at its highest level? According to Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Sciences, to stay at their peak, female athletes [...]